{"673790":{"#nid":"673790","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Are $1 billion lottery jackpots the new norm? Mega Millions surpasses mark, Powerball close","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMega Millions breached the $1 billion mark, and it looks like the Powerball jackpot isn\u0027t too far behind. Yet, lottery games are mostly only lucrative\u0026nbsp;for the private companies that states hire to run them, said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lewlefton.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELew Lefton\u003C\/a\u003E, emeritus faculty member with the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, in a\u0026nbsp;USA Today article. In fact, winning big in Mega Millions and Powerball is even harder now because recent rules make the odds even longer so lottery games can sell more tickets, he added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMega Millions breached the $1 billion mark and it looks like the Powerball jackpot isn\u0027t too far behind. Yet, lottery games are mostly only lucrative\u0026nbsp;for the private companies that states hire to run them, said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lewlefton.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELew Lefton\u003C\/a\u003E, emeritus faculty member with the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, in a\u0026nbsp;USA Today article. In fact, winning big in Mega Millions and Powerball is even harder now because recent rules make the odds even longer so lottery games can sell more tickets, he added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-03-27 19:52:29","changed_gmt":"2024-03-27 20:32:38","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Tennessean - USA TODAY Network","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/news\/1-billion-lottery-jackpots-norm-155451688.html","dateline":{"date":"2024-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"},{"id":"169090","name":"lottery"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}