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my idea for a multi-state lottery
1) Choose 6 numbers from 1 to 68. 2) Tickets cost $1. 3) Match all 6 to win the jackpot, which starts at $25 million. 4) 10 cents of each ticket gets added to the jackpot. 5) Match 5 of 6 to win the 2nd prize of $100,000. 6) Buy 5, get one free. For $5, you get 6 lines, which is either 6 QP or your playslip of 5 sets of 6 numbers plus one QP. 7) Both prizes are all cash (subject to taxes, of course, we can't get around that). No annuity BS. If you win $25 million and want
Dec 12, 2025, 9:28 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Did Hell freeze over?Reply
Them putting up the lump sum winnings estimate is honestly what they should have been doing from the get go. Next step/stop if they haven't already is to include the take home winnings after taxes for the lump sum winnings. Edit. I read your thread incredibly fast at first and thought they put up the lump sum winnings estimate. I reread your thread and saw that they were talking about the cash value of annuity, not the lump sum winnings. It is still nice of them to put up the cash value
Oct 3, 2025, 10:06 pm - Lotto Motto - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I bought a bunch of Powerball tickets for the last drawing when the annuity jackpot was $2 billion. I normally don't play that game because the odds of winning are approximately zero. For the same price, I can get far better odds of winning less money but still life changing money. I was willing to try it because it would be fun to spend $600 million in today's money after tax. For Megamillions, the equivalent annuity jackpot would have to be $5 billion for me to play (even then, maybe not,
Sep 26, 2025, 4:59 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Yes, it's very telling the advertised jackpot increase is only $10 M after 8 rollovers. Do you understand how the game and its financing work? Both PB and MM have always started with artificially high jackpots that aren't fully funded, and never had more than the minimum increase until there's enough cash to fully fund the jackpot. The smaller jackpot of the old format was funded quickly. With the new format the jackpot would remain artificially high for more drawings with exactly the same
Jul 27, 2025, 5:17 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
The cash value is only running at 10% of what it would be when it was at $2.00 a line. 90% of all other cash jackpots were much higher by this time in the jackpot run. This may be reflective of this poll where nearly 60% are not playing. Here's some data since the $5.00 a line change. Peculiar, the change in annuity and cash don't follow each other for many drawings at the beginning of the jackpot run. Mega Millions Jackpot Values at $5.00 a Line Index Date Amo
Jul 24, 2025, 9:59 am - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

I know that this is technically not a lottery question, it's about PCH Sweepstakes bankruptcy .Reply
Thank you for that indepth detailed link to the PCH Annuity Sweepstakes Bankruptcy. :) I was mistaken when I said he was supposed to get millions until his death, turns out he was getting $260,000 a year before taxes. That's still a very nice chunk of change to live off. There are people who work for 10 years and accumulate around $260,000 minus taxes and he was getting that every year for 10 years and not having to work. He shouldn't have blown his money frivolously.
May 26, 2026, 9:18 am - Lotto Motto - Lottery Discussion Forum

Annuity or Cash ValueReply
I forget who it is but a posters had a sig. You can always buy a better annuity . Also what winterbitd said about Publishers Clearing House.
May 8, 2026, 3:56 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Annuity or Cash ValueReply
Annuity over Here Do not have to worry about work for 30 years. Also have a developmentally delayed family member. I would set up a blind trust for. I don't need or want any access to 100s of .... or .......millions of dollars. There would be to many hands being held out. Wanting pieces of the pie. Ie .....bankers,lawyers,financial planners, and I'm sure plenty of moochers and con-artists to .....
May 8, 2026, 3:33 pm - Justing618 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Annuity or Cash ValueReply
Id take the cash. For a nightmare annuity scenario, just look at what happened with publishers clearing house. They declared bankruptcy and stopped paying out to the winners who still had payments coming.
May 8, 2026, 1:23 pm - winterbird - Lottery Discussion Forum

Is this Mega Millions cash value tax calculation correct? (Florida example)Reply
Click on USA MEGA, then select MM, Jackpot Analysis. Select your filing status and get the payouts for both cash and annuity for any state.
Apr 9, 2026, 8:10 pm - grwurston - Lottery Discussion Forum