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"You wanna know why I am playing this?" asks Jeffery Perry, of Jackson, Miss., as he fills out Mega Millions lottery tickets, in The World Bar and Grill in Delta, La., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. "It is for my children. So I can give them a good life." Perry is one of many Mississippi residents that crossed the Mississippi-Louisiana state line, for a chance at winning an estimated $1.6 billion jackpot in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing. Rogelio V. Solis, AP
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A customer shows his Mega Millions lottery ticket at a local grocery store, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall, AP
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A man buys a ticket for the Mega Millions lottery at a retailer in New York, Oct. 23, 2018. JUSTIN LANE, EPA-EFE
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Lottery players line up to purchase Mega Millions lottery tickets, at The World Bar and Grill, in Delta, La., a few miles from the Mississippi-Louisiana state line, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Although the Mississippi Legislature passed a lottery bill, the state still does not have an established lottery, so players from the Magnolia state have crossed over state lines for a chance at winning an estimated $1.6 billion jackpot in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing. Rogelio V. Solis, AP
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Customers fill out Mega Millions lottery tickets outside of a convenience store in New York, Oct. 23, 2018. Drew Angerer, Getty Images
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A person walks past a newsstand with advertisements for the Mega Millions lottery, Oct. 23, 2018 in New York. Drew Angerer, Getty Images
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