$310 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot in rare territory

Comment #165

Todd — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:29:15 GMT

As I've said in the past, if you are going to believe that the lotteries have a hand in deciding where and/or when a jackpot is won, then you are by definition saying that the lottery is somehow rigging the drawings, and have devised a way to precisely control which of the bouncing balls is drawn from the spinning drums.

And I will tell you that is utterly ludicrous.

Anyone will come to the same conclusion if they spend some time understanding how the machines work and how the drawings wor... [ More ]

Comment #164

mcginnin56 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:44:45 GMT

As all lotteries in the US are monitored by third party independent accounting firms, which have no connection or affiliation with any state run lottery or government sector; I suspect that the carnival clowns must be the one's responsible for the complexity of the deceit, smoke and mirrors act that is being pulled off in front of the hundred's of millions of American's in our country every day.

Wow kyok........you are in a carnival barrel of your own league. But because we encourage free spe... [ More ]

Comment #163

kyokushin187 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:37:38 GMT

could be. I 'm not that nieve to beleive that the lottery commission doesn't have some hand as to when a jackpot is hit. do you think the casinos aren't rigged to keep u to dising in quarters. some believe the lottery isnt rigged somehow and some do.like I said before. I put the lottery and casinos in the same barrell with the carnival games,as far as being rigged or not.that's just my take on it. not trying to convert anyone.

Comment #162

Todd — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:23:50 GMT

So what are you saying? Does that have something to do with certain demographics ? Does it mean those certain demographics were selected by the lottery or not?

(Lest anyone thinks I am serious, I say all this with heavy sarcasm, as the whole thing is beyond ridiculous.

Comment #161

kyokushin187 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:05:24 GMT

I don't think they have a lot of minorities in Rhode island.a least I didn't see any when I visited.

Comment #160

Todd — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:00:41 GMT

Sadly, it was not sold in one of those states.

But I was wondering if a Rhode Island supermarket fits the profile of a store that caters to certain demographics , according to your prediction. Just curious.

Comment #159

gogidolim — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:39:10 GMT

Actually I have thought about that. But there's a possibility that all the lottery winners are tracked and watched over by the government, just in case that the money went to 'an undesirable element of the society.'.

A few days ago I joked about a winner buying a rogue nuke. But...it may not be a laughing matter. There are millions of people in good ol' America who are willing to obtain and use the bomb for whatever reasons. And as a lottery player I don't want that kind of stigma.... [ More ]

Comment #158

emerald64 — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:21:54 GMT

..............................identity of 325/mil JP as yet ..????....

Comment #157

Coin Toss — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:51:10 GMT

pick4master,

Today's Tin Hat award goes to you.

Comment #156

Simba774 — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:25:00 GMT

Jack was already a MILLIONAIRE before he won the PB jackpot. True no ones how they would react, but I'm guessing the PB stole his brains because he didn't go wild with the millions he made himself.

Comment #155

gogidolim — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:50:46 GMT

No, the interview was commenced AFTER his granddaughter died of overdose, which was an indirect result of lottery winning.

Comment #154

Cletu$2 — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:21:52 GMT

NOBODY knows how they would react after winning that amount of money,not you,not me,nobody.You might think you know,but you don't.

Comment #153

rdgrnr — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:01:27 GMT

I'm always smilin', sonny boy.

Comment #152

Arrowhead — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:55:41 GMT

Would that be the Tennessee waltz? Sounds like fun! Well, you have a good weekend and keep on smilin'...

Comment #151

gogidolim — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:21:56 GMT

No, it's not a jealousy. He really DID sounded like a unrefined man. I got sick of him when I heard him say that he gave his granddaughter thousands of dollars for allowance every week. Smart guys don't do that.

Comment #150

KY Floyd — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:46:40 GMT

If you buy a ticket in one tax jurisdiction and in another you can always expect to pay the higher rate. The state that sells the ticket is entitled to income tax, because it''s income from that state. Your state of resdidence is entitled to income tax because you live there. Buying a ticket in a place with a lower tax rate isn't a problem, but you should have a really good reason if you buy in a state with a higher tax rate.

Comment #149

Cletu$2 — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:40:05 GMT

Careful,your jealousy is showing.

Comment #148

rdgrnr — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:36:05 GMT

Show me where I took the topic from a $310 million Powerball Jackpot to Obama, Osama or your mama and I'll kiss your ass, you lying little lib S. O. B.

Comment #147

rdgrnr — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:59:25 GMT

Oh, we all know you'll keep coming back, Princess. Afterall it's free and you're a lib and libs love free stuff because you're all cheapskates. So kindly tell us something we don't know now. Your cheap ass wouldn't be here if you had to part with a dollar. If there's one place you'll never be, it's somewhere you actually have to pay to get in. You must be a real hit with the ladies, scrooge.

And I ain't never run anybody off here but I'd end your tenure in one second flat if I was runnin' the... [ More ]

Comment #146

rdgrnr — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:38:35 GMT

You're welcome, Artist77. Yes, I think you have that about right.

Comment #145

Babel — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:56:48 GMT

Funny thing is if you look at the high PB jackpots vs. the high MM jackpots the MM ones seem to be hit by multiple winners and the PB ones tend to be solo winners.

Comment #144

Artist77 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:32:27 GMT

Thanks. I did not know that! I assumed I just paid VA and federal taxes. So I understand then if you buy a ticket in DC (non resident), I have to pay the difference in the state tax rate (5% VA...DC is 8%)...so my surcharge is 3% more! I will try to stick to buying tickets in Virginia now.

Comment #143

mken35 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:07:19 GMT

I can see the future 2/12/2012....... I won three hundred and twenty-five million dollars. I am in shock somebody dial 911 I will be excited scared overwhelm...

Comment #142

TheRightPrice — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:31:21 GMT

SKY HIGH POWERBALL SALES LEAD TO SATURDAY'S JACKPOT

JUMPING TO $325 MILLION

Comment #141

rad242 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:26:48 GMT

$310m is OLD NEWS. The Powerball just went up another $15m

Comment #140

gogidolim — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:59:36 GMT

I saw his interview a couple of years ago and gave me the impression that he is not the sharpest guy in the bunch. Actually a lot of businessmen succeed with tenacity and guts, not much with intelligence.

Comment #139

rad242 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:58:01 GMT

Actually if you exclude thiscurrent jackpot, it went over $300m 12 times and of those 12 - 50% (6) of those wins were by individuals or single ticket holders (accounting for instances where groups won

Comment #138

Coin Toss — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:57:14 GMT

Well, Jack Whitaker comes to mind, for one.

Comment #137

gogidolim — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:47:27 GMT

It almost never happened. Probably once or twice. I am not sure.

Comment #136

Brcebrce — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:41:10 GMT

Back to thread topic.

Isn't it kind of rare to get a $300 million from one ticket? When the jackpot is that big, a lot more people throw their name in the hat.

Comment #135

Cletu$2 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:03:58 GMT

I use it in mixed company all the time.I like to see the look of confusion on the faces of women's libbers.Yes,their still out there babbling about how they can do anything a man can do.Anything but piss up a rope,that is.

Comment #134

Arrowhead — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:01:56 GMT

I enjoy a good laugh as well and totally agree he's good for one.

Hope you get 'in the money' tommorow...

Comment #133

rad242 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:48:16 GMT

You pegged me wrong.

I am so not a liberal and if you knew me well and my views you would know that.

I just wanted to stay on topic for once.

Comment #132

RJOh — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:37:23 GMT

Judging from the number of second place winners, there's good chance it will roll. Use to be and still is with MM, you would see groups of 10 or more second place winners before the jackpot was won.

Comment #131

Arrowhead — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:36:11 GMT

Ah, no thanks. I think I'll keep coming back. I understand you might be used to running people off on here. Ain't happenin' this time, Cisco... Good luck! With the Powerball, I mean...

Comment #130

Cletu$2 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:34:53 GMT

I,for one,like his responses.I need a good laugh sometimes and I can usally count on him to supply one.I hope he continues putting liberals in their place.

Comment #129

ressuccess — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:28:46 GMT

Good luck to these people participating in this game. I hope the Powerball Jackpot rolls.

Comment #128

dr65 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:26:20 GMT

Can you translate that into PA speak?? What are you talking about

Comment #127

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:19:24 GMT

OMG! Another lib on the bandwagon!

Tell me something scrooge, are you gonna want your money back, you free riding, cheap-ass, skinflint tightwad?

Or are you just here for the free stuff like all your lib buddies

Comment #126

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:13:42 GMT

...spare me the pap about 'freedom of speech' or some such nonsense.

A lot of good men died fighting for that freedom of speech that you call pap and nonsense you ignorant little moron.

Why don't you take your ignorant, useless little self somewhere they don't have it and see what happens when you start spewing your worthless prattle

Comment #125

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:03:18 GMT

Then you'd be an idiot not to block the person.

Just as I'm sure plenty of people blocked you after you referred to Mormons in your state as rodents.

Why you want to persecute people for their religious beliefs in a lottery forum is beyond me.

Perhaps you could explain.

Comment #124

KY Floyd — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:02:55 GMT

Let us know when there's an option to play for a quarter. The other multi-state jackpot game costs $1 for each chance with odds that are virtually the same as PB. My chances of winning that game are twice as good for a $2 bet as my chances of winning PB. Sensible people balance risk and reward, and the cost of a chance is therisk. Comparing PB with MM, the PB odds *are* 1 in 350 million.

I'm pretty sure you prefer your players to be stupid instead of well informed.

Comment #123

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:54:57 GMT

...why is this person talking about demographic, which was starting to offend me...

Holy Goodnight, Louise, if you spend your life searching the world and parsing everybody's words for something to be offended by, you'll never be disappointed.

But you'll spend the rest of your life being offended by one thing or another.

Life is short, why not just relax and enjoy it?

I hope you win the Powerball and are never offended by anything ever again.

Comment #122

haymaker — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:52:26 GMT

thanks for clearing that up, i'll try not to use that in mixed company.

Comment #121

rad242 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:24:35 GMT

I agree!

We go from talking about a $310 million powerball jackpot to Obama..Osama and somebody's Mama.

Talk about a DERAILER

Comment #120

Arrowhead — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:56:34 GMT

Yep. There's a billion and one sites where folks can engage in personal mud-slinging over all things political. Why it needs to be done on here is beyond me. And spare me the pap about 'freedom of speech' or some such nonsense.

Good luck to everyone tomorrow night.

Comment #119

dpoly1 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:41:06 GMT

Saturday!

One Ticket!

One Person!

I would be very happy as a member of the 1%

Thank you very much!

$125,700,000 in the bank ......... $$$$$$$$$$$$$

I am hoping for a bump in the jackpot before the drawing Saturday ............

don't think of it as ostentatious ......... just sharing the wealth with the hard working people the build, sell and maintain luxury items

Comment #118

HoLeeKau — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:46:25 GMT

One turns EVERYTHING political, then throws personal insults at anyone who dares disagree with His Majesty. I can't even finish reading threads when he gets involved.

Comment #117

louise black — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:25:19 GMT

With all due respect Todd , I could say that about some other members on the LP.

Comment #116

louise black — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:04:03 GMT

Todd ,Iam glad you asked the question as to why is this person talking about demographic, which was starting to offend me, especially when he list these city which didn't make any sense and so what will happen if it fall in the wrong demographic insane I tell you insane. I have never had to response to this LP member.Excuse! me but there is an unline something not right about what is being said and not being said.If you ask me it's not that the lottery is rigged.

Comment #115

Cletu$2 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:35:22 GMT

Pissing up a rope is something that only males can do.Females can't do it.It's a sexist reply to women can do anything a man can do .Women might be able to do some things that a man can do,but can they piss up a rope

Comment #114

Coin Toss — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:48:57 GMT

haymaker,

We were plaiyng Army out in the woods in Germany and this one night it snowed and snowed and snowed.

Our section chief told the first guy up to go outisde of the tent and see how much it had snowed. He was a farm kid from Illinois and came back in the tent and said, Sarge, the snow out there is hub deep to a ferris wheel .

Comment #113

chuck32 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:00:17 GMT

The odds are 1 in 1.4 billion for a quarter play; the cost of many break open. Or 1 in 17.5 millioon; the cost of the popular scratch ticket.

Comment #112

haymaker — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:46:40 GMT

OK when my sister stopped by today,she said i never noticed the little alligator (its a fiberglass model)in your garden

but you are right,i also should have asked more ?s

Comment #111

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:32:47 GMT

DAMIFIKNOW, I think it's just the southern version of Go jump in the lake. I guess I shoulda asked before all the oldtimers passed on. They all said the same stuff all the time. If anybody ever come around lookin' for somebody, the answer was always the same - He went to take a sh*t and the hogs ate him.

Comment #110

haymaker — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:17:41 GMT

ridgerunner, what does piss up a rope mean ?

i love old time sayings and my parents,havin grown up on farms ranches,had a millon of them,

many times when i was really young i would hear a double meaning,

ex. you can't be to careful

as an adult i know that means,exercise the most caution,

as a kid i thought it meant take a chance

either way,it worked out .

Comment #109

kyokushin187 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:06:18 GMT

u made me spit out my grey goose on that one. ur to much!lolgotta steal that one.hope u don't mind.

Comment #108

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:01:00 GMT

Where'd little mario the moron go?

Oh yeah, to piss up a rope.

The poor soul...

He's just too high strung, that's all.

Comment #107

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:52:25 GMT

Yeah, I think the little guy studied him.

I did not have sex with that woman, that Monica Lewinski.

YOU DIDN'T?

Well, it depends on what your definition of sex is.

Libs, lol, they're all the same.

Comment #106

haymaker — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:44:40 GMT

i did inhale but gave it up by the time i was 19.

as usual you're making most of us laugh,

i used to call it clintonian times LOL.

Comment #105

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:32:22 GMT

I just got done sayin' I ain't religious, you hateful little runt.

But I believe people can believe whatever the hell they want in this country without interference from little third-world pukes like you.

So go piss up a rope.

Comment #104

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:27:32 GMT

Ridge's wrath, that tickled me gogidolim, lol.

I'm not religious either gogidolim, I just get sick and tired of these idiots running around the country saying the sight of a cross offends them and they want it removed immediately. I say screw 'em, if it offends you, don't look at it. Let 'em go live where the majority of people aren't Christian if they're so offended . We're Christians here and you're gonna see a lot of crosses. Get over it.

Good luck, gogidolim!

PS. I didn't know there... [ More ]

Comment #103

Mario38 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:26:44 GMT

OK, so you are saying you did believe the world was going to end on May 21 and then again on Oct 21. To believe that makes you a Christian? So what is your next best guess?

I know a way you can make your prediction more accurate. Stick a gun in your mouth.

I think when they researched the study, they spent most of their time in your neck of the woods.

Comment #102

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:12:58 GMT

LOL, nice try, little guy. Very Clintonesque.

It depends on what the definition of is is.

I did not inhale.

Who exactly were you referring to, numbnuts, the Whirling Dervishes?

Because that's who we all relate the rapture to is the Whirling Dervishes, right?

Typical lib spin but there's no lying your way out of this one, little man.

Spin away, you're busted.

Liar.

Comment #101

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:04:52 GMT

And if you're gonna say that was a lie, here's the link, little fella: https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/230898/2070018

Comment #100

Mario38 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:01:11 GMT

Where is the word Christian in that quote

Comment #99

Piaceri — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:57:43 GMT

Scary as hell, but I'm up for the challenge! And always up for some fun! I plugged $193,400,000 into the moneychimp tax calculator for 2012, single, and taxes come to $67,666,761 for a net payout $125,733,239. O_O

I hit the PB 33 3 times last night... twice on the freebie $3 QP with power play. Altogether, I won $28 on Wednesday's draw, plus I found another ticket I forgot to cash in for $4, so total to cash in is $32. I'm all in... let's win this thing!

Regarding the cash value of the jac... [ More ]

Comment #98

JAP69 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:53:51 GMT

2 dollars per line means fewer lines sold if people keep their budget at same level.

Fewer lines cuts the possibility of a winner being drawn.

This jackpot could continue up to the 500 million mark or higher.

Comment #97

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:50:42 GMT

Well if what I say is always a lie, I'll just quote you and see if it's still a lie.

Best lottery advice anyone can give you..Reply

Too bad. I was hoping the rapture would have happened on May 21 and then all the stupid religious people would be gone off this earth. The remaining people would be a lot better off. I now hear we have Oct 21 to look forward to. I am keeping my fingers crossed. One can only hope.

May 24, 2011, 2:02 am - Mario38 - Jackpot Games forum

Now who's lying... [ More ]

Comment #96

gogidolim — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:23:56 GMT

Well, you were definitely pointing a finger at conservatives. Rest of it, I am not sure at all. Still, honestly I want to stay away from Ridge's wrath. He has a God-given talent to find out what makes others angry and pushes the button. :(

BTW, I live in 'the redneck capital of California'. But it's still cultrually and racially diverse and I respect other people's...stuff. And I work as a stagehand. I meet all kind of people. Even when I was in the military, I met a ton of non-religiou... [ More ]

Comment #95

gogidolim — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:19:32 GMT

EDIT: Nevermind.

Comment #94

Mario38 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:46:55 GMT

Everthing you post is a lie. Always.

Comment #93

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:29:07 GMT

I think I remember hearing that DC takes a huge confiscatory chunk out of lottery winnings in taxes.

You might be a lot better off buying your tickets in Virginia.

Comment #92

freeobama — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:20:30 GMT

Everybody do not worry i got this one.

Comment #91

Tkim — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:33 GMT

Tacoma washington is gonna take this one! thanks for contributing

Comment #90

Artist77 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:16:40 GMT

ok. I think Virginia or Washington, DC is way overdue for a PB win. I spent 6 dollars and bought two PB tickets and got the powerplay for the first time. But I got a free megamillions ticket also.

I bought one QP since everyone was talking about Qps here (although they are always bad for me). Then I did something different and did not study the past numbers to see what was overdue and trending, and instead, let numbers pop into my head.

Comment #89

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:03:51 GMT

LOL, he's a great business man, ain't he?

First he says he wishes all Christians would die and then he uses a fraudulent critique of Conservatives as being haters and racists as his signature. That oughta get people from a majority Conservative and Christian nation to send him money! Heh heh heh heh heh.

What a dope.

Comment #88

Brcebrce — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:45:52 GMT

$113 million after taxes in Ga! I'm gonna keep buying tickets till I win or somebody else does. Then the waiting game begins agian. How much do yall spend each year? I know some play every week, a few who play when the mood hits them, and a bunch that wait till the jackpot gets big.

Comment #87

dk1421 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:45:20 GMT

I really hope MM does NOT go to $2. After all, they have 8 out of 10 in the top ten winning lotteries in the US.

I tried to buy my PB ticket today, but the lottery was offline . Guess that was one way for me to avoid buying a losing ticket and wait for the best time to buy a winning one

Comment #86

RJOh — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:34:38 GMT

I hope if they do, they also increase the lower tier payout amounts too.

PowerBall only increased the payouts for matching the bonus ball by $1 and left all the other payout amounts the same as they were. Matching 5+0 already paid $1M when the ticket cost $2 and the lower prizes were at least doubled too. No wonder now there's more money for the jackpot.

Comment #85

Guru101 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:13:09 GMT

I imagine $300,000,000+ jackpots will become a lot more common considering the odds are now 1 in 350,447,020.

Comment #84

winnerforlife88 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:35:58 GMT

I'm gonna win this one it is my turn to shine. Put the haters to shame! Money come my way........woot woot.

I'm a new member but I kept on checking this site is really cool.

Comment #83

dpoly1 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:27:06 GMT

Mario38 - Thank you for your condescending hatred of Conservatives. History tells us that the Progressives of the 1920's were firm supporters of the Fascists. So much for superior abstract reasoning! Kindly stay up there in Intellectual Paradise

Comment #82

sandia — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:22:26 GMT

I guess, the executives and players (lol) made good on their promise. A drastic increase in the jackpot size DID occur. Now, should we reach the $400 million territory (assuming we have a rollover), even the non-believers will be enticed ergo, lots of sales that will push the jackpot margin much, much higher.

I am watching for now, I decided to stay away from the game for a bit but should any of the LP members win, I sincerely wish you the best of luck. P.S., seek legal counsel and establlis... [ More ]

Comment #81

Uff Da! — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:20:12 GMT

Thanks for the welcome. With PB at this level, I finally decided to fork out a few bucks myself. As Rdgrnr would say, I'm normally too cheap to buy tickets since the price went up to $2, but with a jackpot like that, heck, one could support a whole clan! I'm an old-timer and wouldn't really have that much use for it in my own lifetime, so I've started playing mostly games with lower jackpots and far better odds. But the thought of leaving an estate of that size to the next two generations and to... [ More ]

Comment #80

weshar75 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:18:48 GMT

No need for any one here at lottery post to purchase a ticket because I bought the winner today here in Mcminnville, Oregon at the Big Apple store. I am going to put them on the map the lottery map that is! Oregon winner here I come! Yes! Wooo hooo!-weshar75

Comment #79

VenomV12 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:07:23 GMT

Yeah the way this is going MegaMillions is definitely going to go to $2 also.

Comment #78

rdgrnr — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:56:11 GMT

I caught the Powerball twice on 2 QP's for $24.

Gonna let it ride.

Comment #77

GYM RICE — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:51:29 GMT

Wow did this Jackpot grow fast. I'm guessing that Powerball going to $2 is going to see a lot of Jackpots well over 150 million as the norm...I'm also guessing it won't be long until Mega millions follows suit.

Comment #76

maringoman — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:34:08 GMT

I see you joined LP the same year as I did. Welcome back. Maybe you brought back the good luck that I have been waiting for.

I have a confession, I haven't spent a dime on PB since 2012 started. I think I'll spend $2 and see how it goes. I was inspired by those people who hit the JP and on the press conference say they only play once in a while. It used to get me really heated so I decided to join them.

Comment #75

Babel — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:02:44 GMT

Oh here and there. Some from google searches looking for the press releases when winners are announced. For the last 7ish years you can get alot of the info from Todd's other site USA Mega (for example Mega Millions drawing detail history is http://www.usamega.com/mega-millions-history.asp). Powerball's official site has the cash option down to the penny in their winner's stories section. When you look at the final sum it's often off by as much as a few million from what is advertised pre-drawin... [ More ]

Comment #74

Mario38 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:21:44 GMT

Babel, where did you look to find the cash values for those draws? Some of your numbers are different than mine. I got my numbers from the news stories that were published at the time of the draw.

Thanks.

Comment #73

savagegoose — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:12:53 GMT

think about this dood.

if someones willing to rig a game for $2 plastic cupie doll, imagine what efforts they would go to to rig a $100M game

Comment #72

Babel — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:02:35 GMT

Mario38 is correct that this is the 6th highest cash jackpot from MM PB. I was curious what the answer was before he had made his post so I took Todd's list and tracked down the cash option on those drawings. Here's the list, sorted by cash (the first number on each line). Towards the bottom it could be missing a few that had lower annuities but higher cash prizes but the top 15-20ish should be reliable.

240M - Mega Millions: $380 million, Jan. 4, 2011 - Idaho, Washington

233M - Mega... [ More ]

Comment #71

rdgrnr — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:59:24 GMT

Yep, the little guy's here to drum up business but he's so friggin' cheap he doesn't wanna pay for advertising so he just uses his little innuendoes to direct unwary members to contact him and get them to send money out of the country to him. And once your money's out of the country, that's it, it's gone. And he knows nobody's gonna get a lawyer to get 50 or 100 bucks back through international legal channels. And he hates Christians.

Comment #70

ecnirP — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:57:50 GMT

Isn't that why Powerball made the big change this year, to ensure they were going to have bigger jackpots

Comment #69

Mario38 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:54:53 GMT

Uff Da!, you are wise to avoid buying lottery tickets online. It is hard enough to win the lottery. But to find out later the lottery company will not pay out the prize because the ticket was bought online would be the greatest of disappointments.

Comment #68

Uff Da! — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:50:37 GMT

Ah, now I better comprehend what is going on. Sometimes one has to be around a bit before one understands the positions from which different individuals are speaking.

Personally, I tend to ignore anything that refers to online lottery sales since Washington State prohibits online lottery ticket sales and Internet gambling. I have no idea how many other states do so as well.

Comment #67

rdgrnr — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:31:51 GMT

Stop being such a cheapskate little guy.

The advertising rates are very reasonable here.

And before you try to trick anybody into sending you money out of the country, remind them of how much you hate Christians as you stated in a thread saying you wish they'd all be raptured so you wouldn't have to deal with them anymore.

So I'm sure you wouldn't want any Christians sending you money out of the country where they'll never be able to get it back.

Comment #66

Mario38 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:07:47 GMT

According to the list I maintain, it is correct. I only list jackpots that are won. For example, the previous Powerball jackpot was large enough to make the list but was not included because it was not won.

The current Powerball jackpot is only $0.6 million behind 5th place. It will most likely reach 5th place by draw time. To find the list, search for Mario's largest jackpots .

Good luck.