$1.725 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now 2nd-largest of all time

Comment #124

lottoman626 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:43:57 GMT

the data supports your statement. curious to see last night's PB draw sales. Wednesday over the hump day, which for a change day... Saturday free time, can plan to play.....

Comment #123

kao1632 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:43:45 GMT

Typically Monday draws have fewer tickets sold than the previous Saturday.. Then they increase for Wednesday, and jump something like 30% for Saturday.

e.g. Data from a previous race to a billion plus Monday, Wednesday, Saturday

$8m - $9.9m - 15.2m (Sat. Jackpot was at about $442m, cash option $231m)

The next week

$9..3m - $11.2m - $16.7m (Sat. jackpot $502m / $259m)

One possible reason.. Saturday to Monday is two days. Monday to Wednesday is two days. Wednesday to Saturday i... [ More ]

Comment #122

lotterybraker — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:39:20 GMT

Well I see California won again...between Texas, California, Florida and New York nobody else hardly has a chance...

How do you build a 2 billion dollar lottery...simple...tamper with the draws...it works everytime

Comment #121

lottoman626 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 13:29:20 GMT

yup,

interesting (if the data is correct) draw sales backed off a lot for Mondays drawing, curious to see what they are for last night drawing.

Comment #120

lottoman626 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 13:03:07 GMT

Comment #119

dickblow — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:51:21 GMT

a big ripoff California again

Comment #118

Rigged50 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:29:39 GMT

Another Extremely high lottery built up by small states to only be won by one of the large states. WHO SAW THAT ONE COMING? Question is are you tired of funding Champagne wishes and caviar dreams for people in California, Florida, NY or Texas? You could keep putting money in the retirement coffers of big state citizens by playing the Big State Powerball or the Big State Mega Millions games with unattainable odds OR you could start saving and investing that money which overtime will yield more th... [ More ]

Comment #117

lottoman626 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 10:44:19 GMT

not Georgia, it's the top 4 states with the highest populations win the most, especially with a game that has 292 million combinations.

Comment #116

Caps — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:06:50 GMT

Wow, I almost purchased a ticket. I guess that makes me a winner. Saved 2 bucks.

Comment #115

TBFio07 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 08:46:48 GMT

California again wins the jackpot

getting sick of California always winning the jackpot

Comment #114

TBFio07 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 08:45:13 GMT

California again????

talk about rigged!

give me a break

Comment #113

ShagE3 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 07:04:02 GMT

Well i guess it's sirloin still.

snip it, I've saved that spam for decades in hope of the day when I hit the big jackpot.

This post has been automatically changed by the Lottery Post computer system to remove inappropriate content and/or spam.

Comment #112

Stack47 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 06:17:02 GMT

California sells the most tickets and combined with Florida, NY, Georgia, and Texas, one of those states is more likely to sell the jackpot winner.

Comment #111

adamc224 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 05:06:01 GMT

Congrats to the winner/winners.

I am done with it all now. It's not rigged, but it sure as hell feels like it.

Plus MUSL refuses to raise the starting jackpot back to $40 million. Kind of a slap to the true player. The deal was $2.00 increase. bigger jackpots and bigger starting jackpots.

Time to put my money elsewhere. Done with scratch offs, slot machines, nudge/skill machines, jackpot games, and on line. I am not a young man anymore and I cannot absorb the losses like I used to.... [ More ]

Comment #110

wander73 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 05:05:03 GMT

I don't know the person, personally, I do know someone that claims that they have a friend that knows this person. Strange enough, there is a pattern I am trying to figure it out. This girl has notes, waiting for her to get her tablet back, she wasn't able to load it up. so as soon as I see something i will let others know on this forum. sequence pattern not only the big games but others too.

Comment #109

justadream — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:37:44 GMT

So now with it being over it will save me a few bucks. Think I'll sit out it out a month or so before playing again.

Comment #108

CDanaT — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:31:51 GMT

Comment #107

Petrust99 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:29:18 GMT

California again.Edwin Castrol again. My God,I quit playing lotteries....

Comment #106

EnReval — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:28:51 GMT

Ticket sold at Midway Market Liquor in Frazier Park, California

Comment #105

EnReval — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:25:30 GMT

Yeah

People feel they're wasting their time

Comment #104

SoCola — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:22:01 GMT

I know they buy more tickets but thats getting old and prob a little why sales are down.

Comment #103

EnReval — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:20:55 GMT

Calif again

3rd in a yr

Comment #102

CDanaT — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:02:25 GMT

Had the 40 and the 10 ................Nothing else to write home about....It has been quite the run....

BUT,on a positive note... On the way home tonight I actually saw the price of a gallon of gas @ $2.989 at our local 7-11 First time in several months

Comment #101

EnReval — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:57:42 GMT

Well I say every draw is a but am no expert

haven't seen all evens in a while

Comment #100

EnReval — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:55:51 GMT

They jump the gun

watchin them for long time

they advertise prospective next draw and will chng if won

Comment #99

ShagE3 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:45:00 GMT

If you mean dover as in Delaware ... they always do that after that nights drawing .... before it is known whether their is a winner or not.

I'm guessing that there is at least one winning ticket and a good chance two or maybe even three. And I'm guessing 23 second prize winners. How bout you .....what do you envision happened tonite

Comment #98

SoCola — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:40:39 GMT

Whats the dover lottery site? Are you sure they don't jump the gun on it?

I'm glad to see the final for tonight was higher than projected.

Comment #97

wander73 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:33:16 GMT

I just went to the Dover Lottery site and nothing it's gonna go up to almost 2,000,000,000. I told y'all that it's gonna get hit Saturday

Comment #96

PrisonerSix — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:27:35 GMT

Not to shabby. A win is a win.

Comment #95

EnReval — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:18:48 GMT

From QP

24 40 (10

Comment #94

EnReval — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:18:00 GMT

Comment #93

PrisonerSix — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:17:29 GMT

On 4 lines, I matched one Powerball. Since I played the Powerplay, I win $8. Better than nothing I guess.

Comment #92

SoCola — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:09:11 GMT

Lol I swear you say that after every draw.

Comment #91

EnReval — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:05:18 GMT

Good even numbers am gonna take a willlld guess n say

game over

Comment #90

jackpotismine — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 02:31:25 GMT

I see what you did there.

Comment #89

ShagE3 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 02:04:25 GMT

Hey, just stating the obvious but, seriously that stuff is lethal ... everything nowadays is mixed with fentanyl. Don't gamble your life away for a quick fix.

If you need help, I'm sure somebody on this board can point you in the right direction.

Don't be afraid to ask for help

Comment #88

ShagE3 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:06:11 GMT

I think that this board can be much too serious and at times a little upper crust considering the subject matter.

That's why I try to instill a little humor and lightheartedness into the discussion.

Let's not forget the lottery is a form of entertainment.

PS: When/if I win tonite I'm gonna go all out and celebrate. Out goes the sirloin in comes the spam.

Comment #87

EnReval — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:03:42 GMT

Thought u had to be 18

but hey, if someone buys for you

congratulations

Comment #86

Brock Lee — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:01:46 GMT

then what are you doing on a gambling forum

Comment #85

JustMaybe — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:57:22 GMT

I am 17 and 7 months - thanks for the good wishes.

Comment #84

KY Floyd — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:38:29 GMT

Most in the press have rounded that number off to $1.73 billion.

If it was a normal number 1.725 should get rounded up to 1.73 if that 3rd digit is a problem. In this case it's an advertisement, and even using the annuity that nobody's going to take they aren't planning on giving anybody 1.73 billion. I don't know about actual advertising, but the websites of a few states are calling it 1.72 billion. New Jersey's website lists it as 1.7 billion. Whether any of those lower numbers are the re... [ More ]

Comment #83

Jason Bourne — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:36:13 GMT

Long time lurker, first time poster. Good luck to all members playing. Gotta be in it to win it. Got my 3, so I can dream a little.

Comment #82

ShagE3 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 22:43:13 GMT

I want PB to be huge and for the 93 yr old winner to take the annuity.

PS:

Who let the inmates run asylum in here?

I find a lot of odd ducks on this board

Comment #81

heisenberg991 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 22:33:20 GMT

I want to see PB hit 3 billion and a 17 year old win it all lol

Comment #80

Todd — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 21:53:48 GMT

The amusing thing is people thinking there is some kind of coordination or special thought given to the number published. Most of the time it's just some developer who when the site is first being created asks, how many decimal places should I round it off to? And so for the ones showing 1.72 billion , you know their rounding code sucks, because they just dropped the extra decimal place. It's not like some lottery executive is plotting and planning to put 1.72 billion on their website because th... [ More ]

Comment #79

JustMaybe — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 21:25:14 GMT

You should read the euro millions jackpot cap.

Once the jackpot hits 240M cap, it rolls over five times but every excess money goes to the lower tier prize.

After five roll overs at 240M. The jackpot must be won.

They do a Must Be Won Draw. During the draw if no one matches all the number (Match 5 plus 2 stars), they move to the second tier (Match 5 plus 1), if no one matches the numbers in the second tier they move to the next (Match 5)

By that point there will be a winner(s).

Comment #78

kao1632 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 21:19:22 GMT

This is (usually) because of fluctuations in the interest rates etc when they calculate the annuity payout.

For example, The current cash ratio is ~40% of jackpot. Back in the COVID period (2021-22) it hit 83%.. because interest rates were at an all-time low, so the annuity wasn't worth as much...

Comment #77

ShagE3 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 21:10:05 GMT

Here's to a great night tonite ... at the tracks for the Kerwin brothers Sherman and Sherwin.

And I hope Jimmie j and Johnny joe the Jones brothers don't eat too much at the buffet in the casino .

Oh yeah, least I forget Esther and Ethel the Evans sisters . .. I hope they kill it at bingo.

As for this board?

Good luck everyone!

PU!

Caviar on Sara Lee pound cake? A little tacky are we not

Comment #76

JustMaybe — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:08:11 GMT

Can I please volunteer myself to win this evening?

I mean, I did not pray, but at least I got some tickets.

I should win and then prove to all that it's not rigged or will they say I won by fluke

Comment #75

Coin Toss — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 18:41:51 GMT

Very much so, thanks Todd.

Comment #74

SoCola — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 18:04:30 GMT

I found it on the Texas calculation documents.

Comment #73

Bleudog101 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:51:21 GMT

Just checked Powerball website and didn't say that...but I will check California's to see what they say

Comment #72

Bleudog101 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:38:15 GMT

Very interesting article about Powerball on cnn website today. Forgot all about Lotto America's rules, the interesting part was capped off @ $80 million. Ticket was $1 and no Powerball to deal with and much, much better odds. Thinking about the cap off, if nobody won then it stayed the same????

After being stationed @ Walter Reed in DC and stationed up the road @ Ft. Meade, MD, my old civilian supervisor would mail me Lotto America tickets and one time just before leaving for Germany won $14... [ More ]

Comment #71

winterhug — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:28:12 GMT

How do we know you almost hit the jackpot? You have the number you played whited out except the 55

Comment #70

SoCola — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:11:08 GMT

The one castro won last year was 1.976 with cash of 929M

If it goes til Saturday it will be about 1.922 with cash of 874M. Saturdays projected sales are 323M. When castro won it the sales were 550M

It would have to roll til Monday to maybe beat last years.

The sales numbers aren't even close tho.

Comment #69

wander73 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:03:47 GMT

About correct unless they pull a fast one.

Comment #68

CDanaT — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:56:26 GMT

AMEN, HT...amen

Comment #67

winoneday — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:55:53 GMT

Saturday jackpot will be $1.92 billion if it rolls.

Comment #66

hearsetrax — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:48:21 GMT

best of luck to us all

and may one of us enjoy the company of lady fortune this evening

Comment #65

EnReval — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:33:45 GMT

Which means on Saturday it will be #1

it shld surpass the last one

Comment #64

CDanaT — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:14:07 GMT

I hear you DDB.....The one thing I thought that was noteworthy:

https://www.texaslottery.com/export/sites/lottery/index.html

Clearly states 1.72 Billion..plain as day,no questions asked....Cool

Then you go further and open up their PB jackpot calculations page:

https://www.texaslottery.com/export/sites/lottery/Documents/jackpotestimates/pb20231009.pdf

$1.725 Billion(in the far right hand column...Okay so it's off 5 million.. No big deal

Then you go to the Powerball home... [ More ]

Comment #63

SoCola — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:13:31 GMT

New jackpot is 1.748 for tonight, still showing same amount for cash tho.

If it rolls it will be 1.92

Comment #62

GiveFive — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:09:42 GMT

It's called billion dollar jackpot fatique.... G5

Comment #61

Brock Lee — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:29:37 GMT

after reviewing your post history, my advice for you is to avoid church potlucks and crowded elevators for the next 11 years. perhaps try a leafy green salad, one that is not suspended in gelatin.

Comment #60

PrisonerSix — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 14:56:23 GMT

I'm in that one too.

Comment #59

JustMaybe — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:55:18 GMT

Ooh yes, the annuity moved from 20M to 48M, wow that's awesome.

I will get my ticket with multiplier incase I land a second tier prize

Comment #58

CDanaT — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:11:40 GMT

Ehhh....$1.72B or $1.725B or even $1.73B...Good enough for government work.

Besides.....Whats a few Million between friends........

Comment #57

DDBagger519 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 12:38:06 GMT

Hopefully the jackpot rolls so more of these ninnies come out of the woodwork and nitpick that you're not showing the jackpot down to the absolute cent.

Comment #56

Todd — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:46:50 GMT

The $1.725 billion number is the correct, accurate number. Most in the press including the official Powerball website and (as it was pointed out) the Lottery Post results pages have rounded that number off to $1.73 billion. USA Mega, however, always shows the full, accurate amount. And I decided to use the accurate amount in the news story here.

Is that a complete accounting of the jackpot number

Comment #55

HumanBlade666 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:30:52 GMT

I will continue to play each game with my 5 plays plus powerplay. I think that I will get one additional 5 plays plus powerplay in quick picks with my usual favorite numbers played. Best of luck to all that play on tonight's drawing

Comment #54

kao1632 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 08:35:55 GMT

So, $230m in sales.. @ $2 per line, that is just 115 million lines.. There are 292.2 possible combinations...

even if every line was unique, that is less than 40% of possible combinations covered .. In reality, even lower number of unique combinations covred..

Comment #53

cinjo59 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 06:04:01 GMT

A Rollover, huh, because the RigCheaters plan of where the Jackpot winning numbers (the state lottery terminal were to be) fell out of sync.

Comment #52

Petrust99 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 05:29:17 GMT

You're right, just less than 1/3 of the advertised Jack pot.

If you want 1b,the Jack pot must be 4b and that won't happen...

Comment #51

Petrust99 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 05:17:42 GMT

12.5 M now...

Comment #50

SoCola — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:51:58 GMT

Saturdays sales were $230,840,180 and last nights sales were $186,354,714. Thats over 22 million tickets difference. Considering its over a billion jackpot it should be going up, not down, even for a Monday.

Last night when I bought my ticket the manager said only 5 or so people had bought powerball tickets all day and its on the border. People just aren't buying the hype anymore.

Comment #49

SoCola — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:46:09 GMT

Saying its 1.7 anything billion is a mean joke. If it were serious it would say 476 million because thats the most anyone is gonna get.

Comment #48

TheMeatman2005 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:30:53 GMT

At this point, does it matter if it's $1.725 or 1.730

Comment #47

SoCola — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:26:06 GMT

The Texas lottery website showed that it would be 1.72 yesterday morning. Sometimes it shows what it will roll to the day before the drawing if it isn't won. I don't think there's a ouija board involved but you never know with Texas.

Comment #46

lottoman626 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:22:02 GMT

I usually check the PB website, but keep in mind at this point they are all estimates.

Comment #45

Coin Toss — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 03:25:09 GMT

Todd,

As soon as it was determined that no one had won the jackpot, the Illinois lottery said $1,725,000 on it's 800 mumber.

Now I'm wondering what their source is.

Comment #44

ShagE3 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 03:19:57 GMT

I betcha my last weeks olive loaf on pumpernickel sandwich that the pb 'pot will be $1,726,000,000 or higher.

PU! Who brought the beans and frankfurter casserole over to the house for the potluck supper tonite?

Couldn't someone have thought to make Lobster Mac Cheese?

And another thing, if you bring beans and hot dogs ..... you should also bring brown bread and maybe codcakes. Just saying.

Comment #43

lottoman626 — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 23:58:11 GMT

naturally, Draw Sales are getting higher and higher.

Comment #42

JustMaybe — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 23:08:35 GMT

$5,518,045 after taxes for the MM.

Mmh, I wil take it, so getting a ticket for today's draw

Comment #41

TwoMillion — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 23:05:34 GMT

almost hit the jackpot, about 200 million numbers. .

Comment #40

TwoMillion — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 23:02:24 GMT

ChatGPT says you'd have a chance! indeed! yes, one in 295 millions

Comment #39

eddessaknight — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 22:36:13 GMT

Proving no jack pot is so large that it can't become larger

Comment #38

winterhug — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:28:23 GMT

Exactly, most of us would not touch the number 1-2-3-4-5-6 with a 10 foot pole. 10 thousand people play this number daily. I often wonder how many people are still playing Hurley's lottery number from the TV show LOST. Hurley's number was 4-8-15-16-23-42, four of the six numbers came out in the Mega Millions drawing of $355M. The numbers were: 4-8-15-25-42-47 in 2011.

41,763 people played that number and won $150 each

Comment #37

winterhug — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:06:37 GMT

Exactly, in my area we have so many places that participate in the lottery there is never a line no matter how big the jackpot is. It seems like the lines are in those border states where one state does not participate in the Powerball and Mega Millions and the border state does

Comment #36

Todd — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 18:19:09 GMT

it's called rounding. 1.725 is more accurate; hence that is what is in the news story.

Comment #35

noise-gate — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:55:27 GMT

* My Palantir may not be right, but it's never wrong. Another billionaire will be made in CA, it's heartbreaking to millions but it is what it is, as the saying goes.

Comment #34

Infraredsight — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:52:55 GMT

Crazy 12 one million dollar winners on Saturday but only 5 last night. Let's go again for Wednesday

Comment #33

NJPiney — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:50:05 GMT

Got 2 picked lines and 3 lines of QPs for Wednesday good luck to all

Comment #32

sully16 — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:08:37 GMT

No, I had anti jinxing man....see

Comment #31

hearsetrax — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:43:23 GMT

and thanks 4 jinxing yourself

Comment #30

wander73 — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:32:59 GMT

It has this rhythm that the powerball theme does at least $20 million when the draw isn't won. So that is why I see it as not going to where it should be. I still think Sat a winning ticket then back to the $20 million or is it $40 million.

Comment #29

DDBagger519 — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:23:33 GMT

I looked into this number combination once. Approximately 10k people play these numbers for every draw. It would actually be hilarious to see the jackpot split that many ways with each winner only receiving $70k or so before taxes.

Comment #28

sully16 — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:07:47 GMT

ooopsy, you spell Michigan like this, Michigan. Good luck

Comment #27

EnReval — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:06:51 GMT

I'd whoop his rear if I see him in line, or any other billionaire lol

Comment #26

hearsetrax — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:05:18 GMT

thanks 4 jinxing your self

Comment #25

Stat$talker — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:04:50 GMT

Todd?... You posted $1.725 Billion... LOz on the Results pg. posted $1.73 Billion... Why the difference?.. Just curious...

Ya wouldn't be gitin a cut of dat JaCkPoT naah wouldja