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Wisconsin MegaBucks $$Reply
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 $21.2 Million Annuity $15.1 MILLION Cash Saturday, May 09, 2015 $20.8 Million Annuity $15.0 MILLION Cash
May 10, 2015, 4:18 pm - dognabit - Jackpot Games Forum

And for my Next Trick friday's Mega Millions Prediction [Hard]Reply
Even if you had enough money to buy all 258,890,850 possible MM combinations, figuring the jackpot cash value at 65% of the annuity amount, the jackpot would have to be $254,672,914.00 for you to break even if you deducted the cost of tickets off your taxes other wise you would end up losing money.
Apr 17, 2015, 3:24 pm - RJOh - Jackpot Games Forum

Wisconsin MegaBucks $$Reply
Annuity $19.1 million Cash $14.0 million Absolutely amazing to me that no one has won this thing yet. I know we are already at the cash option record with $14m. Does anyone know what the record annuity jackpot is? I have my $2 in for Saturday! And for each drawing thereafter until it finally does get hit!
Apr 9, 2015, 2:32 pm - LordPug - Jackpot Games Forum

TLC's The Lottery Changed My LifeReply
I honestly hope his friend is truly looking out for him and is not taking advantage of him. I see that he took the annuity and will continue to receive payments untill he reaches 70.
Mar 21, 2015, 1:25 pm - dognabit - Lottery Discussion Forum

Illinois man claims $265 million Mega Millions lottery jackpotReply
70!! Well sure has hell isn't going to be taking the annuity! I'm surprised he didn't have a heat attack when he found out he won. It's easy to say that at his age he didn't need the money, but the luck of the draw determined otherwise I suppose.
Feb 26, 2015, 9:39 am - Goteki54 - Lottery News

NC Powerball winner identifies herselfReply
I am glad she won too. I hope she takes annuity because she is assured that $$ will last. I don't think anything is going to happen to her, she is protected now. At least she still got her kids and didn't give them up---she is blessed.
Feb 13, 2015, 10:27 pm - En ReVal - Lottery News

$485 MILLION: Powerball jackpot raisedReply
With the way the annuity is back end loaded, the true annualized return is less than 2%. I was shown the spreadsheet comparing that to returns of 3,4 and 5% and was left with absolutely no doubt that I would choose the lump sum.
Feb 10, 2015, 11:33 pm - Drenick1 - Lottery News

$485 MILLION: Powerball jackpot raisedReply
I would enjoy getting that single sweet near $200 Million after all taxes. Lump sum is the way to go if you win, you can easily invest better than 5% per year gains the PB annuity offers.
Feb 10, 2015, 11:27 pm - JamesMelony - Lottery News

Why people who won the jackpot frequently decide to choose money cash over annuity money?Reply
cash v. annuity. I use to think it depends. Now I vote cash.
Feb 10, 2015, 10:07 pm - maximumfun - Lottery Discussion Forum

'Mirage' jackpotsReply
I agree that many people believe that the advertised jackpot is what a winner receives. It doesn't help when the media starts showing examples of what you can buy using the entire advertised pre-tax amount. A lot of folks also don't know that the annuity payments are progressively weighted. The winner gets about 4 times at he end of their payments when compared to the first few which by that time has depreciated considerably due to many factors such as inflation and the value of the dollar.
Feb 10, 2015, 10:51 am - Drenick1 - Lottery Discussion Forum