you see how people are already stalking the winner!? reason #495,293,492 why my attorney will claim mine through a trust - about nine months after the drawing! "We need the winner to call us" <-- why or what will happen? "we just can't wait to find out who is the winner" <-- you aint

SD:

Why wait so LONG>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>??????????

If U T@@K 25,000,000 mil to the BANK>>>>ASAP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

U would have gained about $250,000 on interest payout  $$$$$$$$$$$$$

PSYKO &  UR  lawyer could  LIVE  G@@D on  $250  G's for about  6  months

LOL

PSYKOMO

didn't know that - thanks for that advice .. and don't think i didn't catch that flirting with my money! you aint never gonna get it papa

Im from Michigan too. I didn't hit jackpot. I wish it was someone from here. It make this site more fun. Like ohh omg keepitreal hit jackpot in Michigan lol.

I live in Michigan and I know exactly where that store is that sold the winning ticket!  My wife has actually been in there before numerous times!  I used to drive past that store everyday on my way to work!   That is just so crazy that someone won the Big Mega Millions so close to where I live!   Way to go!!!!!!  On a sad note however it will now be statically impossible for another winner to be so close to where I live...i.e. ruling me out from winning now :(

Some bad info in this thread!

First, you don't have to go to the same retailer you bought it from to claim a ticket over $600 in Oregon - probably haven't had to for over 10 years.

Second - CA hasn't always had pari-mutuel prizes. You can thank our wonderful Supreme Court for legislating that one. No - it wasn't done to "get the lottery passed". Keno was a $400 million a year product before the Court ruling - the replacement, Hot Spot does a very small fraction of Keno's sales.

Lotto and Daily games took a hit too - you never know what you are playing for.

Since the Lottery Act was a Consitutional Amendment, it takes 2/3 of the Legislature to change it (which is what they would have to do to override the Supreme Court). Try getting 2/3 of our State Senators to agree on anything...

Hey, back in early 2006 Ohio had three winners in a row, first being a $15M winner followed by a 267 and 265 million dollar winner. So anything is possible!

But the next big one is mine. MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Hmm, looking on the MM site that 267 million dollar winner was actually 270. But still, two huge winners in the same state and back to back. They're also the sixth and seventh largest Mega Millions jackpots.

Looking into it even more by reading the press releases on the Ohio Lottery's website I see all three were claimed under trusts as well. The 15 and 267/270 million dollar winners were both won in Cleveland and the third 265M winner was in Cincinnati, granted those are the two most populated cities in Ohio but still three in a row including back to back in Cleveland says something and we don't know who they really are. So even more so, where you are doesn't matter. I think it's a little weird that a two to five million dollar difference in the annuities was a ten million dollar difference (150/149M) with the cash option, that seems like a lot and the difference seems like it shouldn't be that big.

Okay three post in a row, I really should stop doing that.... Anyway, don't give up!

No, I appreciate all your 3 posts in a row :)  It gives me "hope" again.   Now if only the gas prices will go down so I can have my extra spending cash for my tickets...