Search

Millionaire for Life multi-state lottery game to replace Cash4Life and Lucky for Life in FebruaryReply
I play Lucky for Life regularly and what I like most is the grand prize payout structure. If you take the For Life annuity, it pays out weekly instead of annually. $7k minus taxes so $4.5k ish direct deposited every week is a very good paycheck. I don t know if every state has the same payout structure but in Colorado s official rules it states weekly direct deposits starting from the 2nd check (you get the first check the day you claim it). I know most people would take the $5.7m lump sum (
Jan 24, 2026, 11:40 am - shy1979 - Lottery News

$1.7 BILLION: Will Powerball create a Christmas billionaire?Reply
I would like to make special mention of the #24 jackpot on the annuity list, since it is close to falling off the list. Long-timers here may remember what an incredible watershed time that was, when Mega Millions hit $656 million. By the afternoon of the drawing, the jackpot was bumped up to $640 million. Check out the level of excitement in the story and comments: https://www.lotterypost.com/news/244310 By draw time, when the final sales were calculated, the jackpot settled at $65
Dec 23, 2025, 12:20 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.8 billion Powerball jackpot to be split by two tickets sold in Missouri and TexasReply
l won only $8 on Powerball 17 . But am not too worried l believe Mega Millions is the only Voyage that once the frenzy starts can grow to $4,500,000,000 . This is what makes Mega millions Dangerous it may look slow at moment but once it picks up speed at $1,000,000,000 it will grow twice as fast as powerball and people will be Shocked by the Speed zoom To Buy fifty percent of Powerball possibilities cost $300,000,000 but to buy fifty percent of mega millions possibilities will cost $750,
Sep 7, 2025, 10:53 am - Powerball765 - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery winner of $250.8 million Powerball jackpot claims prizeReply
P.U.!!! What Stinx????? Speaking of Ark P.B. jackpot winner and liverwurst sandwiches my state megabucks game was 14.7 mil / 10 mil cash for tonite ..... no winner but here's the interesting thing ..... Monday nights jackpot is 14.75 mil / 9.99 mil cash .... Of course these were all projections but why the reduction of the cash amount from Saturday to Monday when the annuity had been raised? I think the answer is partly due to the amount of 2nd prize winners on Saturday night ..... t
Apr 4, 2026, 10:02 pm - ShagE3 - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery winner of $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot comes forwardReply
For arguments sake let's say no one won pb last night .... and both jackpots rollover and over and over again ..... when would pb surpass mm on the road to a billion plus jackpot? Based on the recent runs that got big it would probably take about 7 weeks for PB to get bigger than MM, if they're about 210 and 270 at the same time. PB was at 207 on 10/06/25 and 5 weeks later it was at 490. MM was 277 on 8/29 and 5 weeks later it was 520. After 6 weeks they were at 570 and 575. After 7 weeks P
Jan 23, 2026, 11:46 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

"I can't believe it!" North Carolina man hugs store clerk after winning $2 million prizeReply
He was presented with the choice of either taking the one-time lump sum of $1.2 million or annual payments of $100,000 over 20 years and chose the lump sum. After federal and state taxes, he collected a total of $864,126. I think it would be great if the prizes shown on scratch off tickets are the Lump Sum. If it's 2M thats what it is then take off taxes. Looks like everything must have an annuity version to make the prize look bigger and appealing. Congratulations on the win Sh
Jan 14, 2026, 1:40 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery News

$1.8 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now second-largest ever as ticket sales surge across the USAReply
Betcha all you MM downers and naysayers will put down $5 - for a ticket next week We're not going to know who's playing, but players spent $49.89 million to buy about 9.998 million tickets for Friday's drawing. The forecast for Tuesday's drawing is $51.94 million and almost 10.4 million tickets. The last time MM offered a jackpot this big an advertised jackpot of $361 million resulted in players spending $33.75 million for almost 16.9 million tickets at $2 each. The run before that got sale
Sep 7, 2025, 2:02 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
You sure about that? Publication 519 (2025), U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens Gambling Winnings In general, nonresident aliens are subject to the 30% tax on the gross proceeds from gambling won in the United States if that income is not effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business and is not exempted by treaty. However, no tax is imposed on nonbusiness gambling income a nonresident alien wins playing blackjack, baccarat, craps, roulette, or big-6 wheel in the United States.
Apr 20, 2026, 6:24 am - kao1632 - Lottery News

Virginia Mega Millions $348 million lottery winner plans to buy lawnmower with record prizeReply
@Tucker Black I do agree with you on the interest. The winner gets all the interest and that is why the amount being paid out after the 30 years is way more than the cash at hand/bank today. What I like about the lump sum is that the money is invested in very safe government bonds. If the US government bonds fail, then the economy is all failed, doesn't matter where your money is, there would be a ripple effect. If I won the jackpot today, I would put all the money in government bond
Aug 16, 2025, 8:37 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery News

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
I love this - was looking forward to it. Change is good - keeps things interesting. I think it should spread to Australia, Canada and Europe as well. I like that they will keep the ticket cost at $2 in the US. Hope for an increase in the jackpot reset amount. I would have liked if they scrapped the taxes on the US side of things if the game won't be taxed on the UK side. I hope that on the UK side the annuity does not get affected by the death of a jackpot winner since th
Apr 14, 2026, 8:44 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery News