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Top Crypto Casinos for Epic Wins and Jackpot

Bitcoin Bonanza Unleashed: Explore the Top Crypto Casinos for Epic Wins and Jackpot Thrills The fusion of cryptocurrencies and online casinos has given rise to an exciting era of digital gaming, offering players the chance to experience the thrill of winning with the magic of Bitcoin Bonanza. In this article, we explore the top crypto casinos that promise epic wins, jackpots, and a gaming adventure like no other. BitStarz: BitStarz stands out as a leading crypto casino, offering a vast array of games and…

How a Group of Scaly, Legless Lizards Hit the Evolutionary Jackpot

A study reveals the rapid evolution of snakes, outpacing lizards, enabled their diversification and ecological success across the globe. By analyzing genetic data and dietary habits, researchers underscore snakes’ unique evolutionary path and ability to specialize in various prey, marking them as a significant evolutionary success story despite the mystery surrounding their adaptive radiation. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.comMore than 100 million years ago, the ancestors of the first snakes were small lizards…

Powerball jackpot estimate climbs to third-highest payout. What can the winner afford to buy?

The valuation for Sotheby’s International Realty’s priciest Los Angeles home — a 10-bedroom, 8,484 square-foot Southern style mansion located on 1.2 acres of Beverly Hills real estate — is $45 million, as of Monday afternoon.A trip to space can cost anywhere from $450,000 on Virgin Galactic to $28 million, the price of the first ticket beyond earth by Blue Origin in 2021.A share of a minor league baseball team can run anywhere from $6 million to more than $50 million, while a 2002 Benetti Classic Felicita 115-foot…

Winner of $2-billion jackpot drops $25.5 million on mansion

The winner of the $2-billion Powerball jackpot isn’t wasting any time spending the money. Edwin Castro, who came forward last month to collect the record-setting lottery prize, just spent $25.5 million on a new house in Hollywood Hills.Castro, who chose to collect the money as a lump sum of about $997.6 million before taxes, bought the modern mansion under a limited liability company, records show. The splashy purchase amounts to around 2.56% of his winnings. It’s the most expensive sale in Hollywood Hills this year…

Winner of record $2-billion Powerball jackpot announced

The man who won the record-breaking $2.04-billion Powerball jackpot after buying the prized ticket at an Altadena gas station in November has come forward to collect his winnings. Edwin Castro won the “unbelievable and historic” prize, California Lottery Director Alva Johnson said Tuesday, after the jackpot ballooned for weeks in the fall following repeated drawings without a winner. Castro was the only person to match all five numbers plus the Powerball for a jackpot-winning ticket.Castro declined to speak publicly…

List of the Top Online Progressive Jackpot Slots in 2023

Are you looking for the best jackpot slots with high payouts but don’t know where to play them? You have come to the right place, then. We sent out our team of gambling experts on the quest to find the most amazing jackpot slot games for real money gambling, and after many days of research, we gathered 8 of them. The number one best jackpot slot game that we found is Hot Drop Jackpots at Ignition. But there are many more that you should give a try. Ready to start spinning? Read on! Best Jackpot Slots 1. Ignition (Hot…

Mega Millions ticket sold in Maine wins $1.35-billion jackpot

DES MOINES  —  Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot — and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th — when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.The winning numbers — 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and Mega Ball 14, were drawn Friday night.The winner, whose name is not yet known, overcame steep odds of 1 in 302.6 million, which led to three months of drawings without a claim on the jackpot.“Congratulations to the Maine State Lottery, which has…

Mega Millions jackpot is $1.35 billion. 3 tips for navigating a win

Fatih Aktas | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesThere's a chance a Mega Millions player is on the verge of joining a very short list: winners who snag a jackpot worth more than $1 billion.The grand prize is an estimated $1.35 billion for Friday night's drawing. That's how much you'd win if you were to take the windfall as an annuity paid out over three decades. (The upfront cash option is $724.6 million as of mid-day Friday). Between Mega Millions and Powerball, there have been winners of five other jackpots totaling more than…

Mega Millions jackpot now $1.35 billion. Here’s tax bill if you win

Scott Olson | Getty ImagesYou may face long odds of hitting the Mega Millions jackpot — now worth $1.35 billion — but the taxman is always guaranteed a slice when there's a winner.The jackpot jumped again after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night to land the grand prize. If won in the next drawing — set for Friday night — it would mark the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot ever and the fourth-largest lottery prize in history.With the odds stacked against a single ticket winning the motherlode — 1 in…

Mega Millions jackpot is $785 million. Why the lump sum is overrated

This could be a very good year for one lucky winner of the fourth-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history.And yet, kicking off 2023 with $785 million could have a downside."The curse of the lottery losers is very real," said Andrew Stoltmann, a Chicago-based lawyer who has represented several recent lottery winners.One of the very first decisions a winner must make — whether to accept the jackpot as a lump sum or as an annuity — often ends up being their downfall, Stoltmann said.More from Personal Finance:4 key things to…