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Take the Lump sum...not Annuity!
If you win lottery, take lump sum and investBy RONALD LIPMANQ. Every time I buy a lottery ticket, they ask me whether I want the cash option or they simply assume I want the cash option. Apart from getting more money right away, which is financially smarter: taking the smaller amount now or taking the periodic payments?A. The cash option is the way to go for most people. Here's why.If you choose the annual payments, 1/25th of the total jackpot will be paid to you once a year for 25 years. If you
Feb 17, 2003, 6:04 am - MichiganHopeful - Lottery Discussion Forum

lottery post member wins little lotto!!Reply
cheetah , since i have spoken out against systems in here (especially those that charge $$$ for their services ) and i have included you in my explanations before, i was not sure exactly what you mean't by your comment to me. i decided to give you the benefit of the doubt that you did not mean it derogitorily.i responded to you in kind. written word's are a difficult medium when trying to determine a persons intentions. i know for me personally to you, there was no sarcasm involved in what
Sep 19, 2002, 8:30 pm - visiondude - Pick 5 Forum

Powerball $100 million Sat 9/14Reply
secret4777, thank's for asking !! i have been very good. i have been playing the lottery for 7 years now. i used to play in calif till i moved to georgia. I have been living here in georgia for 5 years now. play the mega-millions game every drawing. i only play (1) quick pick. i used to play (1) quick pick and then (1) ticket with my numbers (birthdays of my family). i gave up playing a ticket with my numbers shortly after i came to lottery post.because i don't believe in systems , i h
Sep 15, 2002, 3:05 pm - visiondude - Jackpot Games Forum

Lottery Math
http://www.psn.net/xocxoc/math/rawdata.htmLottery MathIs it better to play 50 dollars one week, or one dollar for fifty weeks?The odds of a Lotto style lottery can be found with the formula: n! / (n - r)! r! where n is the highest numbered ball and r is the number of balls chosen. This is called in math a combination. An easier way to think about it is if there are 40 balls and 6 are chosen, there are 40 possible numbers that can come up first, leaving 39 that can come up second, then 38, 37,
Jun 1, 2002, 5:01 pm - Guest - Lottery Discussion Forum

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

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

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Powerball's increase of $8.8 Million is pretty consistent with a Monday drawing. We like Powerball's transparency with Jackpot changes. Below we can see the change in Annuity, Cash and the Sales values all move fairly well with each other. Powerball doesn't give a false perception of Jackpot growth. Mega Millions, however, we can see the disconnect of the Annuity changes relative to the changes in Cash and the Sales for each drawing at the beginning of a Jackpot Run.
Apr 12, 2026, 11:54 pm - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

It looks as if the $5.00 MM ticket is doing poorly.Reply
What would have sales been, had the ticket prices remained at $2 over the last 11 1/2 months ? Would there have been more/less than 6 jackpot winners since the restart at $50 million ? Would the jackpots have reached $1 Billion + just one time at the $2 price, instead of taking 40 draws to reach $980 Million(7/01 - 11/14/25) ? ( 4 months 13 days ) https://www.texaslottery.com/export/sites/lottery/Documents/jackpotestimates/mm20251114.pdf During this run in particular, that jac
Mar 30, 2026, 10:51 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

About those NC Digital Online Games...What's the verdict?
I asked the search engine about NC digital instant games and what money they take in vs what money they pay out. I asked the question b/c the games seem to just take your money and never give you anything substantial. Below is the response, but I am having trouble believing that they pay out 87% of proceeds. Nonetheless, I do believe the part that says that even though they are taking in more $$ with these games, that they are contributing less to the education system than they did before the di
Jan 4, 2026, 10:00 pm - SBIP$999 - Lottery Discussion Forum