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What if you won the Powerball?News Story
North Dakotans are among the thousands of people in 27 states who have been snatching up Powerball tickets. But what would they do if they won the record jackpot?Bryce McGillis, 28, a technical school student and worker at Phoenix International in Fargo, said he probably wouldn't handle all those millions very well. Probably not, to be honest, he said. I'm bad with money. Roger McNeil, 51, of Fargo, said he and his wife, Bernadette, would buy land and build a square-dancing ballroom. I'm sure
Oct 19, 2005, 11:30 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Pick 3/4 Records Post SystemReply
Since there is no record of suchRecord for longest amount of days gone by without a specific number combination hitting in any pick 3 drawing 11 daysCombination 566 I hope I am stating this correctly. I just picked a random number combination to keep track of. This happened to be for a double combination.I am still tracking a 6 way combination.
Oct 19, 2005, 10:40 pm - lottaloot - Pick 3 Forum

Powerball, what if........Reply
Perfect example.$18 million jackpot generating....$11 million in sales? Entirely probable. However, with any record jackpot, sales of around $150m+ someone is going to win a prize with odds of 3.4 million.
Oct 19, 2005, 3:02 pm - JAG331 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball lottery madness spreads to big mediaReply
This one's a fun thread, however. Even if it doesn't hold the record for being the largest. Maybe this one's a cash value thread, while the one you link to is annuity.Jack
Oct 19, 2005, 2:37 pm - Rip Snorter - Lottery News

MD's "Powerball Challenge" 10/19Reply
MADDOG10, I'll put up my minimum pick of 5 numbers and a Powerball for now. I sent you a private message early Sunday morning requesting you to get my fantasy picks into the game. I'm forced to get my fantasy picks to you because the current PB jackpot is higher than the record PB jackpot of 315 million.My minimum pick: 13-19-20-21-30 PB 30
Oct 19, 2005, 1:08 pm - Just6ntlc - Jackpot Games Forum

Powerball lottery madness spreads to big mediaReply
It is the record jackpot under the new 30 year balloon annuity. That's all that can be said. Of course it is real , but the difficulty is comparing it to the 2002 jackpot because of the change in the annuity length and structure. If they say $164 million invested for 30 years makes more than $170 million invested for 25 years, okay, I'm sure it does, just as I'm sure investing any amount for 5 additional years makes more money. The only constant I can compare between the 2 jackpots is the cash
Oct 19, 2005, 11:01 am - tg636 - Lottery News

Is Match 5 Bonus Prize a BIG MISTAKE ??Reply
No, that's the nasty caveat. The Match 5 Bonus keeps rolling with the record jackpot. So if no one wins the jackpot tonight, the $15 million will roll into $40-$50 million for Saturday's draw.
Oct 19, 2005, 10:41 am - JAG331 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball lottery madness spreads to big mediaReply
But surely you agree that an honest comparison and an honest record has to be made using the same annuity system. I am not emotionally tied to the cash value , but the cash is used to fund the annuities and since I can't compare the 2 different annuities, the cash value is all I have to go on in comparing the 2 jackpots.
Oct 19, 2005, 10:02 am - tg636 - Lottery News

Is Match 5 Bonus Prize a BIG MISTAKE ??Reply
No, I'm not a fan of caps. It's a sad and weird emphasis on the secondary prize. They aren't getting record sales due to the big secondary prize. I look forward to MM getting big if it ever does. Then sales will be pushing the pot even higher instead of some weird second place pot.
Oct 19, 2005, 3:51 am - dvdiva - Lottery Discussion Forum

Jackpot digits 340, 305, 314
$305 million jackpot Saturday went unclaimed, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $340 million for Wednesday's drawing. It is the biggest jackpot in the game's history and eclipses the previous record high of $314.9 million won on ChristmasHot combos literally340,314,305
Oct 18, 2005, 6:29 pm - Blackapple - Pick 3 Forum