$360 MILLION: Powerball jackpot raised on huge sales

Comment #69

rdgrnr — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:13:48 GMT

You'll see nary a one from Tennessee neither.

Maybe the IRS is running the show.

Comment #68

weshar75 — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:48:29 GMT

I watched the drawing on t.v. tonight and when I saw the numbers come up I was certain that someone won. I can not believe that the jackpot rolled to saturday night and another big jackpot. That is a lot of money.-weshar75

Comment #67

Toronto — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:33:25 GMT

So much money. I want

Comment #66

Piaceri — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:32:33 GMT

I see 28 2nd tier and not a one from Texas.

Comment #65

Todd — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:30:58 GMT

$475 MILLION!

$302.4 Million Cash Value

Comment #64

alexnt55 — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:17:05 GMT

I agree if it rolls we will se a new PB record and it might even pass the 656 MM jackpot. To beat the cash record of 471 though it would have to go up from the current jp of 232. That would take about 750 million in ticket sales. Its 12 15 now so i guess we will know shortly if it rolled.

Comment #63

Piaceri — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:10:41 GMT

Rollin rollin rollin, keep that jackpot rollin.... Roll On!

(apologies to Rowdy Yates

Comment #62

joshuacloak — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:29:02 GMT

i just noticed something funny about that number

Mega Millions Jackpot for Tue, Mar 27, 2012

$363,000,000

or cash wise $260,000,000

that was MM jackpot right before it rolled and taken off to 600m range

and here we here, spot on.

thro with 231,700,000 cash , about 29m less

if it rolls, it beat old powerball record for sure ,

come close to MM ,but not over

even if it beats somehow the MM annuity, i doubt it can get more sales to beat cash record... [ More ]

Comment #61

rdgrnr — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:16:42 GMT

Let it ROLL, baby roll

Let it ROLL, baby roll

Let it ROLL, baby roll

Let it ro-o-o-o-o-o-l-l-l-l-l

All week long

(With apologies to Jim Morrison

Comment #60

Todd — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:06:33 GMT

Jackpot total is $363.9 tonight. Drawing is not birthday numbers, so a little better chance of a roll.

Comment #59

Ronnie316 — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:50:04 GMT

My regular 5 lines.

Comment #58

Erzulieredeyes — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:48:14 GMT

I originally planned to buy 3 tickets but ended up indulging this time and purchased $12 worth of tickets..no powerplay for this game.

Comment #57

Arrowhead — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:38:43 GMT

So, how many tickets did everyone buy? I bought two, each with powerplay.

Comment #56

Teddi — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:59:08 GMT

*sigh*

You cannot say someone is giving misleading information and you have nothing to refute it other than your say so. If we are wrong,site your source. I asked before and you scoffed and still haven given any information except that you think the number is wrong. oooh-kay.

You are free to be skeptical of 70% failure rate. I actually don't care what the percentage is. I said that before. What matters to me, is that people who have worked with past winners, be it bankruptcy lawyers or ac... [ More ]

Comment #55

maringoman — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:15:44 GMT

I wish you luck dallascowboyfan if I don't win hehe

Comment #54

yoho — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:23:58 GMT

You hide under the pretense of being civilized and uninsulting, but how have I been any less civilized than you and Jill? Give any

example from what I wrote and I can give an example of the exact same kind of thing from what you've written.

When have I ever said that I knew everything ? You're accusing me of something I'm not guilty of. I'm simply questioning a questionable statistic you put

out. It's not me who pretends to know everything and think I'm different from everyone e... [ More ]

Comment #53

Teddi — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:15:03 GMT

It worries me that people do so much to try to protect themselves, and it takes just one dingbat reporter trying to make a name for himself to ruin it.

Now this is funny: I'm reading up on these lucky people who won a jackpot, and right smack dab in the middle of the article is a huge add for a bankruptcy lawyer. Hahahahaha. I guess they thought it was only a matter of time and the money for the ad would be well spent.

KY Floyd, someone from the Massachusetts state lottery said that they... [ More ]

Comment #52

Toronto — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:51:04 GMT

Time value of money. If I can get money in hand now (or in 4 weeks when the funds are officially transferred), I'd rather that than an equal amount (as the lump collects no interest if you delay in claiming it). Would allow me to immediately invest it in opportunities (or in other people's cases, spend it on something that will satisfy them sooner) that I see available at this time.

Comment #51

Teddi — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:32:49 GMT

Not one person here, certainly not myself, and certainly not Jill were either rude or insulting to you. If you can't act in a civilised, and dare I say, educated fashion, then you may have to start conversing with yourself. Trust me, it would be oh so easy to hurl targeted insults in your direction right now. But no one has done that. I'm not sure exactly what your personal issue is, but your reactions seem really off the map from such anodyne comments.

The rest of us, who freely admit to no... [ More ]

Comment #50

helpmewin — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:34 GMT

$360 MILLION: Power ball jackpot

Tonight

Comment #49

helpmewin — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:28:27 GMT

Good one

Comment #48

haymaker — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:17:22 GMT

from your balcony, no doubt. LOL

Comment #47

Ronnie316 — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:46:33 GMT

The only reason I would wait 3 weeks would be to build suspense and attention to myself.

Comment #46

KY Floyd — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:41:21 GMT

If the winner doesn't have a fast moving terminal disease, why can't they wait 3 weeks to ensure a smooth and less stressful transition?

Ever hear somebody talk about wanting to buy something that's very cheap, but they have to wait until they get their next paycheck? I'm figuring that the majority of people who talk about claiming immediately have very little in savings, lousy credit, and have very little opportunity to indulge themselves. I can't imagine any other reason to want to rush to... [ More ]

Comment #45

Arrowhead — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:05 GMT

I'd spend whatever it took to 'hide' the claim (I live in Ohio; it can be done) under layers of several trusts...by the way, what would that cost... $20-25 grand?

And don't get me wrong---it must be done, but assembling a team of lawyers/financial people who you 'completely trust' would be totally daunting for most folks. If you don't live/work in the rarified air of high-level society, are not 'connected' to those that specialize in this stuff, this step alone would be very intimidating.... [ More ]

Comment #44

yoho — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:26:48 GMT

When you throw numbers around, especially outrageous ones like that, you're the one who needs to provide a source, not me. That you can only name

a few (many of whom took longer than 5 years, by the way), out of tens of thousands of winners (For example, the florida lottery has made over 1,200

millionaires, so has the UK lottery, Australian lotteries, Canadian lotteries, etc.) clearly shows that 70% is plain wrong. It's kind of funny how you can

keep saying the 70% statistic . You may... [ More ]

Comment #43

Jill34786 — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:53:34 GMT

Actually if you live in a state that allows you to remain anonymous it isn't really as discreet as it sounds. The media recently got the name of an anonymous winner through the freedom of information act and disclosed it to the public. That is why having an attorney claim your prize under a trust that can be hidden under several other trust is so important.

One thing I would like to clarify is that there is no need to totally alienate all your close friends. Once you have structured your fina... [ More ]

Comment #42

dpoly1 — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:30:49 GMT

This means about $139,000,000 after the Federal Confiscation of 39%. That is about $89,000,000 in Taxes (No State or Local Tax in PA).

I would try to mitigate the Taxes from my secret location LOL.

Good luck to all on Lottery Post

Comment #41

schmuckatelly — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:28:15 GMT

Good advice. Thanks! I have a pool of 20 people so it will be hard to do in this order, but I'm still looking at 8.5 mill for my share so I will have fall into order once its claimed. But, if my own private ticket wins, I most will certainly do something like this as my wife and I have already discussed/planned what we will be doing.

Good luck to me

Comment #40

hsg2000 — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:18:35 GMT

I happened to be travelling by car thru Louisiana to Missouri, I tried my luck by buying one ticket each of PB MM in these states LA, TN MO.

Hope good luck to be a winner in any of these states.

Comment #39

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:54:23 GMT

Thank you ressuccess you as well

Comment #38

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:50:02 GMT

Same here maringoman

Comment #37

Teddi — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:26:29 GMT

Have you ever heard the expression, you don't know what you don't know ? I thought I knew. I took an accounting course as an adjunct to my science degree way back when, and I'm really anal about researching everything. Now I see, it was such a huge blessing that I never won a JP before, because knowing what I know now, I would probably have been in the 70% statistic.

The 70% applies to windfalls...legal windfalls. I can only source one place which states it's all windfalls: inheritance, laws... [ More ]

Comment #36

helpmewin — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:09:27 GMT

very nice comment

Comment #35

yoho — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:49:55 GMT

First of all, that number is plain wrong. There's no way 70% of all jackpot winners go bankrupt in 5 years, unless you count slot machine jackpots, jackpots

from illegal casinos etc. Most real lottery jackpot like PB, MM, EuroMillions etc (Let's just say 1m+ jackpots after tax and lumpsum amount) winners wouldn't

go bankrupt in 5 years. Or else that woman who won 10 million in the Super 7 (canadian lotto) and lost it all in 10 years wouldn't become news.

But I'm not so much again... [ More ]

Comment #34

Simba774 — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:34:18 GMT

Even If I did I would still move ASAP. It's best and very safe.

Comment #33

Simba774 — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:28:14 GMT

I agree 100%

If my family were to win tonight, starting Friday or next week we will get legal advice, try to find a new place while not telling a soul other than the 3 people who live in our house, which is my parents and me. Our cat cannot talk. We will pack up the entire house because everything is of value and once we're gone, we're gone, period. My big brother and other family won't find out until everything is place. Our lips are sealed.

Comment #32

Simba774 — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:15:30 GMT

I'm not excited, but I still bought a ticket. I no longer get excited over large jackpots. I just buy a ticket and throw it to the side.

Comment #31

Teddi — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:02:35 GMT

If 70% of all JP winners go bankrupt within 5 years, tells me the rushing into it head first doesn't work and that discipline is needed to not become another statistic.

If the winner doesn't have a fast moving terminal disease, why can't they wait 3 weeks to ensure a smooth and less stressful transition? Where's the fire?

I see those people being both impulsive and having a penchant for instant gratification. Nothing wrong with that on the face of it, but that combo is what leads to many t... [ More ]

Comment #30

yoho — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:34:08 GMT

... Or it means they did their homework before hand, or is already competent with managing money through other means. Nothing is absolute, everything depends

on circumstances especially with something like winning such a huge lottery. While Jill's advice is good in general, saying everyone MUST follow it and those who

don't are going to go bankrupt or are stupid is just silly and not true.

Comment #29

Teddi — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:20:54 GMT

You're awesome Jill. I hope everyone heeds your advice.

Whenever I see a big payout on a Saturday and see the winner show up to collect it on the Monday, I give them 4 years max before it's all gone. It's all fun and games until someone is bankrupt. Going to collect it in under 3 weeks to me means they didn't do their homework and didn't set up what they needed to to protect themselves and their money.

Find a place to lay low after the obligatory check collection and press conference. Allo... [ More ]

Comment #28

weshar75 — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:14:28 GMT

I am hoping that my luck comes through tomorrow night on my ticket for powerball.-weshar75

Comment #27

Arrowhead — Wed, 15 May 2013 02:38:46 GMT

Another thought I had in regards to Jill's post is if you live in a state when you can remain anonymous when claiming I don't see a neccessity to move ASAP.

But I totally agree with taking several weeks--or longer--to get things in order.

Comment #26

Arrowhead — Wed, 15 May 2013 02:24:31 GMT

Excellent advice.

I might add, the very first thing you should do is sign the back of the ticket. Then place in in-home safe or bank safe-deposit box.

Comment #25

Piaceri — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:59:02 GMT

Don't get too excited or anything... lol. Just think of how many old beaters and refurbished hearses you can buy with $229m

Comment #24

rdgrnr — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:55:42 GMT

Thank you

Comment #23

BuyLow — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:22:13 GMT

I agree and like your thoughts..... mine are extremely similar.

Comment #22

Party1377 — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:56:09 GMT

I got my tickets for both powerball + mega. Good luck to everyone. Has anyone on here ever won at least maybe the 2nd prize in powerball or mega before

Comment #21

BEZ22 — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:36:05 GMT

Comment #20

gogidolim — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:17:51 GMT

You are right.

But I am a very impatient person, kinda shoot-first-ask-questions-later type person. I will claim the prize first, then will hire a team to strategize the pla for future. It will take at least 4 weeks to receive the check so I can plan for my future while waiting for the check to be cut.

I have a large extended family and at least couple of them are high deca-millionaires. I will have to convince them I will help them with the incomes coming from the property investment ou... [ More ]

Comment #19

gogidolim — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:12:02 GMT

I have a feeling that it will roll, at least once.

Now I start to wonder about the average market price of mid to upscale rental properties (apartments) in LA, San Bernadino, and OC. It would be sweet to own some apartment properties around colleges because there's always demands for housing near schools.

Comment #18

joshuacloak — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:07:41 GMT

will if u win both PB/MM , u just won 530m, so its kinda like having half a billion jackpot 2 win rofl

gl with that act of god of trillion odds breaking for both

back to reality

at 229m cash,

this could be the new largest cash jackpot paid to 1 ticket winner

the Powerball: $224.7 million cash, Aug. 15, 2012 ($337 million annuity) - Michigan

was largest single cash jackpot paid to 1 ticket

large jackpots like this tend to have more then 1 winner, sales are strong. a lot of n... [ More ]

Comment #17

maringoman — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:01:23 GMT

The PB second prize is awesome especially when powerplayed

Comment #16

Artist77 — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:54:34 GMT

Me too! I always think in terms of the 2nd place prize.

Comment #15

maringoman — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:19:48 GMT

I got my 2 tickets each with powerplay. I don't want no leakages when I hit the first 5 balls.. I'm going for the $2M

Comment #14

ressuccess — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:13:19 GMT

Good luck to the people participating in this game.

Comment #13

easygoing123go — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:21:24 GMT

I agree 100% trust no one, I've thinking its going to roll again to $560 for Saturday Night. Be Cautious, PO Box for your mail, and tell no one....Trust and go from there.... Good Luck..

Comment #12

miss dee45 — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:44:43 GMT

oooohhhh,yyyeeesss,now that is real money

Comment #11

Jill34786 — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:38:50 GMT

I find it quite humorous that so many large lottery jackpot winners think it will be just fine to stay in their current home while still working...even if it's only for a few days. A large windfall is life changing, NOTHING will ever be the same. If the winner(s) doesn't take the appropriate steps prior to claiming their prize then they have no one to blame but themselves for the chaos that is now facing them.

I don't think it really matters how close knit of a community you live in because n... [ More ]

Comment #10

MadGeniusDude — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:22:17 GMT

Comment #9

tymack — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:08:18 GMT

Time to do the Lotto Dance........ Oh Yeah!!!!! May the best numbers win.

Comment #8

CLETU$ — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:05:36 GMT

All it takes is one ticket to win

Comment #7

hearsetrax — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:16:25 GMT

whelp ... I just put in my $2

hope I win

Comment #6

helpmewin — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:56:15 GMT

you can't win if you don't play

Comment #5

dallascowboyfan — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:51:11 GMT

Woo Hoo

Comment #4

Piaceri — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:17:14 GMT

Good luck everybody! You gotta play if you wanna win

Comment #3

helpmewin — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:13:33 GMT

count me in Good Luck everyone

Comment #2

sully16 — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:10:03 GMT

Thats Awesome, good luck everyone.

Comment #1

rock_nc — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:53:52 GMT

Just rolled out some numbers from my pill bottle! Hope they will be winners! 10 bucks is all I can play! Good Luck to all of you

$360 MILLION: Powerball jackpot raised on huge sales

Lottery Post — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:46:21 GMT

Now 5th-largest cash value in history

By Todd Northrop

Due to larger than expected sales volume, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Wednesday's drawing to $360 million.

The all-important lump-sum cash value of the jackpot has been raised to $229.2 million now the 5th-largest cash jackpot ever offered in a United States lottery.

This jackpot has started a buzz across New Mexico and it's bringing out a flood of peo... [ More ]