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March 31st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Officials in Illinois and Kansas later confirmed that they both had winners
whose ticket sequences also ran 02-04-23-38-46, and the Mega Ball 23.
The jackpot had mushroomed into the largest lottery in world history after the
previous drawing three days earlier failed to produce a winner.
Some 625 million tickets are thought to have been sold, more than two for
every American resident, even though statistically it was an extremely poor
bet.
The odds of winning – at 176 million-to-one, the average American was more
likely to be struck by lightning twice or killed by a falling vending
machine – did nothing to deter the mania.
Long queues snaked out of corner stores as buyers lined up to try their
chances. Many discussed how they would spend the money if they won.
“You won’t be seeing me again, I’m off to buy myself a tropical island,” said
George Thompson, 46, a New York construction worker.
Others had more philanthropic aspirations.
“Sure, I’d keep some back for myself and my family, but I’d give most of it
away to deserving causes,” said Irena Gomez, an officer worker who was next
in the queue. “Nobody needs that much money.”
The jackpot jumped from $540 million on Thursday to $640 million on Friday as
the hopeful went on a final-day ticket-buying spree.
A single winner would have been able to claim yearly payments or a one-time
cash option of $462 million, Mega Millions spokeswoman Kelly Cripesaid.
The previous largest Mega Millions jackpot was $390 million in 2007, and was
split between two ticket holders in Georgia and New Jersey.
About half of the lottery money is paid out to ticket holders in the form of
winnings, 35 percent to state governments and 15 percent to retailer
commissions and lottery operating expenses.
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