The $16 is what you’d expect to win per bet on average if you kept playing repeatedly. Lottery wins are so rare that this long-run average can never realistically be achieved.

Video lottery has long been one of state government’s largest sources of revenue, ranking behind only the state sales tax for many years. State government and businesses split the money that ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - ESPN estimates nearly $1.4 billion will be legally bet on Super Bowl 2025. 18 million more adults placed bets on the Super Bowl in 2024, compared to 2023.

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A skeptical lottery player thought an email he received about a huge prize was fake — so he made a bet. “I told my friend I’d give him $500 if it was a hoax or $1,000 if it was real,” the ...

Recall that the Powerball lottery jackpot hit $1.765 billion on the Oct. 11, 2023, drawing, with a person in California holding the winning ticket. That is 17 followed by 8 zeroes.

The California Lottery raised more than $2.25 billion for the state’s public schools in 2024, bringing to $46 billion the total the lottery has generated for education since its inception in 1985.

Players bet on combinations of two-, three- or four-digit numbers, which are linked to any one of 25 animals, from a cow to a monkey. Wagers start at a few cents, but payoffs can reach into the ...

ALABAMA (WHNT) — If you are betting on Alabama getting a state lottery this year, the odds are not looking good. As of now, this year’s gambling package will not even be brought to the Senate… ...