It started September 18th so just over 4 months of drawings to hit a billion dollars.

So is the winner a group of players, or is it one individual player???  Inquiring minds want to know!!  G5

What a great win. Perfect way to start off the new year ! Congrats lucky player(s). Enjoy your newly acquired wealth.

How do you find out if the numbers that we drawn were EASY PICKS 

or the persons own number??? does anyone know how to

get the answers for winning numbers that are EASY PICK??

Thanks

Too few second prize winners on a record jackpot.  Why not just set the games back to 8 years ago matrixes and hold big multistate raffles once a year or every other year to get the billion dollar jackpots.

For how many tickets that must have been sold here there were NO second prizes in Michigan and it has taken 4 years to get a jackpot!
That is the definition of a terrible game!  The MM and PB used to be much much better games.

On the old matrixes there were more winners and the JPs got to $400-$500 Million.  Put the games back to what they were and have Billion dollar raffles instead!

Any way congratulations to the winner(s) and don't spend it all on booze and hookers!

Usually won't know until the ticket is cashed.  I have never seen Michigan publish that info until the ticket has been cashed.

Michigan State Lottery rules allow winners to remain anonymous, I hope the winner chooses to remain private. If he/she goes public, his/her dream will become a nightmare.

we'll find out soon enough, I reckon 😏

what are the odds every news crew from across the state will be camped out by every claim office ?? 

Wrong!!!

In Michigan the winners of the Multi-state games can not remain anonymous.

Only Michigan games over $10,000 wins can opt out.  Does NOT apply to the multistate games.

Zero!

Whoever won that has to go to Lansing to cash it!

Haven't the last couple billion dollar winning tickets were bought fr a grocery store?

Publix and now Kroger

It's an anonymous state, that's for sure

When it's collected

Thanks for the correction

Told you be 1 winner.

That's why bother.

Total joke !!!

Agree with this!

More players would probably mean more second prize winners.

If they had kept it at $40mul to start, this would've happened in weeks ago

They need to combine both games and go 3 drawings a week

Congrats to the winner !

Yes indeed, congratulations to the winner on this historic win!

"Michigan was one of the original founding members of Mega Millions, which was called The Big Game at the time."

Just curious?... Where did you get that erroneous info from..?  While it's true that MM originally started as " The Big Game".. it was started in Atlanta,Georgia..!!  and I don't remember the cause having involved ANY Northern States, for the reason explained was that Southern States and players were feed up with always resulting in the Powerball jackpots being won in Northern States... so how could Michigan or any other Northern State be one of the "Founding"  States ?... so expound please..!!

-Stat$talker 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Millions#History

Feel free to edit the article if you have a source that confirms your claims.

l believe millions of players are thinking the same thing, BUT we know or should have known that the odds were never in our favor. Personally, I * think, if a jackpot rises over $500 mil, there should be at least 2-3 winners. Gonna guess the winner is retired and wouldn't it be ironic if the winner was flush with money prior to this win? 

It's in the first paragraph of the Mega Millions website 'About Us'.

The winner may well be retired, but I would bet he/she doesn't have 400 some million dollars before the win. I may be wrong, but I really doubt someone that is rich isn't gonna play MM or PB or any lottery.

He thinks the lottery sends agents to stalk him and steal his math, so he might be suspicious of official sources. 😂

You have been expounded.

The homes in Novi costs $1mil+. Beautiful area

Question: through research from an article from csgnetwork(theBigGame)

original founders are

GA

Illinois

MD

MA

Michigan

Virginia

interesting read

I have a suggestion for megamillions if they ever decide to enhance their game. One is when the jackpot reaches 1 billion dollars all non-jackpot prizes are doubled. For example a 5+0 match (without megaplier) would pay 2M instead of one million. Add Megaplier up to 10M. The lowest prize you could win is $4. This hike in prizes only happens when the jackpot reaches 1 billion dollars.

Cottoneyedjoe?... You follow me around worst than my shadow..!!...and AGAIN..!!... It's NOT MY MATH..!!..and speakin of Math?...I sure wish I could divide YOU in half...!! 

How does "1eyedjoe sound?

Great blessings at first of the year, for sure, mid-year to end of year, i am VERY happy for mid-western, praying he donate or she, i am just that way in life.

Dad was saying each time this happen to me, "CASSIE, so many strugglin' and i am glad i am not a PB or MM player, i m rememberin dad was 100%right, play games with a better odds, in california to here down south."

Daddy used to always say to me, throughout last year, how it's not a "fun game anymore, so he stopped playing after buying tickets for almost 35 years.

Dad goes: CASSIE, don't buy it, no need. a big ole 'waste of hard earned cash, the odds are not in our favor, that, it's a set up,racket, when 1 person only win, when it should be, (i agree) 10 to 100 per state= a piece of the good ole' AMERICAN APPLE pie sliced 8 to dozen ways, for all to enjoy...

I.E.,

4 out of five numbers= quarter of a million each or whatever, to winning for dozens of(per state) MORE winner's when it hit OVER 100 MILLION, i 100 % agree,

let there befoer more winner's who won 4  lucky numbers(w/mega or wit' the power ball) or even dozens, per state $50,000 each for 100+ people,

and or fifty PER STATE "dozens" that would be more fair, to those spending lots of cash,or even a buck or two or five bucks etc.al.,

You're playing so much and 1 singular BLESSED person win ALL and how it should not be this way over 100 million. 

I was literally standing' in life, other night, while in line i ripped up ticket, and said, nvm(never mind) give me 1 or 2 quick pick, took a chance,

when i am not into it, win more on pick 4 regularly,so i will keep hopefully winning multiple pick 4 tickets! per year. I shall stick with "better odds."

CONGRATULATIONS. i hope he or she invest $$$ and donate.

I sure would, help so many in mid-west to east coast strugglin, to west. A beautiful win, god bless the winner." Bye 4 now."

Congratulations on your number again

coming out Cassie👍🏼💙🎉👩🏻‍🦰😊🙋‍♀️

I hope you got it." And a set up racket my parents used to say it was a way to get rich off poor n middle class." + your father really is a wise gentlemen .

I'll b honest. Spent 30 on it yuck." Didn't even get the lucky MB (6th) ball ." Nothing."

Smh 🤦‍♀️ Better betting pick it 3&4.

cassie,

I recall you saying before about your prudent father."

I agree with each word I echo ur smart father."

I never thought about it in that way like 👍🏼 a lot of winners over just "1" interesting .

.

make sense then all would have a nice $ lil nest egg even yea $50 k each would be awesome the way ur dad saying." 

Ur father smart.

I know I remember reading just such the cause,.. and again as another LOUD lesson at db 101...  never doubt MY memory..!!... It is BETTER than an Elephant's ...!!! 

Oh thx.

I didn't know that.

I would share my info.

IKR. ur right. but funny. i had to lol at your post because well, you're right LOL

smh

Sickenin' ain't it..

hi pick to win, you're right 100% lol W.B.(why bother)yyyep LOL

I personally used to be the type who said,people are nuts not to try to put 5.00 to 100 on it lol again "used to"in california five long yrs ago lol

+ growing up since turning age( 18) about 27 and a 1/2 years ago,and now? I am getting what daddy/mommie are talking bout, mainly dad lol

MOM still play 1 or 2 tix only and not all the time neither. i sure as hell don't, i win more per month or every other 2 months STRAIGHT(PICK 4)sometimes with multi x on ONE lucky p4, for yrs. as dad say yep. BETTER ODDS/SMART PLAYER CASSIE. i love mi pick 4 games,alot, i will stick wit' it per month. This MB PB "1"person. um, NO thank you.

But , i am hoping they donate. i sure as hell would, immediately to MANY homeless, no 1 in U.S.A. should be strugglin starvin/homeless, no excuse.

The story has been updated to reflect the final tallies of the annuity and cash jackpot amounts.

Annuity: $1.05 billion

Cash: $776.6 million

The after-tax amounts are updated in the article as well.

Leila:

I am wonderin' why I CAN'T QUOTE YA lol but it's ok, i know you're going to scroll down and see this, hi!

I thank you, i didn't see what hit yet today in PICK 3 or Pick 4 NC goin to see now,

thank you, i hope i am winning again, gotta check and match my tickets, goin to see soon. 

Congrats to all with your B.O.G.(better ODDS games)and good luck tonight,with them to... Going to check NC pick 3 and P4 now.  Get all my pick 4 combinations together for the evening, after i see what came out, today. for day drawing etc.al., 

Relax & see what's on tv today/tonight.

Oh, and hi Todd. It's not  really a "billion."i forget about that, but still a multi-millionaire, nice, congrats to the winner. 

How much will the Kroger receive?

I have a relative that used to be a "meter man" for an electric utility company.  His job was to ride around in a company pick up truck reading electric meters attached to peoples houses.   

His route was a highly affluent/upscale or as some people say "toney" community. (A big bunch of multi-millionaires lived in the town where he read electric meters.) 

My meter man relative liked to stop for lunch in a local deli and became a frequent customer there.  That deli was also a lottery retailer. 

One day while having lunch at the deli, my relative noticed many signs taped to the wall that said "We had a winner!" written on them.  Many of those signs were announcing big wins of $2,000 or more. So my relative asked the guy who owned the deli why they had so many big winners as it seemed to him that there were many more signs than he'd ever seen before in other lotto joints that he'd been in.

"It's all those rich SOB's that live around here!" was the deli owners response.  "They send their hired help in here to buy hundreds of dollars of tickets at a time."  You should never think wealthy people don't play the lottery.  And they have one helluva lot more "pocket money" to play with than The Average Joe does. That's why they do it.  Dropping 500 or a thousand bucks on Lotto or scratch-offs is no problem for them whatsoever.  G5

Im starting to think that the lottery is rigged. How in the hell that only one ticket win one billion  dollar when you have millions of people especially  in New York  city  playing  more than  any others  state. TELL ME IF IM the only  one thinking  like that.  There  should  atleast be 3 or 4 winners  or 2 winners of the jackpot.  But only 1 jackpot  winner  make no sense  to me. I wonder why bother  play

RIgged? Nah. Consider the thing called "Odds."

The odds of a person being struck or killed in a lightning strike are said to be 1- 500,000. When was the last time you heard of anyone or knew someone killed that way?

On the other hand- The odds of winning the Mega Million jackpot is 1-302,575,350

The Powerball odds are not much better: 1- 292,201,338

Once you have those numbers by comparison rolling around in your head, you come to realize it's not that easy hitting the jackpot after all.

"You should never think wealthy people don't play the lottery. And they have one helluva lot more "pocket money" to play with than The Average Joe does. That's why they do it."

Agree 100%, and important to point out, rich people take more risks than the average joe, which is how most of them got rich in the first place....

A few years ago I had a wealthy business partner who carried around $1500 in cash, out in public and on a daily basis (for "emergencies"). He didn't even blink while peeling off a Benjamin or two to pay for our dinner. I have to admit, that carefree attitude motivated me to get a good job and save money.

It doesn't bother me at all to drop $20-40 on a game once or twice a year. So it wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't sting for someone wealthier to spend many times that much.

Although the Michigan Lottery did not mention that information in its release, I think it's going to be $50,000.

It shouldn't be a surprise there was only one winner, as someone pointed out, the odds are so astronomical now. That's literally the only reason a jackpot can even get this high. In fact, for this drawing there was a 55% chance there would be NO winner.

tend to disagree.

Unless the lottery is willing to subsidize prizes, they just haven't been making the sales..

heck..

the growth from last draw ($865m jackpot to $1.05 b is only $185m.. for cash of maybe $136.9m increase.. that's only about 201m tickets sold. 

Someone else has said only 55% of the number combinations were covered..

The 1.6b draw had something like 85% of the numbers covered. (IIRC it climbed something like $500-$600m from the previous draw...)

It was noticeable here in NZ that there was nothing on the news about the draws (PowerBall or Mega Millions) and nothing about them being won either...

Usually we hear about them when they start getting over half a billion.. and people wanting to buy tickets start lining up.. (nothing on the news here about people lining up to buy tickets.. no lottery mania...)

Were people in USA lining up to buy tickets? (Curious to know).. remember, the previous jackpot was $865m.. so there should have been an expectation of the next one being over a billion...

And where does the money to pay this come from?

They are already running a risk (Except for California) with fixed value prizes... Heck, look at the recent Powerball.. winner got $23 million, and "43 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize:"

43 x 2nd division winners... over $43m paid out ($51m I think)... 7 of them in California, where the value of the 2nd division pool was only $236,789 (each getting only $33,827 instead of a million.... )

In the Megamillions $1b draw.. all other prizes came to only ~$46.3m  (California had a 2nd division pool worth over $2m.. when the jackpot was nearly 50x the size of the recent powerball...

Kao1632,

It'll be interesting to see if each of those states pay the fixed amounts for 5+0. I am curious if they can pull from the prior record selling jackpot. Because when the jackpot reaches 1 billion every Tom, Rick, and Harry gets a ticket or two.

Todd I could be wrong but I believe it is $100,000.

BTW are there any rumblings on any changes to the MM or PB Matrices?

Keep in mind Louis6 that the odds to win MM are 302,000,000 to 1.

That is probably more than the number of people old enough to buy lottery tickets in the entire U.S.

So, if for every drawing everyone in the U.S. who was old enough to buy a ticket did in fact buy one then not all the combinations would be covered!

According to this the number of people over 18 in the U.S. is 209,000,000

https://www.infoplease.com/us/census/demographic-statistics

but in some states you have to be 19 or 21 to buy tickets so figure closer to 200,000,000 people can even buy tickets!

The retailer that sold the winning PB ticket in Maryland got $100k perhaps it's different for MM?

the lines were mainly in the grocery stores in TX.

Also, I noticed 43 tickets won 2nd price for the drawing after the big win. Curious if these were regular played or multi-draw and these numbers were in for the big draw

we may never know 

if that number had come out on Wednesday, they probably could have won millions 

waiting on the next one, for at least 100mil

thanks

I don't know which state pays which for 'selling the winning ticket', it does vary state by state and could be wrong but believe some pay NOTHING!

I don't think they'll be changing MM/PB matrices anytime soon. However, I have heard that the latter is considering increasing the frequency of drawings. The pandemic made it harder to forecast sales over longer periods, so decreasing the time between draws would make it easier to set jackpots. Just a rumor of course, but apparently some lotteries are making subtle changes to their rules to accommodate such a change.

yep. for sure. it's clear. sure is. "1" person again #smdh even if it is per state dozens= still enough left over for UNCLE SAM, who always get their cut.

smh

off to play my B.O.G.(better odds games! Pick 4. Enjoy your night, good luck to ya!(on whatever games or scratch-offs et.al.,) good night.

Todd is right.

The Kroger where the ticket was sold will receive $50,000

Detroit Free Press

$1B Mega Millions jackpot winner bought ticket at Kroger in Novi (freep.com)

I forgot about that!  I believe they crapified the retailer compensation when they crapified the starting Jackpots.  It hasn't come up until now.