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Illinois ticketholder wins Mega Millions jackpot of $1.28bn
The successful Mega Hundreds of thousands ticket for the $1.28bn (£1.05bn) jackpot has been bought in Illinois, however the winner continues to be unknown.
“There’s one jackpot-winning ticket, which was bought in Illinois,” Ohio Lottery Fee spokesperson Marie Kilbane informed The Washington Publish.
The jackpot on the Mega Hundreds of thousands web site now stands at $20m.
It’s the third time in 20 years that the jackpot surpassed a billion {dollars}. In accordance with Mega Hundreds of thousands, the lump-sum successful payout for the jackpot on Friday is estimated to be $747.2m. The winner can select to take that or be paid the total jackpot in instalments over 29 years, in line with the BBC.
The numbers on the successful ticket had been 13, 36, 45, 57 and 67, in addition to a Mega Ball of 14. The curiosity was so excessive that the Mega Hundreds of thousands web site grew to become unattainable to entry due to the “excessive quantity of site visitors” following the drawing at 11pm on Friday.
The jackpot got here near file ranges after 29 drawings in a row with out a winner with a ticket together with all six successful numbers.
The final successful ticket was bought in Tennessee, when the jackpot was $20m on 15 April.
According to the California Lottery, a ticketholder within the state received $2.9m on Tuesday for matching 5 numbers, however they didn’t get the Mega quantity. The jackpot at the moment was $830m.
The file jackpot received within the historical past of the Mega Hundreds of thousands lottery was in October 2018 when $1.537bn was received by a ticketholder in South Carolina.
The lump-sum payout at the moment was $878m, in line with CBS Information. The winner has remained nameless.
The jackpot additionally handed the billion-dollar mark final 12 months when 4 members of a lottery membership in suburban Detroit, Michigan, received $1.05bn. In addition they stayed nameless.
Earlier winners have bought properties, settled money owed and helped the areas the place they lived. However others have been destroyed by their winnings because the new-found wealth has led to nervousness and worry, as reported by The Publish.
The Mega Hundreds of thousands lottery is performed in 45 states, in addition to in Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands. Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah don’t take part.
A ticketholder’s likelihood of successful Mega Hundreds of thousands is round one in 303 million – they’re 70 instances extra prone to be killed by a shark and 216 instances extra prone to be struck by lightning this 12 months, in line with The Publish.
Harvard statistics lecturer Mark Glickman informed the paper that the possibility that somebody win goes up as extra folks purchase tickets.
“As soon as the pot will get as much as this vary, there are sufficient folks taking part in that the percentages are somebody goes to choose the correct numbers,” he mentioned.
CHICAGO (WLS) — Illinois’ former top doctor has been fined by the state ethics commission.
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Dr. Ngozi Ezike lead the Illinois Department of Public Health during the COVID-19 pandemic. She later became president and CEO of Sinai Chicago, which has contracts with the department.
Since she took on the new role within a year of leaving IDPH, there was an ethics violation, according to the state ethic commission.
Dr. Ezike has agreed to pay a $150,000 dollar fine.
Dr. Ezike released the following statement Friday evening:
“As a public servant and physician, I have always been guided by integrity, ethics and justice, and I have dedicated my career to advancing health equity, particularly in underserved communities. I proudly accepted a position as President of Sinai Chicago, which shares my personal mission to improve public health outcomes of those most in need. I look forward to continuing our important work with my fellow caregivers, as well as partners in the communities and beyond, to help the people we serve live better, healthier lives.”
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Aerial video above Dallas captures rare snowfall
Drone footage shows a winter storm that brought rare snow and ice to Dallas and other parts of Northern Texas.
A blanket of snow covered Springfield late Thursday and early Friday, closing Springfield schools and some offices for a snow day.
Morning traffic appeared to be moving slowly but steadily. Cameras covering major roads in the city showed snow and slush remaining on many city roads but no major slowdowns.
How much snow did Springfield get?
As of 10 a.m., Springfield had seen around 6 to 6.5 inches of snow, according to Angelica Soria, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Springfield office. Southwest Missouri in general got slightly less snow, with reports of 5 to 6 inches.
About another inch of snow was possible in Springfield, according to the National Weather Service, but new accumulation was expected to taper off by noon.
When will the snow melt?
The snow likely won’t stick around long, with a high of 40 expected Saturday. Temperatures are forecast to drop below freezing again Monday before returning to daytime highs in the high-30s and 40s later next week.
While the weather is predicted to warm up this weekend, folks should take care driving when the sun goes down, even if all the snow melts.
“(The snow) will probably start melting during the day tomorrow, but we are worried about the re-freezing on the road, because it will probably get kind of slushy as the plows keep going around trying to get it off the road,” Soria said. “We definitely want to urge people to be careful while traveling … when the sun goes down, it’s harder to see black ice, things like that.”
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (CBS) — Two city workers from Waukegan were rushed to the hospital Thursday morning after they were shocked by power lines.
Firefighters said the workers were trimming trees at Pershing Road and Greenwood Avenue near the Waukegan Generating Station, a now-shuttered coal-fired power plant.
The workers’ crane touched a power line, which energized the truck and gave the workers an electric shock.
A helicopter took one man to the hospital with electrical burns. The other was taken away by ambulance.
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