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Lottery jackpot records have always attracted the attention of lottery analysts and players. It is generally considered that Spain's ''Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad'' (Spanish Christmas Lottery) is the world's largest lottery and has the largest first prize jackpot. In 2012, the main jackpot was €720 million (US$941.8 million). The total prize pool in 2012 was €2.52 billion (US$3.297 billion). (Using a 13 December 2012 exchange of €1 = US$1.308.) The tickets for this lottery have pre-printed 5-digit numbers, with each set of numbers sold multiple times in several so-called ''series''. For example, a ticket with the number "00001" was printed 180 times under different series numbers. This results in the jackpot always being split across multiple winners. The 2011 main jackpot of €720 million was paid out as €4 million (US$5.2 million) to each of the 180 tickets with the number 58268.〔http://www.elgordo.com/results/elgordo2011_results.asp〕 ==United States== All lottery winnings are subject to Federal taxation (automatically reported to the Internal Revenue Service if the win is at least $600); many smaller jurisdictions also levy taxes. The IRS requires a minimum withholding of 25% of the prize (minus the wager) of any gambling win in excess of $5,000. However, the net for a major jackpot winner often is misleading; winners often pay additional to the IRS when they file their returns. U.S. lottery winners are taxed at the highest percentage; any winnings over $600 are taxed at 30%. All lump-sum prizes listed below are reported as the pre-withholdings amount, as this is income the player "earned" and must report on their returns to be subject to taxation. Jackpot amounts below are the advertised annuity. For various reasons, an annuity jackpot can have a higher cash value than a larger annuity with a lower cash value. Examples include the annuity structure of various games: while Mega Millions' and Powerball's annuity option each are 30 annual payments, Mega Millions' annuity payments increase 5 percent yearly, while Powerball increases 4 percent yearly; this makes the Mega Millions' annuity structure somewhat more "inflated". ;List of U.S. lottery drawings of $300 million or more (annuity value) with at least one winning ticket: Note: ''The Big Game'' became ''The Big Game Mega Millions'' and then ''Mega Millions'' in 2002. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lottery jackpot records」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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