900 million: highest lottery in history

The highest in history: an assault in the US on the stands after the lottery jackpot reached a total of US $ 900 million.
The first prize in the lottery US "Powerball" (Powerball) is 40 million, but after a sequence of 18 lotteries in which no one won, the prize accumulated.
So far, the highest amount was a sum of 640 million dollars which three tickets won jointly on March 30, 2012, as part of Powerball.
The amount is to increase steadily until someone will be able to guess all the numbers, and so too it is affected by the volume of purchases of tickets. As the number of tickets buyers increases, the greater the prize becomes.
According to the method of distribution, the first prize winner will receive the entire amount in installments, or win cash in the amount of 558 million dollars.
Powerball is a lotto type game run by the American Association of State Lottery, it is an incorporation of lottery games operators in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and the United States Virgin Islands.

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