One ticket wins massive $232M Powerball lottery jackpot

Comment #41

big$in*pocket — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:11:43 GMT

SOMEONE HIT ONE OF MY TWIN THE MEGA MILLION FOR 35 MILLION MEGA MILLION NOW START UP AGIAN 12 MIL.

Comment #40

x1kosmic — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:26:01 GMT

Last I heard from him (about 3 weeks ago),

He's still running around playing Keno, and I think, doing good sometimes.

I'm hoping he's secretly working on PB, and he can, start doing good there too. (again

Comment #39

Kobra — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:07:57 GMT

dag on girl friend forgot to buy her tickets thats y im not out in the lambo cruzing, yet instead im sittin here on me bum chit chatting with you all

Comment #38

DC81 — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:44:45 GMT

California doesn't tax lottery winnings.

Comment #37

intheb0x — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:40:45 GMT

lol, why would you want it in cali anyways??

that place is a TAX HELL you wouldnt get ANY money from your winnings.

please keep cali out.

its hard enough to win anything with PB as it is.

Comment #36

sirbrad — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:15:10 GMT

Let me guess 10 more office poolers....

Comment #35

jrosina — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:01:27 GMT

Noyou are not from looser anywheare, you are from your-turn-will be-next Fflorida!! so just be happy from know

Comment #34

justxploring — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:24:39 GMT

It's a border town. Maybe someone from Nebraska won. Where's Guesser

Comment #33

justxploring — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:23:16 GMT

I must be from Loser, Florida.

Comment #32

eproducer — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:26:37 GMT

The winner was from Winner, South Dakota.

Comment #31

larry3100 — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:34:34 GMT

I want to play Powerball ! . Bring Powerball to California .

Comment #30

JackpotWanna — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:01:17 GMT

Wow! 232 Million! Low numbers too! Some lucky person is rolling in the dough right now. Feast like kings and queens. Best wine in the house, please.

Comment #29

x1kosmic — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:52:46 GMT

Winner South Dakota

Population 2,800 Saaaalute. (Like on Hee-Haw

Comment #28

dpoly1 — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:05:32 GMT

I am not sure what anyone from South Dakota would do with that kind of money - besides leave

Comment #27

justxploring — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:54:32 GMT

In response to the above remark about FL Lottery tax by Empress...

The only requirement by law is that the Florida Lottery deduct 25% from the payment and report the win to the IRS and send you a W2-G. After that, they do not tax winners anything. It would be against State Law. Some states with no income tax do tax interest dividends like NH and TN. Texas has no state tax at all like Florida. But both Texas and Florida have very high property tax. I looked (online) at several homes in Harris

Comment #26

MaddMike51 — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:45:05 GMT

I read somewhere that South Dakota doesn't have a state income tax.I don't know if American Indians are exempt from U.S. income tax or not.

Comment #25

Halle99 — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:03:55 GMT

congrats to the winner or winners......I really wanted that money but I guess I hav to be happy for the person or people.

Comment #24

Empress-N — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:00:52 GMT

Now this was Swwwwwwweeeeeeeeeet. I think they are exempt from paying taxes. The ones in FL to my knowledge do not pay any form of tax. But I'm sure the lottery officials has some kind of clause in regards to that so they will have to pay the required tax.

I changed my numbers just hours before going to play at 9:15pm. I was trying the wheeling thing and decided not to play my regular numbers... I would have had 4 of the white balls only. but I didnt play it, well lesson learnt no more wheeli... [ More ]

Comment #23

MaddMike51 — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:59:04 GMT

Winner,South Dakota is near several Indian reservations.I hope the winner(s) are American Indians.

Comment #22

big$in*pocket — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:10:08 GMT

I'M CONCENTRATING ON BOTH TWIN MEGA MILLION HOLD 35 MIL. POWERBALL HOLD 20 MIL.

Comment #21

GamerMom — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:24:25 GMT

51 degrees!! wow that's funny b/c where I am it's 80 degrees at 8:25 at night LOL

Comment #20

Think — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:22:13 GMT

Concentrate on Mega Million and Marquette, MI

You would love it here. Currently it is 51 degrees and counties around here have 25%-%28 unemployment rates.

Concentrate now

Comment #19

Dakota — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:16:44 GMT

I'm sure florida will have one soon and they can't wait. It's a little alarming though since each state checks their database and reports winners to MUSL.

Comment #18

justxploring — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:02:17 GMT

Considering the time of your post, I believe the error was corrected by then. Now it says

No Florida Jackpot Winner and before it said 1 Florida Jackpot Winner in bold red letters under the winning numbers.

They've also changed the press release since your post. So they finally got it right. I'm sure Todd will tell you that LP is probably more reliable. (See, Todd? There really is something we agree on!)

Well, since I didn't win, I better start cleaning up. I've got 3 more days to mo... [ More ]

Comment #17

maringoman — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:57:21 GMT

I matched only one regular number and I think it should count for something even if it's 50c lol.

A man needs to be cheered up ya'know

Comment #16

Perfecttiming2 — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:38:14 GMT

Hi!

Hey, I have no doubt that what you saw was real.....

HOWEVER, I do think that the people at the Florida Lottery need a crash course in how to write a press release since that are now hosting the PB drawing from their state.....

The press release that is listed below is so misleading just by the way it is written. Everyone knows that Powerball is multi-state game played in mulitple states....but the way this release is written its like its saying Powerball is a Florida game that is a... [ More ]

Comment #15

noahproblem — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:32:21 GMT

Hopefully the Winner winner will spring for the chicken dinner....

Comment #14

big$in*pocket — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:57:16 GMT

STOP SLEEPING AND GET BACK ON THE LOTTERY BAND WAGON

MAKING PLANS FOR MY BIG WIN

Comment #13

big$in*pocket — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:15:03 GMT

BRAINSTORMING I CAN MAKE MORE MONEY ON BETTING ON NATURALITY OF THE WINNER

BACK TO DREAMING THE BAND PLAYS IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Comment #12

dr65 — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:14:57 GMT

Didn't match anything.

Bum numbers.

Comment #11

justxploring — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:14:37 GMT

I just noticed that! How funny!

Well, as I wrote in my first post, the FL site had to be wrong, since LP usually (always) posts the correct information, which is why it's a good idea to check your numbers here.

Comment #10

GamerMom — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:12:08 GMT

but it is true, I matched the red powerball of 07 and the white ball of 12. I won $4 ...woo hoo LOL

Comment #9

Bradly_60 — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:09:43 GMT

It is very ironic that the Powerball winner is from Winner, SD...haha

Brad

Comment #8

justxploring — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:07:33 GMT

I wish it were true, GamerMom.

In fact, if I won PB, I'd give away everything and start all over again (which I'm sort of doing anyway) but I wouldn't care about stuffing things into my car. I'd just pack a couple of suitcases and take off! I can't imagine having that kind of money. I would never want to own a huge mansion or drive an expensive car, but that's just the way I am. As long as I can get away from noise and crazy neighbors, I'll be happy! LOL

Comment #7

GamerMom — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:34:16 GMT

wow what are the odds? That's awesome.

Comment #6

LouieTheCat — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:29:49 GMT

According to the Rapid City (S.D.) newspaper, the winning ticket was sold in the town of Winner. A town named WINNER? I bet they sell a lot of tickets there.

Comment #5

GamerMom — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:07:34 GMT

I got the PB + 1 number...w00t!! lol

Comment #4

duckman — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:07:11 GMT

Yes, the Florida Lottery website did indeed say there was 1 Powerball Jackpot (5 of 5 + PB) winner in Florida (in addition to the one in SD). As of 10AM this morning (Thursday), the Florida site is down, so it will be interesting to see what it says when it comes back up. The official Powerball site says only one winner in SD. There's a mistake somewhere...

Comment #3

justxploring — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:27:07 GMT

I disagree. Look at the breakdown. I've been watching this site for years, PB since Jan. It NEVER says there was 1 Florida Winner or has red letters and there have been several 5+0 winners in FL.

Anyway, what you are saying would not make sense rcbbuckeye, since 3 people got the 5+0, no PP.

I know I'm tired, but anyone who glanced at the FL site and did not check PB or LP would think that someone in FL and SD won. If they fix it, other members here will think I'm crazy, but they clearly s... [ More ]

Comment #2

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:13:35 GMT

I think it is refering to the 5+0 winner in FL, below the red letters it says jackpot winner in SD.

Comment #1

justxploring — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:02:37 GMT

The Florida web site must be wrong. It says that 1 player won in Florida and 1 player won in South Dakota. Just went back and checked it again and it says in big red letters 1 Florida winner. It even shows someone got all 5 balls and the PB when I checked the breakdown of winners.

Well, your site is always more reliable. So I guess only 1 person hit it last night.

One ticket wins massive $232M Powerball lottery jackpot

Lottery Post — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:59:16 GMT

Update 1: May 28, 2009, 10:51 a.m.

Update 2: May 28, 2009, 11:22 a.m.

Someone is South Dakota has the one winning ticket in Wednesday night's $232.1 million Powerball jackpot.

The prize, originally estimated at $222 million, came in higher than expected due to heavy sales around the country.

Wednesday's winning Powerball numbers were 5, 6, 12, 16 and 21. The Powerball was 7 and the Power Play multiplier was 3.

This is an absolute thrill, said Norm Lingle, executive director of th... [ More ]