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Las Night Mega Million WinnerReply
The winning ticket was purchased in Circle Food Market located on Tenafly Road in Englewood NJ.It was a quick pick ticket and unfortunately, the winner chose lump sum. NJ lets the player switch though. Let's hope that she or he will come to senses and collect the huge jackpots over the 26 annual installments.
Mar 17, 2003, 2:23 pm - AnnuityIsGreat - Jackpot Games Forum

Las Night Mega Million WinnerReply
As I understand those games, only the Jackpot winners are FORCED to receive their winnings in annunity payments, everybody else get a their winnings in a lump sum and jackpot winners are less than .00000001% of all the players. More than 99.9% of the players get their winnings in lump sum. Until you actually win one of those jackpots, you have little to complain about.RJOh
Mar 15, 2003, 7:55 pm - RJOh - Jackpot Games Forum

LottoManiaReply
Hello Cash,Hello JustOnce, I too,would like to see all States with both BGMM and Powerball.However,I would not want to see an increase in balls because of it.Imagine,dual jackpots back to back.lottoscorp
Mar 7, 2003, 7:11 am - lottoscorp - Lottery Discussion Forum

$500 million jackpot...when?Reply
Back when the game was 1 in about 76 million, the jackpot got up to $363 million, so it's possible to get to $500 million with the current odds.I don't Powerball will make it, though, because of the $25 million growth limiter on record jackpots.
Mar 1, 2003, 10:21 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Write new Exec. Dir. of the PA LotteryReply
Greg,You have to keep in mind that when PA started Super 6 as a 6/69 they were still on their own and created the game in that manner, hoping no one would hit, the jackpots would build fast and they would be in Powerball/Mega Millions territory.You are right though, the lower level prizes for it do stink and I'd love to see the game replaced.
Feb 25, 2003, 5:39 pm - smd173 - Lottery Discussion Forum

A JACKPOT is less likely to be split IFReply
I read an article by Gail Howard sometime back that stated if you played higher numbers (30 and above) and won, you would less likely have to share the jackpot because of the number of players who played birthdays and anniversary dates. Personally I don't worry about sharing the jackpot with another player, I just would like to get a share of the jackpot. When the jackpots are over a $100M and over a million combinations are sold, there are still many single ticket winners.RJOh
Feb 25, 2003, 12:26 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lotto TEXASReply
Brad, SMD: You both need to think about this. You NEED a large population base, as well as impossible jackpot odds, to create incredible jackpots. Remember that the LARGER the population base, the LARGER the rollovers, which more than offset the higher the probability of a jackpot winner.
Feb 23, 2003, 9:42 am - CASH Only - Jackpot Games Forum

Lotto TEXASReply
But with that you have to realize with a bigger population base you are going to use more of the 135,000,000 possible combinations. You usually get higher jackpots with lower ticket sales and lots of rollovers.Brad
Feb 23, 2003, 9:32 am - Bradly_60 - Jackpot Games Forum

Lotto TEXASReply
If Texas or any other state joins Mega Millions, they will NEVER and I mean NEVER, reach a $200 Million jackpot.It's really funny that the game has been around for about 7 or 8 months now and the closest they have come to the promised $300-500 Million jackpots is $165 Million.I've been surprised how often Mega Millions seems to be hit, considering the odds.
Feb 23, 2003, 8:47 am - smd173 - Jackpot Games Forum

PA Super-6Reply
PA is big enough that they should replace with another jackpot lotto game. Hot Lotto is perfect for smaller states that need the higher volume in order to get decent jackpots.
Feb 18, 2003, 3:08 pm - Todd - Jackpot Games Forum