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Ohio woman tops husband's $1 million lottery win with $5 million winReply
Agreed. For an amount like that I would also take the annuity payments.
Mar 18, 2026, 7:30 am - Infraredsight - Lottery News

"I can't believe it!" North Carolina man hugs store clerk after winning $2 million prizeReply
That is true but why take a 20 year annuity when we don't know if we will around that long. Also no one knows where the money is being kept to pay out the annuity each year. If that place goes bankrupt, your money is gone. It reminds me of the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes that went bankrupt in 2025. A guy had won the 5K a Week For Life prize, 10 years ago then quit his job. He had received a check for 260K a year for the last 10 years. Now the checks have stopped coming. At the age of 6
Jan 15, 2026, 6:38 am - winterhug - Lottery News

Michigan man claims record $32.9 million Lotto 47 jackpot with numbers he's used for 20 yearsReply
For 73 years old person to take an annuity??? lottery is a scam Lump sum should not take so much out compared to annuity they knew that older people play more because they have more money than young people he won't have enough time to spend this money because he got maximum to decades to live! and annuity is 30 years!!!
Jan 13, 2026, 11:48 pm - Alfawinner - Lottery News

$1.7 BILLION: Will Powerball create a Christmas billionaire?Reply
Ok let's make a quick Vote here Lump Sum or Annuity . For me Annuity so l can use my Regular bank no need for Stress and headache On the other hand if l Dethrown Edwin Castro l will go with Lump Sum and buy my house next to his house Just a little bit Bigger ,
Dec 23, 2025, 3:57 pm - JoeBigLotto - Lottery News

$1.5 BILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot fuels rush for ticketsReply
I see the cash option was updated, it is now $689.3 million. The annuity is still $1.5 billion.
Dec 19, 2025, 12:13 pm - Dave Bowman - Lottery News

$1.25 BILLION: Epic Powerball winless streak marches onReply
Thanx to all who responded to my question yesterday... Thanx 4 the cash over annuity recommendation when your past your 30s 40s . I concur if I were younger I'd go for the annuity .... Does anyone have inside info on the new millionaire for life game starting next year? What id like to know is will there still be a minimum 20 years on the annuity and will there still be a cash option? Just curious - but at $5 a ticket I'll only play once a week if even that ..... and that will be when pb
Dec 16, 2025, 6:04 pm - ShagE3 - Lottery News

$1.8 billion Powerball jackpot to be split by two tickets sold in Missouri and TexasReply
Right now the $164.5 million cash value of MM is 45.95% of the $358 million annuity. With the annuity at 35.8% of 1 billion the cash value at the same interest rate has to be $164.5 / .358 for a $1 billion annuity. That's $459.5 million. Flipping it around, it will take a hair under 2.8 times as much money for 1 billion as for 358 million. Total sales through Saturday are forecast to be $609,162,600 and 121,832,520 tickets. 2.8 time that is 340,314,302 tickets (and total revenue of just over
Sep 7, 2025, 5:43 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Powerball reaches $643 million: highest lottery jackpot of 2025Reply
It's now $850million annuity/$383.7million cash. Might have to get another ticket.
Aug 27, 2025, 11:54 am - PrisonerSix - Lottery News

Virginia Mega Millions $348 million lottery winner plans to buy lawnmower with record prizeReply
They don't earn any interest on your winnings. You get all the interest. This is why the sum of annuity payments is about double the lump sum value. The reason why they advertise the annuity value and put the real number (cash, today) in small print is only because it's a larger number. People see a larger number and they're more likely to buy tickets. It's not false advertising but really sneaky and I don't like it.
Aug 16, 2025, 4:40 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery News

Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion after building for monthsReply
Is $50 to much to spend or u go by ur heart? It's not too much if you save the money from all the drawings offering less than $1 billion and spend it on the first drawing for $1 billion or more. What happens if it rolls, though? PB only reached $1 billion once this year up until now. The first time there were 4 drawings for $1 billion or more. So far this run has been slower to get the big increases, and based on the most recent worksheet there's a 56% chance it will roll 3 more times*, so
Dec 13, 2025, 2:08 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News