Mega Millions lottery winner recounts epic win

Comment #61

spaconbe2 — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:31:04 GMT

Easy comes easy go. This man talking about legacy. Legacy my ass. You ain't snip . Your ass get lucky that's all. You don't earn that money

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Comment #60

weshar75 — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:15:51 GMT

Congrats to the winners.-weshar75

Comment #59

spaconbe2 — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:43:28 GMT

the people that really need to win the lottery can't win it. fuk

Comment #58

Kitty1963 — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:53:22 GMT

The never change your numbers rule is very true. My grandpa played the same exact numbers religiously for years and years without ever winning anything more than enough to buy a few more tickets for the next week's lottery. One time he was very ill and asked my grandma to go buy the ticket for him, since he was bed-bound. She forgot the slip with the numbers at home and did a quick pick instead. 5 of his regular numbers came up but because grandma didn't play them, he only had one number on the... [ More ]

Comment #57

Kitty1963 — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:42:37 GMT

LOL Soap Lake is a very tiny town and so is Ephrata. I'm sure everybody knows them already. Now they will probably have neighbors come knocking wanting to borrow money or ask for donations. Time to buy a house elsewhere.

Comment #56

Kitty1963 — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:39:07 GMT

Since when is Post Falls, ID a suburb of Spokane, WA? There are at least 10 miles between the Spokane valley and Post Falls, with a bunch of smaller communities and the valley inbetween the two cities. They aren't even in the same state for cripe's sake! The AP is full of it as usual and everyone else is copying their mistake *sigh*.

I'm happy for the retired Soap Lake couple, they deserve this. I wonder why the Idaho woman never got a divorce, she has been separated from her abusive husband... [ More ]

Comment #55

spaconbe2 — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:52:53 GMT

Its better to earn ur money than playing this sh*t

Comment #54

freeobama — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:57:49 GMT

$24 million cash after taxes is going to be wonderful when i win this $67 million powerball wednesday

Comment #53

butterflykt — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:20:01 GMT

I need to go pick up a ticket. Hopefully we can split the Jackpot LOL

Comment #52

freeobama — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:02:44 GMT

It will not surprise me if Mr. McCullar claim the other half in Idaho since he won in the 125 mile area! I got my tickets for Wednesday Powerball wish me luck everyone

Comment #51

dpoly1 — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:18:40 GMT

I guess I will just have to settle for Wednesday's Powerball

Comment #50

socalgal — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:48:00 GMT

Congrats! But now the whole world knows what they look like. It will be hard to go out in public and not be recognized, especially in their town.

Comment #49

KY Floyd — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:23:03 GMT

Unless a ticket can win 2 prizes you can't have odds of 2 in 175,711,536 and also 2 in 15,313.

Among the many possibilities for tickets 1 and 2 are ticket 1 winning the jackpot and ticket 2 winning 4+0. The odds of that is 1 in 175,711,536 * 1 in 15,313, which is the 1 in 2.7 trillion previously noted. Of course there's also the chance of ticket 1 winning 4+0 and ticket 2 winning the jackpot, which is also 1 in 2.7 trillion. The correct odds of one or the other happening is 2 in 2.7 trillion,... [ More ]

Comment #48

ducksafloat — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:46:34 GMT

now that was a lottery story

Comment #47

Lucky Charm$ — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:06:32 GMT

That you can. I consider it part of my entertainment budget. Nothing wrong with putting whatever you can afford into dreams, especially if all your priorities are taken care of.

Comment #46

iGlenn — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:14:35 GMT

I spend the same amount on tickets every year. But winning the lottery is certainly not my retirement plan. I figure since I'm debt free (no car payments, mortgage, or credit card balances), don't smoke, rarely drink, don't have Starbucks everyday, rarely buy designer clothes, and 30% of my income already goes into savings (IRA and brokerage) I can afford to spend $20/week on PB/MM tickets.

Comment #45

THRIFTY — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 22:51:26 GMT

wow! that is $1040 a year.You are better off putting that money on the S P500. But it is your money, you can spend it whichever you like.GOOD LUCK ANYWAY, I WISH YOU WIN BIG.MAYBE THIS POST WILL HELP https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/225631

Comment #44

corius$1918! — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:44:54 GMT

The article stated Mr McC------ used a combination of the couple's birthdays.

Congratulations to the winner, wish it was me even if it was one million.

Foreclosure would not be in my future.

Comment #43

Coin Toss — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:04:51 GMT

When he was interviewed he said, The one inIdaho would have got a lot more if I didn't flub the last two numbers .

I would take that to mean he marked them wrong.

And by doing so wins half of $380,000,000.

And that's not luck

Comment #42

THRUST — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:40:22 GMT

Good call!

About the winners...hope they have a long and enjoyable experience with their sweet win!

Also if you want to win...you gotta buy a ticket...even if it is one ticket...I have bought just 1 or 2 tickets with Megaplier or Powerplay and won and also multiplied my smaller prizes. I always pay the extra dollar for the Megaplier or Powerplay because even if I don't hit the jackpot I could still walk away with $1,000,000 or multiply my smaller prizes.

Comment #41

peteryak — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 08:55:50 GMT

see its basically like this......

80% of powerball/megamillion winners are all quickpick tickets. now it does happen, but very very rare of someone winning the jackpot by choosing all the numbers. the clest i have came to choosing my numbers is matching 4 off the powerball. i hit 100$ but thats all.

sometimes lottery winners lie about there number choice/pick. alot of times if they played quickpicks and win, they will claim they picked their own numbers from card games or using there

Comment #40

visiondude — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 06:53:06 GMT

The guy knew he had winning tickets before he looked at them

sure he did. just like all the rest of the people just here on LP that knew they had the winning ticket pre draw.

he won purely because he had stuck with his birthday numbers? sure he did.

logic and common sense tell me out of all the millions that played just that draw, that there were hundreds of thousands of people that played their birthday numbers (and lost), and probably more noted was the amount of people that exceed... [ More ]

Comment #39

rock_nc — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 04:05:16 GMT

birthday numbers---4-15-1942 hers

8-25-1947 his

Comment #38

DC81 — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 03:39:35 GMT

This one has potential to give us stories for years to come....

Comment #37

peteryak — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:16:48 GMT

old people always win the lottery because they are the people who play the most. most old people are playing lottery,word search puzzles,watching soap operas,eating fruits,and drinking juice. study your statistics man..... young people are out partying,smoking,having sex,and trying to win the girl of their dreams!! young people rarely gamble. i know you might find it hard to believe but when it comes to gambling/lottery. old people are the majority in that compared to young people. im not saying... [ More ]

Comment #36

Delta Draw — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:04:48 GMT

No such thing as luck. The guy knew he had winning tickets before he looked at them.

At the time of the drawing his preferred method of play was not QUICK PICK. He won, without luck because he picked the right numbers and stuck to them.

End of story.

HA!

DD

Comment #35

Coin Toss — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:28:55 GMT

No one, not even the lottery, knows they are winning tickets when they are sold. That's not known until the drawing.

Comment #34

RJOh — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:08:52 GMT

Isn't that how all lottery odds are calculated? If I could pick my numbers after the drawing results were known then my odds of winning would always be 1/1.

Comment #33

C0w Pi3 — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:59:52 GMT

Very true, actually I'd said my roi is -500%+ lol

Comment #32

ressuccess — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:24:53 GMT

I didn't know that the Mega Millions Jackpot increased after the winning tickets were sold in Idaho and Washington. This will be part of my current event this week.

Comment #31

Stack47 — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:00:25 GMT

Those odds are for any two tickets before the results are known. Considering only two of the numbers where changed, it was highly likely that if he matched 6 numbers on one ticket, the other would have a four number match or 3 + 1.

Comment #30

visiondude — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:49:03 GMT

thanks, and you are correct.

just as i stated before most of these JP wins are aquired at the hands of low dollar output QP's.

and that's what i was preaching to the LP choir about........have fun with it, play within your means, and for crying out loud QUIT acting so desperate by throwing a bunch of money at something that really involves the fate quotient, with odds like that attached to it.

people lose their common sense minds when it comes to this stuff.

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Comment #29

stephl81 — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:43:57 GMT

i would like to just say CONGRADULATIONS to you and your family.....It don't matter how or why they won they did...rather you would do a news report or not doesn't matter they did and i'm proud of them and for them I wish them and there family the best and have fun....

Comment #28

RJOh — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:15:12 GMT

If you're like most lottery players then you would be happy just to win back what you spent on tickets.

Comment #27

C0w Pi3 — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:02:35 GMT

Hey, I resent that, I play whenever i have the money too and I'm young and i'd be happy to win a $12,000,000 jackpot granted it be much much nicer to win more then that but who needs that much money

Comment #26

THRIFTY — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:33:07 GMT

VISION I like your logic. Many have won mega millions, powerball, state lotto and other games jackpots by playing $1 QUICK PICK, $2 QUICK PICKS, $3 QUICK PICKS, $4 QUICK PICKS, $5 QUICK PICKS AND $10 QUICK PICKS. IT'S ALL ABOUT LUCK AND CHANCE.

Comment #25

dphillips — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:38:07 GMT

spaconbe2, I am sorry you feel that 65 is old. What if the winner were 85 or 95, heaven's forbid -- your wrath would know no bounds? If you should live long enough to reach 65, count your blessings. As far as the people who need the money, I am going to assume you are talking about younger people. Of course, he deserves it more, hello, he is retired: he does not have the working productivity years you have.

Playing the lottery is no guarantee you will win; we all play for fun with the hopes o... [ More ]

Comment #24

dpoly1 — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:58:59 GMT

Congrats to the McCullar's!

I would claim my jackpot right away, but no news conference definitely no pictures. Name town only!

Find a place to rent right away, anddrop my land-line phone.

waiting for my big win

Comment #23

buttercake — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:56:36 GMT

Congrats to him what a wonderful year and years he and his family is going to have, wishing him the best

Comment #22

RJOh — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:45:01 GMT

The above is how the abc news radio calculated the odds... But

Since for that to happen a player would need at least 2 tickets, I would figure the odds this way

The odds of winning the jackpot (5/5+1/49) = 2 : 175,711,536

The odds of matching (4/5+0/49) for $150 = 2 : 15,313

The odd of getting both at the same time equals

2 : 15,313 X 2 : 175,711,536 = 4 : 2,690,670,750,768 or 1 : 672,667,687,692 *

* Which would be even less if the player had more than 2 chances.

Comment #21

RJOh — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:54:45 GMT

The odds of winning the jackpot (5/5+1/49) = 1 : 175,711,536

The odds of matching (4/5+0/49) for $150 = 1 : 15,313

The odd of getting both at the same time equals

1 : 15,313 X 1 : 175,711,536 = 1 : 2,690,670,750,768 *

*I think having more than one ticket should reduce those odds by the number of chances on those tickets.

Comment #20

Coin Toss — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:24:22 GMT

Remember the female prison guard in New York this past summer who won a jackpot, meaning to play one of the 5 + 1 games and mistakenly playing the other one

Comment #19

savagegoose — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:18:28 GMT

last tiem i checked 42 and 47 dont match birthdates unless its the year, maybe he didnt play 42/47 regul;ar just the date and year or something, last 2 he floubbed

Comment #18

Coin Toss — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:47:23 GMT

They showed the press conference on the news and the winner from Washington said, The one in Idaho would have won a lot more if I didn't flub the last two numbers.

By him saying that I'm thinking he didn't even play all the numbers he intended, he flubbed the last two.

Divine Intervention? Luck? Fate?

Whatever it was, it sure wasn't a system.

Comment #17

spaconbe2 — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:23:39 GMT

Rule number #1 never go show yourself to the public that fast. these are the kind of people that get wasted so fast. that's really stupid thing to do. the other player is smart by not moving forward so quick to claim his prize. damm it...How come it always old people who win this snip . the people who need the most can't win it. this is bull snip .

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Comment #16

Artemis — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:12:11 GMT

Congrats to them! It's always fun to hear how winners picked their numbers.

....now that I think of it, I think Jim might be my long lost cousin..thrice removed

Comment #15

visiondude — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:46:44 GMT

after reading your response, i realize my post might have come across as dismissive / condescending, and i can assure you that was not my motive.

by brainless , i purely meant it didn't take some long dragged out effort to obtain his numerical goal.

the gist of my post = was that i was simply making the point that there is no 'magic fast track' to a lottery jackpot win.

it's all fate or luck.

you know me (mr 1QP), even i know 'birthday numbers are equally valid as 1QP, as are syste... [ More ]

Comment #14

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:59:51 GMT

His way may be brainless, but he still won millions and you are still trying. I wouldn't knock the way he plays.

In fact, he is not the first one to win playing the same numbers for a long time.

Comment #13

visiondude — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:44:27 GMT

the guy didn't have any magic formula, he said he used birthday numbers .

birthday numbers, even switching a couple around here or there to accomodate several family members, is still for a lack of better way to state it - brainless .

there is no system in using already in place family birthdays.

you can bet your life he didn't spend countless hours arranging them or rotating them because they were due , etc.

he was married before, which at most he had more than the intial require... [ More ]

Comment #12

LckyLary — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:03:45 GMT

He has a lot of children and grandchildren so we don't know whose ages or birthdays he used, and, I wonder what the other numbers were exactly.. to win $150 only (and not $10000 or $250000) he had to either change 1 WB and the BB, or 2 WB with ??. One story said he switched the 5th number (with the BB?) so maybe the 2 higher numbers being reversed (WB and BB) gave a 4+0 win. Switching 2 WB out would indicate he used an algorithm (and that the report was incorrect abut the 5th number) but switchi... [ More ]

Comment #11

joshuacloak — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:59:06 GMT

six children, including two from an earlier marriage; 23 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

this guy is a bunny rabbit and so are hes offspring , he had 6, then they go out and create 23 more kids, and now the grand kids are just starting to making tiny little great-grandchildren, geez

if i ever won the lotto, i guest i need to get busy and create a empire of offspring, as i could afford it then LOL

besides

glad to see him win thro, you know where the money go... [ More ]

Comment #10

freeobama — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:16:54 GMT

I need this next Powerball jackpot

Comment #9

RJOh — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:12:10 GMT

I also noticed something about the winning set of numbers (other than the connection to the LOST show which I hate) - but, I cannot tell you what that is...

I noticed he didn't elaborate much about his numbers other than to say they were just some birthdays. This guy was retired and probably spent some time picking his numbers and if he had a special way of combining them then he's probably not sharing that.

Comment #8

LckyLary — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:56:36 GMT

On abc news radio they said the odds of buying the 2 sets with the $150 winner and the Jackpot winner were 2.7 trillion to one - which is completely wrong! First of all, if you play your own #s and you had 2 different tickets your odds for the Jackpot are half of 175 million to one, and if the tickets share 4 common numbers then if you win one you AUTOMATICALLY win the other $150, so the odds are not 2.7T to 1 but 87.5 million to one.

Also I see that he followed Richard Lustig's prime directi... [ More ]

Comment #7

barbos — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:29:27 GMT

Even if it was one penny - still nice.

Comment #6

RJOh — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:25:52 GMT

Most of your money went to your state and local winners. Only 30 of your dollar went toward the jackpot and he only won half of that.

Comment #5

barbos — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:20:34 GMT

Didn't win but nice to see my money went to great folks. Congratulations

Comment #4

RJOh — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:19:46 GMT

*Kids from a previous marriage and he has been in this marriage 41 years would make them at least 40.

Comment #3

dphillips — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:07:33 GMT

Well, it is nice and generous he wants to take care of his kids from a previous marriage -- since we do not know their ages. Wait a minute, they are most likely under 18. He gave a press conference (I do not know if it is required) and he wants to lay low for awhile. Is that really possible since he gave that conference? Anyway, the best to his wife and may they enjoy their new found wealth in peace.

Comment #2

sully16 — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:00:41 GMT

wow nice big family, Congrats to the McCullars.

Comment #1

zinniagirl — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:47:56 GMT

My congratulations to the McCullar family!! May they not be beseiged with phony scam artists

Mega Millions lottery winner recounts epic win

Lottery Post — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:42:17 GMT

Includes video report

No, Carolyn, it's not a heart attack. It's a fortune.

The man who bought one of two winning tickets in the $380 million Mega Millions lottery frightened his wife when he woke her Tuesday night to share the life-changing news.

I was pale, shaking. She thought I was having a heart attack, retiree Jim McCullar recalled.

When his wife, Carolyn, asked if he was OK, he replied: I'm perfect.

On Thursday, the couple and their adult children stepped forward to p... [ More ]