Who Won the $267M Lottery?

Comment #10

wannaberich! — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:21:37 GMT

I did notice it said Michigan doesn't have MegaMillions. I had to laugh about that as I bought 7 plays right here in good ole' MI.

I'm sure it's somone from OH who won...but I guess we will just wait and see.

Now I have to wait another month or so before it gets high enough for me to play again *sigh

Comment #9

Bradly_60 — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:33:08 GMT

Did you guys notice that the that release said this....

Michigan doesn't play the Mega Millions game

HELLO we sold more tickets for that drawing then Ohio did. haha

Brad

Comment #8

Chewie — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:45:01 GMT

Todd put up a link a while ago that showed the sales by state. Can't find it now. Never can find what I need, when I need it - she said

Comment #7

KY Floyd — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:52:32 GMT

The bit about beating the odds always annoys me. Nobody ever beats the odds, but enough people buying enough tickets guarantees that there will eventually be a winning ticket despite the odds against each individual ticket.

As far as how many tickets were sold, it's easy to come up with a decent estimate. The cash value of the previous draw was about 126 million, and the cash value for the next one was about 159 million, so it increased by 33 million. 30% of each ticket goes to the jackpot,... [ More ]

Comment #6

ryanm — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:59:40 GMT

That news story got one thing wrong: Michigan does so play the Mega Millions game.

Comment #5

Chewie — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:00:40 GMT

Yeah, but Tulsa has to contend with all those hills and traffic. Altus is flat and no one goes there for vacation. The cool part of Altus, you can buy a gun, dive a quarter of a mile, and shoot in any direction. There is no one to hit - or complain! I've done it. Love those Gun Shows in Oklahoma that Chucky Schumer dispises! Buy a gun and ammunition and no one cares. I've bought ammo by the case loads, and not a single piece of paper. Low crime too. You could bury a body in those cotton... [ More ]

Comment #4

CASH Only — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:47:56 GMT

Altus is an anagram of OK's second largest city. Did you know that

Comment #3

Chewie — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:42:50 GMT

Buy a membership, Todd has all kinds of interesting links for paid members. Might be worth your while.

Comment #2

tg636 — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:15:12 GMT

>The winner who beat odds of 176 million to 1

Those are the odds that any one person with one ticket would win, but if they sold a million tickets there would be a 1 in 176 chance that someone would win, if 2 million tickets sold than a 1 in 88 chance, etc. Does anyone know how many tickets were sold for this drawing, and the chances someone would win? On the biggest sales week Mega Millions ever had how many of the possible numbers are covered? I find these little facts as interesting as... [ More ]

Comment #1

Chewie — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:20:22 GMT

It's not the littlest town in Ohio, but darn near, said Jeff Erb, general manager of Saneholtz-McKarns Inc., which owns the convenience store.

When I lived in Altus, OK, the saying was: Its not the end of the world, but you can see it from here.

Who Won the $267M Lottery?

Lottery Post — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:57:00 GMT

No one has yet to step forward to claim the biggest, single lottery ticket sold in Ohio worth $267 million in this tiny town near the Michigan state line, state lottery officials said on Wednesday.

Lottery officials are encouraging the winner to contact a lawyer or financial planner before coming forward publicly to claim the ticket from Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, spokeswoman Marie Kilbane said at a news conference at Lyons Main Stop, a convenience store in this northwest Ohio town... [ More ]