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$403 MILLION: Red hot Powerball jackpot rolls againReply
WHAS 11 was right. It is the 10th-largest Powerball jackpot ever. There have only been 9 Powerball jackpots larger than this one. But when I write the news stories I normally compare the jackpot to the largest jackpots of ANY game in US history, not just Powerball jackpots -- that's the difference. Wednesday is the 12th-largest cash value of ANY game in US history, and the 14th-largest annuity jackpot of ANY game in US history.
Feb 21, 2017, 8:04 am - Todd - Lottery News

$349 MILLION: Huge Powerball jackpot set for SaturdayReply
The record PB was significantly unlikely, but it was hardly a freak accident. Reaching $950 million required selling about 950 million tickets, and the chance of doing that without producing a winner is about 3%. The current run will set a new record if it gets past $1.586 billion (and we use the annuity as the yardstick) whether it does it on the next roll or if it takes 10 more rolls to get there. The probability of getting there is a function of the number of tickets sold, not how many rol
Feb 16, 2017, 5:17 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Woman quit job days before winning $3.3M lotteryReply
' My last day was January 17, but I didn't have anything lined up yet, she said. Congrats to her and I like her taking the annuity rather than the lump sum.
Feb 6, 2017, 1:19 pm - zephbe - Lottery News

Man wins lottery on his birthday thanks to mom's adviceReply
Thanks, LottoYear, these are some great quote examples that show just how different these annuity scratch offs can be. Always read the back of the card and then the press info off the first claimed top prize newsconference.
Jan 29, 2017, 1:01 am - HaveABall - Lottery News

Megamillions winning ticketReply
Honestly stay anonymous . When the person is ready then it's up to them if they want to come out. That is my advice because if the person's smart enough with the principal and interest is and I wanted to ask my father specific question on this website. Someone mention that somebody wanted to do the annuity and that was dumbfounded and I asked my father and my father's answer was we don't know about the person we don't know what their tax structure is or anything and it's sad that pe
Jan 28, 2017, 11:33 am - wander73 - Jackpot Games Forum

Winning Lucky for Life ticket sold in Macomb TownshipReply
If it were me to come forward I would hint to people to go to my websites and sign up. Then again lots of people are desperate. The person that won that ticket probably will get an annuity of a few $1000's for 30 yrs. Depends on taxes too.
Jan 10, 2017, 8:36 am - wander73 - Jackpot Games Forum

Current (As of 12-09-16) powerball game jackpotReply
The MINIMUM is 10 Million, it's not set to increase at that. There's too much cash for the annuity they have posted so they need to increase it by more to catch up.
Dec 9, 2016, 10:01 pm - Kingofearth - Jackpot Games Forum

TAX on annuity prizesReply
If it's a big enough jackpot Small jackpots, you may as well collect the annuity as your life wouldn't change in any real way.
Dec 9, 2016, 7:28 pm - Kingofearth - Lottery Discussion Forum

No PB Jackpot and NO 2nd prize winner either.Reply
You're right about the cash annuity thing. According to one of the pyramids I did it does look obvious. The 40's that were hit were in past drawings in the past. I also add and subtract the month date and yr and seemingly that is actually decent outcome. Lets see what happens this weekend.
Dec 8, 2016, 2:16 pm - wander73 - Jackpot Games Forum

No PB Jackpot and NO 2nd prize winner either.Reply
Sounds like many are playing this game. Not really, if anything Cash has been growing slower than previous runs. The annuity continues to expand faster than cash though.
Dec 8, 2016, 2:11 pm - Kingofearth - Jackpot Games Forum