Let's keep it real people. One ticket is all you need.

I overheard a guy making a remark along the lines that people will play PB this week and not have food the next. True.

I remember a craze awhile back when the jackpot got real big....the machines were smoking trying to print all of the tickets people were buying.

It rolled that day and I believe went out the next draw. Sales were more than brisk, they were steaming.

Don't go overboard. Remember the odds but also remember it takes one ticket to win. It's okay to dream but don't lose your friggin mind.

And that folks is the public service announcement for today.

Oh and btw, I'm not playing.

If this rolls over which I think it will, it will definitely set a new record $400m plus!

Wow! "If there is no Grand Prize winner Saturday night, the estimate for next Wednesday's drawing (Feb. 15, 2012) will be $415,000,000 — the largest lottery jackpot in United States history."

That would be amazing! I almost want it to rollover just to see that, but I think I'll be happy with JUST $325,000,000!

On a whim, I stopped by one of our local convenience stores this afternoon and picked up a $2 QP. To my surprise the ticket read Est. CV of 202,900,000! Seems like it has been a while since I remember the lottery raising the level of the jackpot mid drawing. Someone is definitely going to be very happy this weekend. Good luck to all!

If this jackpot roll several more times, it could reach a billion dollars.  If that happens, I could see MUSL putting a cap on it and adding more money to the 2nd place winners with powerplay.

Like I said on the eve of the last drawing, this would be a great weekend to grab the MM or your state's local lotto jackpot and slip off into oblivion. Good luck. Don't go crazy.

 the record cash jackpot is $240 million, which is currently held by Mega Millions

will mm could have it record broken, that will be fun to watch. the lottery fever buying of 400m plus jackpot!

anytime cash jackpot"real jackpot" gets above 200m, you have a epic jackpot on your hands!

am going to buy ether 2 or 3 tickets, as buy 5 bucks was my max for 300m jackpots , so i up my limit to 6 bucks  for now LOL.

if it rolls, , i up it to 10 bucks, 

i have to limit it to 10 bucks or 5 tickets max , even thro a 400m jackpot would more then likly make me get a 20 out LOL. we see if it rolls.

btw, that 415m is a low ball, just like 193.4 million cash jackpot was a lowball, any time jackpot gets above 300m,. they always Lowball  real amount,  and up it when near draw and had time to guest real total sells by end of draw, with a few days of selling to make a spot on guest.

i remb mm 240 cash jackpot, kept being upped like what 3 times before draw, and even atfer the draw, it was upped to final cash amount of 240, They just could not low ball it ever time :P

Completely agree. What a great time for other new lotto millionares to slip underneath the radar. :)

Yeah, expect as I posted it, it dawned on me how ridiculous the notion if "grabbing" a lotto jackpot is. Like, "ooh, this looks nice... I'll have one of those...and if there is room in the basket, go ahead and grab a lottery jackpot, too."

Oh well, silly thoughts. I knew what I meant.

I agree and think anyone who wins the MM or any other lottery now will be (almost) ignored now till the big PB hits (so I will settle for MM).

i like this ,but why would they do that instead of just building up the JP ?

I agree, people loose their heads when the Jackpot get really big. A friend from OK and I were just talking tonight, he said that he was at a place In OK on the I40 Interstate, and people were talking about how much they were playing for PB for Saturday, and it was Thousands of dollars, they were hoping to win something back or they wouldn't have any money for food the next week. Now Come On People, thats taking it to the crazy side or taking mortgages out on your home so that you think it's going to give you a edge. Play within you means, if you can only afford $4.00 on Powerball and $2.00 on Mega Millions then thats what it it is. Or don't play one of them, play the one you want to play the most that time and the next time play the other one. My husband and I have a set amount we play, we don't go over that amount no matter how high the pots get.

Good Luck to everyone Playing Mega Millions  tonight or those playing PowerBall on Saturday.

LottoLin

Nita & Bruce keep your fingers crossed that we get lucky and hit the PowerBall

I want to see a billion dollar jackpot, the media will lose their mind if that happens. I don't know how much I would throw at that, but it would be significant. 

There is a guy here in my town who no one really knows who he is, but everyday at the same store, he has slips already there, and plays thousands of dollars in 3 digit, 4 digit, Keno and other lottery every day. He played $8,000 in one day the clerk told me. I can only imagine how much money he is going to throw at this. 

If this hits $500 million I am going around the neighborhood and starting a lottery club.

I always could afford to play a little more but I never buy more than two Pb tickets per drawing (usually one). It only takes one.  But it seems to me I recall reading that a lot of winners seem to say they purchased  somewhere between $ 20-60 worth of tickets.  That is too much for me. I see more than a few people in DC (mostly retirement age) who look like they have little money playing some keno lottery game (maybe the same game with the horses on the screen? Does not interest me.) and spending $60 or more at once. Always shocks me.  Very hardcore players who give you a dirty look if you get in their way just to get your single ticket.

Well, to all the naysayers, who just a short two weeks ago, didn't give Powerball a snowball's chance in hell of getting even close to a new jackpot level. It's like New England weather, not happy with it,........... just wait a short spell.     

indeeed ......

but the next few days ought to get really interesting REAL quick .......

good luck to all and remember to becareful what ya wish for ......

Just out of curiousity did you happen to notice that your little avatar in your signature calling people stupid was incorrect (I will let you figure out which part is wrong)?

I mean I have to know if that was intentional because if it was not that is pretty hilarious.

I believe it will roll at least 1 more time and hit $415 million, which will probably be $425 million come draw time. After that it still stands a good chance at rolling so we could be seeing a $550M jackpot very soon. $341 million cash option. lol

Oh my.................!.

  Good luck hiding THAT kind of amount!  $203,000,000 which is about $132,000,000 (I am working on a tack bracket of 35%) If your state doesn't have state taxes we are talking about $150,000,000, just for the taking!

   Oh my word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What the heck is a soul supposed to do with such an amount?! On a second thought, wrong question 

  As one member on this post mentioned, 1 ticket should suffice. I predict should anybody win this Saturday, it would be a single ticket holder. Should it roll over, it will still be a single ticket holder.

  Now, WHY do I have a feeling that the lottery officials will PRESSURE the owner to do a press interview? No trusts, since they have to parade a winner and justify the increase in price in so doing?

  Oh dear, this might turn out to be more than anybody would bargain for.

   HAVE MERCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        Should you be given a marvelous gift, share it with yourself first and see how it tastes THEN, share with those you see fit

                      - Sandia

We had a winner here in Missouri , in my area, 

,, total win, $1 million.

^5 , good luck to all players, game on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Prizes Paid

You might be a winner! Remember, all winning tickets must be claimed within 180 days from the drawing date.

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012     17-28-38-39-51 PB: 33     

Numbers Matched	Number of MO Prizes	$$ Won in MO	Number of MO Power Play Prizes	Power Play $$ Won in MO
5 White balls & Powerball	0	Jackpot	-	-
5 White balls	1	$1,000,000	0	$2,000,000
4 White balls & Powerball	1	$10,000	0	$40,000
4 White balls	43	$100	1	$200
3 White balls & Powerball	83	$100	2	$200
3 White balls	2,321	$7	131	$14
2 White balls & Powerball	1,250	$7	57	$14
1 White ball & Powerball	7,995	$4	431	$12
0 White balls & Powerball	15,966	$4	893	$12
Total MO Winners (without Power Play):	27,660	Total Won:	$1,143,441
Total MO Winners (with Power Play):	1,515	Total Won:	$19,120
Grand Total MO Winners:	29,175	Grand Total Won:	$1,162,561

Maybe so, but in many states it is clearly written in the rules that a winner may claim either by trust, corporation or even anonymously. They have to follow those rules.

Despite the possible pressure, any winner that has already had a gameplan in mind should definitely stick to it.

and I giggle each time I read it!

Todd, if I win can i get some sort of icon under my user  name?

i dont know what your talking about

but back tto topic, looks from that payout chat from MO that 1 in 20 people are paying for the power play in MO at least

I vote for it to be a bullseye. 

This is a nice increase on the jackpot, it'll cover the high rise condo in an income tax free state that I have my eye on!

What are you talking about?

My biggest concern is how much does a hundred million dollars in gold weigh and where on earth am I going to store it and hide it?

$50 million in gold and $50 million in oil should be about right and a tank...

http://goldprice.org/gold-price-per-kilo.html

this place has live gold price, in kg, so divide  kg results by 1000, and you get metric tons of gold

50 mill/

$55234 /kg

= 905kg

or 0.9 metric ton lol not even a tone of gold

I got my one ticket from Big Apple store around 2:20 p.m. in the afternoon on thursday.  Hoping for the best would be happy with $40,000 or $2 million or the jackpot.  I would settle for $200 too.  Got powerplay on my ticket so good luck to me and all who play!-weshar75

platinum has been upto 2x the price of gold, but atm is lower priced than gold. if i had a lazy $50M

lol @ lazy 50M.   platinum may be a good speculation, if it goes back to 2x gold, you can trade over for 1.8 tons at the right time.

905 gold kilo bars would only take up 1.84 cubic feet of space, so storage is easy. Be a terrible investment though.

I never take the powerplay option.   That's one less dollar to buy a lottery ticket to win a big jackpot.   That's why I play, to win the top prize only.

The way the economy might go, it may not be that bad of an idea after all. That much gold is a bit excessive though. 10% in gold and other precious metals. 5% in Liquid Funds, 75% in Stocks, 10% in Bonds. Invest in Bonds with caution, some analysists are still expecting the bond bubble to burst. The US economy might be looking a little better but we are not out of the woods yet.

I was wondering if anybody else noticed that. That's one of my favorites. Another is spelling lose with two o's (loose).

I'm not even going to get into there, their and they're or two, to and too cuz I'm already getting a headache, lol.

The problem with gold currently is it is at historic sky high prices and trending downwards, that's not to say it won't shoot up tomorrow, but the trend is down and the price is very high. Were it me I'd be looking at real estate and stocks, they've been beaten up quite a bit the last few years and there are a ton of deals out there for someone with lots of cash and a long time horizon.

Me to. and if I loose, I will not go their again so do not ax me about it.  lol

Exactly, LOL.

Don't loose now, I don't want you to be a looser.

Man you crack me up!!!

Is Todd going to change the amount on US Mega? Yeah, yeah, I can do the math myself, but I like to see his numbers. :-)

Good point on real estate and you definitely ain't kidding about the long term. Agreed that gold is wickedly priced at the moment, but it is still lower than the old high from the early 1980's if you factor in inflation. Might be a good idea to wait for it to come back down a little bit before anyone looking to buy, invests in some.

i went to the psychiatrist the other day , only wearing plastic kitchen wrap for pants.

he said " I can clearly see your nuts "

Well, bought three tickets with powerplay already. Might have to jump in for another one before Sat. night.

I would be happy to take any of the other prizes off of your hands, thank you very much.

Good luck on Saturday.

It will be two tickets that win and from states that haven't had the chance to win. It will draw up the media for them and folks around these forums will still chastise the winners if they do a press conference or mention what they plan to do with the money. We are so wonderful at telling others how to spend their money or how to invest it, that is why each week we lose because we don't want anyone to tell us how to invest/spend.

I think someone needs to check the CAP rules because there is one and its true that the 2nd tier will increase once it hits cap...I think its 500 mil but again it is a matter of accurately investigating it.

Good luck weshar75!

Thanks RDGRNR!-weshar75

Saw alot more peeps buying tickets this time at the beer store. First time in a while i had to get in line. Agree with {rad242} I think it will get close to 400 if no one hits.

No lines at the gas station today.  I was buying my one MM ticket and it took longer to get the reciept then it did to get the ticket.  I won't go anywhere near a gas station on Saturday!

I would like to thank everyone for their contribution because i will be the sole winner of the massive jackpot. Thanks Fellas.

You're welcome Luke, I've been contributing for years.

Glad to know it's going to someone I know for a change.

ive never had to wait in a line when there was a big jackpot, i dont know where everyoen else is shopping but its never happened to me.  on a side note, its annoying now when i try to buy powerballs and i say 10 powerballs please and the guy gives me a ticket with 5 lines and im like no... 10 lines not 10 dollars.

I've never seen a line for tickets around here.

Whiskey, ammo and snuff, yes.

You're not the first at LP to say that, hope you are luckier than they were.

If I were to win a JP of this size, The best part would be listening to all the investment

bankers make there pitch and then tell them no thanks and hang up.  I would break

it up into 500K chunks and deposit it in local banks ear marked for small bussiness

startup loans.  Maybe keep a couple million stashed away for the grandkids and just

live off the interest.  I don't have a ticket yet but if it warms up some around here today

I might go pick one up.

RL

Well I know what I will do with the money if the money Gods smile down on me. I will be able to pay my hospital and Doctor bills, as they come in and my medications, for my cancer treatment for the second time around. My husband was working last year so we were able to just scrape by and with the tax money etc  we paid in over $10 grand to hopitals , doctors and my portion of medication. So this year a lottery win would be just perfect.  But eveyone can use the money , in this economy I don't think there isn't a person unless they are a politician with a ton of money, that couldn't use a Jackpot win. But  mine would go to a good cause, for now LOL. Good Luck to all playing Power Ball tonight.

Lotto LIn

Yay for the bump up. Almost spent my $32 PB winnings from Wed on this draw. Have to spread it out & at different locations. I should get going before everyone starts getting their Saturday started. 

Good luck to LP members. May one of us win, but most of all, may it be me! $152m coming my way... 

1. There are no "gods" that "let you win". You are just a lucky sob if you happen to beat the odds.

2. Everybody has problems and bills and nobody actually gives a <snip> about yours.

3. Good luck all.

Let's see half a billion jackpot! I saw a fool ahead of me at the fuel stop dropping $400.00 dollars on this game. He is doing someone else well.

Nobody likes Negative Nancys. For your first post, you've done a remarkable job of making yourself look like an ass. Congratulations.

Well I am an <snip> so deal with it. I'm sorry I'm honest and I have realistic views. Shoot me.

Typical bully behavior. Good for you. I bet you don't have very many friends.

PS Never say "shoot me" to a girl from Texas. At least not in person.

Stereotyping me as "bully" is far from the truth. I'm just an honest person.

Besides, I don't go down south because there are millions of people down there and 14 last names. Not my cup of tea.

$400?! omfg I surely hope he wins something because I'd be sick if I didn't. $325M does unnatural things to ordinary people.

Good luck everyone. Remember to breath

1.) Making statements against religion in a forum where most of the readers accept religious freedom. = FAIL. Besides how do you know God is not pulling the strings on lotto winners? last time I checked, God has his hand in everything.

2.) You so sure about that? Open your eyes a little and you might see families and even entire communities that still support and look out for each other. It has become even more common place now that times have been hard the past few years.

3.) Good luck to you too.

"Freedom of speech, just watch what you say."

I will give my name & town as required by the Pennsylvania Lottery! The $131,885,000 + wire transfer will be great! I have $8 riding on this one! It would be nice if a Lottery Post member hit!

Not stereotyping. I lived with a bully for 22 years. It took a lot of counseling to get my self esteem back. Bullies justify ugly and negative comments to people with "honesty".  If that is your "honesty", then no thanks but you can keep it. True honest and honorable people treat others like they would like to be treated. You are in epic fail with each post. And every time you post again, you dig yourself deeper. Karma is a bitch, and I don't think she likes you very much.

PS It's a good thing you don't go south because with your mouth, you're likely to get your fondest wish: "Shoot me".

14 last names, how honest is that.

RL

It was raised before the drawing has that ever happened before? I think if it is hit today it will be split 4-9 ways. Still 25 plus million.

happens all time bro

anytime you see jackpot above 300m , sells are so good, lottery always, gives a low ball number,

hell that record cash mm jackpot last year went up like 3-4 times, and by draw it self, it was raised to final 240m cash, yes we didn't even know final amount to atfer LOL.

if it rolls it be like this all weekend/

415m jackpot raised to 440 m, rasied again next day to 460 m,   then to like 480 million by draw nite

and atfer it won it be like 490 m   just you watch, it happen like clock work.

when sell records are set, lottery always plays it self and lowballs the amounts.

, also their is a biger chance we could have more then 1 winning ticket,  2 tickets  can win it, if so many people play

however i doubt  a group with just 1 ticket will win it over majority of solo players.

Oh, it wouldn't be your cup of tea, alright.

I can pretty much guarantee you that.

Oh I've only started following this, never read anything from past drawings when it happened. I'm gonna play so I don't want it to roll over.

Your a nice person.   

I say we shoot you. Put you out of your short lived LP misery. 

These high jackpot drawings are great because less people buy 5-number jackpot games making it less likely to have to share a jackpot in those games.

Yes, I will give t the less fortunate like you.