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Montana Lottery aims to prohibit bulk purchases after group takes gamble on $1.6 million jackpotReply
I live in Montana and I feel that everyone playing should have an equal chance of winning. With bulk buying, when the buying of all number combinations guarantees a win and a profit after tax, I can't imagine that anyone thinks that is fair. It may be a smart move on the part of mega rich organizations to do this, but for the average person it is not a level playing field. I started thinking about this a long time ago as something that would happen but it took retailers to have multiple
Sep 20, 2025, 11:37 am - JohnGalt3 - Lottery News

Powerball reaches $643 million: highest lottery jackpot of 2025Reply
Maybe another billion is coming! There roughly a 1 in 3 chance it will roll past $1 billion (to perhaps $1.1 billion). Oopsie. I realized a while after posting that 1 in 3 seemed way too low with the advertised jackpot already at $815 million. I had updated some older info and accidentally included probabilities for two drawings that already rolled. The PB worksheet on the Texas lottery website is estimating coverage of combinations for the next five drawings as (starting with tomo
Aug 26, 2025, 4:24 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

New Jersey Lottery proposes rules regulating courier services to allow them to operateReply
Something you have to remember: Courier services charge for their service. That increases the price of a ticket. e.g. A US Powerball line costs me US$4 and a MM line costs $8.45. Are you willing to pay double every time you buy tickets just in case you win big ? I pay because that is my only option.. but I do limit buys to higher jackpots :) Your bank might have reporting responsibility locally. (Person X received Y dollars from lottery provider Z.) And.. avoiding paying state tax on a w
Jun 16, 2025, 5:53 pm - kao1632 - Lottery News

$1 million Powerball lottery ticket purchased in West Virginia expiring in two weeksReply
I'll bet you all a liverwurst sandwich with ....... that the jackpot will end up being $849 mil.! I'll bet you all an olive loaf sandwich ....... that the jackpot will end up being $851 mil. P.U.! What Stinx? I'll tell you what stinks! What stinx is projected jackpots! Now bring on Powerball. ShagE3
Aug 27, 2025, 2:09 pm - ShagE3 - Lottery News

Maine Lottery adopts rules to ban bulk ticket purchasesNews Story
Maine joins growing number of states defending against jackpot buyouts By Kate Northrop It's official bulk lottery ticket purchases are illegal in Maine, making it the latest state to adopt laws in defense against organized groups aiming to buy jackpots. The Maine Lottery has adopted new rules to ban bulk ticket purchases for any of its games. Maine has now become part of the growing number of lotteries across the country taking steps to curtail ticket buying behavior that inten
May 12, 2026, 7:16 am - Todd - Lottery News

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
Someone Above said if someone in Uk wins the lottery they can take the money and run away and not pay complete Federal tax later. And am thinking Now how can you run away in the first place when they gave you no Lump sum option only annuity. If you run away they freezes the rest of your Annuity Payments Ok when people win Powerball the top tax is like 37 percent. There are two ways to pay federal government. One way is the player pays 37 percent and the other way is l guess each sold t
Apr 18, 2026, 1:07 am - Powerball765 - Lottery News

$1.3 BILLION: Powerball jackpot soars to 5th-largest in game historyReply
I simply load the last cash value, and subtract the previous cash value (generally off the Texas Lottery site) and use the cash/sales ratio to estimate sales . And in this case you got garbage out because you put garbage in as a result of data that wasn't updated. In this case it looks like you used the $498.4 million cash value for the originally announced $1.1 billion jackpot. The actual cash value at drawing time was about $46 million higher, so they needed almost 70 million fewer ticket
Sep 4, 2025, 3:37 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery bans Fast Play bulk ticket purchasesNews Story
Lottery will not pay out prizes to players engaging in excessive purchasing By Kate Northrop The Arizona Lottery approved a rule amendment banning bulk Fast Play ticket purchases in an effort to curb excessive purchasing in a given timeframe. In June, the Arizona Lottery Commission announced that it implemented new rules to limit the value of Fast Play tickets either an individual or group can buy within a certain period of time. The rule, titled Prohibition of Bulk Ticket Purch
Jul 7, 2025, 8:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery winner of $250.8 million Powerball jackpot claims prizeNews Story
Two significant Powerball winners from Arkansas claim big jackpots a few months apart By Kate Northrop The Arkansas Lottery announced that the winner of a $250.8 million Powerball jackpot has come forward to claim their lottery winnings, just months after the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot winner claimed theirs. A $250.8 million Powerball prize won in Arkansas has been claimed by a lottery winner who purchased their jackpot-winning ticket through a courier. The winner opted to re
Apr 3, 2026, 10:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky man wins $1.1 million online lottery jackpot while deer huntingNews Story
Wife thinks husband got a big buck, he got a million-dollar surprise instead By Kate Northrop A Kentucky man nearly fell over while deer hunting after he instantly won a $1.1 million online lottery jackpot while playing on his phone in the woods. The great outdoors the perfect setting to immerse oneself in nature and win a million bucks online. One Kentucky lottery player couldn't help himself while deer hunting and won a $1.1 million jackpot as a result. The McCreary County resi
Nov 26, 2025, 7:39 am - Todd - Lottery News