MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT SOARS TO $636 MILLION

Comment #206

THRIFTY — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 00:16:44 GMT

It is okay for you to hate the lottery after spending $1 again, again and again and not winning the jackpot.

Comment #205

THRIFTY — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 00:06:33 GMT

We are playing the lottery with dollars affected by inflation. The lottery knows that $1 is not worth $1 anymore. It is the reason Powerball tickets cost $2.

$5 lottery game will support a $1 Billion jackpot with a big cash value.

Comment #204

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:47:30 GMT

$5 lottery game will make a lot of lottery players quit playing the lottery

Comment #203

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:44:29 GMT

You are lottery prophet. Your prediction became true.

Comment #202

LottoMetro — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:41:25 GMT

More info here: https://www.lotterypost.com/news/269381/3416474

Comment #201

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:41:20 GMT

It was not meant for him to win a lottery jackpot.

Comment #200

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:38:42 GMT

You give the lottery your money for the chance of never winning the jackpot.

Comment #199

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:36:17 GMT

Garbage trucks were full of losing lottery tickets.

Comment #198

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:33:51 GMT

Todd is a great Human being. He likes to share.

Comment #197

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:31:21 GMT

70% of the combinations will be sold for a $100 Millions annuity Mega Millions jackpot. Mega millions will never reach a $1 Billion jackpot.

Comment #196

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:27:27 GMT

You will tell them that you have spent millions on the lottery

Comment #195

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:24:43 GMT

What are you going to do with that $1 that you won? Let me guess, you will play mega millions again.

Comment #194

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:20:39 GMT

Billion dollars jackpot in Mega Millions dreams. Mega Millions jackpot will get hit many times, once it goes over $100 Millions annuity.

Comment #193

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:17:31 GMT

I am waiting for Mega millions and Powerball to go over $100 Millions annuity to play.

Comment #192

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:13:24 GMT

The lottery industry is destroying itself with greed. I will definitely spend $5 for a lottery jackpot SOMEDAY. I can't afford to spend $5 everyday for a lottery jackpot. I can spend $5 SOMEDAY.

Comment #191

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:04:20 GMT

I was just reading the Tx Lottery Commissioner's meeting minutes that MUSL is targeting early 2015 to roll out a new national lottery, with tics maybe being $5. No details, but they are definitely working on it.

They see people buying $5, $10, $20 scratch offs and want to get in on that kind of action. As for me, I rarely buy any scratchers, and I'm not too sure I'm gonna be laying down $5 for one ticket no matter what the jackpot is. You know the odds will be nuts.

Comment #190

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:51:58 GMT

Mega millions jackpot is $61 Millions. Bring that jackpot to PA.

Comment #189

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:48:16 GMT

You did not win the lottery jackpot.Buy more tickets next time.

Comment #188

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:46:17 GMT

Buying 2 lottery tickets double your chances of winning a lottery jackpot.

Comment #187

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:37:13 GMT

We will never have a $1 Billion lottery jackpot, unless we have a $5 per ticket lottery game.

Comment #186

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:33:56 GMT

I thought you spend $1 per drawing.

Comment #185

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:32:00 GMT

Mega millions jackpot is $61 Millions for Friday. Are you playing

Comment #184

THRIFTY — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:29:01 GMT

Buying millions of lottery tickets can beat any lottery odds. We will have a 1 in 1 Billion lottery very soon.

Comment #183

KY Floyd — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 04:05:45 GMT

I think the reserve is figured before they put money towards the prize pool. The official rules aren't quite written in legalese, but a lot of the phrasing isn't especially clear. At any rate, the rules do seem to be pretty clear that whatever is allocated to the prize pool from sales is the minimum amount for the jackpot. If they overpromise they have to honor that promise if somebody takes the annuity, but the rules don't let them keep any extra, whether for themselves or the next jackpot winn... [ More ]

Comment #182

Jon D — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 20:15:24 GMT

Maybe you should check first before making such a bold claim.

Comment #181

LottoMetro — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:00:52 GMT

My bad, per MUSL the actual jackpot will be paid after all, $648 annuity and $347.6 cash, the lotteries just aren't saying so. I honestly thought they would apply the excess to the next drawing, as that is what has been done in the past.

Comment #180

Jill34786 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:53:28 GMT

Check addressed to Bozo the clown is in the mail.

Comment #179

LottoMetro — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:12:11 GMT

The lottery projected sales of ~$320 million.......this is the bare minimum to support the advertised amount....so sales of $336 million are not a significant difference. The excess will apply to the reset drawing.

They only promise the advertised amount. Check the rules. If they paid whatever was in the jackpot pool they would not be able to pay the first few jackpots if won because sales are too low. This applies to both MM and PB. For instance, Powerball advertises $22.2 million cash to st... [ More ]

Comment #178

Jon D — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:09:59 GMT

There does seem to be a few mil missing somewhere. Maybe they're keeping the excess for the reserve fund.

Comment #177

KY Floyd — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:05:42 GMT

Why is whether or not they anounced an increase relevant? If they promise an annuity value and come up short they're on the hook if somebody actually wants the annuity. Otherwise the jackpot, whether as cash or annuity, is determined by how much money is in the jackpot prize pool, and that's a simple function of how many tickets are sold. Assuming the sales figures are correct, that puts the final jackpot modestly higher than the advertised amount.

Comment #176

LottoMetro — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:32:41 GMT

The excess wasn't enough to prompt an increase so the winners will split the advertised amount ($636 mill annuity, $341.2 mill cash).

After reading a few post-draw comments made by the MM director, I can tell that the lottery is disappointed for not even topping the previous matrix record.

Comment #175

phoneman76 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:13:29 GMT

The ticket was bought at newsstand in a Upscale mall near my job in Atlanta called Phipps Plaza

Comment #174

Piaceri — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:01:16 GMT

Congrats to the winners! Was hoping for a single winner - mine - but it's all good. On to the next run up!

Am curious, though, as to why the GA lottery site shows 2 GA jackpot winners and why they have the wrong amount.

Comment #173

mightwin — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:54:29 GMT

See ya again next time.......

Comment #172

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:36:09 GMT

Congratulations to all the winners.....

Comment #171

helpmewin — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:15:20 GMT

Congratulations to all Winners

Comment #170

Jon D — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:24:55 GMT

CA lottery website shows JP winning ticket bought at:

JENNIFER'S GIFT SHOP

1818 TULLY RD #154B,

SAN JOSE CA 95122

Plus two 5/5 winners of $2,621,916.

Comment #169

KY Floyd — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:30:56 GMT

336,545,306 Mega Millions tickets were sold tonight

Assuming that's the correct total for tonight's drawing, the final tally is probably a bit shy of $350 million cash, and around 648 for the annuity value. They won't even get to claim a new fake record on this one.

Comment #168

Libra0926 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:27:01 GMT

Somehow that doesn't surprise me in the least. QPs don't win MEGAMILLS in Mongomery County MD.........California and Georgia win easily, especially California.....but at least the kitty will be shared and not obsorbed by 1 person

Comment #167

RJOh — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 07:50:37 GMT

The jackpot has been won by two tickets. Those tickets were bought by players in California and Georgia.

Comment #166

ieatdirt — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 07:09:38 GMT

My guess is they were both likely QPs. They probably looked at those numbers when they bought the tickets and thought they sucked, lol.

Comment #165

Libra0926 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 07:00:38 GMT

That means somebody Won IT on Tuesday Night...We R Back to $15 mil again

Comment #164

ieatdirt — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 07:00:13 GMT

None of the 20 $1M winners bought the megaplier at 4x

Comment #163

RedStang — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:51:01 GMT

They also have 15mill again. Maybe their trying to get you to buy more tickets.

Comment #162

LottoMetro — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:48:20 GMT

336,545,306 Mega Millions tickets were sold tonight

BTW: total sales for last year's $640 million MM run totaled nearly half a billion more than this year's $636 million MM run, and it took fewer draws to do so.

Perfect example of jackpot fatigue

Comment #161

Toronto — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:45:15 GMT

Yes, MM has been auto-updating with a rollover amount way sooner than usamega updates since their new website. I found it odd that it always had the update almost immediately after the drawing the first few times. Then it was delayed a bit further, but sometimes ahead of usamega and I thought it was always accurate, but it's not.

Comment #160

RedStang — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:43:56 GMT

Thats crazy. Lets see what CT says. Their usually very fast.

Comment #159

LottoMetro — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:41:16 GMT

I saw the same thing......lol

Perhaps their system has an automated update and it glitched

The first couple draws after the matrix change, the website was showing the next jackpot within 10 minutes of the draw.

Comment #158

Quinto — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:38:16 GMT

MM website says next jackpot $950M why?? Look right now 1:38am EST

Comment #157

Simba774 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:33:15 GMT

I think California has won more Mega Million jackpots than any other state. If the lucky few in that state cannot win Super Lotto, they have a chance with MM. Even with the new extra terrible odds.

Comment #156

RedStang — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:32:59 GMT

Just what i thought. I'll be baking with kim jong un tomorrow.

Comment #155

One-Day — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:11:08 GMT

Dam, I got the megaball yesterday and today again but with a number. Congrats to the winners.

Comment #154

Nikkicute — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:06:34 GMT

Yep, it's on NightLine right now.

Congrats to Jennifers Gift Shop! cause Jenny is getting paid too !! lol

Comment #153

New York — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:06:33 GMT

Lol!!!!!!!!!!

Yes!!

Hehe!!!!

It was so inspirational though, and so heartwarming. :D

Comment #152

Toronto — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:03:40 GMT

Have you been watching the lottery winners documentary on youtube

Comment #151

New York — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:02:28 GMT

Although I didn't win tonight, I still feel like I won in my mind. :D

I'm happy!

Congratulations to the winners! Please remember to always shop at garage sales and buy that new fridge, with the water thingy, lol.

Comment #150

duckman — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:59:32 GMT

Good that there are 2 winners. With a jackpot that high, the more the merrier. It's not surprising with the numbers that were drawn. Lower numbers are bet more often, as people use birthdays, dates, ages, alphabetical number equivalents, and so on.

Comment #149

Quinto — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:48:37 GMT

GA winner. CA winner. Anyone else

Comment #148

Nikkicute — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:47:21 GMT

It will happen... 2014 might be the year of the Billion Dollar Jackpot...

You never know, it might be Powerball that does it first lol

Comment #147

bigboy90000 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:33:27 GMT

What part of Georgia were the winners tickets purchased

Comment #146

Guest — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:29:42 GMT

Do you think we will see one billion jackpot in the future? When it's going to happen?

We need to break Spain lottery record. 900 million jackpot.

Comment #145

BBLL — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:28:09 GMT

Me too

Comment #144

BBLL — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:26:06 GMT

Comment #143

pickone4me — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:25:08 GMT

Commiefornia won AGAIN!? Something isn't right with that. There needs to be an investigation. And don't give me the higher population excuse either. They only got 2 bucks from me on friday. That is the end of playing national games for me. I am going with state only games, as I don't want any more of my money going to corrupt california.

Comment #142

whiteballz — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:19:12 GMT

Cali got gunplay, models on the runway. Scream Biggie Biggie gimme One More Chance

Comment #141

BBLL — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:18:44 GMT

I might just spending my money to california everytime there is a high jackpot.I guess it is no fun to keep seeing California win. If I create a national lottery I would ban California from join.

Comment #140

Theox- — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:12:29 GMT

Large population = Large amount of players = Higher probability of a winner

Comment #139

Goteki54 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:12:08 GMT

It's also on ABC News Website. Dang, somebody is going to have one dam nice Christmas. When I looked at the low number sum range, I had a gutt feeling someone hit. The funny thing is is that only one number was a cold number that was drawn for the first time tonight. Oh well, I'll play again in 3 month.

Comment #138

bigboy90000 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:07:42 GMT

Tallapoosa Ga or Waco Ga one time

Comment #137

golfer1960 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:06:46 GMT

Yeah, and why is it that I never win

Comment #136

Dr Lottery — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:02:39 GMT

is it Albany ,Gergia or Dawson,Georgia !! what city in Georgia

Comment #135

BBLL — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:00:57 GMT

Why is California always winning

Comment #134

bigboy90000 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:59:52 GMT

Brought 200 tickets at the Georgia state line tickets are in my car maybe its me.

Comment #133

Arrowhead — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:59:38 GMT

Well, on to the real show...Ohio Lotto Classic numbers for Wednesday...

Comment #132

HaveABall — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:59:10 GMT

spicy

Comment #131

Guest — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:56:43 GMT

Did I break the news last time. No one won the jackpot 425 million

Comment #130

Toronto — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:55:39 GMT

If they combined Power cost Mega odds, they'd hit a billion easily and quickly Actually, that game would be very close in structure (odds vs. population, as well as cost of a ticket) as Euromillions

Welcome to social media, where news can break faster than traditional sources

Comment #129

Arrowhead — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:55:02 GMT

Yeah, I saw. Well, I still hate Twitter.

Comment #128

Piaceri — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:53:03 GMT

Well shoot.

Comment #127

Guest — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:52:16 GMT

I can't believe twitter break the news fast . It's only take 5 minute to declare the winner.

Congrats to all the winner. We have wait another day to dream a billion dollars jackpot

Comment #126

BBLL — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:52:10 GMT

How many winners

Comment #125

Todd — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:50:07 GMT

It's California and Georgia.

Comment #124

mnsweeps — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:49:51 GMT

Jennifer Gift shop in San Jose CA sold it....Darn, I have been to that shop many times as my bro in law lives in SJC...

Comment #123

bob27 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:48:33 GMT

why u guys dont believe me...i am from illinois... u willl see one winner from there and its me... snip it...whats wrong with you people !!!

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Comment #122

BBLL — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:47:49 GMT

@abc tweeted

Comment #121

mnsweeps — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:43:53 GMT

I got 17 and 20 in one line...thats it...guess I won ziltch.

Comment #120

Arrowhead — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:43:41 GMT

Nobody finds out sh*t on Twitter.

Just another Twit with a Tweet.

Comment #119

Guest — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:42:41 GMT

Now It's confirmed we have one winner.

Even Abc official said now.

@Abc

Congratulation one lucky winner from california. I just won 1.00 dollar today.

Comment #118

BBLL — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:41:56 GMT

LOL

Comment #117

bob27 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:41:22 GMT

it was nice for me to win over 600 millions... what should i do with it

Comment #116

Nikkicute — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:38:48 GMT

I can't believe you answered that stupid fool !!

Don't give him the attention he desperately came here to seek.

Comment #115

HaveABall — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:35:43 GMT

Congratulations, bob27, on your soon to be winfall!

It depends, you could quickly, legally form a corporation (day traders, or whatever) tomorrow, allow 1.8 months for it to season, then claim under the corporations name (owner's names probably wouldn't be anamous though) ...

or ...

do whatever below member's ideas that would be less than 48.4% or whatever fed plus state taxes taken out of advertized/anuitized or lump sum amount. Cheers

Comment #114

DisplacedLurker — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:35:24 GMT

Darn, lol. I was hoping for a rollover. It's funny, but for this drawing, the numbers could have come from the old matrix and no one would have known

Comment #113

Nikkicute — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:34:18 GMT

twitter

Just wait for the official news to come out on which states has winners.

Last time it got this big, there were winners everywhere along with pictures

of the winning ticket showing up all over the internet.

Comment #112

Guest — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:27:45 GMT

I got some bad news. Someone won the lottery. It's from San Jose

So far one person won so far.

@Kfinews

I found out on twitter.

Comment #111

bob27 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:24:13 GMT

hi. i just matched all 5 numbers and mega ball number... how long it takes before i get my money

Comment #110

Win$500Quick — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:23:50 GMT

I saw the drawing live and they stated it was $636 Million the annuity value .

Comment #109

Table — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:23:40 GMT

Comment #108

Toronto — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:20:37 GMT

Did they announce sales during the drawing

Comment #107

dognabit — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:17:10 GMT

I agree. All low numbers, birthdays, ages, anniversary...etc...etc.