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THE NEBRASKA 8! No way do I show my face.Reply
Best strategy: when you do the news conference, come off like a greedy *$^#@$ who wouldn't give a dime to a starving nun. My quote is that I would remember (to reasonable extent) those people that were there for me when I was poor. Anyone else, I don't care if you're a nickel away from dropping dead. It's like feeding the seagulls down the shore, give them one french fry and they want the whole bag. Food for thought: Mayor Bloomberg has FIFTEEN TIMES the ANNUITY value of the Mega Millions. I
Feb 28, 2006, 7:56 pm - LckyLary - Lottery Discussion Forum

The final drawing for Lotto South...Reply
AND... Since it is annuity only in GA, the payments are guaranteed for only a minimum of 10 years. If you win it and die during the initial 10 years, , the payments will only go to your beneficiary for the remainder of the 10 year term.
Feb 27, 2006, 1:57 pm - DoubleDown - Jackpot Games Forum

5m bump in Mega Millions?Reply
Quote: Originally posted by dvdiva on February 22, 2006I think they should do a 40 year backload annuity with a baloon payment at the end. See how many morons can't tell the difference. I'm not holding my breath on this one breaking 300 million. I have a feeling the time to buy would be now or the next two drawings tops. It seems cursed not to generate high prizes. Euromillions only needs 12 rolls to get to the record. It's prize is all cash. EuroMillions drawing is held once a week. So it
Feb 23, 2006, 12:25 am - twisted - Jackpot Games Forum

Legal Qs for expertsReply
I don't know anything about the legal side of it, but if you don't have to be a US citizen to play, then why would the payments fizzle for the last 15 years if you had to go back home? Do the non citizens HAVE to take Cash, or if they are on a compulsory annuity based on where they purchased their ticket the pay would be deposited in their account annually regardless of where they lived or their citizenship status. JMHO ---------------- chameleon
Feb 22, 2006, 9:26 pm - chameleon530 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
The MM has rolled over. The cash value is now $120.8 and the annuity value is $203M. A running average of 14th draw sales (2 data points) since the matrix change suggests that the sales will be around $48.8M. If this many tickets are ultimately sold, the probability of various numbers of winners is given in the following table: 076.10% 120.79% 22.84% 30.26% 40.02% The actual cash jackpot for this last drawing reached, based on the provisional sales figures, from www.lo
Feb 22, 2006, 3:43 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

5m bump in Mega Millions?Reply
The MUSL Directors don't care what Mega does - until it impact their bonus money. They cleaned up on the $365M pubilciity. Joe smoe on the street corner does NOT know about 20 or 26 years waiting time. All they see is $365M. When I point out the cash/annuity numbers, every single person immediately says, who cares! The blind sheep only hear the shearing cutters, has no idea of the results - and doesn't care. Just sticks their nose up the butt of the one in front of them and marches on.
Feb 21, 2006, 8:14 pm - Chewie - Jackpot Games Forum

Maddogs Mega Millions Challenge 2/21Reply
The Mega Millions Jackpot was adjusted to $175 million annuity today. 6-9-20-25-37 +38 Good Luck!-weshar75
Feb 21, 2006, 6:46 pm - weshar75 - Jackpot Games Forum

Powerball lottery jackpot hits record $365 millionReply
In NJ the QP is all or nothing, in NY you can QP both, or just the 5 or just the 1. In both you have to choose cash or annuity up front. Now you say Ohio has a delayed option; probably other states do also. You'd think the same game would have the same rules! It looks like they let the states do whatever they want, as long as the leaders get their cut of the gambled money. Sounds like something out of Hollywood. Then again, I don't care, just give me the cash and do it Tuesday night.
Feb 19, 2006, 9:15 am - Chewie - Lottery News

Best Method to Collect - PowerballReply
on a jackpot this big, I might be tempted to take the annuity (over 7 million a year), wait until a democrat is elected and sell the balance of the payments to one of those companies that does such a thing before the inevitable tax increase... the other scenario is to find out how much it would cost to buy supplimental insurance on about 100,000,000 and have it wired to an account all at once... they make you pick an account to wire the winnings to, I can't imagine letting all those millions
Feb 18, 2006, 1:54 pm - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

what would you do with 365 million??Reply
looking at the actual amounts after taxes... Cash = $115,245,000 Annuity = 30 * $7,908,333.00 whatever I end up doing, I won't owe anyone for it ;-)
Feb 17, 2006, 7:45 pm - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum