Mega Millions fever sweeps nation as jackpot hits $540 million

Comment #100

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:52:34 GMT

So do I, matched 4 of 6 about 20 times throughout the years.

Comment #99

haymaker — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:47:00 GMT

yea, 3 mils. clear works for me ,thats why i still play my state's 6/49 game.

Comment #98

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:17:44 GMT

I already said before I am not greedy by any means, in fact I have said many times that I would love to win the $12 million jackpot after this one so I am completely invisible. I want to do great things with this money, not for just myself. I just think it is really fun and exciting to be part of. But I would be happy with $3 million or more. But I will take $700 milllion just as quick. But I don't want the fame and attention because nothing good can come out of it in the end.

Comment #97

AmoWin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:14:20 GMT

Sirbrad,

It's all about greed. Philanthropic intentions or not. Every thing on this site. Everyone who's here.

We ourselves (you, me, everyone who's played) have devalued the grand prize because of severe greed, making it so big with all these tickets in play. I'm guessing there'll be more than one 1st prizer (20 first prizers minimum).

The odds have been over-lapped several times (176 million to 1).

Just 6 hours to go now. $640 million.

That's a hum-dinger of a prize.

I'm wan... [ More ]

Comment #96

haymaker — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:56:45 GMT

as long as jobs sucks and the economy is bad....

hopefully the economy will improve soon,

but jobs will always suck.

Comment #95

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:43:44 GMT

The lottery declaring bankruptcy? Umm I do not see that EVER happening. Do you have any idea how much revenue the lottery generates overall and for the IRS? The lottery is not going anywhere. It is a HUGE mney making vehicle for too many. As long as jobs sucks and the economy is bad the lottery will always be around. It will be regardless.

Comment #94

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:26:40 GMT

Jay Leno is a long-time celebrity who built his collection not an instant jackpot winner. But he could meet that criteria though. He is good at one thing, comedy but many would even disagree with that. Nonetheless all his cars are still nothing more than over-spending for the sake of spending. Try looking a little deeper than just the surface next time if you are able to.

Comment #93

ashabug725 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:10:52 GMT

Like Jay Leno

Comment #92

Gabriela12 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:31:10 GMT

I have a dream ... a dream .. I dream to go to Santo Domingo and I know .. I dream will come true .. dreams can become realitate.In America dreams can come true.

Comment #91

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:21:29 GMT

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/y-big-story-mega-millions-long-odds-unreasoning-170021558.html

Lawyers available lol.

Comment #90

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:10:29 GMT

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-reasons-dont-really-want-190000583.html

Hahaha! I knew those articles were coming. I will take my chances thanks.

Comment #89

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:03:54 GMT

Like I said before it has not happened yet, and I will be set for life after the first payment. I will take my chances with the annuity as opposed to risky investments which DO fall through, and only attract more leeches looking to cash in. I also won't have all the headaches of watching books 24 hours a day, and watching others watching my books, or paying more taxes and having to keep track of where all my money is going. I have been prepared for this for the last 15 years so I know what I am... [ More ]

Comment #88

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:26:25 GMT

Wow, $700 million and that old hag in the 3rd video can't even buy her daughter a new car, and wants to give her her old one? Give me a break. I hope she loses. I understand about building values and work ethic, but when you are the winner of the largest jackpot in history it changes things, or at least should. The old frugal rules no longer apply. But it is a car for crying out loud, you can buy a really nice one for $5,000 even. What an old greedy toad. Plus she still would make her daughter g... [ More ]

Comment #87

aftermath — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:17:38 GMT

Do not take the annual payments!!!!!! If the Lotto declares bankruptsy you will no longer recieve payments. We do not know where the economy is going and the lottery could be gone in 5 years

Comment #86

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:44:24 GMT

I am not greedy I just want to be financially secure for the rest of my life. I stated many times that $5 million and up is plenty. Even God actually wants everyone to have prosperity so there is a lot of contradictions there I am not going to go into. For me this is just about fun and is a unique opportunity that would be life-changing in many ways. You also do not know what the winner will do with their money, or how many people they will help. So you can't say anyone is only playing it for gr... [ More ]

Comment #85

AmoWin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:17:00 GMT

Amo' Win Amo' Win !

Like my user name, that's what millions of people are thinking today.

We are making history. 100 years from now, they'll be saying about [us] :

Remember that lotto way back when that went up 100 million in one day?

And people were going nuts . Now we make 100 million in a week.. . . .

It's $640 mil., and I know I'm not going to hit it, but it's just fun to

think Amo' Win.

Seiously folks, it starting not to be fun anymore. Why? Because it's not going... [ More ]

Comment #84

GambleToRamble — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:11:54 GMT

Earning only 1.5% interest on that additional 10% federal income tax you would owe, would still earn you almost $60,000/month... times 2 - 3 months...

Comment #83

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:10:01 GMT

I will take the $20 milllion a year for 26 years. No investment worries, and would still make BANK on a CDAR if I wanted to. After the first year's payment I am set, the rest will bonus money to expand my businesses and help others with my own charities, and other ways.

Comment #82

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:04:36 GMT

Yeah if it is not won it will get to the billion plus level unless they create a cap, or try and change the rules as they often do. In a way I kinda want to see Jackpot One Billion Dollars! $1,000,000,000! Now would be about the only time it will happen probably in a LONG time. Look how long it took so far. I thought the PB would be the first to get to that level, but also knew less would be playing with the added cost. So I think the PB will stay about the same levels because of that, and their... [ More ]

Comment #81

GambleToRamble — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:01:25 GMT

---- Quote ----

$462,000,000 cash!

That is well north of $300,000,000 in the bank here in Pennsylvania!

1 ticket ....... 1 winner!

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Original Post by Jill34786 For people in PA like yourself, that would be $346,500,000 after taxes.

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Remember the Jackpot Analysis Payout by State page only takes out the 25% Federal Income Tax withholding. So you'll still owe an additional 10% for the marginal tax rate of 35%.

So, without State taxes... [ More ]

Comment #80

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:58:38 GMT

Does't matter as I said before, anything after about $10 million is moot to me. The rest will just be stacked up collecting dust. So I am not tempted spend more for more that I will never spend. It was already unbelieveable after $300 million, even less. Just all marketing. But I always wonder just what the actual amount is that the MM is making before they decide how much they want to add to the pot.

Comment #79

Babel — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:50:27 GMT

Over 600 million tickets sold. You can guesstimate it by taking the current cash jackpot, subtracting the prior cash jackpot, and dividing by .318. 31.8% of sales goes into the jackpot pool.

Comment #78

Feisty1 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:42:18 GMT

Check some of the other states sites ... its $640 Million now. UP $100 Million!!!

Good Luck Everyone

Comment #77

brees2012 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:33:19 GMT

It's only 11:32 central time and it must of hit $640 awhile ago , just don't know the time .

$323,400,000 divided by 2 =$161,700,000 ( see I have to share this amount with another person )

$161,700,000 would be my share , than , I have to share that amount to Families , Friends , and

Organizations , Tax lawyers , CPA , financial advisors, etc .........Just example ............

I'm going to follow my list , I wrote .

Comment #76

brees2012 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:31:20 GMT

Did I see that correct it's at $640 million dollars ????? it's overwhelming .......I went to buy my tickets , and

normally this store isn't crowded , well today , it is ............You can go to any store , etccc and never ever

crowded , today a different story.

Comment #75

Jill34786 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:29:04 GMT

Actually you were right. The jackpot hit 640 million around 11:50AM.

Comment #74

Nikkicute — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:28:44 GMT

That's $16,553,847 a year for Wisconsin

Comment #73

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:21:40 GMT

I am a psychic, you will not be winning tonight. There you go. That one was on the house.

Comment #72

maximumfun — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:21:07 GMT

I'm still holding out for the final j/p to be 700M$ for tonight's drawing.

Comment #71

CDanaT — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:20:28 GMT

Its past noon and no increase as of yet. .....I got that one wrong !!!..HMPH !!.....okay, I am shooting for 3PM for a new update

Comment #70

thePharaoh — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:19:10 GMT

does anyone know how many tickets were sold

Comment #69

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:16:15 GMT

Exactly. Those who blow all their money on cars are usually talentless and lack any creativity, so they fill their garages up with 30 cars to collect dust with. I can tell one of those types as soon as I see them on the lottery changed my life shows. All I need is one great car which I already have, or maybe 2 so I have an extra one. I also won't be needing all those other stupid things like $200 statues and overpriced stuff that just sits around the house. The rest will fund my house and all my... [ More ]

Comment #68

rad242 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:15:43 GMT

Tomorrow will be the pharmacies and liquor stores time to rake in some heavy cash through increased sales.

Xanax and Jack Daniels for the 500 million losers.

Oops! I did it again. See you on the next update.

Comment #67

Jill34786 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:14:02 GMT

For people in PA like yourself, that would be $346,500,000 after taxes.

Comment #66

dpoly1 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:10:21 GMT

$462,000,000 cash!

That is well north of $300,000,000 in the bank here in Pennsylvania!

1 ticket ....... 1 winner

Comment #65

dopey7719 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:09:28 GMT

You got that right! I'm going to buy a cheesburger and WILL stop and get another freaking ticket. This is driving me crazy! I can't wait for this to be over. This lottery fever is gonna be the death of me

Comment #64

CDanaT — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:09:28 GMT

If the jackpot does get to the 600+ mark..I truly hope one person wins that went to the store and only purchased a single ticket (like it did

Comment #63

mcginnin56 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:06:49 GMT

With this new Jackpot, looking at about $455 million cash!!!

Gotta pay the bills, off to work I go. Later gang.

Comment #62

Nikkicute — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:04:28 GMT

This is crazy!!!! lol it just keeps getting bigger

Comment #61

rad242 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:03:51 GMT

I will chat with you guys once HRH Todd has published his latest article.

Comment #60

CDanaT — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:02:51 GMT

I wonder if Illinois and Maryland know something the others don't ???.......probably not

Comment #59

mcginnin56 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:02:22 GMT

Unbelievable!!!

Thanks Jill

Comment #58

Jill34786 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:01:14 GMT

Comment #57

GYM RICE — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:00:23 GMT

Its up to 640,000,000m now...WOW

Comment #56

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:59:37 GMT

The marketing is working.

Comment #55

mcginnin56 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:59:08 GMT

I checked MM site and NH lottery website, both still say $540 million.

Comment #54

rad242 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:58:36 GMT

I am not so sure it is a TYPO. Illinois Website has the same MISTAKE Hmmm....

Comment #53

Jill34786 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:57:56 GMT

Just sent you a pm with the link to make sure I wasn't seeing things.

Comment #52

mcginnin56 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:57:30 GMT

Blah....blah....blah Save it for something who give's a snip , Sir Sour Grapes.

This post has been automatically changed by the Lottery Post computer system to remove inappropriate content and/or spam.

Comment #51

aftermath — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:54:22 GMT

must be a typo its still 540

Comment #50

CDanaT — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:54:20 GMT

Mega still says 540........yikes, waaaaay too much drama

Comment #49

Nikkicute — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:53:44 GMT

Thanks!! that is an 80's band! lol

It's getting closer to that time to see how much they will raise it.

Comment #48

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:53:39 GMT

Sour grapes over what? An overpaid athlete blowing money that he will never see any return from? He will just be padding my jackpot win tonight. But umm no, I just think he is a moron much like you. A few others mentioned this also, how come you did not quote them also and say that they had sour grapes? Oh wait I forgot, that is because you are stalking me because I called you out on your BS and phoniness. I am flattered that you wake up looking forward to following me around and quoting me thou... [ More ]

Comment #47

Jill34786 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:53:35 GMT

$462 million cash option

Comment #46

Jill34786 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:52:26 GMT

I just saw on the Maryland lottery website that MM just hit 640 million

Comment #45

rad242 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:46:40 GMT

You got it!

I don't follow their advice unless all are in alignment.

Comment #44

mcginnin56 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:45:57 GMT

I'm sure the winner will probably have truck loads of CPA's, Attorney's, and whatever else they deem necessary

Comment #43

Jill34786 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:45:30 GMT

I thinks it's either Journey or Europe.

Comment #42

aftermath — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:45:05 GMT

I just made a deal with my friend that If one of us hits it we give the other 2 million. So i just got another 20 chances at millions for free! hahahahahaha

Comment #41

mcginnin56 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:43:19 GMT

Europe , a hot 80's band.

Comment #40

Jill34786 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:43:10 GMT

I'm guessing there are teams of everything these days. Attorneys, CPA's, Groupies and Psychics

Comment #39

Nikkicute — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:40:00 GMT

Who sings that song that goes something like It's the final countdown

That's the song I have in my head right now lol

Comment #38

Jill34786 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:39:21 GMT

Some folks take it too seriously. There is an NBA player who got 10k worth of tickets guaranteeing he will win ...I have a feeling years down the road he may just regret it.

Comment #37

mcginnin56 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:36:50 GMT

Reminds me of an Alice Cooper song from the 70's Billion Dollar Babies

Comment #36

mcginnin56 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:34:03 GMT

I wish I had just one psychic

Comment #35

Jill34786 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:33:44 GMT

With ticket sales most likely to surpass 600 million, I just can't fathom no one hitting. It will take an act of God for no one to hit but in the unlike scenario that no one did then this baby is BLOWING through the $1 Billion barrier.

Comment #34

louise black — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:33:40 GMT

GOOD MORNING!!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP WITH THE CAR BUSINESS what? do you people own a dealership or something. You sound like people who didn't have shoes grownig up and decide to buy every shoe their money could buy when they had it. I am sure now there will a car on every blog.Get at it! My mine is on the money anyway I may not win the JP but trust me I will win and it won't a $1.00.

Comment #33

rad242 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:32:00 GMT

I miss those days in Racine and Milwaukee....sheets of snow (holding back the tears).

My 6 psychics told me not to cross the border unless it climbs to $750m and that would require it to roll over again (not likely).

That said I will let you have this one. Don't spend it all in one place.

Comment #32

CDanaT — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:31:31 GMT

Poor Nikki..........its okay, just think of the folks that spent hundreds, thousands or 10 thousand ~~~~ haha

Comment #31

Nikkicute — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:25:14 GMT

That would be a freak of nature!! You may be in Florida but if this puppy rolls and you hear a scream,

that was me!!! I will be hollering! lol

Comment #30

mcginnin56 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:22:15 GMT

I would have to agree with you Jill...it's just totally out of control. Lottery terminals everywhere are exploding, melting and catching on fire

Comment #29

Nikkicute — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:19:20 GMT

An addict doesn't need publicity in order to stretch themselves , they're addicts and

they are going to do what they're going to do regardless.

Comment #28

Jill34786 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:17:41 GMT

With the way ticket sales are going, this evening will be insane! I would not be surprised to see the annuity hit 700 million making the cash option over $500 million

Comment #27

mcginnin56 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:13:16 GMT

Not yet. However my prediction was that it would be raised twice since Tuesday night, and it was, and I think this will hit $600 million later today.

Comment #26

Nikkicute — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:08:55 GMT

Oh did they raise the jackpot to $600 million

Comment #25

rad242 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:07:51 GMT

Some bloggers seem to be working from the formula of dividing the odds into the number of tickets sold to determine potential number of winners. That's as good a place to start as any but not necessarily accurate in the least. It is just as much likely that 1 person will win as it is 3 can and that's even if anyone wins at all tonight ( I admit that would be a freak of nature if it rolls over).

I have bought QPs before and in the same set combinations were repeated. These machines gernea... [ More ]

Comment #24

mcginnin56 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:05:18 GMT

Absolutely! This needs to be a non-whining site! Lets get back to the real meat of this thread, $600 million up for grabs.

Comment #23

Nikkicute — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:01:49 GMT

LOL!! I was just thinking about you!! Had a feeling when you made your way here you'd see this since

and sirbrad had a back and forth in the other thread but lets leave that over there and let this thread alone.

Comment #22

rundown99 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:59:38 GMT

I think there will be three or four winners tonight.

Comment #21

dopey7719 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:58:14 GMT

I have $15.00 in and the more the news covers it this morning, the more I want to put another $5 into it. Even the news guy said he bought $25 after they finished shooting the clip. All I know is if another Jack Whittaker tygoon wins it again.....Lord help us all...

Comment #20

mcginnin56 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:57:09 GMT

More sour grapes again sirbrad

Comment #19

Win$500Quick — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:55:49 GMT

Everyone from the super rich 1% to the very poor are playing. That is what I like about lotteries. Everyone has a chance to win. Remember this headline:

Mo Money, Mo Money, Mo Money: Three Already Filthy Rich Connecticut Investment Bankers Win $245 Million Powerball

Comment #18

rad242 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:52:05 GMT

I would love to know how much he won after tonight. I wonder if he wouldn't be to embarressed to share those details. I hate the publicity around this as it encourages addicts to stretch themselves even thinner to compete with the likes of individuals as him. I agree, he should have donated it to charity but who am I to tell a man what he should or shouldn't do with his money. I just hope it doesn't inspire the working class to spend what they don't have going after hat 99.9999999% won't ever ge... [ More ]

Comment #17

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:47:43 GMT

This thing has definitely hit a fever pitch.For the first time ever my girlfriend came to me last night and asked me to buy a few tickets.She doesn't even play or like the lottery much but this particular jackpot has become widespread with attention......

Comment #16

VenomV12 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:44:25 GMT

Making terroristic threats on a website that clearly states they log your IP address is generally not considered a great idea.

Comment #15

dk1421 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:36:23 GMT

Washington Wizards player Chris Singleton who is bringing in somewhere in the area of $1.5 million this season is one lottery player who is playing with more than one shot Singleton thinks he's a slam dunk to win after spending $10,000 on tickets.

UGH - Really??!! Like you aren't part of the 1% already? If he wins, I'm egging his house!!! Wait.... how in the world did he get 10,000 tickets?

The fact that within 48 hours 400 million tickets were bought! Yeah, I'd say several winners. At le... [ More ]

Comment #14

CDanaT — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:30:09 GMT

Just did a quick check on the jackpot....no increase as of yet...perhaps by noon

Comment #13

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:29:27 GMT

People will play all their lives and never win, then some newbie who never played before comes along and plays and wins with one ticket. They are clueless, and blow it all and end up with no money in a few years. The lottery plays no favorites. The MM website is really slow today.

Comment #12

sirbrad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:22:42 GMT

A millionaire athlete spending $10,000 on tickets and he thinks he is sure to win? He should have gave that money to charity. He will regret it in a few years when he is washed up and broke like many other former athletes now are. Then $10,000 will seem like a lot.

Comment #11

LuckyNumber22 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:22:41 GMT

Do you all watch the drawing live or come on here to check your numbers like I do?

I'll probably watch live tonight

Comment #10

ashabug725 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:19:56 GMT

Odds r same.. some round up.. some round down.. im getting so anxious don't even know if i wanna check my tickets tonight!!!! lol

Comment #9

gocart1 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:18:25 GMT

It would be pretty wild if no one hit the jackpot tonight ....If it were to run the lotto fever sets in again

Comment #8

Nikkicute — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:59:18 GMT

Odds were 1 in 175 million now it's 1 in 176 million whoohoo those odds are rough!

Once that first ball drops you'll instantly know if you won or lost the jackpot.

Yep it will happen that fast.

LOL!! The guy in the second video didn't even realize it went to $500 million, he was so surprised.

Comment #7

JWBlue — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:49:22 GMT

Extrapolate that to 650 million total tickets.

Minimum of 3 winners.

Comment #6

CDanaT — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:42:08 GMT

ouch !!!!!....thats a nice lil deal for the MM representatives

Comment #5

B$Rizzle — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:38:57 GMT

Did you see the 2nd paragraph?

A now eye-popping 400 million tickets have been sold in just the last 48 hours

More than that JW

Comment #4

JWBlue — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:29:22 GMT

I think it is all but certain that there will be at least 2 winners.

I estimate sales will be 344,000,000 tickets.

Comment #3

Abdi — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:10:58 GMT

Lucky you your in USA.Go buy the Tickets!..........DON'T FORGET TO PICK THE BONUS BALL AS NUMBNER 7,if you don't want $ 540 MIllion pick another number,but don't regret later,rememnber I have told you.

Abdi

Comment #2

mcginnin56 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:08:35 GMT

Yeah, I was watching CNN yesterday, they also featured info on lottery pools. I think around 10:30AM MM will announce if they will raise the Jackpot

again. I think it will go to $600 million

Comment #1

Win$500Quick — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:01:56 GMT

GMA and CNN have spent alot of time feeding the frenzy for the Mega Millions jackpot. 20/20 will air a special about the Frenzy tonight Lotto Frenzy: Be Careful What You Wish For .