RAW SOURCE: The Great Lottery

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Formal name: Helvatica Luminary. Colloquial names: The Great Lottery, Kila Vas Lotto/Lottery, Casino Lottery, Helvatica Lottery, MACOFS Lottery. Responsible for 6 of the biggest lottery prizes in explored space. Played in over 1,000 star systems, drawing billions of players weekly. Drawings occur Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 11 PM. Original ticket format: 3 alpha + 5 numeric characters; changed May 2002 to 4 alpha + 7 numeric (older format still persists in some locations).

Jackpot list:

• $1.6 trillion, March 2019, Martin O'Gregory of Jonesboro, sequence IMV-00343 — largest cash win of all time, first to cross $1.5T
• $1.54 trillion, August 1999, Amar Ledaden of Kila Vas, sequence ODE-66576 (first big win)
• $1.3 trillion, September 2004, Lyza Kerbal of the Subaas Star Republic, sequence KZC-22862
• $1.23 trillion, August 2002, Jans Tal-Ibanq of the Viachon Empire, sequence DSR-52721
• $1.17 trillion, January 2014, anonymous (after a rule change protecting winner identity)
• $1.01 trillion, November 2007, anonymous (same rule change)

Numerous $800-900 million range wins have occurred across known space, but the trillion-dollar wins are what made Helvatica Luminary "The Great Lottery." Now available across all of known space.