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You just won a huge lottery jackpot! Now what?Reply
Yes, great post, nice to have all the specifics in one place. Thank you so much. Just hope I get to use that advice some day I'd have flights booked for right after the press conference and head off for at least 2 months, to Australia. Before then, I'd have outfitted my house with monitored security because I wouldn't be surprised if we got broken into by nefarious types. Maybe I'm cynical, but I wouldn't trust people much after such a huge win. Not even family. Too many stories of family me
Oct 23, 2018, 8:54 am - Sorrento - Lottery News

Mega Millions sets world record with $1.6 billion lottery jackpot for Tuesday drawingReply
What is absurd is how easy it would be to spend $247,001 a week, if you fall into a certain type of lifestyle. Billionaire level security, estate maintenance, staff, etc... Even though you can technically afford to purchase a $70M jet with cash, it still costs upwards of $5M per year to operate it, plus the not inconsequential cost of av-gas, which can cost tens of thousands per flight. It doesn't matter if you earn $247 per week, or $247,000 per week, you still need to keep tight reigns on your
Oct 20, 2018, 5:46 pm - lowellm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot swells to $405 millionReply
Yeah, that's right MegaBucks.it's been awhile. That was really weird to see the jackpot advancing woth no one playing.....one of our Asian dealers thought a ghost was playing the machine! (There was actually an incident in Vegas where a woman was scattering a 'powdered substance' around some slot machines.when security asked her what she was doing she said her aunt had been cremated and asked that her ashes be scattered in the slot section of a certain casino). Don't blame you for not g
Oct 5, 2018, 11:49 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

'It was a horrible, horrible crime that I committed,' Jamaican lottery scammer repentsReply
The opening paragraph is devastating and sad on so many levels. Hopefully more of these stories can be preached in retirement homes children can educate their parents, who live alone to be extremely careful with handing out their money to total strangers. Got a phone call from some bogus outfit yesterday telling me that my social security # had been compromised that would affect my standing with the agency. So l called this place, first giveaway: The person taking my call had an Indian acce
Oct 5, 2018, 11:53 am - noise-gate - Lottery News

Megamillions $303 millionReply
At least I will be somewhat ready to interview and hire financial advisers. CPAs, CFPs, Trust and Estate Attorney, Insurance agents. I will know what I will be buying. Most of this will be done before I claim the prize. LLCs also. Cars and homes. Personal security. I know I heard you say that your bodyguard will be Smith Wesson along with other side arms. MikeinTexas as well.
Sep 27, 2018, 10:30 pm - music* - Lottery Discussion Forum

HGTV's 'My Lottery Dream Home' Season 5 premiere wins record ratingsReply
Bleudog101, I believe that you are talking about Rick and Lori Knudsen. Before they won big Rick experienced something wild. His bills at four or five stores all came back with no change. All were even money. $2 here and $4 there and so forth. As to thugs, I hope they are armed and have security systems. No news is good news. At the bottom of their mountain, they own a restaurant and employ the locals.
Sep 27, 2018, 10:16 pm - music* - Lottery News

HGTV's 'My Lottery Dream Home' Season 5 premiere wins record ratingsReply
so you hit the lottery and you want one of these. careful what you wish for. you end up spending all your time dealing with maintenance issues and upkeep. you will have service people and strangers in your dwelling 7 days a week. you will be constantly writing checks for this and that. you have to maintain the grounds and making sure the security systems are up to snuff. you will have rooms in the dream house that you will never go into. you will have relatives and friends looking to stay over a
Sep 26, 2018, 10:50 pm - billybucks - Lottery News

EuroMillions ticket mistakenly ripped in half wins Scottish couple $67 millionNews Story
The winners of a 57.9 million (US$67.3 million) EuroMillions jackpot were initially told they did not have a winning ticket and it was ripped in half and put in the garbage. But a message on a lottery terminal in Fred and Lesley Higgins's local Aberdeenshire shop told them to keep hold of the ripped ticket and call operator Camelot. They were given the torn ticket back, went home and checked the numbers to find they did indeed match and they were the winners of the July 10 jackpot. But
Aug 2, 2018, 7:31 am - Todd - Lottery News

Pennsylvania $457 million jackpot winners kept anonymousReply
I actually prefer big winners having their basic identity revealed eventually, just because it helps to show that the whole thing isn't rigged. Some Ma Pa nobodies from a small rural town, as well as some people struggling in impoverished urban environments, and so on, should be winning sometimes, and I like to see that. I do think though that winners should be given some months after claiming their winning, before their identity and story is revealed. They should be given time to make decisions
Jul 31, 2018, 3:19 pm - Rook - Lottery Discussion Forum

Maryland: 7/1 - 7/31/2018Reply
They're testing to make sure no body messed with the balls or machines. (Yeah, right) The security makes it practically impossible. What they do is, they run 5 test draws. If the same number comes up 3 out the 5 in the same position, they run 3 more tests. If it comes up 2 out of those 3 they swap the ball set. They don't want those hot numbers coming out I guess. But they don't swap the balls when a number DOESN'T show for a long time. I guess cold numbers don't matter? Hmm? I've seen number
Jul 30, 2018, 10:11 pm - grwurston - Pick 3 Forum