opinion on the Wire Act<\/a> issued by the Department of Justice. The memo from DOJ Office of Legal Counsel Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel concluded that the federal law passed in 1961 bans the transmission of not only interstate wagers relating to sports betting \u2013 but all forms of gambling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nEarlier this month, a federal judge ruled that the new interpretation was invalid. The DOJ subsequently announced it was extending a moratorium on enforcing its 2018 opinion on the Wire Act until December 31, and won’t try cases until 2020 at the earliest.<\/p>\n
Lottery Wins<\/b><\/h2>\n The Pick 4 record payout of $7.8 million eclipsed the game’s previous mark set in August 2012 when the draw was 1-1-1-1. That produced a $7.5 million disbursement.<\/p>\n
Mega Millions and Powerball have clogged headlines in recent years for their record-setting jackpots. The five largest payouts in US history have all been set since 2016. That’s a result of both overhauling their gameplay in recent years.<\/strong><\/p>\nIn 2015, the number of Powerballs was reduced from 35 to 26, but the number of white balls was increased by 10. The modification lowered one’s odds of winning the jackpot from one in 175.2 million, to one in 292.2 million.<\/p>\n
Two years later, Mega Millions increased its number of Mega Balls by 10. The change lengthened jackpot odds from one in 258.9 million, to one in 302.5 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The North Carolina Lottery’s Pick 4 draw on June 22 came up 0-0-0-0, which led to a record $7.8 million payout split between a total of 2,014 winners. It was only a day after the lottery’s Pick 3 game turned out a winning 1-1-1 draw. Pick 4 players have a one in 10,000 chance of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":107704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,13699],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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