The previous jackpot of $1.6bn (£1.4bn) had been the largest lotto prize ever offered but no one won Saturday's draw.
The new $1.9bn jackpot is for a winner who is paid through an annuity over 29 years. Winners of lottery jackpots usually prefer a lump sum of cash, which for Monday's drawing would be $929.1m .Hector Solis holds up lottery tickets purchased with his co-workers for the Saturday drawThe castle's current estimated market value is around £497.5m according to the estate agent comparison site GetAgent.
The total cost of construction for the world's tallest building the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai at 2,717ft was $1.5bn.There are five states: Utah, Nevada, Hawaii, Alaska and Alabama which do not have a lottery. A mix of reasons has kept them away, including objections from conservatives, concerns about the impact on low-income families or a desire not to compete with existing gaming operations.
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