$1.76 billion Powerball jackpot won by one ticket sold in California

Oct 12, 2023, 7:49 am (102 comments)

Powerball

Lump-sum cash option worth $774.1 million

By Todd Northrop

For the fourth time, someone in the state of California has purchased a winning ticket for a lottery jackpot worth more than $1 billion.

Last night, after 35 consecutive drawings without a winner, the multi-state Powerball lottery game finally produced a winner on the 36th try, resulting in a single ticket worth $1.7649 billion in 30 payments over 29 years, or $774.1 million in cash all at once.

After the historic jackpot run-up, the final tally landed Wednesday's jackpot ranked as the second-largest ever in world history, and the 7th-largest cash value of any jackpot in history. (The full top-25 list of annuity and cash values can be found below.)

It's the fourth time that someone in the state of California has purchased a winning ticket for a lottery jackpot worth more than $1 billion. Only one of those jackpots was shared with players from other states, meaning it's also the third lottery ticket sold in the state laying sole claim to a $1 billion+ jackpot.

The winning ticket was purchased at Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park, California, around 75 miles north of Los Angeles in Kern County.

One of the best things about winning the lottery in California is that there is no state tax on lottery prizes, with only federal taxes to pay. That means after all federal taxes are taken out, they will end up with either $1.1 billion over 29 years, or $487.7 million in cash.

Because California does not allow winners to claim anonymously, we will eventually find out who the big winner is. Hopefully they follow Lottery Post's guide for lottery winners and get a good plan together before claiming the prize.

The Powerball winning numbers for Wednesday, October 11, 2023, were 22, 24, 40, 52, and 64, with Powerball number 10. The Power Play number was 2.

The Wednesday Double Play drawing results were 3, 40, 51, 59, and 66, with Powerball number 2. Double Play is a game option currently available in 18 states that lets you play your numbers in a second drawing for an extra $1 per play, with a chance to win up to $10 million in cash. See How to Play Powerball at USA Mega for more information about Double Play.

Aside from the California winner, there were hundreds of other significant winners in the drawing.

9 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 2 from California, 2 from Florida, 1 from New York, 1 from Oklahoma, 1 from Pennsylvania, and 1 from Virginia. (The California winners each will claim a prizes of $760,111, due to the state's pari-mutuel payout formula.)

Out of all the second-prize tickets, only the tickets sold in Arizona and Pennsylvania were purchased with the Power Play option, doubling their prizes to $2 million.

When a Powerball ticket is purchased with the Power Play option for an extra $1 per ticket, a second-prize win is doubled and any other non-jackpot prize is multplied by the Power Play number drawn that evening. A complete list of prizes available for matching various numbers can be found on the Powerball Drawing Detail page at USA Mega, as well as on the Powerball Prize Payouts and the Powerball Double Play Prize Payouts pages at Lottery Post.

The official drawing videos can also be found on the Powerball Drawing Detail page at USA Mega.

The Power Play option is not available in California, because the fixed nature of the prize increase offered with the Power Play is not compatible with California's pari-mutuel payouts.

Also, a total of 145 tickets matched four of the first five numbers plus the Powerball to win a $50,000 prize. Of those tickets, 24 were purchased with the Power Play option, increasing the prize to $100,000, and 16 were sold in California, where the prize awarded this drawing is $24,323.

The next Powerball drawing will take place Saturday night at 10:59 pm Eastern Time with the jackpot amount reset to its starting point of $20 million.

Powerball is currently offered for sale in 45 states, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays at 10:59 pm Eastern Time. Tickets cost $2 each.

Powerball lottery results are published within minutes of the drawing at USA Mega (www.usamega.com).  The USA Mega Web site provides lottery players in-depth information about the United States's two biggest multi-state lottery games, Mega Millions and Powerball.

Top 25 United States lottery jackpots of all time

Wednesday's Powerball jackpot won by one ticket sold in California is the 2nd-largest lottery jackpot in world history.

  1. Powerball: $2.0401 billion, Nov. 7, 2022 (40 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - California
  2. Powerball: $1.7649 billion, Oct. 11, 2023 (35 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - California
  3. Mega Millions: $1.602 billion, Aug. 8, 2023 (31 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Florida
  4. Powerball: $1.5864 billion, Jan. 13, 2016 (19 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California, Florida, Tennessee
  5. Mega Millions: $1.537 billion, Oct. 23, 2018 (25 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - South Carolina
  6. Mega Millions: $1.348 billion, Jan. 13, 2023 (25 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Maine
  7. Mega Millions: $1.337 billion, Jul. 29, 2022 (29 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Illinois
  8. Powerball: $1.0798 billion, Jul. 19, 2023 (38 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - California
  9. Mega Millions: $1.05 billion, Jan. 22, 2021 (36 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Michigan
  10. Powerball: $768.4 million, Mar. 27, 2019 (25 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Wisconsin
  11. Powerball: $758.7 million, Aug. 23, 2017 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Massachusetts
  12. Powerball: $754.6 million, Feb. 6, 2023 (33 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Washington
  13. Powerball: $731.1 million, Jan. 20, 2021 (35 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Maryland
  14. Powerball: $699.8 million, Oct. 4, 2021 (40 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - California
  15. Powerball: $687.8 million, Oct. 27, 2018 (21 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Iowa, New York
  16. Mega Millions: $656 million, Mar. 30, 2012 (18 rollovers, starting at $12 million) - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
  17. Mega Millions: $648 million, Dec. 17, 2013 (21 rollovers, starting at $12 million) - California, Georgia
  18. Powerball: $632.6 million, Jan 5, 2022 (39 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - California, Wisconsin
  19. Powerball: $590.5 million, May 18, 2013 (13 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Florida
  20. Powerball: $587.5 million, Nov. 28, 2012 (15 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Arizona, Missouri
  21. Powerball: $564.1 million, Feb. 11, 2015 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
  22. Powerball: $559.7 million, Jan. 6, 2018 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Hampshire
  23. Mega Millions: $543 million, Jul. 24, 2018 (22 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California
  24. Mega Millions: $536 million, Jul. 8, 2016 (34 rollovers, starting at $15 million) - Indiana
  25. Mega Millions: $533 million, Mar. 30, 2018 (23 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Jersey

For those keeping score, the number of jackpots in the top 25, by lottery game, are:

  • Powerball: 15
  • Mega Millions: 10

Top 25 cash value jackpots

The Monday Powerball jackpot ranks as the largest cash value in world history.

  1. Powerball: $997.6 million cash, Nov. 7, 2022 ($2.0401 billion annuity) - California
  2. Powerball: $983.5 million cash, Jan. 13, 2016 ($1.5864 billion annuity) - California, Florida, Tennessee
  3. Mega Millions: $877.8 million cash, Oct. 23, 2018 ($1.537 billion annuity) - South Carolina
  4. Mega Millions: $794.2 million cash, Aug. 8, 2023 ($1.602 billion annuity) - Florida
  5. Mega Millions: $780.5 million cash, Jul. 29, 2022 ($1.337 billion annuity) - Illinois
  6. Mega Millions: $776.6 million cash, Jan. 22, 2021 ($1.05 billion annuity) - Michigan
  7. Powerball: $774.1 million cash, Oct. 11, 2023 ($1.7649 billion annuity) - California
  8. Mega Millions: $723.5 million cash, Jan. 13, 2023 ($1.348 billion annuity) - Maine
  9. Powerball: $558.1 million cash, Jul. 19, 2023 ($1.0798 billion annuity) - California
  10. Powerball: $546.8 million cash, Jan. 20, 2021 ($731.1 million annuity) - Maryland
  11. Powerball: $496 million cash, Oct. 4, 2021 ($699.8 million annuity) - California
  12. Powerball: $480.5 million cash, Aug. 23, 2017 ($758.7 million annuity) - Massachusetts
  13. Powerball: $477 million cash, Mar. 27, 2019 ($768.4 million annuity) - Wisconsin
  14. Mega Millions: $471 million cash, Mar. 30, 2012 ($656 million annuity) - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
  15. Powerball: $450.2 million cash, Jan. 5, 2022 ($632.6 million annuity) - California, Wisconsin
  16. Powerball: $407.2 million cash, Feb. 6, 2023 ($754.6 million annuity) - Washington
  17. Powerball: $396.2 million cash, Oct. 27, 2018 ($687.8 million annuity) - Iowa, New York
  18. Powerball: $384.7 million cash, Nov. 28, 2012 ($587.5 million annuity) - Arizona, Missouri
  19. Powerball: $381.1 million cash, Feb. 11, 2015 ($564.1 million annuity) - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
  20. Mega Millions: $378 million cash, Jul. 8, 2016 ($536 million annuity) - Indiana
  21. Powerball: $370.9 million cash, May 18, 2013 ($590.5 million annuity) - Florida
  22. Powerball: $352 million cash, Jan. 6, 2018 ($559.7 million annuity) - New Hampshire
  23. Mega Millions: $349.3 million cash, May 21, 2021 ($516 million annuity) - Pennsylvania
  24. Mega Millions: $347.6 million cash, Dec. 17, 2013 ($648 million annuity) - California, Georgia
  25. Powerball: $341.7 million cash, Jul. 30, 2016 ($487 million annuity) - New Hampshire

The number of cash value jackpots in the top 25, by lottery game, are:

  • Powerball: 16
  • Mega Millions: 9

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Comments

rcbbuckeye's avatarrcbbuckeye

Hmmm, well now.

Let the whining about California begin....

hearsetrax's avatarhearsetrax

not happy, but not whining either

>> cure for PB hangover LOL  <<

TheGameGrl's avatarTheGameGrl

will be interested to hear about the persons tale of how they picked the numbers or how someone swindled 'em out of it! 

Seriously kudos to the winner, you can thank the many players for your life of ease now :)

hearsetrax's avatarhearsetrax

Quote: Originally posted by TheGameGrl on Oct 12, 2023

will be interested to hear about the persons tale of how they picked the numbers or how someone swindled 'em out of it! 

Seriously kudos to the winner, you can thank the many players for your life of ease now :)

well I'm sure who ever the lucky bleepers are, I hope they choke on thar respective celebratory meal 

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY
JADELottery's avatarJADELottery

Ahh... good.

Now I can go back to Not Playing again.

wander73's avatarwander73

Quote: Originally posted by TheGameGrl on Oct 12, 2023

will be interested to hear about the persons tale of how they picked the numbers or how someone swindled 'em out of it! 

Seriously kudos to the winner, you can thank the many players for your life of ease now :)

Something will be made up.

lottoman626

Quote: Originally posted by TheGameGrl on Oct 12, 2023

will be interested to hear about the persons tale of how they picked the numbers or how someone swindled 'em out of it! 

Seriously kudos to the winner, you can thank the many players for your life of ease now :)

u might not get that info, he she or they might claim the jackpot as an LLC or Trust.

HiFi's avatarHiFi

Are people not wrong to complain if every time the jackpot gets big and one state has an unfair advantage? Would it be fair if one state decided an entire election?

PrisonerSix

Quote: Originally posted by TheGameGrl on Oct 12, 2023

will be interested to hear about the persons tale of how they picked the numbers or how someone swindled 'em out of it! 

Seriously kudos to the winner, you can thank the many players for your life of ease now :)

Me too. I'm happy for the winner and hope it all goes well for them.

I already have my MegaMillions ticket for Friday and will be picking up a Powerball for Saturday. 

Can't win it if I'm not in it.

heisenberg991

That is it, I am moving to California lol

DDBagger519

Quote: Originally posted by HiFi on Oct 12, 2023

Are people not wrong to complain if every time the jackpot gets big and one state has an unfair advantage? Would it be fair if one state decided an entire election?

People are wrong because no state has an unfair advantage.  It's not the state winning, it's an individual.  It's all about ticket volume.  I live in Mass and we actually had 2 Mega Millions jackpot winners here this year within the span of a month.  Prior to that it had been over 11 years I believe since the last Mega Millions jackpot winner.  But, guess what, I still play every drawing even though it's not close to being the most popular game in this state.  I also still play because I'm aiming to win for myself.....although my state will win with their ridiculous tax rate.  But, that's another convo for another day on another forum.

scorpio45

not worth playing except in about three states.i bought  20 dollars worth every drawing and only got one number twice,so crooked.

Boneknuckleskin

Not only that but 3 of the last $1 Billion+ jackpots for the powerball have been won within like 70 or so miles of each other this year in the L.A. metro. Also, why do some states with a large population, like Texas, win so many few powerball jackpots?

Wildbill78's avatarWildbill78

Wow!! California again!! This State hit more in top 25 pots than any other state🤔 Well they are 5 times the state of Ohio so I guess they will have more winners than my state and the other 43 but it still messes with me why are so many huge winners over let's say past 20 years coming from this state when you going against the other 43 like for example Kentucky or even Oregon. I never hear any of those states winning huge pots. It also small towns that take the money. Really never in the city. I could be wrong. If someone disagree please educate me. Oh and please don't come with that crap because they have more people in that state because like I said they're going up against 43 other states not including Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. I just don't get it. I'm just saying 🤷🏾‍♂️

noise-gate

* Did l tell ya or did l tell ya? 😎

DDBagger519

Quote: Originally posted by Boneknuckleskin on Oct 12, 2023

Not only that but 3 of the last $1 Billion+ jackpots for the powerball have been won within like 70 or so miles of each other this year in the L.A. metro. Also, why do some states with a large population, like Texas, win so many few powerball jackpots?

Texas actually only sells about half of the tickets that California does per draw.  The state that is 2nd to California in when it comes to sales is Florida.  And, California still sells 60% more tickets per draw than Florida.

lottoman626

Quote: Originally posted by heisenberg991 on Oct 12, 2023

That is it, I am moving to California lol

I don't think that will increase your odds of winning, sure in total most winners are in Cali. But that is just because it's the most populated state. But it's still only 1 jackpot winner per game!  It still goes back to the odds of 1 to 292 million.

jjtheprince14

That state has an unfair advantage because they have never sold a losing ticket.  It's going to damage these games because players in the other 45 states are going to stop buying tickets altogether.  No one in California deserves to win because it's way too easy.  They have a state game but no one plays it because there are hundreds of thousands of jackpot winners every draw.  You need way harder lotteries when you have a state that has a higher population than the countries of China and India combined.

mandownbeauty90

Quote: Originally posted by HiFi on Oct 12, 2023

Are people not wrong to complain if every time the jackpot gets big and one state has an unfair advantage? Would it be fair if one state decided an entire election?

People will try to tell you that you are wrong but it's not like it's no merit to them having an unfair advantage. Especially if they their argument is they purchase more tickets than the other states AKA if their machines are popping out more combinations than the other states, that's an advantage. 🙃

SoCola

Quote: Originally posted by jjtheprince14 on Oct 12, 2023

That state has an unfair advantage because they have never sold a losing ticket.  It's going to damage these games because players in the other 45 states are going to stop buying tickets altogether.  No one in California deserves to win because it's way too easy.  They have a state game but no one plays it because there are hundreds of thousands of jackpot winners every draw.  You need way harder lotteries when you have a state that has a higher population than the countries of China and India combined.

Lol that you're saying california has a higher population than China or India combined is totally nuts. 

 

If the lottery were rigged, it would be so california and Florida dont win. Sales would be better from other states if people didn't see those 2 winning all the time and the objective of the lottery is to increase sales. 

 

I don't believe the lottery is rigged so anyone in any particular place wins it, that doesn't benefit the lottery system in any way. I wouldn't be surprised if between the hour all states submit their sales and its drawn if it were rigged so there's no winner. Because bigger jackpots do make them more money.

heisenberg991

When the PB hits 1 billion in a few weeks, I will fly to Cali via Spirit cheapass airlines, and buy a ten draw ticket. And stop at IN N OUT for their killa burgers.

justadream

Back to the drawing board. There's another big jackpot right around the corner.  I'd be happy with just $20 million.

Tony Numbers's avatarTony Numbers

Obviously the way the quick picks are generated, California seems to have an advantage due to the number of winners. If that is attributed to sales volume, then what about New York? <snip> near every store here has two lottery terminals.Im sure the NY sales are just as high as CA. if not more. The quick pick system needs to be fixed to make it more fair

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CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

Congrats to the lucky ticket purchaser. Enjoy the newly acquired wealth for many years to come.   

SoCola

Quote: Originally posted by Tony Numbers on Oct 12, 2023

Obviously the way the quick picks are generated, California seems to have an advantage due to the number of winners. If that is attributed to sales volume, then what about New York? <snip> near every store here has two lottery terminals.Im sure the NY sales are just as high as CA. if not more. The quick pick system needs to be fixed to make it more fair

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Its really not close. Mondays powerball sales in California were 24 million. In New York it was 13 million. About the same as texas.

 

Florida had the second highest sales at 15 million.

PrisonerSix

Quote: Originally posted by justadream on Oct 12, 2023

Back to the drawing board. There's another big jackpot right around the corner.  I'd be happy with just $20 million.

I'm with you. I'd like to win enough so I can do like Gerry Rafferty sang:

"Settle down in a quiet little town and forget about everything."

Maybe I'll buy an extra ticket with my $8 winnings from last night.

Stat$talker's avatarStat$talker

OKAAY..!! PB haz been officially renamed

           "KHaLiPhOrNyA'z Pwrball

  🏋️‍♀️  "Get to z Chopper nooow, Doooit"

Bleudog101

Did get a couple of rescue tickets yesterday...no luck.   thankfully did NOT put money in the account to play on-line!

 

Asking Alexa in a whisper @ 0100 what the #'s were I knew someone had to hit all those even #'s; got my GSA up and went to the computer and found out about California.  (Alexa whispers back!)

EnReval

This is why they win so much, sales are doubled and in 1-day

more $$ in that BFF state too

lottoman626

Quote: Originally posted by heisenberg991 on Oct 12, 2023

When the PB hits 1 billion in a few weeks, I will fly to Cali via Spirit cheapass airlines, and buy a ten draw ticket. And stop at IN N OUT for their killa burgers.

heading there too, gonna pick up my jackpot, getting there by this,

Andrew Tate Tate GIF - Andrew Tate Tate Andrew GIFs

it might take me a little longer!

lottoman626

this is an interesting stat because it shows Indiana as the most PB jackpot winners but check the last time Indiana had a jackpot winner 2017, Probably some of the larger population states joined the multi-state lottery later on, or it took time for it to catch on. 

Nunu444

At this point, I'm only going to play when the jackpot is 500,000,000 +

Nunu444

It'll take months and several roll overs for it to get to record breaking amount

Nunu444

I'm with you

EnReval

2 1/2 

time to book tkt to small Cali town

jack27

Who didn't  know that was going to happen? I been telling  ya the lottery  is rigged.  Only a fool don't know that. That's  reason I didn't bother  because  I predicted  100 percent  that  it was only gonna  be one winner from California.

Hamofguy1's avatarHamofguy1

Sorry for your statement but its true about California winning  ALL THe TIME its unfair for one state to the winner of mulitiplayer lottery ? make you wonder right ?

Coin Toss's avatarCoin Toss

Quote: Originally posted by Hamofguy1 on Oct 12, 2023

Sorry for your statement but its true about California winning  ALL THe TIME its unfair for one state to the winner of mulitiplayer lottery ? make you wonder right ?

No it's not true about Califormia, go to lottoman626 post above, states with most powerball jackpot winners;

Indiana   39 

California    13

Many other states between those two. *

It sure would be nice if people looked at the orher posts in a thread before they post simething that makes themsleves look foolish and anxuous to post their own opinion, especially when a prior post proves their opinion wrong.

At least the jackpot  insanity is over for awhile.

* Granted other states have had poweball longer than CA has.

ShagE3

Hey congrats to California!

Will someone let me know when PB or MM reaches 100 mil or more; that's when I play the game.  And even so, I only buy one ticket per 100 mil.

Sorry but, I play only for the big jackpots folks.

PU who brought the skunk soup?

And a few suggestions to the lottery warlords ..... I will share in an upcoming post .

noise-gate

Quote: Originally posted by Hamofguy1 on Oct 12, 2023

Sorry for your statement but its true about California winning  ALL THe TIME its unfair for one state to the winner of mulitiplayer lottery ? make you wonder right ?

* There is nothing to " wonder about ." When the jackpots are driven high due to the contribution from CA lottery players & a player from another State wins, you don't see players from CA complaining.

 

*Yet when a player from the Golden State bags the big one....

FULLYBLESS

Samething I said California AGAIN...

justadream

If you are going to compare California then keep in mind it borders Nevada.  They do not have a lotto there and many of the residents and tourist will make a trip to the state line to buy tickets.  So basically the count of tickets sold in Ca is actually for two states...not one. This is also the reason the store on the state line sells more scratch offs than anywhere else and frequently win smaller jackpots .

ShagE3

Okay lottery overlords ....

Merge PB & MM, it's time already!

Use mm matrix

Use mm prize structure w/ PB 10x for pots up to 250 million  for 2nd tier prizes.

Drawings 3 times per week perhaps alternating days every other week.

Yolanda Vega ....on pots 1 billion and up

Pots not claimed by expiration date get split 50/50 between participating lotteries and ...  the next jackpot

Your thoughts ... Wishes?

One last thing: starting jackpots 50 million?

Oh yeah .... And California must play with one hand behind it's back!

PrisonerSix

Quote: Originally posted by justadream on Oct 12, 2023

If you are going to compare California then keep in mind it borders Nevada.  They do not have a lotto there and many of the residents and tourist will make a trip to the state line to buy tickets.  So basically the count of tickets sold in Ca is actually for two states...not one. This is also the reason the store on the state line sells more scratch offs than anywhere else and frequently win smaller jackpots .

That is very true. In Louisiana, we at one time got a lot of lottery business from Mississippi and Texas. They now have their own lotteries so that has for the most part dried up.

TwoMillion

to be fair, per ticket sales, CA had contributed money the most to the jackpots. Next was Florida, then TX, then NY.

North Dakota was one of the states that contributed the least, yet we did have jackpot winners from ND.

it's fair game and God's will.

TwoMillion

better luck next time .:) (off by 200 millions of combinations

fooled by randomness .:)

cinjo59's avatarcinjo59

Thank you!  And Amen.

 

ChrissyMissy

ShagE3

Let's just say that the pb jackpot winner just wanted to contribute to the historic pot and never wanted to actually win it all 

Maybe he/she will decline his winnings and insist that it be added to a future drawing.

I predict this scenario may just come true ... I think it might be enuff satisfaction for this person  to give it back to be up for grabs in an upcoming drawing ....he would surely garner my respect as a thoughtful Californian.

California paying it forward .... wed all change our tune about the golden state for sure 

Who knows .... This winner might get his kix rubbing it in that California won it again and that all he wanted out of the whole experience was for the winning store receive their prize in order to spruce up it's appearance a little bit

Suzy-Dittlenose

Quote: Originally posted by Nunu444 on Oct 12, 2023

At this point, I'm only going to play when the jackpot is 500,000,000 +

I play when it's at least $100 million.  When it reaches 200 I buy two tickets etc...😀

wander73's avatarwander73

Quote: Originally posted by scorpio45 on Oct 12, 2023

not worth playing except in about three states.i bought  20 dollars worth every drawing and only got one number twice,so crooked.

$20 worth,  not good

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

Quote: Originally posted by hearsetrax on Oct 12, 2023

not happy, but not whining either

>> cure for PB hangover LOL  <<

DMarshal

Quote: Originally posted by Nunu444 on Oct 12, 2023

At this point, I'm only going to play when the jackpot is 500,000,000 +

I generally only start playing when the jackpot gets around 300M, that's when the take home here in Cali is usually around 100M so it's worth it to me at that point.

grwurston's avatargrwurston

Oh well, back to the Pick 3.

ekem6078's avatarekem6078

This is why I only play my State Lottery games. TN has never won the Big Jackpots. I'm been done with Power Ball.  I only play TN. Cash,  and TN Daily.   It's a smaller jackpot, but is more than enough retire on. 😂

lottoman626

Quote: Originally posted by ekem6078 on Oct 13, 2023

This is why I only play my State Lottery games. TN has never won the Big Jackpots. I'm been done with Power Ball.  I only play TN. Cash,  and TN Daily.   It's a smaller jackpot, but is more than enough retire on. 😂

TN, actually have 7 jPB jackpot winners, but the last win in that state was in 2019, 

https://blog.jackpocket.com/top-states-for-powerball-jackpot-winners/

You have a point Cash 3 and 4 have the best odds and in the state of Ga. for example there are always thousands of winners for Cash 3,

and hundreds of winners for the Cash 4. 

I would think this is the same for all lottery states that have these games.

TheMeatman2005's avatarTheMeatman2005

I hate when the jackpot gets this high. I end up buying more tickets and spending more money than I need to. Not that I spent the rent or bill money , but just more than I should.

I usually buy just one ticket (with multiplier) for each drawing. I'm not greedy. I'll take whatever the current jackpot is. But, when it gets really high, I buy more tickets.

I think that from now on, I will keep buying my one ticket per draw, until jackpot gets high and then buy no more than five tickets (with multiplier.) 

No more! 

I spent about $100 on PB tickets the last draw and won back $56. So, not a total loss.

DDBagger519

Quote: Originally posted by TheMeatman2005 on Oct 13, 2023

I hate when the jackpot gets this high. I end up buying more tickets and spending more money than I need to. Not that I spent the rent or bill money , but just more than I should.

I usually buy just one ticket (with multiplier) for each drawing. I'm not greedy. I'll take whatever the current jackpot is. But, when it gets really high, I buy more tickets.

I think that from now on, I will keep buying my one ticket per draw, until jackpot gets high and then buy no more than five tickets (with multiplier.) 

No more! 

I spent about $100 on PB tickets the last draw and won back $56. So, not a total loss.

If you're going to splurge on extra tickets then add one extra ticket per $100 or $200 million on the jackpot.  I always play 1 set of numbers that have been playing for years.  But, I'll start buying 2 tickets once it reaches $200 mill....then 3 once it reaches $300 mill....and so on.  The additional tickets are just quick picks.  I used to just buy one extra ticket per $250 mill increase....but since I'm in a very healthy financial position at this point in my life I feel like it's not a bad "investment" to lower my threshold for my additional tickets.

PrisonerSix

Quote: Originally posted by TheMeatman2005 on Oct 13, 2023

I hate when the jackpot gets this high. I end up buying more tickets and spending more money than I need to. Not that I spent the rent or bill money , but just more than I should.

I usually buy just one ticket (with multiplier) for each drawing. I'm not greedy. I'll take whatever the current jackpot is. But, when it gets really high, I buy more tickets.

I think that from now on, I will keep buying my one ticket per draw, until jackpot gets high and then buy no more than five tickets (with multiplier.) 

No more! 

I spent about $100 on PB tickets the last draw and won back $56. So, not a total loss.

I'm guilty of that too. I normally only buy one with Powerplay but when it gets really high, I buy more. The most I usually buy is 5. I use different methods to pick each line hoping to improve my chances.

Back to normal for now.

CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

Quote: Originally posted by ekem6078 on Oct 13, 2023

This is why I only play my State Lottery games. TN has never won the Big Jackpots. I'm been done with Power Ball.  I only play TN. Cash,  and TN Daily.   It's a smaller jackpot, but is more than enough retire on. 😂

4. Powerball: $1.5864 billion, Jan. 13, 2016  - California, Florida, Tennessee

Perhaps you forgot about the Robinsons whose Atty paraded them around on national TV just a few days after that jackpot was won ? Flew them to NY where they showed the entire world the winning ticket on the Today show before going to collect.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/powerball-winners-tennessee-identified-john-robinson-lisa-robinson/

Todd's avatarTodd

If only some Powerball jackpots were won in Tennessee...

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/298459

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/308645

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/328347

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/308686 (the article includes a list of previous Tennessee PB winners before that one)

hearsetrax's avatarhearsetrax

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on Oct 13, 2023

If only some Powerball jackpots were won in Tennessee...

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/298459

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/308645

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/328347

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/308686 (the article includes a list of previous Tennessee PB winners before that one)

LOL nice shot, Todd

GiveFive's avatarGiveFive

Quote: Originally posted by lottoman626 on Oct 12, 2023

u might not get that info, he she or they might claim the jackpot as an LLC or Trust.

Very true although a financial asset search (a "follow the money" forensic search) could possibly turn up the winners name even if they claimed via trust.  But I don't know anybody that's willing to pay for a search like that just to learn the winners name!  When somebody orders a search like that, they're usually trying to uncover hidden assets so they can benefit from them monetarily.

Divorce lawyers routinely order financial asset searches on behalf of their clients. A soon to be ex-husband might be trying to hide his money from his soon to be ex-wife.  G5

JustMaybe

Quote: Originally posted by DDBagger519 on Oct 13, 2023

If you're going to splurge on extra tickets then add one extra ticket per $100 or $200 million on the jackpot.  I always play 1 set of numbers that have been playing for years.  But, I'll start buying 2 tickets once it reaches $200 mill....then 3 once it reaches $300 mill....and so on.  The additional tickets are just quick picks.  I used to just buy one extra ticket per $250 mill increase....but since I'm in a very healthy financial position at this point in my life I feel like it's not a bad "investment" to lower my threshold for my additional tickets.

I always buy one regardless of the amount - I sort of like the gradual addition as the jackpot increases.

So is the one extra ticket added per every 100M based on the take home amount, or the jackpot estimate?

For example the last jackpot was 1.7B, so if you buy an extra ticket for every 100M, you'd need to buy 17 tickets the last draw. But if it's based on the take home amount after taxes, then that would have been 4 tickets for the last draw.

I would be comfortable adding for every 100M that I take home after taxes.

There is also another amount, that is the cash prize before taxes and this time it was 700M so that would mean 7 tickets during the draw.

Do you have a preference on which amount to use?

DDBagger519

Quote: Originally posted by JustMaybe on Oct 13, 2023

I always buy one regardless of the amount - I sort of like the gradual addition as the jackpot increases.

So is the one extra ticket added per every 100M based on the take home amount, or the jackpot estimate?

For example the last jackpot was 1.7B, so if you buy an extra ticket for every 100M, you'd need to buy 17 tickets the last draw. But if it's based on the take home amount after taxes, then that would have been 4 tickets for the last draw.

I would be comfortable adding for every 100M that I take home after taxes.

There is also another amount, that is the cash prize before taxes and this time it was 700M so that would mean 7 tickets during the draw.

Do you have a preference on which amount to use?

Personally, I buy based off the jackpot amount.  If you're concerned that you get tunnel vision based off of the jackpot amount I would recommend going with the cash payout.  I've experienced the tunnel vision before and spent way more than I should have.  After that experience I just reminded myself that discipline is key.  Good luck in the future draws.

JustMaybe

Quote: Originally posted by DDBagger519 on Oct 13, 2023

Personally, I buy based off the jackpot amount.  If you're concerned that you get tunnel vision based off of the jackpot amount I would recommend going with the cash payout.  I've experienced the tunnel vision before and spent way more than I should have.  After that experience I just reminded myself that discipline is key.  Good luck in the future draws.

I never get drawn into the hype regardless of the amount on offer I always buy one PB with power play and one MM with the multiplier.

I will try the after taxes amount and add an extra ticket for every 100M under the cash option and not annuity.

Best of luck too in tonight MM if you have a ticket for that 😁

winterhug

Quote: Originally posted by HiFi on Oct 12, 2023

Are people not wrong to complain if every time the jackpot gets big and one state has an unfair advantage? Would it be fair if one state decided an entire election?

How does California have an unfair advantage, just because it has more lottery vending machine in more places than any other state in the U.S? California is singlehandedly keeping the lottery in business. I guess all other lottery playing states, residents should go to our lottery officials and demand that we get more lottery vending machine in our states than California.

Bleudog101

Usually after someone hits the big one I feel like a deflated balloon.  Not this time for some reason.  Just now the old Army saying comes to mind FIDO.

I lonely MM with MP rescue ticket was just purchased.  Personally would be just as content to win the secondary prize.

winterhug

Quote: Originally posted by jjtheprince14 on Oct 12, 2023

That state has an unfair advantage because they have never sold a losing ticket.  It's going to damage these games because players in the other 45 states are going to stop buying tickets altogether.  No one in California deserves to win because it's way too easy.  They have a state game but no one plays it because there are hundreds of thousands of jackpot winners every draw.  You need way harder lotteries when you have a state that has a higher population than the countries of China and India combined.

What unfair advantage does California have? They have more lottery vending machines in more places than any other state in the U.S. California is singlehandedly keeping the lottery in business. In my state, my local Walmart  just got a lottery vending machine about a year ago. Most states are behind California when it comes to lottery vending machines

Think's avatarThink

Well no trip to California for me.

I wonder if any web sites have a feature that will notify you if a big Jackpot is won in a specific town in a state.

I could put a list of towns my relatives and acquaintances live in and then just wait for a notification to go visit...😀

PrisonerSix

Quote: Originally posted by JustMaybe on Oct 13, 2023

I always buy one regardless of the amount - I sort of like the gradual addition as the jackpot increases.

So is the one extra ticket added per every 100M based on the take home amount, or the jackpot estimate?

For example the last jackpot was 1.7B, so if you buy an extra ticket for every 100M, you'd need to buy 17 tickets the last draw. But if it's based on the take home amount after taxes, then that would have been 4 tickets for the last draw.

I would be comfortable adding for every 100M that I take home after taxes.

There is also another amount, that is the cash prize before taxes and this time it was 700M so that would mean 7 tickets during the draw.

Do you have a preference on which amount to use?

That's a good rule to have to keep yourself from going overboard buying tickets. For every $100million cash, buy one ticket. I may start doing that too.

ShagE3

I see that many of us share similar strategies regarding the amt of tickets we purchase as it pertains to MM and PB.

We buy our tickets (  1 w/ pp or mp ) per every 100 mil based on the annuity but, that gets expensive and even embarrassing when the jackpot gets over say 500 mil 

I try to  convince my fellow partners in crime ie family, to no avail, that we should base it on the cash value instead.

If we only knew how much $$$ we've spent on that elusive jackpot dream we could have financed a dream vacation or two.

So in short, we start purchasing a ticket when the pot reaches 100.

I know , I know what's wrong with a 99 mil or less jackpot that we don't buy a ticket to be in it?

Perception is reality , that's all I can say about that.

Peace

JustMaybe

Quote: Originally posted by ShagE3 on Oct 13, 2023

I see that many of us share similar strategies regarding the amt of tickets we purchase as it pertains to MM and PB.

We buy our tickets (  1 w/ pp or mp ) per every 100 mil based on the annuity but, that gets expensive and even embarrassing when the jackpot gets over say 500 mil 

I try to  convince my fellow partners in crime ie family, to no avail, that we should base it on the cash value instead.

If we only knew how much $$$ we've spent on that elusive jackpot dream we could have financed a dream vacation or two.

So in short, we start purchasing a ticket when the pot reaches 100.

I know , I know what's wrong with a 99 mil or less jackpot that we don't buy a ticket to be in it?

Perception is reality , that's all I can say about that.

Peace

If we only knew how much $$$ we've spent on that elusive jackpot dream we could have financed a dream vacation or two.

That is so true, especially if one lets the hype sway them. That is why I stick with one ticket whatever the amount. But will now do the gradual adjustment for every 100M.

I opt to play regardless of the amount and add the PP or MP because it's more probable to win a lower tier than the JP.

lottoman626

The numbers: 

Wed - 10/11/23
Jackpot: $1.764 B
Draw Sales: $258,496,088
equal to 129,248,044 combinations bought 
which is a little over 44% of the total combinations 

Cali PB draw sales $35,536,668   
which is a little over 13% of the total draw sales 

 

Top 4 states by PB draw sales:

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Cali PB draw sales $35,536,668   
FL PB draw sales $21,578,430   
NY PB draw sales $19,425,602   
TX PB draw sales $19,404,772

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