Five Things to Know About These Crazy-Big Lottery Jackpots
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All this big money lottery excitement got me curious about some lottery jackpot fun facts. So, I did a little digging and came up with some factoids you can tell the other people waiting in the lottery line today.
Five things you need to know about these crazy-big lottery jackpots.
1- Mega Millions, on Tuesday, has a projected $850 million jackpot. USA Today says that s the third largest in lottery history and the game s second largest ever.
A projected $730 million will be up for grabs Wednesday in the Powerball drawing, the fourth largest jackpot in the game s history and the sixth largest in U.S. history.
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