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• wildbill7459

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  Dec 16, 2013, 5:37 am

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  I'm thinking in range of:

  Dec. 20th - 680m to 740m

  Dec. 24th - 824m to 915

  1.24 BILLION after New Years

         

   

                                                   any thoughts???
• Shelby Mustang

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by wildbill7459 on Dec 16, 2013

  I'm thinking in range of:

  Dec. 20th - 680m to 740m

  Dec. 24th - 824m to 915

  1.24 BILLION after New Years

         

   

                                                   any thoughts???

  Im scared for it to get that high. I'd like it to be won on 17 Dec. 13, by me...and maybe two other winners across the country LOL
• Jon D

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by wildbill7459 on Dec 16, 2013

  I'm thinking in range of:

  Dec. 20th - 680m to 740m

  Dec. 24th - 824m to 915

  1.24 BILLION after New Years

         

   

                                                   any thoughts???

  Way too low.

  Tomorrow's 12/17 draw already should get bumped up to at least $650M by draw time and would likely be won.

  If there is a 12/20 draw it would be projected over $1 Billion and very likely to be won.

  As for a 12/24 draw, who knows what would happen. Sales cannot keep increasing exponentially forever, at some point it has to taper off. What will people do when a $1 Billion JP rolls? There is no precedent for this. Also people will be busy with other things besides Mega Millions on Christmas Eve...like Christmas!
• RedStang

  

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  B4 taxes-999 mill.   After taxes- 1.50

  
• One-Day

  

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  $800 million before Tuesday drawing.  Friday a billion.  Don't kid yourselves.  Even the "I have a happy life. I don't need the lottery"s are going "Screw this, I'm in!" and getting in the action.

  People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society...
• KY Floyd

  

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  It's just past 3PM on Monday and the estimate was bumped up to $586 million. It could still increase substantially, and I'm sure they're being conservative because sales are so much lower than past sales for jackpots in this range,  but I'm not expecting anything over 650 by Tuesday night.

  If it does roll, maybe sales will finally  be as big as in the past, and it could reach 900 or more for Friday night. If sales remain more modest we could see 600 maximum tomorrow and only 800 or so for Friday. Figuring 800 should be enough to finally make people  irrational, I'd think next Tuesday would have to be  well over a billion, but the chances of rolling until then are slim.

  Of course I'd be happy for people to spend big over the next 30 hours and prove me wrong. If we were seeing sales like we did in the past I'd be figuring at least 700 tomorrow, 1 billion + by Friday, and 1.5 billion or more next Tuesday. Of course sales like that would make the chances of rolling until Tuesday very very small.
• Jon D

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Jon D on Dec 16, 2013

  Way too low.

  Tomorrow's 12/17 draw already should get bumped up to at least $650M by draw time and would likely be won.

  If there is a 12/20 draw it would be projected over $1 Billion and very likely to be won.

  As for a 12/24 draw, who knows what would happen. Sales cannot keep increasing exponentially forever, at some point it has to taper off. What will people do when a $1 Billion JP rolls? There is no precedent for this. Also people will be busy with other things besides Mega Millions on Christmas Eve...like Christmas!

  It's pretty close to what I thought, just a little more and it'll be there.

  If today's draw isn't won, you can definitely expect $1 Billion on 12/20 draw!