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POWERBALL CREATES WORLD'S FIRST BILLION-DOLLAR JACKPOTReply
$800 million? Nobody will get $800 million unless you're referring to the Annuity. If you're in a no tax state you gotta give Uncle Sam 39.6%. The current Cash Option is $868M so multiply that by .604 (60.4%) and you get $524,272,000 Million. So lets' get spending! Now assuming I want to spend my money like a madman, I would buy that beautiful home in Beverly Hills for $85,000,000 (you can see it on YouTube) I can't even imagine what the property taxes are but it must be insane. The upkeep
Jan 12, 2016, 10:32 am - AbsolutelyFun - Lottery News

$300 MILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot fuels New Year's dreamsNews Story
By Todd Northrop Lottery players looking to start off 2016 by with a bang might want to consider purchasing a Powerball ticket this week. For only the third time this year, the multi-state Powerball lottery jackpot has crossed the $300 million level, which traditionally triggers a substantial up-tick in lottery ticket sales. Wednesday's $300 million jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Saturday night's $255 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of
Dec 27, 2015, 6:13 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$301 MILLION: Huge Powerball jackpot on tap for this weekNews Story
By Todd Northrop This week Powerball will be the hot ticket, featuring a jackpot larger than any other United States lottery drawing in more than seven months. The new high-water mark of $301 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Saturday night's $267 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Saturday's Powerball jackpot is $191.4 million the 19th-largest ever recorded in United States lottery history. Players looki
Sep 27, 2015, 8:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
ty duckman interesting they gave us the cash value for this ticket (in NY only the $5 and $10 games are annuity values and they do not provide the cash values unless i see the game in the winner stories on their website and they take the lump sum) payout calculation below - worst case scenario a book will pay back $245 out of $600 but to my knowledge florida has a minimum back per book unlike NY, NJ, PA and several others (and that 79.9% using the cash value is not bad considering NY is aroun
Sep 20, 2015, 6:32 pm - yellowpig - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

PA Lottery New Pick-2 Game - details not released yet - any ideas?Reply
Well if I wanted to play pairs I can do so now like I did years ago ... don't need any new two digit game. As you said, very disappointing ... I was all set for the Canadian type two digit game. Canada has good games, their 6/49 game is at $35 million for tonight ... that game gets a large jackpot very fast. It got hit on the 20th of Dec so it started on Dec 24th at $5 million and tonight is $35 million and I think it is all cash ... no annuity. Also on Christmas Eve ... instead of d
Jan 17, 2015, 12:17 pm - Crazy Wombat - Lottery Discussion Forum

If you won a $100 mil MM / PB jackpot, and ended up losing it all...Reply
Really, each state should require any large JP winner to take some sort of financial educational/literacy course just for their own good. Not a bad idea, but I dislike the require part. Should offer would be better, IMHO. I was reading in here when this was first posted and started to reply right away, but changed my mind. It's the If you...ended up losing it all that I just can't wrap my head around. I'm a firm believer in learning from one's mistakes, but even more of a fan of lear
Nov 18, 2014, 12:46 pm - mikeintexas - Lottery Discussion Forum

Georgia man wins $1M on forgotten lottery ticketNews Story
A Savannah, Georgia, resident realized this week that it was no trick when he found a forgotten lottery ticket that led to a major treat: a $1 million prize. David Bramble, 42, matched the first five numbers from the July 9 Powerball drawing, winning a $1 million prize. Georgia Lottery representatives presented Bramble with an oversized check Wednesday at the Georgia Lottery District Office in Savannah. His lucky lottery ticket went unnoticed for three months. I had these tickets th
Oct 30, 2014, 9:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

California nail technician wins $228M Powerball jackpotNews Story
Wants to remain normal man A nail technician who has played the lottery over the years by scraping together nickels and dimes from tips at the salon is now a multi-millionaire several times over. Vinh Nguyen claimed his $228.4 million jackpot late Thursday afternoon, after buying the winning Powerball ticket at a family-run chain, Key Market on Sourth Norfolk Street in San Mateo, according an announcement on Friday by the California Lottery. Nguyen was the the sole winner in Wednesday
Sep 26, 2014, 11:17 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $180 millionNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $180 million for the next drawing in the multi-state lottery game after nobody won Tuesday night. Although the Friday night grand prize will not set any records, it continues to be the largest Mega Millions jackpot in the past 5 months. The last time the Mega Millions jackpot was this high was a $414 million jackpot won by two ticket-holders in March. (See 2 winning Mega Millions tickets sold in Florida, Maryland to sp
Aug 20, 2014, 9:31 am - Todd - Lottery News

$160 MILLION: largest Mega Millions jackpot in 5 monthsNews Story
By Todd Northrop After a couple of mega-sized jackpots early this year, the Mega Millions jackpot has stubbornly refused to explode to the humongous levels that make lottery players line up around the block. Perhaps that might change in the next couple of weeks, as the Mega Millions grand prize has increased to $160 million for the Tuesday evening drawing after nobody matched all 5 numbers and the Mega Ball Friday night. The lump-sum cash value of Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot is $95.
Aug 18, 2014, 12:04 pm - Todd - Lottery News