i read somewhere (!) that they want to announce the winner to prove that a) people win! and b) it’s not a lottery official. who knows? I would get a lawyer and a fake name asap, too many people would come crawling out with their hands out.
What I want to know is if the jackpot went from 1 billion to 1.6 billion in the seven hours from the drawing to the time they announced no winners Saturday morning...
WHY didn’t the jackpot go up during the days after? People were buying tickets like crazy.