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Foriegn players/winners.Reply
My understanding of that is because games like mega million and powerball are multi state games, to ensure each state gets its fair share you can only redeem your ticket in the state you bought it from so even though you are from England if you buy a ticket in the US you simply go back to that state to claim your winnings. I live in Canada and its the same thing for our national games (lotto 649 and lotto max) if you buy it in one province you can only redeem it in that province. A lot of Can
Jan 8, 2014, 11:08 pm - trinitron00 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Man found $1M lottery ticket while raking leavesReply
I was in Resorts World on Friday 12/27/2013 when the winners were presented their checks from NY Lottery Rep Yolanda Vega. All the news stations were present and this particular guys story was as Yolanda interpreted for him was that he was hired to clean up the yard in LI after hurricane Sandy. He was raking the leaves found the ticket and brought it home to dry. It was a winner, already scratched and in horrible condition. It couldn't be verified at the local store so he went to the NY Lottery
Dec 29, 2013, 7:43 pm - mamamary517 - Lottery News

Mega Millions or Powerball?Reply
Which game are you hoping will make you a match 5 millionaire? PB for me too. If you're looking for the best odds of winning $1M then PB is the game for you. Some states have the Lotto 6/49 games and I think those are the best odds for winning $1M. Our local 6/49 games jp starts at $500,000 so I usually wait until it hits the $1.6M to play because that is when the annuity has a cash lumpsum of $1M. Good luck players. Smash those jackpots!
Dec 23, 2013, 7:00 pm - maringoman - Lottery Discussion Forum

Poll: Next round of jackpot frenzyReply
Well there are three parts to it: Set-Aside Account (guaranteed starting jackpots, rollovers), Set Prize Reserve Account (guaranteed set prizes), and Prize Reserve Account (grand prizes claims from system errors, emergencies, etc). They are deducted in that order Set-Aside has max balance of $20 million, SPRA has max balance of $40 million, and PRA has max balance of $80 million. Earlier this year they decided to start deducting 2% once annuity reaches $120 million and 4% when it exceeds $250
Dec 22, 2013, 12:30 pm - LottoMetro - Lottery Discussion Forum

Something seems fishy to me!Reply
How can I say this politely? Some people have ideas of what makes sense that aren't well supported by reality. There used to be a guy here who thought that if a winner was sold in his state he'd have a better chance for the next jackpot by buying his tickets in a different state, because he figured it was unlikely that the next winner would be sold in the same state. Even when I pointed out that he would have to believe that somebody else could reduce his chances by playing the same numbers in h
Dec 20, 2013, 11:22 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT SOARS TO $636 MILLIONReply
I think the reserve is figured before they put money towards the prize pool. The official rules aren't quite written in legalese, but a lot of the phrasing isn't especially clear. At any rate, the rules do seem to be pretty clear that whatever is allocated to the prize pool from sales is the minimum amount for the jackpot. If they overpromise they have to honor that promise if somebody takes the annuity, but the rules don't let them keep any extra, whether for themselves or the next jackpot winn
Dec 18, 2013, 11:05 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT SOARS TO $636 MILLIONReply
The lottery projected sales of ~$320 million.......this is the bare minimum to support the advertised amount....so sales of $336 million are not a significant difference. The excess will apply to the reset drawing. They only promise the advertised amount. Check the rules. If they paid whatever was in the jackpot pool they would not be able to pay the first few jackpots if won because sales are too low. This applies to both MM and PB. For instance, Powerball advertises $22.2 million cash to st
Dec 18, 2013, 1:12 pm - LottoMetro - Lottery News

$636 Million Mega Millions jackpot split by 2 ticketsReply
Won $5 last night across two tickets, $1 on a regular pick and $4 on a quick pick with the Megaplier. :) Barring Powerball doesn't go nuts over the next couple of months, we could be looking at another one of these monster Mega Millions jackpots come early March, just intime for my birthday. I think I am really starting to like the new matrix, inspite of the odds. Merry Christmas and congrats to the winners, both large and small!
Dec 18, 2013, 11:35 am - Kumo - Lottery News

Big MM/PB Jackpots: 1 winner, or spread the wealth?Reply
What do you think about the current big half billion MM/PB jackpots typically won by a single winner Keep it like it is, 1 winner takes it all There are enough games out there to satisfy everyone's needs so I voted keep it as it is, winner takes it all. I'll tell though that I love seeing people who have been playing together as a pool winning. I'm no communist, at least I don't think I am, but I do like to see team work winning. I am a big sports fan so you can see where that comes
Dec 17, 2013, 4:18 am - maringoman - Lottery Discussion Forum

$586 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot climbs toward a new recordReply
Don't forget that people can play the same numbers on the different tickets, so the chance of winning still somewhere between 50-80%. But this also means that there is a chance for multiple winners and a shared Jackpot. I don't even try to guess the amount of the Jackpot for Friday - in case there will be no winner this Tuesday. And I think we will start seeing Jackpots like this, since MM just introduced the new system last October changing the odds from 1:150million to 1:260million and t
Dec 17, 2013, 12:24 am - bubu123 - Lottery News