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Sunday, November 17
Powerball jackpot rises to $ 441 million after no winner at Christmas
The Powerball jackpot has increased to more than $ 441 million dollars after it was not announced No Christmas winner and yesterday’s drawing was left without a winner.
Many lottery ticket buyers hoped they could be the lucky ones in win the Christmas grand prize when they bet on the triple-digit prize now have another chance to play before the draw next Monday, January 3.
Next week it is estimated that $ 441 million dollars has a cash value of $ 317. $ 5 million .
FOX reported that recently, a lucky man from North Carolina won the lottery twice after forgetting that he already had bought a ticket.
Scotty Thomas forgot he bought a Lucky for Life raffle ticket and bought another ticket with the same numbers.
Thomas won a prize of $ 25, 000 of dollars per year twice and decided to claim the lump sum of the entries, estimated at $ 551, 851 dollars after taxes.
The largest lottery ever won was the $ 1 Powerball, 586 billion dollars on 13 January 2015, with three tickets, from California, Florida and Tennessee, according to the Associated Press.
The 10th jackpot was a $ Powerball ticket . $ 5 million from 18 May 2013, which achieved a lucky Floridian.
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