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Mirlande Wilson, 37, pooled money with colleagues at Maryland burger joint Employees at a McDonald’s in the U.S. are outraged at a co-worker who claims she won $105million in Mega Millions but says as she bought the ticket for herself she will not share her winnings. Workers at the Maryland McDonald’s pooled their money for [...] Poorest people in U.S. spend nine per cent of income on lottery… and on average they lose half of itFriday night’s record jackpot in the Mega Millions lottery brought the U.S. together as the nation chipped in to buy around 1.5billion tickets. But this is a change from how the lottery usually works, with a hard core of habitual players joined by a few more impulsive buyers. These frequent lottery ticket buyers are disproportionately likely to be poor – precisely the people who can least afford to spend money on the [...] dailymail.co.uk The previous record jackpot in the Mega Millions game was $390 million in 2007, split by two winners in New Jersey and Georgia. In Tuesday night’s game, 47 players came very close, matching 5 of the 6 winning numbers. Each of those tickets is worth at least $250,000. Ticket buyers are facing tough odds. The chance of picking the five winning numbers and the Mega Ball are 175,700,000-to-one. Mega Millions is played in [...] |
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