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New Hampshire lottery sales soar as big jackpots combine for nearly $2B

New Hampshire lottery sales soar as big jackpots combine for nearly $2B
LOTTERY WITH MORE ON HOW RARE THIS IS. TROY. YEAH. INCREDIBLY RARE. STEVE. I MEAN, TAKE A LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS SOON. THEY’RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER SIGN WITH BEES ON BOTH. UH, BUT, UH, BELOW THE MEGA MILLIONS AND POWERBALL JACKPOT. BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE THIRD TIME IN LOTTERY HISTORY, UM, WHERE BOTH OF THESE NUMBERS HAVE COMBINED FOR NEARLY $2 BILLION. NOW, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LOTTERY IS EXPECTING THE MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT TO REACH. $1.13 BILLION COME TONIGHT. AND THAT ONE TIME CASH PAYOUT EXPECTED TO BE OVER 537 MILLION NOW FOR THE POWERBALL. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LOTTERY PROJECTING IT WILL REACH 865 MILLION COME TOMORROW NIGHT. NOW, THIS IS VERY RARE, LIKE I SAID, BUT JACKPOTS ARE BIGGER BECAUSE MORE TICKETS ARE JUST BEING SOLD. 45 STATES DO BOTH MEGA MILLIONS AND POWERBALL, ALONG WITH PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND WASHINGTON DC. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO TICKET SALES ACROSS THE STATE, NEW HAMPSHIRE LOTTERY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHARLIE MCINTYRE SAYS THEY DO ABOUT 20,000 TRANSACTIONS A MINUTE, BUT HE ALSO THINKS THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE IS ONE OF THE LUCKIEST STATES. SOMEBODY IN RAYMOND WON 300, AND I THINK WITH 387, AND SOMEBODY ON THE SEACOAST WON 165 MILLION. SO ALL THAT MONEY HAS BEEN BEING SPENT AND ABSORBED AND ENJOYED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SO WITH THESE RESPECTIVE NUMBERS RIGHT HERE, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIFTH HIGHEST IN MEGA MILLIONS. AND POWERBALL HISTORY. BUT THE LARGEST COMBINED TOTAL IS $2.2 BILLION. SO THEY’RE GETTING VERY CLOS
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New Hampshire lottery sales soar as big jackpots combine for nearly $2B
Lots of Granite Staters were buying lottery tickets Tuesday because the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are worth nearly $2 billion combined.This is the third time in lottery history that the two jackpots have come close to a combined $2 billion.The New Hampshire Lottery is expecting the Mega Millions jackpot to reach more than $1.1 billion, with a one-time cash payout expected to be over $537 million. For Powerball, the New Hampshire Lottery is projecting it will reach $865 million Wednesday night. >> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<There are 45 states, along with Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Washington, D.C., that participate in both Mega Millions and Powerball. New Hampshire Lottery executive director Charlie McIntyre said about 20,000 lottery transactions are processed in the state each minute. He said he also thinks New Hampshire is one of the luckiest states."Somebody in Raymond won $387 million, and somebody on the Seacoast, $165 million," he said. "So, all that money has been spent and absorbed and enjoyed in New Hampshire."Mega Millions and Powerball are at their fifth highest combined jackpot in history, with the highest total ever being $2.2 billion.

Lots of Granite Staters were buying lottery tickets Tuesday because the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are worth nearly $2 billion combined.

This is the third time in lottery history that the two jackpots have come close to a combined $2 billion.

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The New Hampshire Lottery is expecting the Mega Millions jackpot to reach more than $1.1 billion, with a one-time cash payout expected to be over $537 million.

For Powerball, the New Hampshire Lottery is projecting it will reach $865 million Wednesday night.

>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<

There are 45 states, along with Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Washington, D.C., that participate in both Mega Millions and Powerball.

New Hampshire Lottery executive director Charlie McIntyre said about 20,000 lottery transactions are processed in the state each minute. He said he also thinks New Hampshire is one of the luckiest states.

"Somebody in Raymond won $387 million, and somebody on the Seacoast, $165 million," he said. "So, all that money has been spent and absorbed and enjoyed in New Hampshire."

Mega Millions and Powerball are at their fifth highest combined jackpot in history, with the highest total ever being $2.2 billion.