彩票头奖奖金再破纪录

Anticipation is growing along with the zeros in the Mega Millions lottery winnings.

随着百万乐透奖金中的零越来越多，人们的希望也越来越大。

The prize hit $1.6 billion after no one won the jackpot in a drawing on Friday night.

在周五晚上的抽奖中，奖金达到16亿美元，不过没有人中头奖。

That's the largest lottery jackpot in history, surpassing the $1.586 billion Powerball prize in January 2016.

这是有史以来最大的彩票头奖，超过了2016年1月价值15.86亿美元的强力球大奖。

Mega Millions lead director Gordon Medenica called it "uncharted territory."

“超级百万富翁”的首席导演戈登.麦登尼卡Gordon Medenica称这是一个“未知的领域”。

A winner who wants the money in a lump sum can opt for the cash option of about $905 million.

一位想一次性获得奖金的中奖者可以选择约9.05亿美元的现金。

The next drawing will be on Tuesday at 11 p.m. ET.

下一次开奖将在东部时间周二晚上11点。

Medenica tells us that about 280 million tickets were sold for the drawing on Friday.

麦登尼卡告诉我们这次周五的抽奖卖出去的彩票达到了两亿八千万张。

The odds for winning on Tuesday are about 1 in 302 million — almost the adult population of the United States.

周二获胜的几率约为1 / 3.02亿——分母几乎是美国的成年人的数量。

And, while lottery hopefuls have their superstitions, "The whole process is completely random," Medenica says.

而且，尽管希望买彩票的人有他们的迷信，“整个过程完全是随机的，”麦登尼卡说。

The overwhelming majority of people use the Quick Pick option and let the computer choose their numbers for them.

绝大多数人使用快速选择选项，让电脑为他们选择数字。

Even some jounalists are taking their chances.

甚至有些记者也碰了碰运气。

Ticket sales peak on Tuesdays and Fridays, the days of lottery drawings.

周二和周五是彩票开奖的时候，也是售票的高峰期。

They ramp up quickly throughout the day, Medenica says, and tend to peak between 6 and 8 p.m., as people come home from work.

麦登尼卡说他们的人数整天都在增加，一般在下午六点到八点，随着人们下班回到家而达到顶峰。

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