$400 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot explodes

Comment #168

jamella724 — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 01:08:20 GMT

Ever since the jackpot prize surges in a huge amount I always purchase 2 to 3 tickets to increase my chance in winning. I'm glad that the lottery software that I am using helps me to a good combination of numbers. I have no doubt soon I will be able to hit this huge jackpot prize too.

Comment #167

Simba774 — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:41:08 GMT

I actually thought I had a chance yesterday because I bought ticket right before the machine went down. Right after the clerk printed the ticket the machine went down. Silly girl.

Comment #166

Eliteplague — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 06:09:27 GMT

Maybe, maybe it's maybeline.

Comment #165

helpmewin — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 05:31:10 GMT

Maybe next time. Maybe MegaMillions

Comment #164

Toronto — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 05:16:06 GMT

Only 90M tickets sold! Way below my estimate. There was a ~60% chance of a rollover

Comment #163

RedStang — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 04:39:45 GMT

NJ always has their foot in the door almost every draw.

Comment #162

keepitreal — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 04:33:36 GMT

Someone from LotteryPost won and from South Carolina.

Comment #161

Piaceri — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 04:29:57 GMT

Yep, single ticket winner. Hope it was one person!

Got skunked myself. Work pool got $15. Guess we'll buy MM for Friday.

Comment #160

Teddi — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 04:24:55 GMT

Who exactly determines how much is too much for one person to have? Utterly ridiculous statement.

Here's hoping it was one single person who won.

Comment #159

Teddi — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 04:23:04 GMT

Winner in South Carolina

Comment #158

rdgrnr — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 04:05:43 GMT

You should build a new Opera House in Detroit with the money if you win.

Comment #157

keepitreal — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 03:57:15 GMT

I hope it go up. It look like someone won. I hope it a group of people together. So alot of peoples will get alot of money. Not just one person. That to much for one person to win. If I win or know some one that did. I would help so many peoples. We will see because we still have Mega Millions.

Comment #156

Teddi — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 03:54:32 GMT

Instead of going up, it went down. Definitely not as many sales as they anticipated. Perhaps the diehard lottery players are broke from spending all their money on the 2 huge jackpots earlier this year. I had really expected it to have been bumped to $425 million at least

Comment #155

Teddi — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 03:50:18 GMT

Yep, those numbers sucked. Much too low. And there's going to be a whole lot of millionaires from the second tier as well. Would have liked to have seen a rollover, but oh well. Maybe next time. Maybe MegaMillions

Comment #154

RJOh — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 03:33:14 GMT

Looks like I was right, the revised jackpot was posted as $399.4/$223.3 cash. Now we'll just has to wait to see if it rolled to an estimated half billion dollars.

Comment #153

Toronto — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 03:30:32 GMT

I'm going to guess based on estimating tickets sold that there's ~51.7% chance of a rollover. That's based on the difference between the last run-up to 448 million and this jackpot - the difference from the previous drawing's prize (in each respective run-up) and at a 64.5% prize to total sales. About 115.5M tickets sold, or $231M.

Comment #152

weshar75 — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 03:18:35 GMT

With alls those low numbers someone won at least one winner.-weshar75

Comment #151

Toronto — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 03:16:58 GMT

Looks like slightly lower than expected sales, lowered the estimated jackpot

Comment #150

RedStang — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 03:12:25 GMT

Guessing someone will hit. Our #s were close 2night.

Comment #149

IamTheWinner — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:20:55 GMT

Snow Queen Powerball Winner.

Comment #148

hsg2000 — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:00:51 GMT

It got stuck at $400 M and it did not move up

I thought it maybe about $420M by now

Comment #147

larry3100 — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 01:52:08 GMT

Every once in a while I hear a person say That jackpot is too much for one person to win. That's what I call a self-centered thinking person. I would love to win this Powerball game. I could think of a whole lot of charities I could give to! Wow, over $400 million. Bring it on

Comment #146

IamTheWinner — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 01:47:00 GMT

Congratulation to the winners tonight.

Comment #145

IamTheWinner — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:47:02 GMT

in this jackpot i spent over $200.

Comment #144

Simba774 — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:43:32 GMT

The actual JP is over 400 million. Everytime there is a winner, PB posts the actual amount on their website.

Comment #143

megan81 — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:09:04 GMT

I may stay up past 11pm tonight to see that I've won. Todd, you will get an exclusive interview! (How are you all linking people's profiles to your post? I tried the @ sign, like on other social media sites, but it didn't work

Comment #142

zinniagirl — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:49:40 GMT

The lines at the lottery counters Ewers at least 10 people deep at three places tonight. Just stopped in to see the frenzy . Saturday would be the huge one, with the traditional Friday payday.

Comment #141

Piaceri — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:47:39 GMT

You're welcome Gamble. It's one of my fave land websites. Quite a variety across the state offered on there.

Can't keep something like that secret from family. With this size JP, you're certainly not going to continue as a working stiff. If you spend it, they will notice. Unless you don't accumulate anything. If you go on trips more than before, they notice. However, if you go to someplace like Vegas and just blow it on gambling and overpriced live shows, they may not know. You could al... [ More ]

Comment #140

Tatototman65 — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:45:10 GMT

Maybe we've had too many recent 'record breaking' jackpots for the average citizen to really get excited anymore.

Comment #139

LottoMetro — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:46:58 GMT

No mania this time, although it looks like they are selling nearly 10 million more tickets than projected. Right now the jackpot stands at $404 million. If it rolls it will go to $550 million.

Comment #138

hearsetrax — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:13:17 GMT

I got my ticket and I hope it does roll to half billion

Comment #137

RJOh — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:07:05 GMT

They over estimated the last time so maybe they did it again. Either that or people are waiting for the jackpot to reach a half billions before buying extra tickets.

Comment #136

kyokushin187 — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:48:08 GMT

No increase yet. Must not be that many folks getting pb fever like last time.

Comment #135

dpoly1 — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:40:52 GMT

1 ticket

1 winner

it will drive the greed of envy crowd nuts

Comment #134

kapla — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:45:57 GMT

Or even JUST ONE MILLION........

Comment #133

Simba774 — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 07:48:16 GMT

Bill Gates wipes his butt with 400 million. But to us average folks any millions will be just fine.

Comment #132

Simba774 — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 07:39:45 GMT

Thank you for hoping I get rich today.

Comment #131

Six balls — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:27:56 GMT

So, birthday/anniversary numbers? I can see it.

I'm in for $5 - bought one more than usual and then went halves on another with a friend. C'mon numbers! Mama wants new shoes to stimulate the economy.

Comment #130

Teddi — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 00:14:39 GMT

Glad you are okay.

Comment #129

Teddi — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 00:10:50 GMT

Paraphrasing Chris Rock, but if bill Gates woke up to a net worth of $400 million, he'd jump out a window.

How insane is that

Comment #128

GambleToRamble — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:48:35 GMT

With all due respect to veganlife125 for bringing up one of my favorite quotes, it begins:

...I'm not talking a $400,000 a year working Wall Street stiff flying first class and being comfortable, I'm talking about liquid.

And back in the '80s, $400k was worth a lot more than today.

But at a net (after tax) lump sum of about $135 million (if it does not increase from the $400 million jackpot), earning only a safe 1.5% would get you a bit over $2 million per year. If you can invest bet... [ More ]

Comment #127

maximumfun — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:24:03 GMT

I hope that there are 10 winners. what a delicious situation for all those who 'poo-poo' the beginning jackpots.

Comment #126

maringoman — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:17:52 GMT

How I hope that many players can hit 5 of 6 so that they can walk away with a minimum of $1M pretax. The second prize does not cut into the jp money, does it

Comment #125

lottoguysocal — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:46:53 GMT

maybe a push to 425 at drawing

Comment #124

lottoguysocal — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:35:50 GMT

Oh yes indeed, the party would definitely be in the RV! Probably only sleep when the body finally said it can't handle any more, but then i'd be back up 5 hours later. I know it's not the ideal amount of rest but how would i be able to rest when I have so much things to do and see.

Comment #123

lottoguysocal — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:31:07 GMT

lmao, oh there will always be room for the ice cold buds, nothing wrong with a change of scenery from the bronx. actually New York would be the place i'd spend a little more time, to see the city and upstate, hear it's totally different between the two

Comment #122

Piaceri — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:08:54 GMT

Road trip! With this win, you could hire a driver to do the driving of your $1m RV while you party in the back! Woo hooooo! Par-tayyyy

Comment #121

helpmewin — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:49:08 GMT

Comment #120

Arrowhead — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:09:45 GMT

A very crazy Lotto Tuesday-Wednesday. The investment: two PB tickets with PP, two MM with MP, five Ohio Classic Lotto (46.4 mil), one Mich. 47 (1.75 mil). And for kicks an Ohio Rolling Cash (5 numbers, $130,000). Also in 30-person MM work pool...(did the math--bit over 2 mil each after taxes at current JP).

If everything rolls to the weekend...

Comment #119

weshar75 — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:01:47 GMT

I was wondering if they were going to raise the jackpot before the drawing again or if $400 million is going to be the final jackpot amount.-weshar75

Comment #118

gocart1 — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:32:23 GMT

I just was reading that Bil Gates is worth 72 Billion ....Thats 72 billion...so this would be like a little poker game for him to win...

Comment #117

gocart1 — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:29:31 GMT

That sounds really great {lottoguy}...Ice cold buds and a road trip.. I need to get off this island in the Bronx..Best of luck to everyone.

Comment #116

CLETU$ — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:14:29 GMT

Thanks! I really need it.

Comment #115

sully16 — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:54:19 GMT

I was thinking about you, glad your okay

Comment #114

helpmewin — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:44:25 GMT

Good Luck to you

Comment #113

dallascowboyfan — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:34:59 GMT

Glad your ok Artist.

Comment #112

KY Floyd — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:04:45 GMT

If it was a perfectly circular 500 acres you could stand in the center and think about how buying 3 more acres would have let you keep your nearest neighbor half a mile away until you invited them to visit.

Comment #111

NYCDaFuture — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 05:25:55 GMT

God Wiling I will win the Powerball, MegaMillion and Take 5 this week or in weeks to come.. If not now hope some1 here who really needs it will win..

Comment #110

Coin Toss — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 04:42:14 GMT

ARTIST77,

Glad you're OK.

geerod2001,

A guy named Irwin Schiff had people going around the country teaching the same kind of tax info. you posted. I'm not sure if he's still in the joint or not but that's where he went. It would be ridiculous to risk losing a jackpot by such a tax ploy. Don't forget the difference betwen tax avoidance and tax evasion - about 5 to 15 years. I'm with Teddi on this, not sure you were serious, but if so going the sovereign citizen route when hitting a jackp... [ More ]

Comment #109

adamc224 — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 02:48:50 GMT

This may have already been answered... the government bond yields are higher than in 2012 and early 2013. The higher the bond yield, the less cash is needed for a larger payout over 20-30 years; if this was May 2013 the actual annuity value would be 370 million... 61% of the annuity would be cash, because bond yields were less. I think and I am probably going to jinks myself by saying this but it will roll again possibly twice. Most people never pay attention to the cash value they only see the

Comment #108

lottoguysocal — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 01:01:42 GMT

the outdoor photos are definitely beautiful, i love road trips and enjoying the beauty of nature. that's what i'd do, besides travel abroad, i 'd take a 50 state road trip with a couple of my buds in a nice RV

Comment #107

Artist77 — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:40:49 GMT

I think Thrifty might agree with two tickets. lol

Comment #106

HaveABall — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:34:15 GMT

I'm also going to be buying the powerplay option add-on to both of my Powerball tickets

Comment #105

HaveABall — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:31:34 GMT

, Artist77, I'm going to do the same and double my usual tickets purchased, now buying two tickets ... it's a huge jackpot and merits such action for me

Comment #104

IamTheWinner — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:30:26 GMT

first attempt Last night i stay up until 3:30 am, then i drove the car to buy PB tickets. The clerk said the system was closed.

second attempt This morning i went to Maryland. I went to 2 stores, those 2 stores didn't sell the lottery. ( i was walking 2 miles for nothing)

third attempt I came back to Virginia, and i went back to the first store to buy PB tickets.

Finally, i get the winning ticket number there.

Comment #103

Artist77 — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:24:15 GMT

lol No one has ever won on these bizarre interpretations. I guess he/she wants to dance with big bubba or big bertha in prison.

Comment #102

Artist77 — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:21:24 GMT

Thanks Megan. DC draws all the nuts and crazies, especially since 9-11.

Comment #101

megan81 — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:59:09 GMT

Thanks, golfer1960! Maybe, based on the amount of winnings from NJ lately, we will continue this winning streak! Good luck to you

Comment #100

megan81 — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:56:39 GMT

Glad you're OK and home safe. Dang, this is all so crazy

Comment #99

BuyLow — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:16:50 GMT

RE: Tax Evasion etc. You'd better believe the Federal Reserve (Not Federal at all, owned by PRIVATE memeber banks...) and the US Treasury will get theirs. They are like the ultimate Mob Bosses the way they have enslaved us all to their monetary systems around the globe.

Comment #98

rdgrnr — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:56:38 GMT

Glad you're safe, Artist.

Be careful...

Comment #97

Artist77 — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:26:26 GMT

Thanks All! I am home from work now. That is about 3.5 miles from where I work...I work in NW, that is SE. I come through the Pentagon on the way home (and in the morning) and take a bus there or from there and they were on full alert while ago. The Pentagon has a major bus commuting area with hundreds or thousands of buses a day going through there.

Hopefully it was just one guy and they got him. At the Pentagon they would have got him much sooner. They killed a guy there in 2010 who startin... [ More ]

Comment #96

maringoman — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:02:49 GMT

I hope you are safe Artist77

Comment #95

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:51:41 GMT

Now your talking sister...

Comment #94

Teddi — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:04:04 GMT

OMFG! Just pay the taxes and stop your nonsense. You aren't going to get around paying taxes by writing a rant on the back of the check. Do you really think that's how taxation works? 12 USC 411 doesn't even have anything to do with taxes, it only has to do with the access to and redemption of 'lawful money'. Redeeming money has nothing to do with not having to pay taxes on it. Go to section 26 which discusses the IRS and see how far section 12 gets you there.

Who is taking a check anyway? D... [ More ]

Comment #93

RJOh — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:20:41 GMT

It the made up math that lottery players use when real math doesn't work to explain what they are doing.

Comment #92

hearsetrax — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:19:11 GMT

well said Ms Piaceri

I hope one of us here @ the LP will get that lucky this Wednesday I just want it to be me

Comment #91

RJOh — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:18:07 GMT

That big check is for the photo, no bank would actually cash it. Before anyone can avoid paying taxes on a jackpot, they have to win it and you know the chances of that ever happening.

Comment #90

armin5683 — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:57:55 GMT

what is lotto math

Comment #89

Piaceri — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:54:43 GMT

Hunker down! Check in when you get a chance and let us know you are safe.

Comment #88

Piaceri — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:51:34 GMT

Exactly. As with any of our beautiful states, there are good and bad. You have to find the treasures in each. There is also the old saying that one (wo)man's trash is another's treasure.

May we all be able to find our treasures one day.

Comment #87

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:21:10 GMT

If you win, you will not be paid in gold and silver, and they will deduct 25% federal taxes and what ever your state tax rate may be.

Good luck

Comment #86

helpmewin — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:20:01 GMT

Thanks and Good Luck to you

Comment #85

sully16 — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:50:05 GMT

lol Maybe I'll stir in some Rum,

Comment #84

helpmewin — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:49:18 GMT

your funny

Comment #83

helpmewin — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:46:46 GMT

interesting

Comment #82

hearsetrax — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:40:56 GMT

she does indeed has a way with word and pix indeed

but not all of Texas is as nice as she paints it,but thar be the few places with the potential

Comment #81

helpmewin — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:29:27 GMT

$400 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot explodes 5th-largest US jackpot ever

Comment #80

golfer1960 — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 05:21:41 GMT

Sounds great Megan. I wish you the best and I hope your gut is right this time too.

Comment #79

geerod2001 — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 05:04:01 GMT

To all of my fellow lottery players.

Remember that when endorsing your BIG lottery check make a demand to be redeemed in lawful money per USC Title 12 sec 411.

By endorsing your check this way(restrictive endorsement) you do not incur the tax liability on your winnings.

Please spend time doing research into this USC Title 12 sec 411 subject matter.

Also read into the Federal Reserve Act: for additional info on redeeming lawful money.

VERY interesting info to say the least!!!

I

Comment #78

zinniagirl — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 04:46:36 GMT

Good luck to all, and to all a good win

Comment #77

megan81 — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 03:48:05 GMT

Of course, every time I play, I wish that I win, but I have this intense feeling that I'll win this one. Only twice in my life (when I was in labor) have I had this feeling in my stomach. And every time I think about this Jackpot, I get the feeling. Wow! I can't even put in to words how A-MA-ZING it would be to win and fulfill my plans/dreams

Comment #76

noise-gate — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 03:28:54 GMT

So its a huge thanks and All Hail California .. eh zira

Comment #75

zirabamuzaale — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 02:59:40 GMT

This in part explains the recent Jackposts we are increasingly getting used to.

Comment #74

golfer1960 — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 02:02:28 GMT

Wow Pia, I like the way you told that story and the photos bring it all to life. Texas is a wonderful state and I can see why you love it.

I don't live in the country but I see what you mean, Texas is a clean healthy way of life. Good on ya mate!!!

Please invite me to experience it after you acquire it

Comment #73

noise-gate — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 01:37:07 GMT

My posting was not meant to be taken serious JonD- after all no one has control which State player wins or loses.its a discussion co mingled with playful banter.

Comment #72

LottoMetro — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:49:13 GMT

I feel like winning.

Comment #71

Artist77 — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:27:11 GMT

lol Will buy mine tomorrow at work in DC. I won't tell Thrifty about the frozen coke.

Comment #70

sully16 — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:15:46 GMT

Got ya beat, 2 tickets and a frozen Coke. ha! top that.

Comment #69

Piaceri — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:12:05 GMT

What would I do with 500 acres of land? Enjoy the peace and quiet, raise my animals and then some, set it up to go off grid if neccessary. Have some place to go to live life simpler.

Swim in a crystal clear creek, unpolluted by people.

Enjoy the miles of view without seeing rooftops.

Count the stars at night, rediscover the milky way.

Just enjoy the great outdoors. It's a beautiful world out there. Some would live the high life, others choose to be simpler. I'd travel... [ More ]