A little over a month ago, $1.33 billion, the third-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was won by someone who purchased their Mega Millions ticket right here in Illinois at a Speedway gas station in Des Plaines. When you look at that kind of money, you wonder why the winner has not announced themselves to lottery officials yet.
Holy s***, I can't believe it happened. I just won a nearly-billion-dollar jackpot. What do I do now? And, what do I do first? Here's comes some expect advice.
With no one winning Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot, the estimated windfall for Saturday Night's drawing is $700 million, and that amount could go up between now and tomorrow.
Imagine putting your money in a slot machine and you spin the reels and the machine lights up and you hear a lot of bells and whistles, you look down and see you see Bonus Award - $41,797,550.16!