$305 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot in rare territory

Comment #202

THRIFTY — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:30:18 GMT

I noticed that some lottery players were spending $10 for a 5 lines ticket to get a free single line on powerball in new York. They could have spent $20 for a 10 lines ticket and gotten a free single ticket with 2 lines on it. You still have the same chances of winning though.

$20 Powerball ticket with 10 lines Versus two $10 Powerball tickets with 5 lines each?

I prefer the $20 Powerball ticket with 10 lines for convenience, if I'm spending $20 on Powerball.

Comment #201

GiveFive — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:33:53 GMT

I wonder if your co-workers are trying to tell you something

Comment #200

gocart1 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:14:40 GMT

Thats one way of looking at it.....

Comment #199

Artist77 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:36:13 GMT

lol lol

Comment #198

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:10:39 GMT

Ouch again golfer!!!

Here's another band-aid for you.

Comment #197

Artist77 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:02:51 GMT

ewwwww That woman is disgusting.....I saw one episdode of that sex and the city and it must have been the most raunchy episode ever. I don't even see how someone can play a character like that

Comment #196

Artist77 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:59:09 GMT

NO.....I don't think anyone should be praying for jackpot unless they are about to lose their home or have catastrophic medical expenses, etc. I think God had better things to do than help someone buy an expensive car and other luxury items. I have a good job so I view this all as entertainment. I will save my prayers for something more serious.

Comment #195

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:06:43 GMT

Guess my $1,000 gamble the other day helped push it higher. It should be even higher than that by Wednesday night.

Comment #194

KSplayer — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:43:32 GMT

Jackpot is up too $320 Million annuity and $213.3 million Cash

Comment #193

KSplayer — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:42:00 GMT

Once the shock wore off I would post i won doesn't mean anyone will believe me guess i will have to put a little hint in the interview so you know it's me lol

Comment #192

IPlayWeekly — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:34:21 GMT

lmao, that's life... one big gamble

Comment #191

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:23:10 GMT

Following that superior logic and line of reasoning, it must therefore be possible to win 100% of the time, or lose 100% of the time.

I therefore choose to win 100% of the time. Thanks for the steering me in the right direction THRIFTY

Comment #190

RJOh — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:13:08 GMT

Do you know anyone who wins 50% of the times they play? Where did you learn to calculate percentages

Comment #189

easygoing123go — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:09:59 GMT

Where is this vacation home. I want to add it to my list.

Comment #188

THRIFTY — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:59:33 GMT

You have a 50% chance of winning the lottery. You either win or you lose.

Comment #187

gocart1 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:55:34 GMT

That will help your putter swing better golfer''.just watch out for those sand trapps..

Comment #186

dpoly1 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:48:33 GMT

This will be the view from my new back porch!

Retiring in style! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

and a FlexJet Card for those vacations ...............

Comment #185

golfer1960 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:45:29 GMT

If I win the $305M, I can't help but think about asking out my celebrity crush. You feel me?

Can you blame me

Comment #184

IPlayWeekly — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:57:33 GMT

I only buy one ticket because of the cost, I'd rather buy two MM tickets, rather than one PB.

Comment #183

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:41:15 GMT

Our grandchildren will be pushing daisies by then. With global nuclear wars on the brink, this world as we know it could well be vanquished.

Perhaps by then aliens may have bought the rights to our lottery games, and those seeds of greed planted throughout the cosmos.

Comment #182

tvboris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:15:19 GMT

Holly cow, in those days with $4 there will be jackpots of around 2-3 billion dollars and US dept 623 gazillion of chinese yuan.

Comment #181

whiteballz — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:06:49 GMT

I have a feeling Powerball tickets aren't going to stay $2 the entire 78 years. I'd actually bet the tickets will go up in price to $4 in 15 years. They already got people paying twice what it was last year, so the genie is out of the bottle.

Comment #180

gogidolim — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:01:03 GMT

I think so.

Comment #179

tvboris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:57:54 GMT

Yea, you are right. Most likely nobody would believe, i dind't think about that part.

Comment #178

tvboris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:55:38 GMT

how did that work? Was it 1 line for each draw and then randomly produced 6 numbers matched to the next 6 randomly produced numbers?

In order to get accurate result you need to use two completelly different random generators. And probably not 1 line, but at least couple of them, after all odds are 175mil.

With the same rate succes you can match real drawings from previous to the next.

And btw, 78years*52weeks*2draws*$2 = $16224 of total budget spend, and with that loosing only 8 grand

Comment #177

whiteballz — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:49:58 GMT

$8000 in 78 years? Is this with the price of the tickets staying $2 the entire time

Comment #176

gogidolim — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:35:21 GMT

I ran a Powerball simulator this morning. It took me 78 simulated years (a few minutes in real life) and I lost almost $8000 in net value. And I hit no more than three numbers a few dozen times and that was the highest hits I could get, in 78 simulated years.

Comment #175

whiteballz — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:33:21 GMT

if someone here posted they won the jackpot. Would you believe them? What if the winner refused to go have a press conference or have their name released? I mean, if I said a week from now, Hi guys! I won the jackpot! I could only imagine the reactions I'd get.

Comment #174

savagegoose — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:27:23 GMT

I prob would come in and tell. i may not read or reply yo private mails. and id say good bye to hotmail and gmail accounts. but sure i would.

beggars are what gated communities and lawyers are for. no need for personal correspondence with them.

Comment #173

Marconis — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:28:58 GMT

I honestly don't think that I would remember to post back here.

Comment #172

rdgrnr — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:08:44 GMT

You so crazy

Comment #171

THRIFTY — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:05:40 GMT

Mr. Ridge. It could be one $2 ticket, one $10 ticket or one $20 ticket when it comes to playing powerball. Man those singular words tend to confuse us sometime.

You know a $2 ticket, a $10 ticket, a $20 ticket etc. Good luck.

Comment #170

Cletu$2 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:57:19 GMT

No.

Comment #169

tvboris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:44:50 GMT

So, will anyone of you come here again and tell us that he/she won the jackpot, if that happens

Comment #168

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:00:05 GMT

Sometimes you will read about a winner who doesn't normally play who won the jackpot. However, most stories I read of winners are people who have played at least 5 years or more. Hang in there and keep playing. Somebody has to win, might as well be one of us, right

Comment #167

Marconis — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:54:49 GMT

Cheers to you my friend. I only started playing back in March when MM was 600+ million. It's very fun.

Good luck

Comment #166

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:51:51 GMT

Smart man at such a young age! I hope you win someday, even if your ship doesn't come in on Wednesday, it could be just around the corner

Comment #165

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:51:42 GMT

You might try hitting up hotslot, I hear he has deep pockets

Comment #164

Marconis — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:48:28 GMT

Haha, believe me, I know. I'm only 21, trying to check out of life early! My father has taught me to be responsible with money, and with that, I always have been. I'd never blow those winnings.

Comment #163

tvboris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:47:27 GMT

Not sure about other states, but here in NY the next thing after PowerBall and MM, is Lotto, which is 8 Millions, where the odds are not so much better. While here in PB the second prize is at more favorable odds, then any decent local lottery.

This switch for 2 dollars a play, I'm thinking, very soon will make jackpots like this a usual thing. Unless Mega Millions will change to 2 dollars some time soon, once their sales will not be as high as in PB to even it out.

After all, P... [ More ]

Comment #162

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:46:40 GMT

That's the spirit. Don't play more than you can afford to lose. Keep your powder dry. If it rolls again it will be something like $200 million after taxes for Saturday's draw. You would literally have to try HARD to ever go broke with that much money. I'm talking about making the redneck hillbilly david edwards look like a conservative spender. LOL

Comment #161

Marconis — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:43:25 GMT

I never play more than one line, and don't even do PowerPlay. I think when I go buy a ticket tomorrow I'm going to buy a few more lines...not sure how many, though. Being a broke college student makes it painful to dish away money on such a thing, but the dreams/fantasies more than make up for it. Man do I wish I had $1,000 to gamble

Comment #160

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:42:35 GMT

Thanks. I ended up with less than $20,000 after they took out taxes though.

Comment #159

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:38:25 GMT

Congrat's! Very nice prize.

Comment #158

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:37:05 GMT

It's considered one of Hooters mini -grasshoppers. The larger ones are kept in a corral in the rear of the building.

Comment #157

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:33:55 GMT

I know this powerball is all the talk right now...but there are some other decent jackpots out there right now in some of the bigger state lotteries. With better odds to boot.

The most I've ever won is $20,000 on a scratcher a few years back. Not life changing but still exciting just to win it.

Comment #156

tvboris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:33:29 GMT

is the thing of this size still called a grasshopper

Comment #155

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:29:29 GMT

Your fast on your feet

Comment #154

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:28:21 GMT

Hmmmm......maybe I'll get a few of those Hooters restaurants, I've heard they have great chicken wings and grasshoppers

Comment #153

tvboris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:26:08 GMT

Show us the picture, we want to see the evidence. Also, were they self picked? LOL

Comment #152

weshar75 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:25:34 GMT

I hope you powerplayed some of them for the $2 million second prize. Just saying! Good luck!-weshar75

Comment #151

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:24:39 GMT

Nope. But in a couple days your statement will be true.

LOL

Comment #150

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:23:21 GMT

They gave you all the losing tickets from the last drawing.

Comment #149

tvboris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:22:41 GMT

yea, sorry. It was for Artist77. About coming back here and holding the truth back about jackpot.

Comment #148

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:22:10 GMT

I thought I was being bold and daring with a $1,000 gamble. I wish you luck my friend. Hope you didn't spend more than you can afford to lose.

Best of luck

Comment #147

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:20:42 GMT

Who is this question being directed to? You didn't hit the reply button.

Comment #146

bigboy90000 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:20:31 GMT

Just got back from my favorite shop with 4000 tickets.Lets win this thing people.

Comment #145

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:19:54 GMT

Pray and believe and you SHALL receive! Faith is all we have! God can create miracles if you believe in him.

Comment #144

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:17:10 GMT

I agree. However, I would still set aside a sizeable amount for them to live on. In this economy and especially if the Mr. O is re-elected there might not be much of an economy or jobs left in the country no matter your education. Best bet is to buy a business or franchise and have them work there.

Comment #143

tvboris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:14:08 GMT

so, you'll be like the rest of us here, praying for the jackpot

Comment #142

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:09:40 GMT

That's a nice thought, if I want to support several generations of my family.

My plans are a little more aggressive however. I will be definitely be spending a LOT more of the principal!

My future family members must know what it's like to work hard, go to school, and earn their own way in life. Nothing to be given on a silver platter.

Comment #141

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:09:39 GMT

Don't get me started on the idiots' behind the counter Yes, some of them can be nice and wish you good luck but I've had my share of clerks who give you the stink eye or smirk, looking at you like your're a fool to play the lottery. Yes, the lottery may have silly odds but it's also buying into the dream of winning. And it's no worse than throwing money away on other garbage the convenience stores sell. Besides, I'm not the one working behind the counter in a convenience store either. LOL... [ More ]

Comment #140

Artist77 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:09:34 GMT

noooooooooooooo but I won't disappear either.

Comment #139

tvboris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:07:48 GMT

I'm just curious, if anyone of you guys and gals get the jackpot, will you come here back to tell us this or you'll just disappear

Comment #138

weshar75 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:06:38 GMT

There is enough second prizes so I can have my two million here in Oregon and you still get paid too! Good luck!-weshar75

Comment #137

tvboris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:03:46 GMT

hey, I'm playing local Take 5 in NY today for 5 lines. If I win the first prize, which is $57,000, it will get me though playing for a long time.

If, I don't win, I already have 5 lines for Mega Millions on Tuesday.

If, I don't win, I already have 5 lines for Power Ball on Wednesday.

My predictions to win: Free play on Take 5, then $2 on Mega Millions and Second Prize on Powerball.

I don't mind if all of you get the jackpot and split 1000 ways, as long as I have my Second P... [ More ]

Comment #136

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:03:13 GMT

If you're smart (and it sounds like you are) you could invest the money to setup your family for generations and never run out of money. At least not for several hundred years anway. The interest alone would conservatively net you around $4-5 million a year without ever having to touch the principal. That's more than some of the best doctors and lawyers make a year. You would literally be the 1% of the 1

Comment #135

weshar75 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:01:28 GMT

I am waiting until wednesday when the ticket frenzy is at an all time high. Then I stroll into to Circle K on third street here in Mcminnville, Oregon and fill out a play slip so that idiot behind the counter doesn't ruin my powerball ticket. Two lines my pick and one line QP all with powerplay for a total of $9 spent on this jackpot. Wish me luck!!!!!!!!!!!!-weshar75

Comment #134

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:57:32 GMT

Just three. One self pick, two QP's.

I've been making plans for quite some time now. From the time I find out, my elaborate spending and investment plans will be unleashed.

Comment #133

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:54:13 GMT

how many lines did you get mcginnin?

Any plans on how you would invest the money should by some miracle you win? It could happen.

Comment #132

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:52:09 GMT

Whoops!.........somebody better break the bad news to hotslot.

Comment #131

whiteballz — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:49:33 GMT

I think I'm going to sit this one out. I prefer mega millions myself. Good luck to you on Powerball if you decide to play.

Comment #130

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:48:21 GMT

Already got my tic's, wild horses couldn't hold me back on this joy ride!!!

Hopefully, I'm at least half as smart as you are.

Comment #129

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:45:05 GMT

Point taken whiteballz. Seriously though, if you win this one, can you give me a quick ride in your Gulf-Stream

Comment #128

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:44:56 GMT

Thanks mcginnin!

I have my fingers AND toes crossed. Well, my fingers, I'm still workin' on being able to do it with ALL my toes. LOL

If you're in this drawing for Wednesday and hit the jackpot I will be very happy for you. Whatever you do, don't go broke like a lot of other lottery winners (losers) have. But something tells me you're too smart to be that frivilous anway.

Comment #127

whiteballz — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:41:24 GMT

no offence taken, just trying to make a joke is all

Comment #126

tvboris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:41:17 GMT

dude, don't be upset. I seriously wish you luck and just a bit jelous. To be honest, hunting the lotteries lately i spent not much less, but little by little.

Comment #125

weshar75 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:40:47 GMT

Don't you know this jackpot is coming to Oregon. Silly little rabbit trix are for kids!!!!!!!-weshar75

Comment #124

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:38:49 GMT

Way to go hotslot! I'll cross my fingers for you as well.

Comment #123

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:34:47 GMT

Listen, I'm not encouraging anyone to go and spend more than they can afford to lose. Only spend what you can afford to lose and also laugh about if you win nothing. Don't go and spend the milk money. I could afford to spend $1,000 I wanted to spend it and so I made the gamble and did.

Having said that, the jackpot hasn't been this high in about 6 months and a jackpot this large and life changing doesn't come around every day. $150,000,000 after taxes would change anyone's life more than they... [ More ]

Comment #122

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:30:41 GMT

Careful Artist, don't want to be giving out to much personal information. Now if we could just get your home address, maybe someone could figure out

how to get into your 6 months emergency funds.

Comment #121

Artist77 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:25:40 GMT

Well if you can afford it , great! I hope no one spends $1000 unless they own their own homes, have 6 months emergency funds in the bank and decent retirement savings for their age. I do but I still can't bring myself to spend a few more dollars. I would cringe at $20.

Comment #120

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:23:30 GMT

You spent that money on June 18 of last year! I like your time machine.

Comment #119

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:23:20 GMT

Yes, no powerplay on my 500 tickets. I'm only interested in the jackpot prize. If I cared about the 2nd million dollar prize there are other games I could have played with better odds for less money. Though If I miss the jackpot prize by one number I will gladly take the million!!

I'm thinking a new SLR mercedes would look nice parked outside my home to make the neighbors drool. LOL

Comment #118

tvboris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:20:35 GMT

well, ok. Good luck to you then. Maybe you are right about Vegas too.

You've inspired me, I think I'm gonna go and spend $400 on tickets now.

Comment #117

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:17:34 GMT

Never said you were wrong whiteballz. But when referring to a sophisticated aircraft that just came out, calling it a G6 is misleading to anyone

in the Aviation field. I'm sure you know everything there is about this aircraft, including climb rates, top air-speeds, range, cargo capacity, etc, so

I apologize if you were offended in any way.

Comment #116

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:14:40 GMT

Nope, not crazy. Just REALLY want to win! Just because I can spend $1,000 doesn't mean I don't want or need a jackpot win. More money is always good, especially for big boy (and girl) toys, my friend.

Unless my eyes and mind are playing tricks on me then the 500 lines of tickets I bought today are very real. There was no promotion in my area for 600 lines at $1,000 The clerk at the store I bought them from even kissed the pile of tickets before handing them to me and wished me good luck. I wi... [ More ]

Comment #115

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:12:15 GMT

Your welcome hotslot!, please let us know how you fare......if you dare.

Comment #114

whiteballz — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:10:57 GMT

so if someone said they owned an AK and didn't specify they owned an AK-47 they are wrong? I knew about the Gulfstream G650, I just didn't want to type the whole thing out and I was also trying to make a reference to a song, Fly like a G6 by Far East Movement.

Comment #113

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:08:02 GMT

Other than my age, if someone is looking to hack into one of my accounts....more power to them. Life is to short to be worrying 24/7.

Comment #112

hotslot3 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:07:19 GMT

Thanks mcginnin!

Yes, to all of you who question I really did buy $1,000 worth of tickets. 500 lines worth at $2 a pop. It's a gamble but nothing ventured nothing gained as they say. Yes, I take it for what it is, a gamble. Some people go to vegas for the weekend and blow thousands. In fact, $1,000 really isn't that much. Like I said, I don't normally play this amount on tickets but the jackpot also hasn't been this high in about 6 months or so. It's worth a shot! You never know, Wednesday j... [ More ]

Comment #111

mcginnin56 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:04:20 GMT

Idiots come in all assorted shapes, sizes, colors, sexes and ages.

Comment #110

Artist77 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:02:54 GMT

McGinnin: Why do you put that specific info online? Birthdays are often security question related for accounts. I never give out my info.

Comment #109

Artist77 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:59:55 GMT

Meowwwww...It sounds like someone who knows his planes. Age is not relevant.

Comment #108

mcginnin56 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:59:47 GMT

You don't have to guess whiteballz, just take a look at my profile

Comment #107

whiteballz — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:57:39 GMT

let me guess, you're over the age of 50, right

Comment #106

mcginnin56 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:48:59 GMT

That's actually the Gulf-Stream G650 not the G6, and you can own one for as little as $58 million.

(Not including pilot, co-pilot, fuel, insurance, hanger and storage fees, maintenance and upkeep, which can all run another $1-2 million annually).

Comment #105

tvboris — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:42:06 GMT

is it only in NY this month we are getting free extra ticker per 5

Comment #104

whiteballz — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:41:53 GMT

Go with the brand new gulfstream jet. You only live once. Then you can be fly like a G6.

Comment #103

Artist77 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:39:54 GMT

$2 per line x 500 tickets = $1000 He/she did not get powerplay so the math is right.