Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $101 million

Comment #15

KY Floyd — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:46:10 GMT

You're welcome, and thanks for the compliment. Especially since it's still fairly new and has only come into play twice so far. I expect that a lot of people aren't familiar with the cap and how it works, especially things like dvdiva expecting that if it goes beyond 365 it will automatically be 390 . I now that when I first read about the 2nd place bonus prize I didn't catch that it would only pay out when there was a jackpot winner.

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Comment #14

JONMOJON — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:15:45 GMT

Thank you, Todd.

PTS is still down for me.

I will check this site you mention, I would like to buy some tickets for euromillions.

Comment #13

Uff Da! — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:36:21 GMT

KY Floyd - Thanks so much for your thorough explanation. I really appreciate your posts. It is great to have someone give complete details for those of us who have been only casual players and therefore aren't in the know. And explaining without talking down to us, too, I might add.

Comment #12

Todd — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:27:15 GMT

I doubt there will be any changes. Sales are doing quite well at the moment.

Comment #11

Kidzmom — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:11:24 GMT

So when NC joins the powerball in a couple of months, will the odds get longer like they did when CA joined the mega millions? I haven't heard yet has anyone else heard

Comment #10

Todd — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:24:41 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by JONMOJON on March 20, 2006 Hi, I have been trying to buy tickets from PT Service, but my credit cards are being declined since last friday (I am using the same cards, and my payments are up to date).

Anyone else having problems with PTS?

I will appreciate your response.

Thank you.

Yup, me too. I contacted them and they say they're aware of it and working to resolve it with their credit card company. Apparently not all cards are being rejected, but lots... [ More ]

Comment #9

KY Floyd — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:38:58 GMT

The cap comes into play whenever the annuity jackpot reaches a previous PB jackpot record. It was enacted about a year and half ago, at which time the highest anuity jackpot that PB had offered was the $315 million that Jack Whittaker took as a cash prize. When PB reached $315 million again the cap came into play for the first time, resulting in a jackpot of $340 million. The recent $365 million jackpot was the second time the cap came into play, when the jackpot again reached the $340 million... [ More ]

Comment #8

JONMOJON — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 02:04:58 GMT

Hi, I have been trying to buy tickets from PT Service, but my credit cards are being declined since last friday (I am using the same cards, and my payments are up to date).

Anyone else having problems with PTS?

I will appreciate your response.

Thank you.

Comment #7

Uff Da! — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:21:34 GMT

On what is the cap based? How is it determined? I didn't even realize there was a cap until I started reading about it on LotteryPost in the past month.

Comment #6

dvdiva — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:24 GMT

Currently 390 million. That's only 183 million in cash and 119 as post-federal income tax cash. Same prize in Megamillions is 320 million not that it will get there. Four more rolls of Euromillions will also match the post tax amount.

Comment #5

KRB03 — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:32:43 GMT

How much is the cap

Comment #4

DetroitJazzMan — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:30:15 GMT

It really needs to roll over a lot, because when you campare the mega millions cash payout of 40 mil on a 68mil jackpot, and powerball is almost double 101 mil for a cash payout of 47.9 mil. Id like to have the mega millions roll some, much better payout

Comment #3

weshar75 — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:27:01 GMT

I would like to win this wednesday. I do not think I should continue to build the jackpot for some else. I want the jackpot NOW!-weshar75

Comment #2

dvdiva — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:28:31 GMT

I have a feeling that this roll can reach the cap yet again. That might change once North Carolina joins.

Comment #1

Just6ntlc — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:24:56 GMT

A lot of people win the game in PB, but I like it when it continues to roll. I hope it continues to roll until it reaches a cap.

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $101 million

Lottery Post — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:39:00 GMT

The Powerball jackpot continues to gain power. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 601,845 players across the nation won a total of more than $5 million in prizes in America's Game.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $101 million.

The cash option for the Wednesday, March 22nd drawing will be an estimated $47.9 million.

The numbers drawn Saturday were 1, 25, 34, 36, 42, and the Powerball was 19. The Power Play mul... [ More ]