{"664601":{"#nid":"664601","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"What are the odds of winning the Mega Millions $1.1B jackpot?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter several drawings with no winner, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/business\/your-money\/ap-mega-millions-jackpot-rises-to-1-1-billion-after-no-winner\/\u0022\u003EMega Millions jackpot\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has soared to $1.1 billion.\u0026nbsp;If someone wins Tuesday night\u0026rsquo;s drawing, it will be the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/mega-millions-jackpot-becomes-one-of-the-nations-largest-here-are-the-10-others\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethird-largest jackpot\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Mega Millions history, falling behind a $1.5 billion ticket sold in South Carolina in 2018 and a $1.3 billion ticket sold in Illinois last summer.\u0026nbsp;If it seems like these enormous jackpots are happening more often, it\u0026rsquo;s because they are. And that\u0026rsquo;s not by chance. \u0026ldquo;They changed the rules so that the pool of numbers you\u0026rsquo;re selecting from is bigger, so it\u0026rsquo;s harder to actually get the winning numbers,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lewlefton.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELew Lefton\u003C\/a\u003E, who just retired after 23 years at Georgia Tech, where he was a senior academic professional in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, as well as Assistant Dean for Information Technology and Associate Vice President for Research Computing with the College of Sciences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-01-10 17:27:02","changed_gmt":"2023-01-10 17:27:02","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/morninginamerica\/what-are-the-odds-of-winning-the-mega-millions-1-1b-jackpot\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"175670","name":"Lew Lefton"},{"id":"169090","name":"lottery"},{"id":"171362","name":"lottery odds"},{"id":"190987","name":"mega millions"}],"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":""}}}