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Lottery odds are not as bad as you thinkReply
life is a game ?I guess GOD makes the rules !!!!!!!!! Are YOU smart enough to take the Annuity ?
Sep 26, 2005, 2:43 am - GuessWhat! - Lottery Discussion Forum

How high will Powerball get this run?Reply
Oh, I get it. They don't slow the growth of the record until it actually breaks the record, so if it's at $315 million, it can freely increase to over $400 million. However, for it to get to $400 million, if the rolls are like the last MM run that made it to $250 million, I would say it would need five more rolls. Sept 28 - $148 M Oct 1 - $171 M Oct 5 - $200 M Oct 8 - $250 M (the last MM jackpot hit) Oct 12 - $315 M (lottoreport.com predicted?) Oct 15 - $400 M? On the other hand, the PB an
Sep 25, 2005, 11:44 pm - ryanm - Lottery Discussion Forum

How high will Powerball get this run?Reply
They do tie it to the annuity. They should tie it to the cash value though.
Sep 25, 2005, 3:59 pm - ryanm - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $126 MillionReply
It seems that PB is ready to take off and fly.Sure. Yet not as big as the previous MM's 250M, but certainly not as small as just a few tens.One thing to be mentioned.As Bradly_60 pointed out somewhere, I believe that indeed nothing has changed as far as one is concerned about the cash option value despite the reduced cash value ratio. If one tends to discount an advertised jackpot amount as many would do, then why cares so much about the ratio itself?Very often, the absolute $ amount is more mea
Sep 22, 2005, 7:17 pm - anonymous77 - Lottery News

How high will Powerball get this run?Reply
If the jackpot does reach $400 million, the cash value will be around $198 million (taking into account the current cash to annuity ratio at the powerball website)
Sep 22, 2005, 11:07 am - twisted - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball Cash OptionReply
...all lottery games should pay CASH Only... I'll gladly take all the money from all lottery games, except the annuity-only ones
Sep 21, 2005, 11:27 am - CASH Only - Jackpot Games Forum

Powerball Cash OptionReply
which is why I keep saying all lottery games should pay cash only, no annuity bulls**t
Sep 20, 2005, 11:19 pm - ryanm - Jackpot Games Forum

Financial analyst looks at lottery jackpot cash/annuity optionsReply
Well you-now, First things first. Remember, we've paying our money and winning other players money here. Therefore, old Uncle Sam (for us Old School Folks and the TAX MAN or G.I.R.L.S. for you new age readers) rules should always be considered first. If the winner of a large jackpot is smart, he, she, or they would take the money and run like hell. Why? No brianer...I don't want to pay any higher percentage in taxes on that money than I need to. Shorter tax liabilities is always better. I can in
Sep 20, 2005, 11:10 pm - Pythagoras - Lottery News

Powerball Cash OptionReply
Cash- Thanks. I mean any game that has the option of cash or annuity, all players should just check CASH!
Sep 19, 2005, 11:28 am - delS - Jackpot Games Forum

Mega Millions lottery jackpot to be a quarter-billion for FridayReply
I think the reason is is that some IRS bureaucrat wants to know what you are planning on doing with it. We used to have to do that here in Michigan, but they got rid of that a few years ago. It applies to basically anything where you have a payout option (CVO/Annuity). IRS guidelines (and most lotteries) say you have 60 days from the claim date to make up your mind. If you do not select an option in that time frame, you automatically receive annuity. You must ASK for the CO at the lottery cent
Sep 15, 2005, 5:09 am - NoCompLotto! - Lottery News