World News for Students of English

15-11-2022 07:00

Someone bought a lottery ticket in California, US, and won a record 2.04-billion-dollar jackpot. The win happened after more than three months without anyone hitting the top prize.

Lottery officials announced the winning numbers on Tuesday morning, nearly 10 hours after the scheduled Monday night drawing because of technical problems with data. Lottery officials acknowledged the delay was frustrating for such a high-profile drawing; however, the game’s security process took precedence.

The jackpot ticket was sold in Altadena, California, and for selling the winning ticket, business owner Joe Chahayed will receive a maximum lottery bonus of 1 million dollars.  The owner said that he didn’t know who won the prize, but he hoped that it was someone local.

Under California rules, the name of the winner must be disclosed; however, no other information has to be public.

Difficult words: high-profile (attract much attention or publicity), precedence (considered more important than other things), disclose (to share secret or new information).

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