QubitBob t1_j9zk99w wrote on February 25, 2023 at 6:51 PM

Reply to comment by DeificClusterfuck in California Lottery stands behind $2 billion Powerball winner despite claim ticket was stolen by ILikeTalkn2Myself

This is correct: a billion = 1,000 million. The current Wikipedia article in English states this clearly. In current usage, one million million = trillion.

yourbraindead t1_jaf1ifv wrote on February 28, 2023 at 11:34 PM

I think he was trying to make a joke about the fact that in the longer scale that many countries use (like we in Germany) after a million comes Milliarde and then billion. So your trillion is our billion.