2024-04-11 00:15:16

Odds of winning the Powerball and Mega Millions are NOT in your favor

Odds of hitting the jackpot in Mega Millions or Powerball are around 1-in-292 million. Here are things that you’re more likely to land than big bucks.

One lucky couple in Maryland are being called the “Power Couple” following scoring two winning tickets worth $1 million in a recent Powerball drawing.

The Anne Arundel County couple had no idea that they had two winning Powerball tickets on April 1, according to a news release by the Maryland Lottery.

The couple, who chose to remain anonymous, told Maryland lottery officials that they are frequent players and keep a stack of old lottery tickets handy to use the lottery’s replay feature, which allows Powerball players to scan an older ticket and print out a new one with the exact same set of numbers.

They did just that on April 1. The following day, the husband decided to check the tickets. Finding a ticket with the numbers similar to the April 1 drawing, he had to take a second look

“I looked at it and I went to the Powerball site,” he said. “I saw the numbers and I said, ‘No!’”

Calling his wife, the husband might not contain his excitement: “We won $1 million!” he told her.

“We had our crying moment,” he said. “Twenty minutes following that, when I put the ticket down, I went back to the other tickets.”

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Not just one winning ticket, two

Later when the husband checked the rest of the tickets, the couple realized just how lucky they were.

“He joked regarding it,” the wife told lottery officials. “He said, ‘I still have tickets to go through. What if I have the second $1 million dollar ticket?'”

After checking the other ticket, the couple started celebrating once more. They say they plan to invest their winnings.

How to play the Powerball

In order to purchase a $2 Powerball ticket, you’ll have to visit your local convenience store, gas station or grocery store – and in a handful of states, you can purchase tickets online.

To play, you will need to pick six numbers in total to mark on your ticket. Five numbers will be white balls ranging from numbers 1 to 69. The Powerball is red and one number which is between 1 and 26.

If you want to increase your chances of winning, you can add a “Power Play” for $1 which increases the winnings for all non-jackpot prizes. This addition can multiply winnings by 2X, 3X, 4X, 5Xor 10X.

Players can also ask a cashier for a “Quick Pick” where a cashier will give you a computer generated numbers on a printed Powerball ticket.

Drawings are held on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday nights. If there’s no jackpot winner, the cash prize will increase by millions.

When is the next Powerball drawing?

The next Powerball drawing is on April 10 at 11 p.m. ET. The estimated jackpot is worth $31 million. If there is a winner following Wednesday’s drawing and they choose the cash option, they might take home $14.5 million, according to the lottery.

What are the odds of winning the Powerball?

The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are one in 292.2 millionaccording to the lottery.

The overall odds of winning a Powerball prize are roughly one in 24.9.

Where can you buy lottery tickets?

Tickets can be purchased in person at gas stations, convenience stores and grocery stores − and in a handful of states, you can purchase tickets online. Some airport terminals may also sell lottery tickets.

You can also order tickets online through Jackpocket, the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Networkin these U.S. states and territories: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Texas, Washington D.C. and West Virginia. The Jackpocket app allows you to pick your lottery game and numbers, place your order, see your ticket and collect your winnings all using your phone or home computer.

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2024-04-10 18:55:00

08:55 PM Wednesday 10 April 2024

Books – Muhammad Shaaban:

5 days is the lifetime of a relationship in the shadows between a young man driven by his instincts and a woman who fell into the well of sin, betrayed her husband and two daughters, and threw herself into the arms of a lover looking to satisfy his whims with his sweet words, but the end of the sea of ​​vice is known to everyone, including its main fuel, “man and woman.” So what happened in Bashtil’s apartment?

72 hours before welcoming Eid al-Fitr, residents of Saad Ghoneim Street in the Bashteel area, north of Giza, were in for an exciting episode of reality drama. The sound of a solid body hitting the ground caught the attention of the people, so they ran from all directions looking for the cause, and the biggest disaster was waiting for them.

The body of a naked young man with burn marks, bruises and abrasions, tied with ropes, breathed his last amid a fountain of blood that flowed from his emaciated body. The scene left everyone terrified and shocked at the same time, with questions regarding his identity: “Who is this man, and what is his story? He fell alone and no one threw him?”

Attention turned to a property next to Hamza Mosque – the source of the fall – in conjunction with the arrival of investigation cars led by Brigadier General Amr Hegazy, head of investigations in the northern sector, and a team from the Public Prosecution for inspection.

Search for the woman

Since his arrival, Colonel Magdy Moussa, inspector of investigations for the Warraq and Osim Division, has been collecting information, the most important of which is: “What was the mysterious young man doing on the property?” Especially the neighbors’ assertion, “This boy does not live here.”

A puzzling mystery that Moses worked on deciphering with skill and years of experience. The naked body was the beginning of the end of the thread. The division inspector told his officers that “one thing will be the foundation of the whole matter.”

The investigations of Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Kamal, head of Auseem Investigations, confirmed the inspector’s suspicions. The 21-year-old young man has an illicit relationship with a married woman who is nine years older than him. She has two children, the first is 7 years old and the second is 4 years old.

The flirtatious wife waits for the poor husband to leave in search of a lawful livelihood that will help him provide for the family’s needs, and for him to return late to receive her lover on the marital bed and leave her two daughters in the living room.

An eyewitness unveiled the most important scene in the case: “There were 4 people who came to the building, and a little later what happened happened,” so that the detective assistants set off on a journey of all the information to reach the identity of the four.

Honor is precious

Revenge is the password. During the past week, rumors abounded regarding the relationship of the young man and the woman until it reached her two brothers, so they decided to punish him in their own way. They agreed with her to lure him to spend an evening of forbidden sex – as was their custom – and as soon as he got up and took off his clothes, they went up with two of their relatives.

The four tied him with ropes, beat him, and forced him to sign 10 security receipts to ensure his silence and that he would not inform the police later. However, he chose a different ending that claimed his life when he jumped from the balcony of the apartment on the eighth floor.

The picture was complete: the wife was convicted, her brother, and their relatives were involved in the crime. The police arrested them and put them behind bars in pretrial detention by order of the Public Prosecution, awaiting the decision of their fate before the judge.

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