World's biggest lottery jackpot won by three tickets

Comment #301

Brcebrce — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:33:20 GMT

I see lottery pools being a hassle too, but if you do go into one isn't it smart and common sense to draw up a contract an all members sign it? It won't be airtight if a lawyer didn't draft it but should be clear enough to keep issues from happening. On an episode winners had a pool. They were all coworkers. Another coworker sued for a piece of money, said they were in the pool. They kept a list of who paid what in and they each singed it. The list went back for 2 years. Judge thew case out that... [ More ]

Comment #300

Cletu$2 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:55:19 GMT

Well,yesterday WAS April Fools Day,afterall.Maybe she was just trying to play a joke on co-workers.

Comment #299

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:08:12 GMT

LOL... I bet you do...LOL.. well i'm going to the gym on my lunch so that should help...LOL...

Comment #298

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:06:15 GMT

Another thing if he(the fiance) is the father of her 7 kids he needs to MARRY HER, how can a woman have 7 kids and not be married that's just alarming too me.... well at least she's working though..

Comment #297

CDanaT — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:03:36 GMT

Keep tellin ya DCF, I have sumpin for that migraine

Comment #296

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:58:41 GMT

Me too CD, I wonder if the man is her fiance, but then why would she say All right! All Right! I'll share, but I can't find the ticket right now , according to Allen if her fiance bought the ticket with his own money then why would she give his winnings away...

LOL... this is giving me a migraine...LOL...

Comment #295

CDanaT — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:38:31 GMT

I am still having a hard thinking she would make the claim of winning the Maryland share after it was known from the video that a male purchased the ticket at the 7:15 timeframe..oh well..hope she has at least 5 numbers.

Comment #294

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:27:19 GMT

So true

Comment #293

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:21:09 GMT

Yep, that's what I was thinking that would explain why she didn't know if she won or not her words I don't know if I won. Some of the numbers we familiar. I recognized some of them she said

Comment #292

CDanaT — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:18:29 GMT

.....Another case for the age old statement, Silence is Golden

Comment #291

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:13:14 GMT

Sure! Then her co-workers will still want a piece of that action as well, leftovers is better than nothing! Good angle CD.

Comment #290

CDanaT — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:07:19 GMT

or she could have gotten 5 numbers right

Comment #289

CDanaT — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:05:20 GMT

Another story on immigrants potentially involved in a Lotto-Pool-Gate fiasco ???? Isn't that getting kind of repetative...Lets have a new story, like how one of the MM winners was actually dressed up like a man when she bought her winning ticket !!! Orrrrrrr a jackpot winner is actually on the terrorist watch list and the government confiscates all the winnings or something like that

Comment #288

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:04:00 GMT

Yeah same here DCF, tons of butter and lots of salt! YUM! YUM!

She might just be a (no polite way to say this, I'm sorry in advance) a media whore, looking for her few minutes in the spotlight.

This makes even more sense, since you brought up the fact that the video from 7-11 showed a man purchasing the winning ticket.

Or it could be something else altogether different? She claimed that she will be going into lottery office today to sort out, we should hear

something soon, maybe... [ More ]

Comment #287

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:03:50 GMT

LOL... well at least the Kansas winner/s Illinois winner/s are still incognito... something about her story dosen't seem right to me though oh well we will wait see.

Comment #286

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:55:48 GMT

Yep

Comment #285

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:53:57 GMT

What I don't get mcginnin, is why would she got public so quickly.... something about her story dosen't add up to me...

I prefer extra butter salt on my ....LOL...

Comment #284

Eagles215 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:46:37 GMT

Yes we do

Comment #283

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:40:40 GMT

Can't argue with the war dept. That's OK, I'll just cherry pick this one for myself. The next 100+ million you can take.

Comment #282

CDanaT — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:34:09 GMT

Normally Mac, I would...but I am going to see if it breaks the 70 mark this time...besides, the war dept. (aka the wife) is in a pool at work and I can wait til SAT

Comment #281

rad242 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:32:47 GMT

Be nice - lol!

Powerball has to make a major comeback especially at these new rates in order to attract enough people back to the game. It will be a while before Mega Millions build to a competitive jackpot size.

Comment #280

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:24:28 GMT

You would turn down $70 million CD? Cough up $2 and roll the dice bro! PB is ripe for the picking this Wednesday.

Comment #279

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:21:11 GMT

Maybe it was someone else (the man in video), and Mirlande might just be looking for her 15 minutes of fame

Comment #278

CDanaT — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:16:49 GMT

Powerball to a 100 million ???? Its does that now ??? Wellllll bend me over the kitchen table and call me Hazel !..I didn't know that....Boy do I learn alot from this place.

Comment #277

rad242 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:12:16 GMT

Agreed!

We need something to take us through until the Powerball rolls over to 100m! Lol

Comment #276

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:11:42 GMT

This is already beginning to remind me of that NJ piece of sh*t Americo Lopes, who tried screwing five other lotto pool members out of 38 million.

He lost his case, and is probably bankrupt now with the judge's ruling.

Comment #275

rad242 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:04:40 GMT

Exactly!

Why was I thinking with the largest jackpot and 3 winners this would be DRAMA FREE?

Do people READ? Why any one would join a lottery people beats the hell out of me

Comment #274

Cletu$2 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:02:09 GMT

There will be a legion of lawyers getting rich over this.

Comment #273

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:59:45 GMT

I've got plenty of to DCF! Didn't realize a man purchased the ticket? Boyfriend, husband? I know she is a Haitian mother

of seven kids. More details will be forth coming over the next few days.

Comment #272

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:52:03 GMT

WOW!!!! I just read the article on NY Post apparently the clerk @ 7-11 said lottery officials came in looked at the surveillance video shows a man purchased the winning ticket.... Drama, Drama, Drama I better get my ready....LOL...

Comment #271

BuyLow — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:58:33 GMT

Exactly, and if you are in a pool having tickets on the side that are only yours is a recipe for disaster. No pools for me, EVER.

Comment #270

Cletu$2 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:56:45 GMT

Pools.They ain't worth joining unless you like fighting

Comment #269

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:47:37 GMT

Apparently the woman (37 year old Mirlande Wilson), was the organizer of a lotto pool at McDonald's, where she collected $5 from the

participating co-workers for the Mega drawing on Friday. Mirlande is now claiming she went off and purchased a separate ticket on her own,

and that was the lone winning ticket. She wants to claim the lump sum winnings of over $105 million for herself only. Her co-workers are

furious, and are claiming she ripped them off.

Should make for a long and... [ More ]

Comment #268

BuyLow — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:23:25 GMT

Let the fighting begin. Just heard on the news a MC Donald's worker is claiming she won one of the 3 jackpots, BUT her co-workers are claiming it's a ticket from the pool at work.

Comment #267

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:02:08 GMT

Alway's lookin out for my fellow LP'ers rad, what can I say

Comment #266

Jill34786 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:02:42 GMT

The guy's name is Joe Denette. He split a $227 million MM jackpot (3-ways) drawn on May 1, 2009. The annuity as $75.6 mil but he opted for the $47.8 million lump sum payout. After 25% fed taxes and 4% VA state taxes, he took home a little over $33 million. That still would have left him with an additional Fed tax liability of $4.78 million unless he found a way to mitigate this...and from what I observed on the 20/20 show it didn't seem like he opened up any kind of charitable trust or gave any... [ More ]

Comment #265

HaveABall — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:32:21 GMT

No, Simba774, it appears that Joe Denette and his wife have slowed down their spending from the last 2.7 years, if now, due to their remaining principle and new investments they have approximately $25M-$30M remaining. I don't know where Barbara Walters got her spending information from, as they've ONLY purchased about $8M worth of items. The only way that Barbara could be correct if she is deducting from the Annuity amount of $75M, then subtracting for the lump-sum amount cost, then subtracting... [ More ]

Comment #264

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:05:09 GMT

Yeah to many people are afraid of ghosts, shouldn't be, there just ordinary people who are just returning back from the dead.

What's the big deal

Comment #263

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:02:06 GMT

If your referring to the dental practice, I believe it is nothing more than the good (deceased) doctor coming back to try and tie up some loose

ends. He fell asleep at the wheel before crashing his car into a tree, he died instantly. He never had any preparation for his next spiritual stage.

I was actually good friends with him, and since this practice was such a big part of his life I think he is trying to resolve his confusion by

occupying his old stomping grounds. Interesting story,

Comment #262

psykomo — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:57:15 GMT

MG:

thanks 4 sharing ur spirits !

a sudden gust of wind inside the building! !!

Nobody would work there anymore!!!!!!!!!!!

psykomo

Comment #261

rad242 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:44:03 GMT

You don't think its big enough for me to take home yet aye? How thoughtful of you

Comment #260

alexnt55 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:43:11 GMT

I know for the Mega drawing there were 651 million tickets sold for the Friday drawing. Some stories were saying 1.45 billion tickets were sold but that was the total ticket sales for all the drawings since the jackpot started at 12 million and rolled 18 times.

Comment #259

Artist77 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:42:20 GMT

ooooohhh you are braver than me! So do you think it is a risidual haunting or something more serious

Comment #258

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:35:46 GMT

ROLL.

Comment #257

rad242 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:34:11 GMT

Will this Powerball trend continue? Will we have another winner come Wednesday? Will that be YOU

Comment #256

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:00:46 GMT

Yeah same here, love and believe that paranormal stuff!

I have one other account, a very large dental practice which my company has been cleaning for over 12 years. Coincidentally it's located

in the same town (Milford), where the church/parish hall was haunted. A couple years back the owner (and one of the dentists), of this

practice died in a tragic car accident. The practice still continues. Several times when I have gone in to inspect the completed work, usually

in the even... [ More ]

Comment #255

Artist77 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:46:15 GMT

Scary. Maybe Ghost Hunters can investigate. Seriously. I love that show.

Comment #254

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:42:54 GMT

There are many haunted and spirit infested homes here in the Granite State! I can personally attest. I have seen and heard things

that you would never believe. Most of the haunted homes, or even older government buildings have a very long history, going back 300+

years or more. As a commercial cleaning contractor, I had one account, a very old church/parish hall that sat by a river in Milford NH.

from day 1, all my employees who had worked there heard noises, footsteps, saw draws openin... [ More ]

Comment #253

Simba774 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:35:00 GMT

I hope the baby has some money when he gets older. He never even said he was going to slow down.

Comment #252

haymaker — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:28:17 GMT

i took a trip to N.H. once back in the 70s my sister lived near concord in a spooky old farmhouse.

i even drove up that mt.washington,did they ever get around to putting gard rails on that road

Comment #251

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:21:44 GMT

Less congestion, pollution, crowded freeways, stress. Many good qualities about these smaller states. NH is much like these states, I have

no complaints.

Comment #250

Artist77 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:19:22 GMT

He seems like a really nice guy but when his money goes, so will his high profile NASCAR friends. He is like a kid in a candy store. Why do so many of these winners not set aside something (even 10, 20% in something as simple as CDs

Comment #249

haymaker — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:14:50 GMT

@mc56 well theres good things about low pop. states too,

gotta take the good w/ the bad.

Comment #248

mcginnin56 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:11:29 GMT

Don't know the particulars of the lotteries in each of these states. My state (NH), has a pop. of 1,300,000 and is a member of a multi-state lottery

with VT. (pop. about 625,000), and ME about the same pop. as NH. I feel bad for these low population states, but whatta you gonna do

Comment #247

Simba774 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:10:47 GMT

Wow, the NASCAR guy(I remember him) who won 75 million playing Mega Millions has spent nearly 20 million dollars in three years! And it looks he won't slow down his extreme spending anytime soon.

Comment #246

haymaker — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:44:02 GMT

of the 10 states that have less than a million, i'm guessing they have no lottery or belong to a multistate group,

places like wyoming,montana,north dakota.

Comment #245

mcginnin56 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:26:16 GMT

There are 10 US states which don't even crack a population of 1 million. Then you have the big 4, CA, TX, NY and FL that have

a combined population of over 102 million. It's really all about the numbers of people playing in each state which determine the most

frequent jackpot winners. Quick picks are the most popular way to play the lotteries, another reason why they come up so much more

often than self picks.

Comment #244

HiFi — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:09:52 GMT

notice how a majority of jackpot winners are from quickpicks? notice how often the winner only played 1 dollar? its because there are more people buying only 1 quickpick. its the same reason new york wins often, they have more people playing. but in the end, more tickets equals more chances anyway you cut it.

Comment #243

Simba774 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:38:40 GMT

Very true. I seen a guy buy 43 dollars in QPs and I know he didn't win the JP, but I don't if he won any lower prizes. The point is he did not win part of the big one, even though he spent 43 dollars. Spending an arm and a leg is not going to help you win. I don't spend too much, but if I happen to be in a store that sells tickets I will buy one from there, even though I already have my tickets for that night.

Comment #242

mcginnin56 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:27:41 GMT

Law party of 2....

Comment #241

maximumfun — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:23:32 GMT

Murphy - party of 1... Murphy - party of 1...

Comment #240

Lucky SOB — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:25:06 GMT

in todays world its not all that hard to track some one down online. there are some nuts and organizations out there who would do about anything for some money. posting that winning ticket on a lottery forum website would be one of the first places to look for winners.

Comment #239

LucyMontgomery — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:21:50 GMT

what do you think of the miracle mile

Comment #238

LottoLin — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:46:21 GMT

Yes go on Wisconsin Lottery site there 3 winners of $250,000.00, they were Eau Claire , Richfield and Walworth. it gives the names of the stores on the home page of the Wisconsin Lottery.com on news toward the middle of the page on the left side.

Comment #237

LottoLin — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:36:02 GMT

No Wisconsin is the worst, we haven't had a Mega Millions winner in Wisconsin yet. We've had second tier winners but not a Jackpot winner. Heck we haven't had a Jackpot winner in PowerBall either in quite a while, how pathetic are we, lol. Congrat's to all the winners, I did win $6.00, I had one number and the Mega Ball on two lines, so I spent $10.00 and won $6.00 so I'm out $4.00, so I guess it's not to bad.

I guess that Baskeball player that spent $10,000.00 didn't fair so well, but when y... [ More ]

Comment #236

mcginnin56 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:16:16 GMT

NH will trump both your state's, sorry for the letdown guys.

Your certainly more than entitled to any second tier prizes however

Comment #235

mcginnin56 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:06:20 GMT

Welcome lowerAL! Glad to have you on board.

Comment #234

rad242 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:00:35 GMT

You and I get along so well until you seek to further this delusion that Penn State will see a jackpot before the Sunshine State.

I have Mickey Mouse in my corner. What do you have

Comment #233

dallascowboyfan — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:54:30 GMT

Welcome to the LP lowerAL251....

Comment #232

lowerAL251 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:43:09 GMT

Goodmorning all..I'm new to Lottery Post..CONGRATZ to all the new lottery winners!!!!! everyone have a gr8 day

Comment #231

dpoly1 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:32:36 GMT

Come on Powerball, Roll Baby Roll!

Pennsylvania needs a jackpot

Comment #230

mcginnin56 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:26:32 GMT

Glad to hear your still off those cancer butts ashabug! Even if you relapse from time to time that's OK. Just keep pushing forward, and just

think of the ton of money your saving!!!, not to mention your health.

Comment #229

ashabug725 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:28:34 GMT

I have been too!!!! not as much this thread coz i work on weekends... i didn't win *snip* BUT... i haven't smoked a cigarette in a Lil over a week... so.. i haven't bought any... therefore i had more money to blow on tickets that was gonna get 'thrown away' anyways... and i had fun trying to b a ~psychic~ haha

Comment #228

dallascowboyfan — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:17:47 GMT

Thank you Nikkicute, you are a sweetie too....

Comment #227

dallascowboyfan — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:16:19 GMT

Thank you CollegeLad09...... our time will come.......

How Bout Them Cowboys!!!!!LOL

Comment #226

mcginnin56 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:52:05 GMT

If you really want to read them all (last 2 weeks), better allow yourself more like 25 hours.

Comment #225

LottoBoner — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:43:40 GMT

one day i will read all these MM frenzy posts...when i have like 5 hours to burn.

Comment #224

CollegeLad09 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:33:16 GMT

I think I'm the only new member that's been condistently posting.

Comment #223

Nikkicute — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:32:32 GMT

What could possibly happen to someone who post a winning ticket online?

FaceBook not good, but an online forum? What could happen

Comment #222

maximumfun — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:20:54 GMT

Keeping up with the threads the last few days has been almost a part-time job. Just about the time I would be caught up I would realize that there were most posts. lol - There was a very different feel around here, and alot of the ol'timers (via join date) just were not posting, and I missed hearing their 'voices'. So it is going to be good to have LP get back to what is sane for LP.

Comment #221

gocart1 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:19:33 GMT

Last nights mm was sure a fun run

Comment #220

CollegeLad09 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:14:54 GMT

But I do have some good news LP.....soooo after suffering from lottery fever I divulged all my lotto money into 15 MM QP's last night. Won nothing. Was kinda upset about it this morning and heard best way to cure the fever was to play a scratch off. So I did, my first one ever...a 3$ bing scratch off. Won 10$ off of it. Turned tht in for 3 more of the same ticket and 1 state lotto QP...won 5$ back. Turned that in for one more bingo scratch off and a PB QP....won 8 bucks off the next 3$ bingo scr... [ More ]

Comment #219

CollegeLad09 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:07:43 GMT

Aww, this guy is in Louisiana -__- drove me. I'm playin the lotto out of Louisiana and didn't win caputs...

Comment #218

Nikkicute — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:06:12 GMT

Yes Dallas is a true sweetheart

Comment #217

sirbrad — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:40:11 GMT

A non posting member yeah, probably only posts when the jackpot is close to record breaking. Whether anyone believes it or not it is still pointless to post without proof. Sure anyone could photoshop a fake ticket but only the most dedicated would go that far. Most will take his word for it because it was not the jackpot and no one really cares. But I can say after about 8 years of reading here that I heard that line before, and most from new members or ones who did not post much. If anyone actu... [ More ]

Comment #216

HiFi — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:17:05 GMT

i believe him, he been a member since 2009 an never posts, so why would he start posting now just to make up a lie.

Comment #215

myzeus — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:12:27 GMT

Gee...I only won $7.00 out of the $135 that I spent.

Comment #214

Lucky SOB — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:08:46 GMT

no point in saying you won with out proof. how hard is it to take a pic of a ticket and upload it. Still dont know how wise it is to say you won a bunch of money online(if it turns out he won). back on topic im amazed only 3 people won the jackpot, thought it would at least be 6 diffrent tickets.

Comment #213

THRIFTY — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:32:29 GMT

Seeing is Believing. I agree with you 100%, when someone wins a jackpot I search the Internet for a picture or a video of the winning ticket. I will never say that I won a second prize or the jackpot on Lottery Post without showing a picture or a video of the winning ticket. How about mentioning Lottery Post and your username when you claim your prize. I know Todd would appreciate it.

Comment #212

Jill34786 — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:25:55 GMT

I would like to see RichNYoung's ticket as well. He had mentioned on his previous post that last Tuesday's drawing would be his last if he blew his $100 and didn't win anything. He had just lost $1000 buying tickets on his birthday without even winning $100 to recoup some of his losses.

He said he hit 5 of 5... just wondering if he had missed his Megaplier by just 1

Comment #211

y2kjackson — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:13:00 GMT

I wish i had lottery almanac winners edtion. lol

Comment #210

rad242 — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:12:34 GMT

Reminds me of a winner story I read some months back.

The guy said, I was in the line with people in front and the back of me buying lottery tickets. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

Comment #209

haymaker — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:08:43 GMT

good combination,

i don't want my baker being my dentist,puting extra suger in them goodies to decay my teeth,

don't want my police being my teacher,giving me bad test marks and speeding tickets at the same time,

don't want my doctor being a bank teller, handling filthy money and knowing my balance. LOL

Comment #208

y2kjackson — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:03:44 GMT

Like always right place right time! I wished i had that type of luck! lol

Comment #207

BuyLow — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:00:22 GMT

I had 32 lines, mostly QP, a few self pics. 30 lines from GA and 2 lines from CA, won zip. Love to see the LP winners tix.....

Comment #206

mcginnin56 — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:52:58 GMT

A dollar and a dream, that's all it takes! (at least for Mega Millions).

Comment #205

mcginnin56 — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:47:51 GMT

Hmm....how about soaking them in fabric softener first. By the following morning, should be as soft as your Charmin T/P.

What a fitting tribute to all those crappy losing tickets

Comment #204

BuyLow — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:39:18 GMT

The running joke with me is too bad they aren't softer, I'd use them as toilet paper.

Comment #203

THRIFTY — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:33:28 GMT

The person holding the winning Maryland ticket purchased it at 7:15 pm Friday night, buying just one quick pick ticket.

Comment #202

Jill34786 — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:27:34 GMT

Don't feel bad, prior to last night's drawing I had never won more than $7. I am usually lucky just to hit 1 number.