Notable Prizes
See also: Lotteries by countryNotable prizes on different continents are:
| Prize
(local currency) |
Lottery | Country | Winner | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ 656 million pre-tax | Mega Millions | United States | Three winning tickets sold - one each in Milford Mill, Maryland; Red Bud, Illinois; and at a store somewhere in northeast Kansas; | 30 March 2012 | World's largest jackpot |
| € 185 million or £161 million | EuroMillions | United Kingdom | One ticket holder from Scotland; | 12 July 2011 | Europe's largest jackpot |
| ₱ 741 million | Grand Lotto 6/55 | Philippines | One ticket holder from Olongapo City | 29 November 2010 | Asia's largest prize (€13m) |
| R$ 195 million | Mega-Sena | Brazil | Four winners | 31 December 2010 | South America's largest prize |
| A$ 112 million | OZ lotto | Australia | Four winners | 6 November 2012 | Australia's highest lottery prize |
| A$ 106 million | OZ lotto | Australia | Two winners | 30 June 2009 | Australia's second highest lottery prize |
Read more about this topic: Lottery
Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or prizes:
“Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when it’s more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“She prizes not such trifles as these are.
The gifts she looks from me are packed and locked
Up in my heart, which I have given already,
But not delivered.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)