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$450 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot nears recordReply
No harm in getting ticket(s) with an annuity option and some for the cash option. If you won with the annuity, you be in the money for the long run.
Feb 10, 2015, 10:45 am - Gleno - Lottery News

$450 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot nears recordReply
Anybody at all considering annuity as the way to go here? Before I'm jumped on, didn't say I was...
Feb 10, 2015, 1:07 am - Arrowhead - Lottery News

$380 MILLION: Massive sales push Powerball jackpot higherReply
Well if it was to ever roll to a billion n kept current rate of annuity vs cash of 67.58% cash value would $675,800,000 me likey a lot
Feb 7, 2015, 3:01 pm - mrlottojackpot - Lottery News

$380 MILLION: Massive sales push Powerball jackpot higherReply
Well now - it probably was my purchasing a 2nd ticket that pushed the annuity up 20M$. ... and you are all welcome!
Feb 6, 2015, 3:51 pm - maximumfun - Lottery News

MegaMillions is ready to be won againReply
Did anyone else notice that when the annuity value went up to $221 million from $206 million that the cash value rose $13.7million thus making the additional cash payout 91% of the annuity. The previous jackpot was $206 million with a cash value of $131.1 million.
Jan 8, 2015, 1:52 pm - Drenick1 - Lottery Discussion Forum

MegaMillions is ready to be won againReply
It wouldn't surprise me, if at some point, MM and/or PB payments go beyond 30 years to say 35 or even 40. I think the 30 year annuity is based mostly off the 30 year US treasury. Since there are no 35 or 40 year US treasuries, I don't know how the lotteries could promise a 35 or 40 year annuity.
Jan 7, 2015, 12:54 pm - PrinceRene - Lottery Discussion Forum

N.C. man wins $4M lottery, joins friend in 'the millionaires' club'Reply
Yep, TheGameGrl, all the other states are guilty of this misleading practice too! It's a shame that when we go to determine at these lottery headquarter's website it doesn't disclose anything to the effect of 'all jackpots over $1M are annuity values' without actually using the word ANNUITY. However, the scratch-off and online tickets still sell ... so perhaps we gamblers are mainly a stupid or un-calculator, tax brackets driven lot.
Dec 17, 2014, 1:08 am - HaveABall - Lottery News

N.C. man wins $4M lottery, joins friend in 'the millionaires' club'Reply
According to the article, A $4 million prize in the game can be claimed in 20 annuity payments of $200,000 or a one-time payment of $2.4 million.
Dec 16, 2014, 8:16 pm - LottoMetro - Lottery News

Powerball Matrix Change - April 15, 2015Reply
It only takes Powerball 6 drawings to reach $100M annuity because of the $2 ticket price. Powerball sales increase whenever the jackpot gets to $100M annuity, and it happens every other month. The lottery will increase payouts and tickets prices to $5 eventually in order to keep up with inflation.
Dec 14, 2014, 9:12 am - THRIFTY - Lottery Discussion Forum

If you won a $100 mil MM / PB jackpot, and ended up losing it all...Reply
Since I would have taken the annuity, I wouldn't have lost it thus I would be just fine.
Nov 21, 2014, 12:28 am - Goteki54 - Lottery Discussion Forum