Lottery jackpots: higher or lower?

Two jackpots appear with the lottery, date and place. The first amount is shown: was the second one bigger or smaller? Advertised jackpots (in the US, paid as an annuity; the cash option is lower).

Amounts are as reported at the time (not adjusted for inflation), converted to US dollars at the day's European Central Bank reference rate.

Jackpot records in the United States, Europe and the rest of the world. Based on the Wikipedia article “Lottery jackpot records” (CC BY-SA license), checked weekly: the collection follows updates to the article.

Images: the free image from each item's Wikipedia article when one exists (Wikimedia Commons; author and license shown under the image, linking to its page). Otherwise, a card drawn by Pricedle.

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