I would only want to be 26 if I knew what I know now.

Oh, and if I had 22 mil.......

Stewart said he isn't sure what he'll do with the money, but he's thinking strongly about quitting his job.

"I don't think any of us have had much sleep ".

That's pretty evident. He needs some rest to think straight.

DD

comeon baby tonite's my night!!

One ticket, one signature.  The ticket was designed that way for a reason!  Can't have both cash and annuity.  How you divide the decision is your business, not the lottery.  Now, the TAx Collector, he has a large interest in how it is divided.

I read that a few plan on quitting/retiring. Is it safe to be doing that after winning like 15 million apiece? I'd be afraid I would bore myself to death eventually if I didn't work LOL

Interesting comments here.

I loved the sunglasses! They know that the futures so bright, they gotta wear shades! (PS Our group had said if we ever won we were going to wear shades reckon now it will be lamp shades since this group stole our idea!) ...

Congratulations to the meat plant workers in Nebraska winning the North American Jackpot record of 365 million in Powerball. Good job for them taking cash value. I hope the meat plant workers continue to work or retire, but don't have financial problems in the future.

The story was great.. I am so happy for all of them...

Thanks Libra.....

"Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener" 

oh well...never mind...

Anyone want to bet how long until the first person comes forward and claims to be part of the pool but got left out of Saturday's drawing ? 

Every one wearing a lamp shade.  That would be soooo neat to see.  I would take the day off to watch it live.  Little battery hooked up to a flashlight, and when they announced each persons name, they could light the lamp!  Then one, big chorus at the end, "We were dumb enough to believe the annuity amount, but we are bright enough to choose cash!"

Okay Chewie, If ever my group wins, we'll make u the designer of those lampshades! Heck you could be the talk of the event and take the *spotlight* off of us for a quick get-a-way!

It really was good to see the winners be lighthearted and joking at the press release. They truly were down to earth folks and sincerely deserving of the good fortune. May they each live long , laugh much and endure many more blessings!

Funny how they say that the lottery cannot be beaten, and regardless of how many tickets you play the odds are still astronomical. Yet for some reason the majority of most of the winners within the last year have all been factory workers in lottery polls, spending anywhere from $40 and up over $100. Could this spell trouble for the individual player, or is it already?

I don't think it is a coincidence that those who are able to play a lot more plays are hitting the jackpot more often than those who only have a few bucks each week. Once again it seems to be just another thing that favors those with more money, and usually those who already have a good enough living to begin with. And of course yet another quick pick, which always drives the steak into the heart of a LP member.

Congratulations ya'll.  Now do the wise thing with your blessings!!!

Does anyone know how much they spent on tickets for that drawing? It makes sense that any person or pool who spends $25 or $50 a drawing on tickets has a better chance than my 1 ticket, but they also lose more when they don't win big, which is 99.9% of the time. My feeling about the lottery is that it's not about maximizing my chance to win, it's keeping my losses at a minimum while still having fun.  If a person spends $5 a drawing and I spend $1,  at the end of one year I'm about $400 ahead of them unless one of us wins big.  

Let's see if a majority of the next 5 winners are single people or pools. I would guess single people, just because that has to be a majority of sales.

i just check out the powerball.com  web sight and it said each player put out 5 dollars a piece.