Powerball Lump Sum cash amount?

Reply #10

Todd — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 20:19:57 GMT

Did you notice last night they posted what the new jackpot would be ($79M) if nobody hit - at the same time they posted their results? (About 11:04 PM) About 15 minutes later they replaced it with Results Pending until about 12:45. I don't think they should have launched their site in-progress, it's not very professional .

Reply #9

hypersoniq — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 19:06:33 GMT

they are still missing the videos of the drawings...

Reply #8

mrmst — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:10:41 GMT

I just checked the Powerball s

Reply #7

mrmst — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:39:05 GMT

Thanks Todd - I knew I could count on you for the info. If you can add it to the site, that would be fantastic

Reply #6

Todd — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:32:07 GMT

FYI, the cash value for Wednesday is $36.8 million. Yours is a good idea, and I'll look into it.

Reply #5

mrmst — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:16:10 GMT

I realize the lump-sum cash amount is in the neighborhood of 50% of the annuity - but it is nice to have an official number. For my pool we take that number, subtract out the anticipated tax withholdings, and divide by the number of members to give each member of the pool an idea of their take-home amount should we be the only winners of the jackpot. My members like seeing that number.

Reply #4

CASH Only — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:08:10 GMT

Bigame:Usually it's MORE than 50% of the annuity (one major exception is Colorado-_only_40% of the annuity value).

Reply #3

bigame — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:04:31 GMT

You can think of it as nearly half the jackpot.

Reply #2

hypersoniq — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:49:25 GMT

revamping now has ad banners... weren't they making enough money

Reply #1

CASH Only — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:54:04 GMT

I would expect MUSL to post the cash values for PB (and Hot Lotto , since it also has an annuitized jackpot w/cash option) by the time the website revamping has finished.

Powerball Lump Sum cash amount?

mrmst — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:51:39 GMT

I noticed this weekend that the official Powerball site was revamped and no longer posts the lump-sum cash amount for the jackpot (just like the official Mega Millions site does not). I was wondering if Todd would consider posting the lump-sum cash amounts along with the annuity jackpots along the right-hand side of the main page where all the big jackpots are listed. I manage a pool for my coworkers, and we play both Mega Millions and Powerball - we would find it most helpful.Thanks,