Minnesota couple claims $180 million Powerball jackpot

I waited - they can, too.

EXACTLY!!!

Wow!  It looks like there are big winners from all over the state in Minnesota.  They aren't all just concentrated in the Twin Cities.  That seems to happen in Georgia too...winners from all over not just Atlanta.

In Michigan the big winners all just concentrate in one corner of the state near Detroit.

Anyway Congrats to the Rosenaus

Minnesota's biggest Powerball winners

• June 30, 1999: Farrah Slad, Brainerd, won $150 million.  Took cash option of $78.8 million.
• Aug. 14, 2004: Mary Beth and David Wenell of Eden Prairie won $98.6 million.  They took cash option of $53.1 million.
• Oct. 25, 2003: Sixteen employees of Holdingford, Minn., schools won $95.5 million.  Took cash option of $49.7 million.
• Aug. 25, 2001: Sheryel Hanuman, Minneapolis, won one-fourth of a$295 million jackpot ($73.7 million).  She took the cash option of$41.4 million for her share.
• Oct. 30, 1999: John and Sandy Wynne, Oakdale, won $61.1 million.  Took cash option of $31 million.
• March 4, 2000: Keith and Carol Goergen, Elgin, Minn., won one-thirdof a $150.1 million jackpot.  Took cash option of $25.9 million.
• Sept. 26, 1998: Ron and Jenny Cronkhite, Moorhead, won $49.2 million.  Took cash option of $28.4 million.

Someone won $250,000 from the last MM drawing and guess where the ticket was bought.... Canton, Michigan which seems to have had several winners (at least I remember a few) and of course it's near Detroit.

Maybe but I am talking about the Jackpots.

Maybe there was one Jackpot that wasn't near Detroit but I don't remember it.  If there was one that was not near Detroit I bet it would be posted on the Michigan lottery website...but I don't see any.

Anyway That couple that won this jackpot really do seem nice.  The only winner that I did not have a good feeling about is that guy from Metro Detroit that just won the MM $135 Million.

me either, that guy just seemed like a huge jerk

Well, he was described as "a character" and people I've met that could be described that way never leave a good impression with me. I saw an interview with him from a news station in Michigan outside his home of all places and he did know better about keeping your mouth shut but didn't and within seconds of winning half the warehouse he worked at knew about it.

But who knows? If we never hear about him again then I guess he did well.

Congrats to the Rosenaus!

I mentioned before in another thread that the advertised jackpot amount is false advertising.  A jackpot lottery winner once sued a lottery commission stating the same thing and asked for the advertised amount amount in a lump sum up front.  Even though he lost, I believe he had a case.

Why is the Mega Millions cash option so much higher than the Power Ball version? Don't they both use the same method of paying out the advertised jackpot with treasury bonds? Maybe I should read up on it...

180M PB = 88 Million (about 49% of the annuity jackpot).

145M MM = 88.3 Million (about 61% of the annuity jackpot).

I know as the MM rises, the percentage lowers, but it's still starts off almost equal to Powerball where the starting jackpot is three million higher, then again MM has worse odds too but that shouldn't matter too much. Or does it? Does PB pay out more money per drawing than Mega Millions when it comes to lower tier prizes?

You have to remember that the PowerPlay option  in the PowerBall game has to be paid from somewhere! I see the light going on now! lol