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[Headlines] (HL-예술/취미/종교) Largest Single US Lottery Payout Gives Winner $759 Million
최고관리자  |  17-08-26 23:49

A very lucky person has won the largest single lottery payout in United States history - $758.7 million. A 53-year-old hospital worker from Massachusetts, Mavis Wanczyk, came forward Thursday to claim her prize in the Powerball drawing. She said she had quit her job and wanted to take some time to relax. Lottery officials say she chose to take a single payment of $480 million, or $336 million after taxes. Winners can also choose to receive the jackpot in 30 payments over 29 years. The winning numbers were drawn Wednesday night in the Powerball, which is played in most U.S. states. The matching numbers were 6, 7, 16, 23 and 26, with the Powerball number 4. Wanczyk bought her ticket Wednesday at a store in a small Massachusetts town. She said for some of the winning numbers, she chose birthdays of people she knows. The jackpot was the second-largest overall lottery prize in U.S. history. The biggest jackpot ever was a $1.6 billion Powerball payout in 2016. But that prize was shared among three winners. Lottery officials reported the odds of winning Wednesday’s Powerball were one in 292.2 million.
* payout = (많은 액수의) 지불금/ come forward = (~을 하겠다고) 나서다/ claim = (자기 권리나 재산이라고 여겨) 요구[요청]하다/ drawing = 추첨, 제비뽑기/ single payment = 일시불/ jackpot = (도박・복권 등에서) 거액의 상금, 대박/ odds(보통 the odds) = (어떤 일이 있을) 공산[가능성]    

The Powerball lottery is held twice a week, with numbers drawn from two containers. One container holds 69 numbered balls, from which five are drawn. Another ball – known as the Powerball - is selected from the other container. To win the full jackpot, a person must match all six numbers. The jackpot continues to grow each time there is no top prize winner. The last time someone matched all six Powerball numbers was June 10, when a California man won $447.8 million. The jackpots have been growing larger because there are fewer big winners. This is because lottery officials have made changes to the game that make the odds of winning more difficult, The Washington Post reports. Two years ago, the chances of winning were about 1 in 175 million. This compares to the latest drawing’s odds of one in 292.2 million. This resulted from a change to the game in October 2015, when Powerball increased the number of balls from 59 to 69, according to the newspaper.
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