Patch Poll: What if You Had Won the Lottery?
OK, you would not be in Bill Gates' league, but it's fun to fantasize.
Somewhere in Illinois, Maryland and Kansas there is someone nearly $219 million rich. Three people hit Friday’s Mega Millions lottery jackpot. The largest U.S. lottery prize jumped to $656 by the time of the drawing, after the frenzy of ticket buying ended in the 42 states, the District of Columbia and the U. S. Virgin Islands, where Mega Million tickets are sold. One of the winning tickets was sold in downstate Illinois. "This is what the lottery is about. You risk a small amount of money, and it's long odds, and it happens to a person who walks into a Motomart in Red Bud, Illinois that wins $213 million," Illinois State Lottery Director Mike Jones told ABC7 News. (The amount was higher at the end of the selling period.) "Around the …
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Kathy Catrambone
10:55 am on Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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