Record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot won by 2 tickets

Comment #125

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:33:44 GMT

Your thinking that winners are God sent ..........

Its all a matter of happenstance and chance.......

Comment #124

Ronnie316 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:31:35 GMT

I think there was one single guy in all the history of PB thatr won with only two lines...... He was so tight with his money that there is a skreetching sound every time he pulls his wallet out of his pocket......

Comment #123

mcginnin56 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:52:26 GMT

Your thinking like a programmer/analyst.

One line or 1000, if it's your time it doesn't matter.

Comment #122

Hulk311 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:45:09 GMT

Does anyone know the percentage of people who have won MM and PB with just a one line ticket? All of the latest winning tickets for PB and MM had 4 or 5 lines on the ticket. I am trying to see if it's even worth it just spending $1 or $2 on just one line. Doesn't it seem like all the winners have several lines on their ticket

Comment #121

golfer1960 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:00:45 GMT

Here is the winning ticket purchase location in Dearborn, MO.

Comment #120

golfer1960 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:32:45 GMT

Hey buylow, this proves to all the self-pick believers that QP's win just as well as self-picks.

How do you self-pick guys feel now? Huh

Comment #119

Ronnie316 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:07:23 GMT

Sounds about right.....

Comment #118

rock_nc — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:12:47 GMT

Heard on the news, that 90 per cent was QP'S...

Comment #117

rock_nc — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:09:42 GMT

The other ticket was sold off interstate 29. Trex Mart Convenience store in Dearborn, MO.. Could be someone traveling through..

Comment #116

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:07:13 GMT

Those pesky QPs again......

Comment #115

BuyLow — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:05:31 GMT

The one in AZ was a $10 QP

Comment #114

rock_nc — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:05:13 GMT

Comment #113

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:59:53 GMT

I have been there, but I don't live near there and I was NOT there in the last 4 days.........

Comment #112

rock_nc — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:56:08 GMT

So Ronnie you live near 4 sons food store in Fountain Hills? That's where the tickets was sold at. Congrats on your newfound wealth

Comment #111

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:48:29 GMT

Seriously, I would be interesred to see how many people beat a path to my door, and also the see what the Apt. manager does about it when I complain and tell him to keep them away........

Comment #110

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:45:38 GMT

Perhaps I will just call myself PopeRonald and see how the people respond......

Comment #109

mcginnin56 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:31:04 GMT

If you can pull that off, you don't need any lottery jackpot.

The Catholic Church is worth billions, and has countless precious jewels, diamonds and emeralds stashed away in every brick and cobblestone.

Comment #108

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:20:35 GMT

I will come back to LP as ThePope someday....

Comment #107

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:19:02 GMT

Yes we can, and yes we did.

Comment #106

mcginnin56 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:13:49 GMT

do you really

Comment #105

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:56:01 GMT

I wont even have to answer the door cuz I have a balcony I can walk out on like the Pope.......

Comment #104

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:54:44 GMT

I really dont care who knows when I win..... Im thinking I will stay in my apt. just to see who shows up...

Comment #103

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:52:58 GMT

Yes we did.

Comment #102

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:51:44 GMT

I dont look at 175,223,510 odds of winning I only look ay my 1 in 575,757 chances of hitting 5 of 5.

Comment #101

sendmedamoney — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:17:58 GMT

did you really

Comment #100

helpmewin — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:57:09 GMT

You Texans SURE know how to do it, God Bless Texas

Comment #99

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:41:23 GMT

I got my tic for 2 draws last Sunday, so I'm good to good Saturday. The best thing if someone (or me) wins (well, next best) is no one will care or even pay attention. All the attention will be on who one the big one. Flying under the radar, but still plenty for me to retire on.

Comment #98

mcginnin56 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:32:41 GMT

Comment #97

mcginnin56 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:31:24 GMT

Comment #96

helpmewin — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:26:17 GMT

Comment #95

HoLeeKau — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:25:20 GMT

You're right no one does. Unless, of course, he's sore from having the cr*p beaten out of him.

Comment #94

mcginnin56 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:09:58 GMT

Comment #93

helpmewin — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:04:01 GMT

You sure was!! Good JOB ronnie

Comment #92

helpmewin — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:02:11 GMT

No One Likes A Sore Loser

Comment #91

OldSchoolPa — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:38:00 GMT

Seriously, I don't care...did not lose any sleep last night nor was I anxious or upset when I saw that MOAZ won. I look at that 175,223,510 odds of winning...not certainty or hope I will be the 1. Not negative, Houston keeping it real. If I were those holding the two winning tickets, I would not let the world see my face...if they do, they might want to consider both a name change and plastic surgery to alter appearance. I hate pain and risk of unnecessary surgery so I would claim using a disgui... [ More ]

Comment #90

HaveABall — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:32:20 GMT

. I didn't match any of the #s in either field.

Comment #89

Fizzle — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:16:54 GMT

i was close too

Comment #88

whiteballz — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:09:23 GMT

one of the tickets is from MO. How often does MO win jackpots? It's probably going to be a while before we get another MO winner.

Comment #87

ressuccess — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:48:02 GMT

That's the 2nd biggest jackpot in United States History this year and split in two ways! Ouch is my reaction

Comment #86

jjtheprince — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:42:12 GMT

Some a$$hole(s) won my Powerball!

Well there's always next time.

Comment #85

LottoBoner — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:29:58 GMT

arizona? was it ronnie?

sorry just woke up, haven't read the thread yet.

Comment #84

cougergirl03 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:06:35 GMT

Congrats to you what you giong to do first and remember to give back ok

Comment #83

whiteballz — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:52:21 GMT

you keep thinking that because Californians manage to win jackpots some way, some how. I still remember Californian Daniel Bruckner winning a MM jackpot with a ticket he bought while on vacation in NY.

Comment #82

Kumo — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:51:34 GMT

I seem to remember seeing some numbers that around 1/5th of all the money taken in by the lottery goes into the actual jackpot take home pay after 35% Fed and variable State taxes. The rest goes to the government, operating costs and smaller prizes.

The two winners netted around $246.8M total after Federal tax on a CVO and approximately $105M went to the smaller prizes after taxes.

So if the 1/5th thing is true, that leaves over $800M and it definitely does not cost that much to run the... [ More ]

Comment #81

C0w Pi3 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:41:37 GMT

Quite possible..

Comment #80

Nikkicute — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:33:19 GMT

Why do I keep thinking someone from California drove to Arizona and

has the winning ticket, you think that could have happened

Comment #79

RedStang — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:28:38 GMT

This should have been a new record, but i think the amount of second place winners took them by surprised. They sold 281mill tics. Wheres the rest of the money

Comment #78

Kumo — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:19:49 GMT

I'd probably go take that and put it in stocks or gold, I rarely play over 2 lines per drawing.

Played 6 this time around but it only put me $16 in the hole, by comparison I've seen young Soldiers blow half a paycheck downrange on DG's and booze on a Friday night.

Comment #77

Factorem — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:08:45 GMT

You are correct that even $158,000 could have purchased only 1/2 of 158,000 or 79,000 of PB tickets.

This value is still a long way from 5,006,386 tickets of distinct white ball combinations which would have required an investment of $10,012,772, time, and tasking logistics in order to ensure at most, a single $1,000,000 win.

Comment #76

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:37:26 GMT

If a person saved up $25. each draw, they would have $2600. at the end of a year for the shotgun approach.

Comment #75

C0w Pi3 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:35:21 GMT

I wonder if Larry Fitzgerald is the winner.. he posted 2 hours ago he was checking his tickets and hasn't updated yet LOL.

I figured Delaware would get no piece of this pie anyway since we won the last jackpot before that but onto the next one

Comment #74

THRIFTY — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:29:56 GMT

HOW TO WIN THE LOTTERY BY NOT PLAYING=SAVE YOUR MONEY.

I WILL PLAY THE LOTTERY SOMEDAY TO AVOID THE LOTTERY INSANITY. IT IS OKAY TO DREAM.

I AM A THRIFTY LOTTERY PLAYER BECAUSE I SAVE LINES TO PLAY SOMEDAY.

OUR REGULAR LOTTERY PROGRAMMING.

1) Playing the lottery more often for less lines= Playing a single line.

2) Playing the lottery less often for more lines= Playing multiple lines.

3) Playing the lottery less often for less lines= Playing a single line month... [ More ]

Comment #73

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:25:04 GMT

Playing 79,000 combinatins is a very small number when your talking about PB........

Comment #72

Kumo — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:24:12 GMT

Aye, I'd imagine the same folks that I saw buying tickets with huge stacks of 20's on the March $656M jackpot did the same this time around, I just hope that wasn't money reserved for food or Christmas.

We did have one of the 1 Million dollar winners in our area, just down the road in Humble, congrats to all the winners

Comment #71

THRIFTY — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:20:57 GMT

Ronnie, thanks GOD that I won my shotgun playing method money back. I usually buy a single line on MM and PB because it takes balls to lose playing shotgun man. It does not feel good to lose $20 in one shot. I am just too cheap.

I am cutting the multiple lines to $10 on powerball.

Comment #70

Original Bey — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:20:52 GMT

Congrats to the two big jackpot winners and all those 2nd tier winners. It's awesome to see so many states getting a piece of the pie!

I won a whopping $4.

Comment #69

RedStang — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:20:52 GMT

I took your advice, spent less and won more. I will spend my $7 someday.

Comment #68

RedStang — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:17:41 GMT

Do you think it was sold at that store in white hills. There was a pic in the usa today showing the huge line outside.

Comment #67

Lotto Dreamer — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:17:15 GMT

Wouldn't that be 79,000 possible combinations if you spent $158,000

Comment #66

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:15:50 GMT

Congratulations AZ and MO.........

Comment #65

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:13:03 GMT

You are a very smart player Thrifty. Keep up the awesome work my friend.......

Comment #64

THRIFTY — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:08:39 GMT

Ronnie, I went shotgun on powerball with a $20 powerball quick pick ticket. I did not win anything on it, but I won $24.50 on a $2 take 5 quick pick.The take 5 ticket had the number 5 at the beginning of line A and B, but I still won $24.50. I do not feel so bad about losing on powerball because I won it back on New York Take 5.

You had to see other players faces when they saw me collecting $24.50 from a $2 New York Take 5 quick pick ticket. lol, lol,lol

Comment #63

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:06:25 GMT

At least I was correct about predicting that AZ wound be aBIG winner..... lol. lol.

Comment #62

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:04:44 GMT

I drank a small glass of wine last night in anticipation of winning and woke up 3 hours late this am. lol. lol.

Comment #61

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:02:42 GMT

My set of 39 was 5 of 5 and I picked some of my lines from that group........

Comment #60

THRIFTY — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:02:39 GMT

I thought that you had won the powerball jackpot. Why did it take you so long to post Buddy? I was sheering for you.

Comment #59

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:01:46 GMT

I do believe in getting BETTER ODDS Thrifty.........

Comment #58

Ronnie316 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:57:27 GMT

I will be double checking all my tickets, but I only had one QP with the number 6 bonus ball

Comment #57

THRIFTY — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:56:13 GMT

THE POWERBALL LOTTERY GAME JACKPOT HAS BEEN WON.

IT IS TIME TO PLAY THE POWERBALL LOTTERY GAME SOMEDAY.

Comment #56

RedStang — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:54:37 GMT

He got 1+1 on the tic he showed so maybe hes cashing it in.

Comment #55

Factorem — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:37:27 GMT

You are incorrect.

Even though, the selected white balls were all below 31, as you have correctly noted; the pool from which the white balls were selected remained at 59

The mathematical formula for choosing 5 balls out of 59 with no regard for the order of selection and repetition is not allowed is as follows: n!/((n-r)!(r!)); where n is 59, r is 5 and ! stands for factorial.

The total combinations possible is 5,006,386

I am curious: what was the formula and rules that you use... [ More ]

Comment #54

THRIFTY — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:34:21 GMT

Be careful you might get what you wish for.

Ronnie316 might be in a state of shock, if he won the powerball jackpot.lol

Comment #53

golfer1960 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:30:56 GMT

OMG herse! that is funny! It was the only time I smiled this morning. I only had one number. I suck.

Comment #52

mcginnin56 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:28:39 GMT

He may in a state of shock THRIFTY.

This would not be at all uncommon, for the recent recipient of a $290 million jackpot prize.

Perhaps after his morning constitution, he will be ready to face the world, and make his grand announcement to all here at LP

Comment #51

rock_nc — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:26:28 GMT

Well folks, only 2 lucky winners. I was correct on the 2 tier winners, I said there would be a whole bunch of winner on that in another post yesterday. 27 STATES had winners. 66 people in all with the 2 tier wins. Just seen on the news that 90 per cent of the numbers was quick picks. 34.00 dollars I spent on this draw. Had no winning numbers on any of my tickets. It was exciting to think about winning, but will have to wait for Saturday draw. Hey! everybody have a nice day! P.S. where is ridge r... [ More ]

Comment #50

THRIFTY — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:23:05 GMT

Ronnie316, THE LOTTERY WHALE has not said anything.

Comment #49

THRIFTY — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:21:28 GMT

MC, I really find it odd that Ronnie316 has not posted anything yet. I wonder how he feels right now, if he really won. lol

Comment #48

sirbrad — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:21:04 GMT

I have yet to see anyone on here prove they won a large jackpot, but if you are going to say you did you need to prove it or you may as well say nothing. If I won I would post pics of the ticket once I had claimed it just so I could be the first member in LP history to do so.

Comment #47

THRIFTY — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:18:16 GMT

Silence speaks louder than words. Ronnie has not said a word after the powerball jackpot was won. It would be funny,if he won such a big jackpot.

Comment #46

mcginnin56 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:15:49 GMT

Ronnie316 is a living legend here at LP.

His legacy will echo on for eons.

Our friend the WHALE, shall not fail, his check is already in the

Comment #45

THRIFTY — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:13:17 GMT

It is great to see a state like Arizona win a big lottery jackpot. It was a long time since Arizona did not a big jackpot. It makes mega millions and powerball fair to everybody that plays.

Comment #44

sirbrad — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:13:03 GMT

Did you wake up finally? Funny how during every record jackpot new members arrive claiming they won trying to rile up others and seeking attention. Face it you did not win crap. If you did post some pics of the ticket, and post your name now so when the winners are revealed they match. I guarantee that you won't do either. The Powerball is just an evil game that gets people's hopes up and makes them excited only to be severely let down and depressed once they find out they lost...again. I am not... [ More ]

Comment #43

THRIFTY — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:08:25 GMT

Arizona has won a powerball jackpot. Ronnie wish has come true.

Was Ronnie the winner. Ronnie always buys multiple lines. He is a LOTTERY WHALE.

It will be great if he won. He is a great member in the lottery post community.

Comment #42

mcginnin56 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:59:54 GMT

That's a great idea Erzulieredeyes!

A redo is just what the doctor ordered.

Particularly in light of the devastation they suffered from Sandy, NY needs this win, NY deserves this win!

We need to get a petition going right away.

Hurray for NY, God bless America

Comment #41

Piaceri — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:53:30 GMT

Congrats to all the winners! I'm surprised there were only 2 jackpot winners with all the birthday numbers drawn. I won $4.00 on the PB which I'll roll to Saturday's draw.

Time to deflate and go back to normal lottery crazy.

Comment #40

MzDuffleBaglady — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:50:04 GMT

Lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo@ dr65

I wish, it wasn't me, lol, I had 2 numbers, 23 is my lucky number, but, I had that as my Powerball, and I had the number 5. That's it.

I m trying to find out now, what area those 2 winning tickets came from. I had a feeling someone in Missouri would get a piece of it.

ou might be a winner! Remember, all winning tickets must be claimed within 180 days from the drawing date.

Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 5-16-22-23-29 PB: 6 POWER PLAY... [ More ]

Comment #39

Erzulieredeyes — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:45:35 GMT

Please do not give New York any ideas, they may just scheme up a plan and ask Powerball for a redo!

If that were to happen NY would win for sure and only one person would win the whole jackpot in NY because NY is greedy like that.

I can't stand New Yorkers, esp since they have taken over the lotteries. lol

They have not gone without winning at least EVERY 2nd prize this year on Powerball.

Comment #38

dr65 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:38:06 GMT

Where is MzDuffleBagLady? I hope she can now change her name to MzMoneyBagLady.

I bought 2 tickets and didn't match anything. The clerks at a local gas station were talking about a guy buying

1,000 tickets. - with PP, that's $3,000? I think I'd rather put that money on a pick 3 or 4. $3,000 on

777 would get me $1,500,000.

$3,000 on the 1111 we just got would pay $15,000,000 LOL

Good luck in the next round everyone

Comment #37

mcginnin56 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:35:10 GMT

This had to have been a fluke.

NY should have taken this mammoth jackpot down again.

I think there should be an investigation, and AZ MO need to relinquish any claims to this drawing immediately!

Shameful, just plain shameful

Comment #36

Erzulieredeyes — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:28:35 GMT

Missouri is the ''show-me-the-money'' state and POWERBALL really showed them the money this time

Comment #35

hearsetrax — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:27:49 GMT

well I just got through checking my tickets ........

and got ed again

Comment #34

Erzulieredeyes — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:26:49 GMT

Since I did not win I am sooooooooo happy for Arizona and Missouri winning. Just glad anyone won besides NEW YORK

Comment #33

sully16 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:23:55 GMT

Congrats to all the winners.

Comment #32

LottoGuyBC — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:15:39 GMT

Congrats to the Winners

Comment #31

jamella724 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:14:36 GMT

I feel so sad to hear the news about 2 new Millionaires from Arizona and Missouri...I couldn't believe that I didn't make it for the nth time. But I will always try and be eager to play lottery games....

Comment #30

winsumloosesum — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:12:33 GMT

Interesting that all the white balls were below 31. The old birthday paradox method. Figured more people would have hit since all numbers were below 31.

If you had 158 grand sitting around and played all the combos you would have won a cool million.

Comment #29

Cletu$2 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:06:22 GMT

I only bought one ticket and didn't win a darn thing (i did have 1 number right),but the letdown is not as bad as those who spent a ton of money on tickets

Comment #28

grengrad — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:19:50 GMT

Wow, 105 tickets for my office pool, and for the first time ever, our pool had 0 winning tickets. Not even a $4.

Comment #27

jmcbc1963 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:15:06 GMT

And today's winning Lottery numbers are NOT yours....

Comment #26

ttech10 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:13:31 GMT

Congrats to the winners. My only request is you wait a little bit to show up to the offices until after I've won MM so the spotlight doesn't stay on that MM jackpot win. Or just stay a recurring news feature for the next while.

And I just noticed when I was looking at my ticket that the bottom says something about it being a record breaking PB jackpot and that I should buy my ticket today. Found it odd since it was telling me to play PB, when I've obviously done just that.... [ More ]