If you thought you missed an early Christmas gift of $ 145,000,000, has yet another chance to win big.
No tickets matching all five numbers (8, 11, 12, 31, 32), plus the number of megabytes (29) were in the development of the Mega Millions lottery sold Tuesday night.
The players have a chance in the boat Sunday - Christmas Eve - with a jackpot estimated $ 168,000,000.
Mega Millions, a multi-state lottery game in 41 states and Washington, DC, the game is the biggest jackpot in the nation.
The jackpot starts at $ 12,000,000 and turn around for the next drawing if no winner. Other prizes range from $ 2 to $ 250,000, depending on how many numbers they match.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot ever won was $ 390,000,000 March 2007. The winning tickets were sold in Georgia and New Jersey, according to the Mega Millions Web site.
Curse or blessing?
But before you fill up tickets if the lottery is the best way to win is great.
For some it is.
The seven-time winner lottery Ricardo Alegre said that playing the lottery is like any other investment. "Investing money, get something from him," Alegre, 59, told ABCNews.com in an interview in October.
Lustig, former singer and drummer, said that the achievement of a strategy that has won some top prizes from the local lottery companies.
"Most people buy a ticket for $ 1 and win bet $ 10 and $ 10 in his pocket," said Alegre. "These people play the game wrong. Instead, he says, if you earn $ 10, you have to buy a ticket for $ 11 because" if you lose, you lost only $ 1. "
With this method, Alegre has won $ 98,000 in a game of Fantasy 5 and $ 842,000 in 2002.
He said that this sudden windfall produced no great disadvantage.
"I feel very fortunate to have a big family," said Alegre.
A stroke of luck can make money a lot of problems
Not all lottery winners are lucky, funny, was willing, the truth, the cliche that a sudden windfall should not be means happy.
"The dream of winning may be better than the real win," said Steve Danish, a psychology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, ABC News said in 2997th "There were families that end has been torn by this method."
Christmas morning 2002 Jack Whittaker won 315 million U.S. dollars in the Powerball lottery.
"I had abdominal pain, and I was [a] no words and advice," Whittaker told ABC News after five years. "You know, I really need advice, and it's like Christmas."
Whittaker may be paid a higher price for their shares, worth $ 315,000,000.
"Since winning the lottery, I think there is no control of greed," he said. "I think if you have something there is always someone who wants it. I wish the ticket torn."
Whitaker had done good intentions for the winner, and has built up his plan to help churches through the award and a charitable foundation.
However, Whitaker was finally defeated by more than 400 complaints against him or his companies.
Its price is also coincided with several personal tragedies, including the death of his granddaughter and the end of their marriage.
"She was the star of my life, and it was what it was for me," said Whittaker, speaking of her granddaughter. "From the day he was born to give it and to protect and s occupy. You know, my wife had said he wanted it was torn up the ticket. Well, I would have torn the ticket."
No tickets matching all five numbers (8, 11, 12, 31, 32), plus the number of megabytes (29) were in the development of the Mega Millions lottery sold Tuesday night.
The players have a chance in the boat Sunday - Christmas Eve - with a jackpot estimated $ 168,000,000.
Mega Millions, a multi-state lottery game in 41 states and Washington, DC, the game is the biggest jackpot in the nation.
The jackpot starts at $ 12,000,000 and turn around for the next drawing if no winner. Other prizes range from $ 2 to $ 250,000, depending on how many numbers they match.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot ever won was $ 390,000,000 March 2007. The winning tickets were sold in Georgia and New Jersey, according to the Mega Millions Web site.
Curse or blessing?
But before you fill up tickets if the lottery is the best way to win is great.
For some it is.
The seven-time winner lottery Ricardo Alegre said that playing the lottery is like any other investment. "Investing money, get something from him," Alegre, 59, told ABCNews.com in an interview in October.
Lustig, former singer and drummer, said that the achievement of a strategy that has won some top prizes from the local lottery companies.
"Most people buy a ticket for $ 1 and win bet $ 10 and $ 10 in his pocket," said Alegre. "These people play the game wrong. Instead, he says, if you earn $ 10, you have to buy a ticket for $ 11 because" if you lose, you lost only $ 1. "
With this method, Alegre has won $ 98,000 in a game of Fantasy 5 and $ 842,000 in 2002.
He said that this sudden windfall produced no great disadvantage.
"I feel very fortunate to have a big family," said Alegre.
A stroke of luck can make money a lot of problems
Not all lottery winners are lucky, funny, was willing, the truth, the cliche that a sudden windfall should not be means happy.
"The dream of winning may be better than the real win," said Steve Danish, a psychology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, ABC News said in 2997th "There were families that end has been torn by this method."
Christmas morning 2002 Jack Whittaker won 315 million U.S. dollars in the Powerball lottery.
"I had abdominal pain, and I was [a] no words and advice," Whittaker told ABC News after five years. "You know, I really need advice, and it's like Christmas."
Whittaker may be paid a higher price for their shares, worth $ 315,000,000.
"Since winning the lottery, I think there is no control of greed," he said. "I think if you have something there is always someone who wants it. I wish the ticket torn."
Whitaker had done good intentions for the winner, and has built up his plan to help churches through the award and a charitable foundation.
However, Whitaker was finally defeated by more than 400 complaints against him or his companies.
Its price is also coincided with several personal tragedies, including the death of his granddaughter and the end of their marriage.
"She was the star of my life, and it was what it was for me," said Whittaker, speaking of her granddaughter. "From the day he was born to give it and to protect and s occupy. You know, my wife had said he wanted it was torn up the ticket. Well, I would have torn the ticket."
