California Lottery reveals winner of $1.27 billion Mega Millions jackpot

Comment #20

Lavender Roses — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 23:44:25 GMT

I thought California winners could establish a trust and claim the prize in the trust name.

That's what I would do if I won. Hope she has a plan to stay safe and not fall victim to people asking for money.

Comment #19

ShagE3 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 04:56:38 GMT

Well I proved myself wrong in my prediction ...,... I'm glad I was wrong.

Glad to see that the 2 second place tickets both had powerplay.

ShagE

Comment #18

ShagE3 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 03:35:05 GMT

Could be wrong here but ..... I predict one winning PB ticket ..... Something about the numbers drawn tonight. Just a feeling I have ..... I hope I'm wrong cuz I know it was'nt one of my two tickets for I didn't have the *powerball*...... will thoroughly check them tomorrow morning just in case the winning numbers change lol.

ShagE

Comment #17

ShagE3 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 02:12:56 GMT

Hello folks ...... I have already laid out my lotto purchasing strategy above ....... how will MM 4-8-25 change or not change your buying habits?

I know a few of you have stated your finished with MM but, I'm curious about those of us that will be in it to win it.

ShagE

P.U.: Hu Kut Da Cheez

Comment #16

JustMaybe — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 21:49:52 GMT

Last year I was always getting swept with the lotto mania and buying more tickets than I need to

This year I am holding my ground, fingers crossed exercising control

I wish you luck in your plays.

Need to get my PB ticket for tonight

Comment #15

ShagE3 — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:50:48 GMT

Thanks for appreciating game plan!

And thanks again for being responsible for bringing the jackpot up to the number I jump in at.

You could say you deserve to win more than I because of your loyalty but some people like myself make up for some of that on the other end when the jackpot hits 1 bil and up ....I'm gonna buy minimum 5 tickets and perhaps more with all the lotto mania that it creates.

At that point it is really like buying a ticket to your theme park of choice for a day. I... [ More ]

Comment #14

JustMaybe — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:26:32 GMT

I like your plan and idea.

I normally do one ticket per draw for both MM and PB.

I remember last year when we would get the billion dollar draws, I would buy 5 tickets.

I am sticking to one ticket a draw, regardless of the prize value.

For the new MM prize structure, I would be elated to hit 10M on the second prize.

My weekly budget will increase by $4 coz I always add the extra $1 on all my tickets.

Comment #13

JustMaybe — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:03:44 GMT

I believe it's more of from $571,900,000 which was the cash option to 360M.

The 571M was the money at hand, the 1.2B was the future value.

As always, choices do have consequences.

Comment #12

welington — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:34:45 GMT

From 1.27 Billion to 360 million welcome to our tax laws.Congrats on the win

Comment #11

ShagE3 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:02:30 GMT

I think for myself if I were to buy one powerball with powerplay for every 300 then one more when it reaches 600 mil than I would be spending 9 dollars for the first 3 draws above 300.

Now MM ..... I need to change the aforementioned formula because one ticket is 5 dollars come ,April..... so when it reaches 300 mil I'll buy one ticket and when it reaches 600 mil I'll buy 2 tkckets = 10 dollars for two draws.

9 dollars for 3 draws

10 dollars for 2 draws

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Comment #10

Artist77 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:12:17 GMT

Trusts are not allowed in California to claim prizes so doubtful an LLC would have been acceptable either.

Comment #9

Artist77 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:08:19 GMT

Those are typically high priced scams and impossible to do. The FTC has scam alerts on these services.

Comment #8

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:39:53 GMT

Well, 3 draws a week for PB opposed to 2 draws a week for MM gives PB more draws to grow.

Comment #7

ShagE3 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:42:52 GMT

Funny, both PB and MM started a new together from there previous jackpot winner..... and yet, PB is 100 million + higher than MM.

How does one analyze this fact?

Is it because of the extra drawing 3 compared to 2 or is it because powerball is powerball .... the original .

Feel free to contribute your thoughts.

ShagE

Comment #6

PrisonerSix — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:41:28 GMT

Congratulations to the winner! I hope all will be well with her.

I wonder if there will be more winners before the price change.

Comment #5

sully16 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:17:25 GMT

Congrats Rosemary, be safe and have fun, enjoy every minute.

Comment #4

Think — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:11:35 GMT

Well at least I know it is not a relative of mine that lives around that area that was the winner

Comment #3

Suzy-Dittlenose — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:03:05 GMT

Having information about you removed from the Internet might be a good idea before turning in the winning ticket. It'll minimize being exposed to the public. There are services that'll do this for you. Some are free (like Incogni) while others charge a small fee of $25. Usually takes about 90 days to get info removed.

Comment #2

LottoBux — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:26:23 GMT

Good for Rosemary declining the interview,and having her face out there at least.(For now)

People will keep digging though to try and find your info and post it.

That's the world we live in nowadays,unfortunately.

No privacy whatsoever.

There's probably not much else you can do if you don't live in an anonymous state from claiming the prize other than p ossibly claiming as an LLC.

She should consult someone on this matter

Comment #1

Ranett — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:37:17 GMT

Congrats Rosmary, take care of yourself.

California Lottery reveals winner of $1.27 billion Mega Millions jackpot

Lottery Post — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:59:00 GMT

She's the winner of the largest Mega Millions prize in the state

By Kate Northrop

The California Lottery officially announced the winner of the historic $1.27 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the game's largest win in the state.

California Lottery officials held a live press conference in Cottonwood on Monday to reveal the winner of the $1.269 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawn in December 2024.

Someone in the state of California started off 2025 a lottery winner of a billion-doll... [ More ]