Tag: Jackpots

Another eye-popping lottery prize of $456.7 million was claimed over the weekend, cracking our list of the 20 largest jackpots in U.S. history.

A US Powerball winner, identified as Jane Doe, who won a $560m (£403m) jackpot has been allowed to remain anonymous after a legal battle.

Lottery winner and metalworker who scooped the £7.4-million jackpot in 1998 puts his extravagant home up for sale, including his winning numbers built into the custom pool. Roy Gibney, 63, is selling the six-bedroom property that he bought with his £7.4m winnings in 1998. 

Dad was told his lottery win was too large to be paid out at his corner shop. Winner Nathan Moody thought he’d struck lucky, scooping a big prize on Saturday’s Lotto draw, but his winnings totaled the grand sum of just £2. 

United Airlines is getting rid of quarterly performance bonuses for its employees, and replacing them with a lottery-style drawing, with prizes including cash, cars, and vacations.