Michael Ferreira won a $161,775 jackpot playing the Wild Money Lotto Game from Rhode Island Lottery. He purchased the winning ticket from Sam's Food Store in Warwick, RI.
A jackpot of $161,775 may not seem so great compared to other people that have won huge jackpots. But winning big jackpots isn't the selling point of a lotto game like Wild Money. With Wild Money, it is relatively easier to win, hence the lower jackpot amount. Actually it's a lot easier to win. Take Powerball, for example; in Powerball, the odds of winning the jackpot are 1-in-95-million. In Wild Money, players must match 5 out of 35 numbers, making the odds of winning just 1-in-325,000. A lottery player is a lot more likely to win playing Wild Money than she is playing Powerball and that's what draws people to the game. Winning a lot of money is great but, also, winning something is better than winning nothing.
Wild Money draws are held three times a week, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday and it is a progressive lottery game, meaning that if nobody wins the jackpot, it rolls over and the jackpot gets bigger. The jackpot starts at $20,000 and grows from there. How does Michael Ferreira's win compare to other Wild Money Wins? Well, the biggest Wild Money jackpot was won on March 25th, 2006 and reached $315,869. So, Michael didn't do too bad.
Congratulations to Michael Ferreira on his nice win!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Michael Ferreira Is A Wild Money Winner From Rhode Island Lottery
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Tino Sundin
Posted by: Tino Sundin
Updated at: Thursday, May 21, 2009
