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$1.5 BILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot fuels rush for ticketsReply
Correct as you can see in the original story about Castro claiming the prize, he got $628.5 million after taxes. (Link to that story is also included in the article above.)
Dec 18, 2025, 10:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Powerball jackpot increased in longest-ever winless streakReply
Correct, that's how lotteries work. It's linked in the article, but this video may be a good refresher on how lottery jackpots are calculated.
Dec 14, 2025, 5:13 pm - Todd - Lottery News

PowerballReply
Interestingly, the FL limit for advance play on PB is 52 drawings No it's not. I'm looking at a current Florida PB bet/play slip and the highest number in the advance drawings check boxes is 39. It looks like this == 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 15 20 25 30 35 39. I suppose it's possible for a player to tell the clerk they want to play 13 advance draws, and the clerk could possibly manually enter that amount of drawings in the terminal. Anyway I don't care about the circumstances surrounding how that $39
Dec 7, 2025, 9:48 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
After reading the article a few more times very carefully here is what I get from the article: Everything in the article above the following section is yadda, yadda, yadda from the PB Lottery until some solid information (maybe subject to change?) comes along. US state lotteries and the UK National Lottery will pool funds only for the Powerball jackpot, not lower-tier prizes. Tickets purchased in the UK will contribute the same fixed US dollar amount per play to the jackpot pool as ticke
Apr 16, 2026, 12:59 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery delays expiration date of $12.8 million jackpot-winning ticket in legal battleReply
It belongs to the store. According to the article, the customer declined the printed ticket and Arizona lottery rules states, that when that happens the retailer gets to keep the ticket, provided he does not resell it. The Manager, fraudulently purchased the ticket because he knew it was a winner. Who in their right mind would purchase a day old lottery ticket?
May 21, 2026, 8:02 pm - Scoommo - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery delays expiration date of $12.8 million jackpot-winning ticket in legal battleReply
*The report said the owner of the ticket declined it, more like ( forgot ) it at the store. It's why Bank of America is now involved. * According to the article, the ticket was purchased using a debit card. Seems the purchase was legitimate and Circle K wants the money going to the original purchaser, just not Gawlitza.
May 21, 2026, 1:41 pm - noise-gate - Lottery News

Something is rotten in the state of MichiganReply
Based on the article it seems that the person who won, won in May 2025 and was waiting nearly a year to cash it in. I don't know what the time limit is on cashing in those winning tickets but having a winning ticket collecting dust for 1 year or being squished in your wallet for a long period of time will probably wear it down.... Additionally you are even more correct...this winning ticket makes EZ match look like even more of a scam!
May 15, 2026, 1:36 am - DarkThunder - Lottery Discussion Forum

Illinois woman uses numbers passed down from mother to win $1 million Lotto jackpotReply
This was a 6/50 game but there was a guy that did it on an Illinois Lucky Lotto which is a 5/45 game. https://www.ctinsider.com/weird/article/Ill-man-wins-lottery-for-2nd-time-using-same-8323258.php
Apr 16, 2026, 4:28 am - grwurston - Lottery News

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
l read what the Article says Above it says British players do not have the option to take Lump sum. And that any British player that wins Power Ball must take the Annuity. So Annuity is their only available option. Some people ask about federal tax. There are two ways to work around it . One pay your federal tax After you win or Two your federal tax adds 20 cents or ten cents to the cost of the ticket. And l think Powerball should eliminate federal and state tax Completely. Treat it like lottery
Apr 15, 2026, 6:23 am - Powerball765 - Lottery News

The Science of Random Number Generators in Lotteries
https://lotteryboost.com/the-science-of-random-number-generators-in-lotteries/ Most digital lottery systems utilize PRNGs. These are software algorithms that start with a seed number and apply a complex mathematical formula to produce a sequence of numbers that appear random [1] . While highly efficient, PRNGs are technically deterministic; if you knew the exact seed and the algorithm, you could theoretically predict the outcome. To prevent this, modern lotteries use high-entropy seeds
Mar 13, 2026, 3:53 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum