2022年11月09日 VOA慢速英语：中奖彩票以创纪录的 20.4 亿美元美国彩票售出

 

Early reports say one winning ticket for the largest lottery prize in United States history has been sold to someone in Southern California. The record jackpot is worth $2.04 billion.
早期报道称，一张美国历史上最大彩票奖金的中奖彩票已被出售给南加州的某人。创纪录的头奖价值 20.4 亿美元。
 
Lottery officials said the jackpot ticket was sold at a business called Joe's Service Center in Altadena, a community northeast of Los Angeles.
彩票官员表示，中奖彩票是在洛杉矶东北部社区阿尔塔迪纳的一家名为乔服务中心的企业出售的。
 
The latest drawing for the lottery winnings, known as the jackpot, was held Tuesday morning. That drawing had been delayed Monday night because of a sales processing problem.
彩票奖金的最新抽奖活动，被称为头奖，于周二上午举行。由于销售处理问题，那张图纸在周一晚上被推迟了。
 
The lottery is called Powerball. It is played by people in 45 U.S. states, as well as Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
彩票称为强力球。它由美国 45 个州以及华盛顿特区、波多黎各和美属维尔京群岛的人们演奏。
 
The jackpot was estimated to be $1.9 billion on Monday. But the prize was increased to $2.04 billion on Tuesday morning.
周一的头奖估计为19亿美元。但周二早上奖金增加到 20.4 亿美元。
 
Tuesday's drawing followed one on Saturday that was the 40th in a row without a winner of the big prize. The jackpot grows larger each time it goes unclaimed.
周二的抽奖紧随周六的抽奖，这是连续第 40 次没有大奖得主。每次无人认领时，累积奖金都会变大。
 
A winning ticket must match all six numbers that are drawn. The numbers in the latest drawing were 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 and 10.
中奖彩票必须与抽出的所有六个号码相符。最新图中的数字是 10、33、41、47、56 和 10。
 
The current jackpot is more than $400 million larger than past record jackpots. Only four in the past have been larger than $1 billion, but none of those were close to the current prize. The current jackpot started at $20 million on August 6. No one has won the jackpot since August 3.
目前的头奖比过去的创纪录头奖高出 4 亿多美元。过去只有四个超过 10 亿美元，但没有一个接近目前的奖金。目前的头奖从 8 月 6 日开始为 2000 万美元。自 8 月 3 日以来，没有人赢得头奖。
 
The $2.04 billion prize is for a winner who chooses to receive yearly payments over 29 years. However, nearly all winners instead choose to be paid in cash, which greatly lowers the amount. Lottery officials did not immediately provide a value for the one-time cash payment, but it was likely to be around $1 billion.
20.4 亿美元的奖金是颁发给选择在 29 年内获得年度付款的获胜者。然而，几乎所有获奖者都选择以现金支付，这大大降低了金额。彩票官员没有立即提供一次性现金支付的价值，但可能在 10 亿美元左右。
 
The odds of winning the current jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
赢得当前头奖的几率是 2.922 亿分之一。
 
The previous record for a Powerball jackpot was set in 2016 when three ticket holders from California, Florida and Tennessee shared a $1.59 billion top prize.
此前的强力球头奖记录是在 2016 年创下的，当时来自加利福尼亚、佛罗里达和田纳西州的三位持票人分享了 15.9 亿美元的最高奖金。