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Is the Annuity payout safe?Reply
this actually happened in illinois a decade ago. https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-comptroller-the-state-will-stop-payments-to-lottery-winners-if-budget-stalemate-drags-on/ but they eventually resumed paying people. in illinois's case, it was a budget problem. in texas's case, you got a lot of cranks in the texas state legislature who want the lottery shut down all because some out of state bulk buying group won a jackpot. in any case the state will still have to pay out prizes they s
May 20, 2026, 2:40 pm - Brock Lee - Lottery Discussion Forum

Rising Gas Prices and the LotteryReply
I always play the lottery with budget caution. This way when times like this come around, I can still play. You gotta be in it to win!
May 8, 2026, 8:44 am - Slick Nick - Lottery Discussion Forum

Secrets of a lottery lawyer-Kurt Panouses interviewReply
18 to 20 k for a routine $1 million to around 10 million $ win. The 1% fee is for large wins and includes the team of professionals. The 1% is the total amount a large winner should budget for all the legal and financial advice needed for that year.
May 6, 2026, 12:33 pm - Artist77 - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
Thanks. Nice to know info. I haven't yet exhausted my lottery budget for March, so I was thinking that I'd buy one more ticket on Tuesday just so I could gage how ticket sales have been going. But maybe not now! 20 bucks a pop is kinda pricey just to get a handle on how ticket sales are going. G5
Mar 30, 2026, 8:03 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery PhobiasReply
It's been said that the first step to addressing a problem is admitting you have a problem. For many years I played a lot of $ on the lottery. Admittedly, I won more money then than I do now, but I lost a lot more than I do now. Several years ago I spent over $2700 in one year. There may be some that say that's not that much . Well, I made pretty good money, wife made decent money. We could afford it, but at the end of the year I thought about what I could have done with it. So for the last
Apr 19, 2026, 6:09 pm - rcbbuckeye - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
Against my better judgement,,,,,,,, I was in Publix late this aftrenoon, and I just couldn't resist the temptation to.................... (especially when I saw that twenty dollar bill in my wallet that wasn't earmarked for anything! Actually I realized that it was what was left of my March Lottery budget funds so I figured what the Hell!) A Fool and his money you're scoffing at me????? Sheeeeee-yit! I say! That 121,000 tickets sold for draw #1 guesstimate of Sum Buddy's aint all tha
Mar 31, 2026, 6:15 pm - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
That could be true, am a lay person when it comes lottery math, systems and formulas. I however think that if two people each had a $5 budget per week to play the lottery, and person A chooses to play MM and person B plays PB. Person A will most likely play one draw a week. On the other hand, person B after two PB draws will have a $1 change, and they are more likely to top it up with another $1 to play all three PB draws in a week. It's harder for person A to top up another $5 to pl
Apr 25, 2026, 3:12 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Impact of "Free Money" on Lottery SpendingReply
JustMaybe brings up a really good question. The data actually backs it up. During the stimulus check period (2020-2021), US lottery sales jumped roughly 20% year-over-year. That wasn't just bigger jackpots driving more tickets, the spike in sales started within days of each stimulus deposit hitting bank accounts. The timing was too consistent to be coincidence. There's a well-documented behavioral economics concept called mental accounting , people treat money differently depending on wh
Apr 10, 2026, 5:00 pm - RichW - Lottery Discussion Forum