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Wisconsin MegaBucks $$Reply
I just finished reading about your 6/49 game ... looks very interesting and a great cash jackpot. Perhaps some of you have read some of my posts on the PA Match 6 (6/49) game. It struggles to get to $2 million and beyond these days ... used to hover around $4 million and a few times around $6 to 8 million. Never get those size jackpots in PA ... I wonder why they have an annuity jackpot part ... just work with a cash jackpot only, which most people probably would take over the 25 years deal .
Feb 23, 2015, 7:35 am - Crazy Wombat - Jackpot Games Forum

Powerball is kicking it up-10 millionaires were made tonight!!.Reply
Most lotteries gloss over the estimated part. Sure, many mention estimate , but all too often, not. Sometimes there's an asterisk somewhere, but with little to no indication what it's in regards to. NJ Lottery is a prime example: Next Jackpot* Saturday 01/31/15 $289 MILLION Cash Option $189.4 Million . And that's assuming they even bother with that. Sometimes the Powerball / Mega Million jackpots is advertised as if the value is the value with no mention to the contrary. CA Lottery is a prime ex
Jan 31, 2015, 1:39 pm - Ron5995 - Lottery Discussion Forum

N.C. man wins $4M lottery, joins friend in 'the millionaires' club'News Story
A lumber yard supervisor from Rutherfordton, North Carolina, is the first player in the state to win $4 million instantly playing the $200 Million Blowout game. With his win, Henry Smith became the third Rutherford County player to scratch off a seven-figure lottery prize. Rodger Keith Melton, of Spindale, won $2.6 million in 2013. Dan Royal, of Forest City, won $5.2 million in 2013 and happens to be a friend of Smith's, according to a news release from the North Carolina Lottery Education
Dec 16, 2014, 10:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Pennsylvania has its first Mega Millions lottery winnerNews Story
Winning ticket worth $149 million Someone who bought a multi-state Mega Millions lottery ticket in Pennsylvania is millions of dollars richer. The Pennsylvania Lottery has sold its first jackpot-winning Mega Million ticket, a $149 million prize from the Tuesday, May 20 drawing. The winning ticket was sold at White Oak Gas Grocery on the 1100 block of Fawcett Avenue, McKeesport, Allegheny County. The winning ticket matched all five white balls, 10, 40, 63, 64, and 69, and the Mega Bal
May 21, 2014, 8:50 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Phoenix couple claim $3.3 million lottery prizeReply
There probably was an article that gave that information; the Arizona State Lottery website had this: The Pick Ticket sold at: QuikTrip, 6702 W. Glendale Ave., Glendale Robert Brito, Phoenix, purchased one Quick Pick for The Pick April 26 drawing. He didn t check his numbers until the following Wednesday morning. After checking his numbers and discovering he had won the $3,300,000 jackpot, he went to work. Robert didn t tell his wife until he came home that evening. In fact,
May 10, 2014, 11:17 pm - mikeintexas - Lottery News

NC woman scratches off $1M winner on first lottery ticketNews Story
A Wilmington, North Carolina, woman is a lot richer after buying her first lottery ticket ever. Cindy Reeves, a stockroom clerk, said she has worked hard all her life, according to a news release from the North Carolina Education Lottery. Sunday morning, the Wilmington native bought a $20 scratch-off ticket at the Shop-N-Go on Market Street. The ticket for the $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular turned out to be a $1 million winner. As a new player Reeves was unsure whether or not she had wo
Mar 20, 2014, 3:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

What would you do if some stranger hands you a jackpot ticket?Reply
What do you supose would happen if the IRS knew that you gave somebody a $10 million house as a birthday present? Do you think it would be any different than cash or any other gift worth $10 million? As TTech noted, it's all about the value of the gift. Most of the time, if you give somebody a lottery ticket as a gift the IRS is probably willing to consider that at the time you made the gift the ticket's value was only it's cost. OTOH, if you buy a MM ticket for the 12/24 drawing this year (w
Dec 11, 2013, 1:16 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

I WON! - Megamillions.Reply
MEGA MILLIONS DRAWING DETAIL Drawing Date: Friday, August 09, 2013 Prev | Next Jackpot Annuity Value: $28 Million See Jackpot Analysis Jackpot Cash Value: $19.2 Million Drawing Results: 11 20 30 34 38 Mega Ball: 12 Megaplier: 3 Welcome to LP One-Day Nice hit! $150
Aug 20, 2013, 5:07 pm - maringoman - Lottery Discussion Forum

I did not know that if you win 2nd place in the powerball drawing it is not really 1 million you winReply
The PB 2nd-9th prizes are fixed cash prizes, not annuitized.(and only in rare cases pari-mutuel) I'm sure you misunderstood what was written on the website. Keep in mind, the 22yr old tekkie writing these articles is not the most expert in exact lottery and financial terminology, they got their script and just duplicate the marketing message. Do you have a link or a quote? I just quickly persused the MA site, and saw this, is this it: May 29, 2013 Congratulations to Catherine Moriarty
Aug 8, 2013, 12:06 pm - Jon D - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability Distribution for Numbers of Winners for the $425M PB Jackpot.
Powerball has just announced a larger jackpot at $425M annuity, $244.7 cash. Based on the previous jackpot, it appears that the lottery is estimating that 110.7M tickets will sell for this drawing. The probability of various numbers of winners, including zero winners (rollover) determined as a randomized Poisson distribution is as follows: k, number of winners p(m,k) 0 53.17% 1 33.58% 2 10.61% 3 2.23% 4 0.35% 5 0.04%
Aug 6, 2013, 2:58 pm - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum