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It is often said that the annual Christmas lottery in Spain, the Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad, is the largest in the world. In 2003 its prize fund reached (converting euros to approximate dollars) $2,200,000,000 with a first prize of $470,000,000 and second prize of $235,000,000. However, every number entered in this lottery is on 170 tickets which are often sold in fractions (usually tenths). Thus, the El Gordo prize is usually split, and is not comparable to the winner-take-all style drawings popular elsewhere. A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. ... The Spanish Christmas Lottery (Sorteo de Navidad) is a national lottery game organized every year since 1812. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Euro (disambiguation) or EUR (disambiguation). ...

U.S.A. lotteries

The largest prize in lottery history was won on March 6, 2007 in the "Mega Millions" with a jackpot of 370 million dollars. The second largest draw prize in a lottery was US $365 million Powerball on February 18, 2006 won by a group of eight meat processing workers in Nebraska. The third largest draw prize in a lottery was the US $363 million Big Game jackpot of May 9, 2000, split between two winners. This game was relaunched as Mega Millions, with odds lengthened to 135 million to one, in May 2002, and the odds further lengthened to 175 million to one in June 2005, but the jackpot record has not been broken. The largest single Big Game or Mega Millions winner has been Geraldine Williams of Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, with the $294 million annuity-value jackpot of the July 2, 2004 drawing. The Mega Millions jackpot of November 15, 2005, divided by seven employees of a medical center who shared one winning ticket, had an annuity value of $315 million, but the lump sum value was a record $187.1 million. ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory[1], the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory[1], the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ...   The Boott Mill complex now converted to a museum. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The largest single winner of any lottery prize was Andrew J. Whittaker Jr. of West Virginia, who won $314.9 million in the Powerball drawing of December 25, 2002. Opting as most large prize winners in the U.S. do for the lump sum, his after-tax prize has been variously reported as $111,681,349 and $113,386,407.77. Because of different tax rates, the $168 million lump sum opted for by Mega Millions winner Geraldine Williams (see previous paragraph) was reported as $117.6 million after taxes. Harold and Helen Lerner of New Jersey also claimed a higher after-tax lump sum than Whittaker in the Mega Millions of September 16, 2005 as New Jersey has no state tax on lottery prizes. The October 19, 2005 Powerball drawing won by nine members of the West and Chaney families of Medford, Oregon was for a larger annuity ($340 million) but a smaller lump sum than Whittaker's. Andrew Jackson “Jack” Whittaker, Jr. ... Powerball is an American lottery operated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), a consortium of lottery commissions in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining in the year. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Medford is a city located in Jackson County, Oregon. ...

As of March 6, 2007, the Mega Millions lottery prize is estimated to be US$370,000,000, which when won will become the largest draw prize in US History. The drawing, scheduled for the night of March 6, 2007, was held in Times Square, New York. The Mega Millions logo Mega Millions (formerly The Big Game) is a multi-state USD$1 lottery game in the United States. ...

State lotteries in the United States

The record annuity-value prizes in the largest state lottery games in the United States have been:

• California: $193 million to three tickets February 16, 2002; to single winner, $141 million to Alcario Castellano on June 23, 2001
• New York: $130 million in special Millennium Millions game November 4, 2000, shared by two winners; to single winner, $100 million to Johnnie Ely in Millennium Millions of December 31st 1999; in regular New York Lotto, $72 million to four tickets May 31, 1997; single-ticket record for New York Lotto is $58 million;
• Pennsylvania: $115.6 million shared among fourteen winning tickets in April 1989, in Super 7 game later discontinued after a scandal; in subsequent Super 6 game $86,192,222.20 in December 1999, claimed by Shemonski family in March 2000
• Florida: $106.5 million to six tickets in September 1990
• Texas: estimated $145 million June 19, 2004
• Ohio: $75 million April 13, 2002.

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European lotteries

Unlike in the United States, where lottery wins are taxed, and the full winnings are paid by an annuity over a period of many years or a reduced lump-sum amount is offered, European lotteries are generally tax-free and the winning jackpot is paid out immediately in one lump sum.

EuroMillions is a pan-European lottery, with odds of 1 in 76,275,360. In July 2005, Irish woman, Dolores McNamara won a tax-free €115,436,126 ($139m) jackpot. On February 3, 2006, EuroMillions had a prize of €183 million ($219m), which was shared between three winning tickets, two in France and one in Portugal, each winning €61,191,026. A map of the countries that participate in EuroMillions. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. ... Dolores McNamara (born January 13, 1960 in Blackpool, UK) is the record-holding winner of EuroMillions. ... For other uses, see Euro (disambiguation) or EUR (disambiguation). ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

The largest win on the British National Lottery, established in 1994, is currently £22,590,829 (US$40 million) won on 10 June 1995 by Paul Maddison and Mark Gardiner. The oldest person made a sterling millionaire by the lottery was Gracie Vera Coulson, who was 87 when she won £1,090,387 in December 1999. Two 16 year olds and two 17 year olds have also won between £1 and £2 million. A play here! sign outside a newsagent, incorporating the National Lotterys logo of a stylised hand with crossed fingers. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Irish National Lottery, established in 1987 and replacing the Irish Sweepstakes which had run since 1930, has a guaranteed jackpot of €1,500,000 for each of its twice-weekly draws. The largest ever win was €7,892,753 won in May 1997 by an anonymous winner from Cork. The corporate logo. ... The Irish Sweepstakes was a lottery established in Ireland in 1930 to finance hospitals. ...