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"I can't believe it!" North Carolina man hugs store clerk after winning $2 million prizeReply
He was presented with the choice of either taking the one-time lump sum of $1.2 million or annual payments of $100,000 over 20 years and chose the lump sum. After federal and state taxes, he collected a total of $864,126. I think it would be great if the prizes shown on scratch off tickets are the Lump Sum. If it's 2M thats what it is then take off taxes. Looks like everything must have an annuity version to make the prize look bigger and appealing. Congratulations on the win Sh
Jan 14, 2026, 1:40 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I am pretty confident that their estimation is too low. In the estimate file (published before Tuesday drawing), that were forecasting $94M sales for this coming Friday. But they sold $98M on Tuesday (that is +38% v. the prior Tuesday). So on Wednesday they will sell at least $113M (that is +45% v. the prior Friday - those percentages are now finally growing exponentially, given the jackpot levels). That means roughly +$18M in additional advertised jackpot (computed as +$28M of sale
Nov 13, 2025, 11:20 am - positano - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Where the MM jackpot sits now on the all time record list: 12) Powerball: $1.0798 billion, Jul. 19, 2023 ( 38 rollovers , starting at $20 million) 13) Mega Millions: $1.05 billion, Jan. 22, 2021 ( 36 rollovers , starting at $20 million) ** Mega Millions $965M Annuity/$445.3M Cash Value 11/14/2025 (39 Rollovers, Starting at $50M) PENDING 14) Powerball: $842.4 million, Jan. 1, 2024 ( 34 rollovers , starting at $20 million) 15) Mega Millions: $800 million, Sep. 10, 2024 ( 27 r
Nov 12, 2025, 8:46 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Oh look another rollover for the Measly Millions and a $25M increase to the annuity. Looking at the MM jackpot history that had 31 rollovers and is in the top 25 jackpots of all time: April 21, 2023 - Aug. 8, 2023, $1.602 Billion/783.3M Cash - 31 rollovers Jackpot won Current Run: July 1, 2025 - Present day, $ 625M/$288.8M Cash - 31 rollovers Jackpot pending Not bad MUSL, you are only about $1Billion short ........ Actions have consequences
Oct 15, 2025, 10:17 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

$1.8 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now second-largest ever as ticket sales surge across the USAReply
Betcha all you MM downers and naysayers will put down $5 - for a ticket next week We're not going to know who's playing, but players spent $49.89 million to buy about 9.998 million tickets for Friday's drawing. The forecast for Tuesday's drawing is $51.94 million and almost 10.4 million tickets. The last time MM offered a jackpot this big an advertised jackpot of $361 million resulted in players spending $33.75 million for almost 16.9 million tickets at $2 each. The run before that got sale
Sep 7, 2025, 2:02 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I think they're underestimating the sales tonight and they're going to be closer to matching saturdays sales of 230 It looks like you nailed it after all, and for the first time in a long time sales for a Monday weren't significantly smaller than for the previous Saturday. The final jackpot is reported as $1.201 billion, which is very close to $230 million in sales. Not that it wasn't already obvious that 1.3 billion was conservative for Wednesday, but since we're now starting about $10
Sep 2, 2025, 3:08 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
If a free ticket does not contribute to the jackpot, it is worth 35 cents. This is the expected value of winning $4, $7, $100, $50,000, $1 million, or $9 million. $9 million is the cash value (with today's interest rates) of the starting jackpot of 20 million . Of course, the actual value of a ticket is more than 35 cents if the jackpot is more than $20 million annuity, but anything extra is player money. The cost to Powerball would be just the 35 cents. With five lines and all 25+5 numbers
Aug 21, 2025, 1:13 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Sounds like your pool is hitting, but just not the big numbers yet. Just out of curiosity, and *only* if you wish to say, how many folks are playing in your pool(s) now and what kind of money are you playing with each draw now? Again, only if you wish to say. I am still in savings mode while waiting for the rollovers to make a really big cash value amount before I commit to a big purchase (or be committed!) . As of the week ending yesterday 07/26/2025 I have 86 draws skipped and $321.00 save
Jul 27, 2025, 7:51 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
But, I am curious... Annuity or cash value , what would your target amount be? In all honesty, a $5M cash value after all taxes is a life changer for me and for 300 million other people. Having said that, it would be fun to win 100M. If I play PB with $2 and not win anything, it would hurt as much as saving $100 and putting it all in a 1B jackpot and win nothing. The loss would feel greater. I wish you luck with the strategy.
Jun 15, 2025, 4:24 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Good new on the MEASLY MILLIONS front... The cash value ticked up a projected $100K for Friday 5/22/26. Perhaps it's a sign of Bigger, Faster jackpots that the participants were advised of. Good luck to all that are players of this game. ANNUITY CASH VALUE 14) $195,000,000 $86,300,000 15) $215,000,000 $95,200,000 * up $8.9 Million CASH 16) $232,000,000 $103,800,000 * up $8.6 Million CASH 17) $251,000,000 $112,300,000 * up $8.5 Million CASH 18) $277,000,000 $120,400,000 *
May 20, 2026, 10:19 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum