Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $205 million

Comment #24

Chewie — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 02:21:58 GMT

Assume you are talking about the on-line service, PTS? It is part of business 101. Fee - (investment + expense) = profit.

Comment #23

Smkkm1 — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 21:55:49 GMT

true ..... also does anyone know why powerball tickets are 2.50 each

Comment #22

shalini — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 05:22:53 GMT

not everyone can win a lottery but its always nice to hope..........................

Comment #21

Chewie — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 12:31:02 GMT

I have been caught speeding several times. Bssed on your logic, I will win the PB tonite. THANKS!P.S. Not evey one can win the lottery, otherwise the prise would be forty-eight cents.

Comment #20

Smkkm1 — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 08:42:55 GMT

I think its kinda sad because does everyone in here believe they will win the Jackpot one day?? lol just imagine. Alot of people think the chances a cop will catch them speeding is slim. So what makes people think they will win a jackpot that is 1 out of 500,000,000++++..... it could happen lol just not to everyone

Comment #19

sirbrad — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 07:50:04 GMT

I would be so happy, but yet so pissed. One little ball meaning the difference between life changing, and forever life altering. I am not sure I could handle watching a live draw where I matched all 5 balls, and just missed the powerball by one digit, or any other. One little ball being the difference between 204 million before taxes. Wow. Sure you can invest the million and make it work well for you, but you will always have in the back of your mind what if

Comment #18

shalini — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 06:58:52 GMT

All the be$$$t to all those playing the MM and PB in the next few days................I got the two star numbers for the Euromillions....nothing else

Comment #17

Chewie — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 22:25:32 GMT

Jack was right, as he tends to be in his suptle way.With PA PB with PP, you must invest ten dollars to get one free ticket. Sure it has PP involved, but it still a single ticket for a ten dollar investment. With NY MM, you invest ten dollars and you get two free tickets. In PA, the ten dollars must be for the same draw. In NY, it can be spread over as many draws as you wish to invest. So instead of spending ten dollars on one draw, I can spread my option over ten seperate draws. How many ticket... [ More ]

Comment #16

JAG331 — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:55:11 GMT

I agree. Right now I'm still split between PB and MM since PB's got the great jackpot, but I'm a system player, MM has 30 draws to work from...PB has only 11.

Comment #15

Rip Snorter — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:29:22 GMT

Depends on how far a player'd have to drive to get PB. It might be several hours and gallons better for someone, say, in Texas. For me PB's definitely better for that reason.I don't believe questions of whether one's better than the other have much meaning at ground level unless both options are easily available to the folks making such assessments.Hope I haven't suggested otherwise anywhere on this thread, or on LP. If I did you've caught me lying about what I claim to believe.Jack... [ More ]

Comment #14

JAG331 — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:46:30 GMT

Right. 20% Free. If you buy five Mega Millions tickets (Megaplier not available in NY) you will get one free. Still 20% Free. How is the MM deal better than the PB deal

Comment #13

Rip Snorter — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:39:42 GMT

I think he's saying if you buy five tickets with powerplay they'll give you a sixth one with powerplay.Jack

Comment #12

JAG331 — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:27:02 GMT

How is $1 free for $5 purchase better than $2 free for $10 purchase? Same ratio of an extra 20

Comment #11

Chewie — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 12:50:22 GMT

Wouldn't that frost their whatchamacallits; hitting the big one on a free ticket! The PA offer has been mentioned on other threads.BTW, New York has one free MM for each five dollar MM. purchase Much better deal. You can also spend the five dollars on multi-draws. Considering the high NY sales, that should result in a lot of free tickets.

Comment #10

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:05:04 GMT

with gas as high as it is i can see powerplay sales being down.especially in the southern states....

Comment #9

Stars — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 05:57:10 GMT

no body mentioned this, but Pennsylvania has a promotion going when a $5 PB ticket is bought with Powerplay (for $10), you receive one free Powerball ticket with PP. We'll see if the lucky winner bought the winning ticket, or received it free. Stars

Comment #8

dvdiva — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 04:23:58 GMT

The big check is not a real check hence it's of no value. I would seriously doubt it has legit routing info on it for starters.

Comment #7

Chewie — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:27:14 GMT

If I hit, do you think I could use that huge cardboard check to get a bank loan until the real money is transferred? No sense hiding out in Motel 8 in Newark, when I could hide out at the Waldorf in NYC.

Comment #6

bellyache — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:34:35 GMT

ITA Jack. But I think since PP has started I've only done it once or twice. It's a bit costly for me right now. lol.

Comment #5

Rip Snorter — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:09:52 GMT

Those lower tier prizes combined with Powerplay seem to be doing a fine job of work. Thus far, the only times I've bought Powerplay since the change I either haven't hit, or the PP number was a deuce. But if the timing lucks out, that PP can surely be a worthwhile way to spend an extra buck.Jack

Comment #4

Just6ntlc — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:55:36 GMT

Well congratulations to PA for purchasing the PP and hitting 5 numbers. I'm happy to see PB tickets with PP win $1 million for the 2nd tier prize. I hope PB hits 364.9 million and then 1 ticket hitting all the PB jackpot of 5 WBs and the red PB. What would happen if PB hits 339.8 million, but no one wins

Comment #3

johnph77 — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 21:56:42 GMT

I was in KY when the news broke of the two women residing there who won the million - great story in the Louisville paper, nice pics. They look like two down-to-earth overall nice people, one of whom had just lost her job. I wish them well.glj

Comment #2

JAG331 — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:37:55 GMT

These PowerPlay 5+0 winners are getting the equivalent of a $2 million state jackpot! I remember there have been several discussions on this site about PB and/or MM awarding smaller jackpots to more people rather than a massive jackpot to one person. I think that Powerball has accomplished this while still keeping the huge grand prize intact.

Comment #1

bellyache — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:06:17 GMT

Oh there was someone in Idaho that matched 5 white balls and I wasn't one of them. Next time. Heh.

Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $205 million

Lottery Post — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:54:01 GMT

Third player in three weeks wins $1 million Power Play prizeThe jackpot in America's Game is breaking into new levels capturing the attention of players around the country.Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 1,021,999 players across the nation won a total of more than $11.2 million in prizes.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will reach an estimated $205 million.The cash option for the Saturday, October 8th drawing will be... [ More ]