Well, here we go again! Playin' the same numbers again!  Can we get a non-quick pick to win this time?

Someone other than Californians will win this PB jackpot go round. I hope its someone who frequents this forum and who we know..more or less.
That is my wish to you guys & gals. Now go out there and Win. !!

a lump sum payout of $198.3 million, that ends up being about $99.4 million after goverment confiscation.

$198.3 million x 39.6 (federal income tax) x 10.8 (state income tax) x 3.8 (obamacare tax) + $8.56 million (deduction for state tax) equals about $99.4 million.

"Salute" for good luck or if you like wine "Cin Cin".

Well, on the bright side it'll probably at least be an even 100M before the drawing.

If you win the jackpot, 25% will be withheld by the lottery office before you even receive the check. The rest of the taxes will be due April 2014. If you need help doing your 2014 taxes after winning Powerball, call me. I'll be happy to help.

A Californian might win this jackpot. No one is stopping Californians from driving to Oregon or Arizona to get Powerball tickets.

Go baby go

Oh shup up with the government confiscation crap. You will walk away with $100+ million for spending a couple bucks. Can't your kind ever stop whining? Jesus Christ. The people like you are usually the ones sucking off the government teat. Almost every single time. 

notice how top 4 record jackpots  have more then 1 winner

out of top top 10"number 9th without a winner atm"  6 of them have  2 or more winners

if this baby rolls, going by mega chart shows it going to 500m range

1 rollover away form a other godly monster.  now we 320m i think we start seeing media reports slowly come in

it it rolls,  they will ofc market it 400m whatever,  we know once they market it anything 400m . it  sends lotto fever into everyone and they go right to 500/600 range

we have at lest 3rd largest jackpot in history if it rolls past this one

i think with only 2,  5-0 winners this last draw, its just matter of luck of numbers fallin 

as we sure won't past 50% of all number combo's sold, 

and 2 person who said 99m atfer all taxes, wrong ,  try 119m atfer full 39.6 full rate, 

also   don't u dare put obamacare tax in here,  that don't apply here,  bro, that's for freaking   tax on investment income.

why the tax is bad, applying it 2 something as a lottery win is madness in accounting error.

 govt can have there 70m + in taxes, if your getting 119m

u ,your kids, your future grind kids,and the great grind kids can live  off of this thing

100m invested into near anything decent and safe will see a nice return

u can even  spend 19m   buy everyone u love a nice little home/car.whatever

invest the rest at like 4% or anything return rates, and i don't know how the hell u can blow that. wait i do................

just ask Andrew “Jack” Whittaker . that man found out how to waste 315 million jackpot 

here the sad part, he was rich before the win, mwhahahaha

how in hell he did it is sure amazing to read. look him up in lottery post search, 

Hopefully it will hit 1 billion from one ticket and one winner (no office poll). A real world record!

Now that would be BIG news not just in America but all over the world.

A lot of people refer to the "Obamacare tax", but the correct name is the Net Investment Income Tax. Lottery winnings are not, and never have been, viewed by the IRS as investment income. The tax applies to the lesser of net investment income or adjusted gross income beyond a threshold.

Everything I've seen indicates that the name is accurate, and it's only investment income that will matter. If anyone has seen a legitimate source reporting that the tax will apply to lottery (or other gambling) winnings I'd be happy to look at it, but if lottery winnings are treated as investment income it may open the door for claiming some lottery winnings at the capital gains rate. I can promise that the IRS would rather tax a jackpot at 39.6% than 20% plus 3.8%.

That means that unless the IRS starts treating lottery winnings as investment income nobody is going to pay the tax on lottery winnings unless their lottery winnings plus everything else that contributes to their AGI is less than their investment income. That means that somebody with an AGI of more than $125 to 250k (depending on filing status) including a reported win of $1000 and investment income of more than $1000 will pay an extra $38. If they won $10k and had more than $10k from investment income they'd pay $380. If they won $100 million and had investment income of $100k they'd pay $3,800.

Woo Hoo let the frenzy begin...

That' nice of you noise-gate I know it must be frustrating not to be able to participate in this powerball frenzy.

I really thought there would have been more players to win the second tier prize anyway congratulation to all the winners

Mega millions red ball was 35

So we do this 3x5= 15 therefore the power ball was going to be 15

This thing is funny

Plus the red powerball 15 didn't come out for two years.

You should read up on federal income tax and how it came about. People like me? what's that supposed to mean? I've never taken a dime from the government in my life. I'm someone who wants to keep most of what I won, depending on the state you live, that isn't possible.

Shame on you Venom for using Christ name 

whatever you want to call the tax, what is it supposed to fund?

It is nice to have a win early in the year so one has time to redeploy their winnings.  They can possible reduce some of the additional taxes that would be due.

Glad I don't live in New Jersey your state taxes are a real oucher!!

Let it be one jackpot winner...................... Michigan!

An interesting trend observation to share with everyone. Yesterday was yet another draw with some closely bunched numbers. It's been quite the run of draws with a number delta of 4 or less (30 of the last 31 or 97%) since the beginning of December. That could change at any time of course, but I'll be picking my numbers within this trend for Saturday in hopes this continues.

Good luck everyone! Here's hoping there will be a JP or 5 of 5 winner from LP this Saturday!

Here we go folks ................

Best of luck to LP Members, I hope that there is a big winner from our group!

I am hoping for 1 individual winner so as to drive the "fair share" crowd nuts!

Wow "Venom".

"Can't your kind ever stop whining?"

Well.... that was a whine if I ever saw one.

If you like paying taxes so much, you are so very welcome to pay mine next year. Otherwise, just calm down.

Agree. Karma and all that. 

Agree with doply1, I'm hoping for a single winner, whoever they are, just to anger the share the wealth peeps. 

Let the fun begin!!!! Best of luck to all at Lottery Post!

Yeah I guess people who don't like us complaining about paying a lot in taxes don't mind their $ being taken and wasted away.

If there's no winner Saturday then I can see it goin sky high

Let it ROLL! 

Nice!! My guess is that it will ROLL to $400M by Sat night and if no one wins it will go to $800M!!!!

COME ON POWERBALL!!!!

That would be awesome

i would spend $100.00 if it was $800 million

Yeah, I need a new TV. C'mon!!!

Yum, a nice vacation...

 yeah you get that new TV you want soon

What is your dream "helpmewin"? What do you want?

I would hope that she wants world peace, to end hunger, poverty, diseases, and for THRIFTY to finally buy a lottery ticket. 

LOL!!!  My man mcginnin is back!!!

What you dreaming about my brother?

How romantic!

The joys of senior living!

I will have my ticket for this drawing but only a few dollars. The jackpot when it reaches this level becomes more of a fantasy than usual, even though the odds remain the same.  It's more money than most can comprehend and frankly more than anyone really needs. Most of the money would probably remain in the bank earning interest unless you just go out and blow it all, which would take some effort, unless you're buying art in the millions of dollars range.

What would I do with the money? That is the usual question people ask themselves or others that win this type of jackpot. Well, I would First remain 100% anonymous, contact a tax attorney and claim it in a blind trust. I would take it in cash, of course. I would then put about $70 million in the bank in tax-free bonds....The other $30 million, I would buy real-estate, A Lamborghini, Porsche 911 turbo, Ferrari and a Mercedes SLR Mclaren, about $1 million or so in wheels. All vacations I would fly private or first class. I would still have millions left over from the $30 million not in the bank. As you can see, it's more than you would ever need unless you just blow it on multi-million dollar art or give most of it away to charity. If you don't spend or give it away, it just winds up sitting in the bank earning interest. 

I really hope it's me receiving the $100 million+ deposit in the bank a couple weeks from now. If not, I hope it's one of YOU guys! I really do!

Good luck to all. Someone's life will change forever. This is the jackpot dreams are made of. Now go out there, get a few tickets and win this thing!!

Yo Hottie, great wish list! Good luck to ya mate!

I'd share some with my family and close friends, buy a home and furnishings, take a vacation, get a new car, pay off the bills, and put some money in my pocket. Then I'd take half and invest long term and the other half and invest for income. Oh yeah, I can't forget to pay those dam taxes!!!

Thanks golfer! If you win, I'm sure you could buy a few new TV's and find some change left over for a nice vacation and some new clubs.  

For fairness reasons though, the government might limit you to only 1 new TV and 1 vacation a year though...it wouldn't be fair otherwise, dontcha know. 

Good luck to ya golfer!

My guess is 415 if it doesn't hit Saturday...

Bahahaha!!!! Love it :)

Sounds like a good list golfer!

Right, so 2 more rolls would put it over $500 million.

I say one roll and the jackpot will be $580 million.

check out late November on this chart: https://www.lotterypost.com/game/4/jackpot

The jackpot went from $325 million to $588 million in one drawing.

It's ALL Mine....!   Heh Heh Heh.

Awwwwww, what a cutie

I hope somebody wins this Powerball Jackpot on this draw. Good luck to everyone.

It still may, however, I don't feel it'll do that this time... Doesn't seem to be quite as much hype around here... I think people over did it on the last 2 jackpots and didn't have a return like they expected.  The people that normally don't play lotto are probably waiting for one more raise before going all in.... Just my opinion though.. well see how it plays out!!

Whoever is the lucky winner of this jackpot would be able to experience Musha-Cay. An Island(s) in the bahamas owned by magician David Copperfield. The website has some amazing videos of the resort. It's a bit pricey at $37,500 a night (4 night minimun) but that would be pocket change to the winner.

Imagine spending time at this amazing resort with your closest family/friends. Amazing!

it sounds like David Copperfield is also good at making people's money disappear. 

150,000 for 4 nights... That is insane!!!!!!

I think you're right.  There has been very little excitement about this jackpot.  I think it needs to get to $500 million or more before all the news outlets cover the story.  The only news story I saw recently was about a janitor (I think in Chicago) winning $1 milloin.  Still, that's not too shabby.  I'd gladly like to win a million dollars on a $2 investment. 

that's how people go broke.. too much lavish spending just coming into money like that :-/

Maybe. But the resort is out of this world. Pricey? of course, but $150k or so is pocket change if you have over $100 million. I agree don't spend you money foolishly but remember guys...you only live once! What else is money for?!

What would be everybody first top three things  to buy if you win the lottery?

Of course it is, that's the point. If you just won $100 million you can afford to do something like this or whatever else you want. You gotta Splurge a little.

1. New House.

2. Fleet of exotic cars.

3. Musha-Cay vacation for 2 weeks (private jet to the island)

Of course, I would do other things like help out family and charity and invest wisely. But you gotta live a little and spend it. What else can you do with it besides keep it in the bank and earn interest.  Enjoy it.

Stay on a budget.  And, learn to say "NO."  You'll be fine, and the jackpot can last you your entire lifetime.  Sure, you might hurt some people's feelings along the way, but in the long run, it will save you.

sure, why not let your imagination run wild? If we get a few more rolls, we might see a billion dollar jackpot, then you could buy your own island.

Somehow Uncle Sam has convinced you that paying Taxes is a good thing, so they can just waste it later.

If I won a HUGE POWERBALL Jackpot, I would do these things (I think/maybe):

1.  Buy a New House (large but not a mansion-property taxes and maintenance would be astronomical!)

2.  Go on a Vacation (to figure out how to deal with the sudden wealth and let it sink in a little)

3.  Help pay off some relatives' student loans (nice gesture to family)

4.  Adopt a few dogs (you can save lives and get unconditional love in return)

Actually, nobody likes paying taxes. That's just natural. What people like him want is the "rich" taxed of their earnings. In the name of fairness (equality of outcomes) and to redistribute the wealth. Where does this mindset come from? The marxist universities, the liberal media, jealousy and a belief the the rich somehow got over due to immoral ways. While some have, most work harder, longer and frankly have a higher IQ than the dull masses. Their lack of success makes them feel inferior and the only way you can get back is to tax the rich on their money and give it away to the lame and lazy.  It's not polite or politically-correct to say this, but that's it in a nutshell.

Maybe everyone should experience extreme luxury at least once in their lives without thinking how much it's gonna cost them

If you can afford it, that's the whole point. Indulge yourself if you win. You have more than enough money for several lifetimes. My indulgence would be 2 weeks in Musha Cay (arriving by private jet) Remember folks, when you die your bank ballance means nothing. Enjoy it while you can and you're still young enough! We're only going 'round this merry-go-round once.

I don't think anyone really got excited on the run when DL took it down.....maybe if it rolls or they up it before sat

anyone who beats 175 million to one odds deserves to keep every last dime. How else would most people rationalize plunking down $2 a ticket on a game that's absurdly difficult to win?

$320M+

I respecfully disagree. People, lottery winners, go completely broke because they are idiots. An example would be David Edwards who won the Powerball back in 2001. He could have lived like a king but went broke not because he bought nice things and vacations but because he kept buying and buying and buying and buying until every last penny was spent.  If you just won $100 million jackpot and you spend $150,000 on a vacation that's not even close to going broke...that's enjoying an amazing vacation and living it up. You have barely even touched the principal and you would still be earning thousands of dollars in interest daily, every...single....day. People go broke because they don't plan and don't use their brain or a calculator. Equating taking a lavish vacation after winning $100 million to "that's how people go broke" is a logical fallacy.

Just my thoughts.

see why it is good to take annuity payments then if you die it will NOT Stop it will keep going to whomever you like to get the money

$320,000,000.00

Always take the cash option. Contact a tax attorney. Setup a blind trust (remain anonymous) if you die, you will have a will, the money can be given to whomever you wish.

the ones that take the cash option and start blowing through their money will not need to worry about getting a attorney they will not have anything left to leave to anyone.

I find it odd and a little funny that some of you here seem to think that once you win a lottery jackpot of this size that you're supposed to place it in the bank, leave it there (don't touch!) and go about your life normally, as you are living now. Nobody suggested that you "blow through your money" that's for idiots like David Edwards. We are talking about things we would do if we won, which is the entire point of playing in the first place. To buy and do things you would never have been able to do before.  If however, you're like one of the above mentioned sad souls who can find a way to win millions and blow through every....last....dime, well, you've got bigger problems then taking the cash option vs the annuity.

who said i would keep money in the bank  no sir it goes under my bed with all my other money there it is safe!

And this is where I exit this exchange.

Good Luck

You're correct in one aspect... My bank balance won't mean anything to me when I'm dead.... Except knowing that my children will inherit what I have.... Now, I'm not saying a couple years after I win I won't do any crazy spending, but I know myself, and I know if I live lavishly with my newfound riches that I will easily adapt to that lifestyle... And then that's where I could go broke.... No matter how much money you have, there's always somebody willing to take it all right from under your feet..... And that's my 2 cents :)

2 weeks. Would be half a million... And while I would still have lots of money left over, its not something I would do as soon as I get my money... 2 each his own... I know how I am, my fiance is, and how we would be.... But.. that being said, in no way depicts how you would be!!

$1.00 $2.00 and a dream Everything ain't what it seems

I'm goin to Disney World when I win!!!!!!!!!! There's my vacation getaway :)  (gotta will it to happen... So yes when I win) ha!

Ok BBLL, 

#1

#2

#3

Can you dig it? 

I can dig that

What would be a good price limit to buy a house?

Very cute house!!! What kind of car is that?

My first 4 things....
1)a brand new van or full size SUV....
2) a house for me and my family... 5br 3ba... On a good amount of land... Nothing too fancy or too large... I don't like to clean ;-)
3) a Gatlinburg getaway~ bringing my mom and mother in law
4) a dream wedding :)

Another thing I would like to do... Set up a charity or a fund going to the military... The government is cutting so much its ridiculous and unfair (life is) but that's definitely one thing I would do within the first couple years!

Yeah the government is cutting the wrong things.

This 3.8% tax is not only applied to investment income but will also be factored in on both earned and unearned income. This tax is solely implemented to support the affordable health care law which is the main reason most refer to it as "Obamacare tax".

I have not seen publications for the 2014 Federal taxes yet but we will all be paying close attention to how the Government clarifies "unearned income". 

My browser doesn't allow me to cut and paste the different examples I found but there are many sites online that explain the 3.8% tax and it is not limited to just investments.

Correct, 2 weeks would be about half a million. Another vacation destination option would be bora bora, almost equally amazing and for a lot less.

I think I would put half of that money in a charitable trust.

My 3 largest charities would be:

1.) Setting up safe havens in every state (more locations) so people will give up a baby vs not having it or injuring it.

2.) Work with charities to come up with a master plan to reduce the homeless pet adoption (no kill methods) and develop a nation wide system for moving homeless pets out of kill shelters to temporary homes when their time is up.

3.) Help for the elderly in staying in their own homes as long as possible and more good housing for low income elderly.

Of course, my apartment in Paris is still on the table.

http://www.green-acres.com/en/properties/15435a-orsay.htm

I got 25 picks last draw and got a zero return.........gonna increase it to 50 picks for this sat.....and if it rolls gonna increase  to 75 picks for wed...........and I'm expecting a zero return on all. Lol

do you get the power play?

Power play costs too much.......lol. I play for the jackpot only.

So if it rolls 10 more times, your in for 275 picks.      ($550)

But the number of 2nd place winners goes up a lot, like last time, when the Jakpot is high. The extra dollar is worth it.

Good thing that will never happen lol! No for powerball my limit would be 75 picks but it would have to be at or near a record jackpot amount so if it rolls to wed then I would be okay with it.

Yeah but I tried adding the extra $1 for mega and powerball awhile ago for probably close to a month and I never won anything off it. So I figure throwin some $ down for more picks makes better sense

That's because a huge surge of extra people are playing, not to mention most regular lottery players are doubling and even tripling their

regular bets because of the swelling jackpot.

The odds of getting a second place prize are virtually about the same as when the jackpot is only at $40 million.

Although most who toss in the extra dollar, will do so no matter what the size of the jackpot.