jackpot
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On 10 March, one UK winner took home a £181m jackpot - the third-largest in UK National Lottery history - while two UK-based winners shared a £125m jackpot with a French player in April.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
This jackpot portrayal of working motherhood never ceases to be a thrill for me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Three years on, will Liverpool hit the jackpot after bringing the 'grasshopper' to Anfield?
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Rising bond yields increase the value of the optional annuity that makes up that official jackpot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Yeay!” we shrieked, as if she had just answered the question that won the jackpot.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
And backers of AI companies have billions, if not trillions, of reasons to hope their gambles aren’t just once-in-a-generation jackpots, but once in a human existence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
In fact, in the case of the 50 largest lottery jackpots claimed to date, the prize has been split by two or more winners 10 times.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025
The Powerball jackpot has soared to an estimated $1.5 billion for Saturday night’s drawing, the fifth largest in game history and the seventh highest among all lottery jackpots in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
The highest ever Powerball jackpots were both won in California — in Nov. 2022 when Edwin Castor of Altadena purchased a ticket worth $2.04 billion and in Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025
More people have won lottery jackpots than flown in space.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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