$400 MILLION: Massive Mega Millions lottery jackpot set for Friday

Comment #133

Artist77 — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 23:07:27 GMT

Coin Toss:

Are you putting your MM tickets under the black cat bottle for luck

Comment #132

Saylorgirl — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:34:17 GMT

Thank again

Comment #131

Teddi — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:14:47 GMT

I don't know. I just wasn't feeling it. I looked at the numbers and figured it was going to keep rolling, which it has. I'm still not really feeling it but then I remembered that I didn't win when I was feeling it so might as well take the plunge now that it's at this amount. Even with the crappy cash value it's still more than enough.

Comment #130

DDOH937 — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:41:43 GMT

You're on it Metro, good stuff!! now you need to look into that crystal ball of yours and send me the winning numbers for Dec 27th. You were spot on with the numbers so you jsut migt be on to something. Of couse you better send me those numbers privately.....hahahaha

Comment #129

BBLL — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:26:23 GMT

Thanks

Comment #128

LottoMetro — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:53:25 GMT

Tonight's jackpot will be raised to $425 million. Sales have exceeded projections by about 35 million tickets.

If it rolls, Tuesday's jackpot will start at $550 million with $295.3 million cash.

You heard it here first

Comment #127

Coin Toss — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:02:41 GMT

Artist77,

Here you go:

http://kimgiancaterino.squidoo.com/black-cat-wine-zeller-schwarze-katz

Scroll down to Bottles I've Collected almost half way down the page...the second bottle from the left, green bottle, you can see a red string and a plastic Schwarze Katz

Comment #126

DDOH937 — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 15:56:52 GMT

I'm hoping it does roll, but i doubt it will be as a result of low participation. Dec 27th winner

Comment #125

pickone4me — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:53:34 GMT

I think I will let it roll again, doesn't seem like much participation.

Comment #124

mightwin — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:51:46 GMT

Good luck tonight

Comment #123

LottoBoner — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 05:57:26 GMT

Although they have not announced it yet, when it comes to life and lotto, the surprise always happens at the end.

Comment #122

mnsweeps — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 04:34:02 GMT

I just got 2 for the Friday drawing....

Comment #121

Piaceri — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 03:40:48 GMT

Oh I would for sure be dying with a smile on my face.

Comment #120

infiniti30 — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 02:31:00 GMT

Sales seem pretty slow. It has been almost two full days since they announced the new jackpot and they have not raised it yet. Look at a previous high jackpot for PB. I know there is a difference in the cost of the ticket and the amount that goes to prizes but still once they announced the jackpot on Wed night it they raised it multiple times. Sorry for the bad picture but it the jackpot rose from 363 mil to 590 mil.

Comment #119

helpmewin — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:30:46 GMT

Comment #118

helpmewin — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:29:48 GMT

must be the money

Comment #117

rdgrnr — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:06:45 GMT

That was an excellent comment.

Comment #116

Artist77 — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 00:46:19 GMT

When I went to buy my PB ticket and hot lotto ticket at lunch time in DC, there were quite a number of newbies asking about megamillions tickets... Some of them were very lost but wanted to play...maybe first time ever players? And same thing tonight when I got home and bought my DOD ticket in VA.

Comment #115

Arrowhead — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 00:40:46 GMT

Maybe I should finally buy a ticket ---

If I may ask, why haven't you before and why are you only considering doing it now

Comment #114

Teddi — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:59:09 GMT

Aww, that's so sweet. Sounds like you two are close. Good luck to you Viking.

Comment #113

Artist77 — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:14:56 GMT

I buy them peanuts even when I don't win. I am feeding one that was born without a tail. Hope he survives the winter.

Comment #112

mightwin — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:12:27 GMT

I will........lol

Comment #111

Artist77 — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:12:15 GMT

lol She probably created her own bad luck. I just tried to google it and could not find a pic of the plastic cat. I bet it is a collector's item. Did not know about black dogs.

Comment #110

Viking Orayk — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:08:21 GMT

I also consider Friday the 13th a very lucky day!

My baby sister was born on Friday the 13th

And she's one in a million.....I mean 400 million .

good luck to all

Comment #109

Teddi — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:47:18 GMT

Well I do believe things are now in MM's favor. The PB JP has been reset and people will be getting their holiday bonuses so I expect to see larger ticket sales now. Maybe I should finally buy a ticket.

Comment #108

Unkyshoe — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:24:36 GMT

I agree with you.

Since the odds of winning the Megamillion has grown, we will surely see a bilion dollar jackpot.

Comment #107

BBLL — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:12:35 GMT

If the mm rolls how much would the jackpot be on Tuesday

Comment #106

DDOH937 — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:21:40 GMT

ME TOO

Comment #105

DDOH937 — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:19:58 GMT

I can definitely see that happening. Last time when the pot was at these levels before the $656 win, Florida didn't have MM. We'll see how it all plays out by Friday evening. Maybe $450/$475mil?? And then after no one wins, i'm thinking $550/$600mil for next tuesday. Still think it'll be a Christmas eve winner or New Year eve. But deep down, i want it to hit on the 27th. Then i'll be IN THE MONEY BABY!!!! hahhaha

Comment #104

ressuccess — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 20:16:30 GMT

I hope their jackpot continues to roll.

Comment #103

KY Floyd — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:34:18 GMT

The squirrels in my yard are praying that I'll win peanuts.

Comment #102

One-Day — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:24:59 GMT

I had my own numbers but couldn't ignore the messages in this thread. Chinese Charade or Cuban Charade: https://www.lotterypost.com/charts/mystical/lacharada

I also got my own chart which is an extension of that as it is imcomplete. Never written it.

Comment #101

Nikkicute — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:15:29 GMT

Don't forget the Megapiler

Comment #100

TNPATL — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:48:01 GMT

I need to play. I think I will buy some quick picks. I usually like to pick my own numbers, but may do quick picks instead.

Comment #99

golfer1960 — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:45:23 GMT

Hmm...I don't understand.

Comment #98

One-Day — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:30:59 GMT

Let me see:

Cat = 4

Witch = 65

Squirrel = 86 (reverse rule to 68)

4, 65, 68.

God, you guys sabotaged my strategy. I guess I'll have to spend more money.

Comment #97

SeattleJoe — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:13:12 GMT

Powerball was hit..... One thing about mega with the change is it is not only the odds have gotten MUCH worse but it has take 20 draws or two and a half months to run up to this level.......

My prediction.... only 6.5 winning sets of numbers per YEAR!!! This would really make people stop playing the low levels and when it's hit it will be March before another winner.

Powerball goes up faster and has more winners. Even second place.

Comment #96

Jill34786 — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:35:41 GMT

I agree on the cash but against your future depiction of yourself. Most likely if you were to win, you would be quite content in your senior years.

Comment #95

Jill34786 — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:31:42 GMT

Hi Golfer- Thanks for the comparison but I am not a brunette, just a typical blue eyed blonde.

Comment #94

Coin Toss — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:57:20 GMT

I'm thinking this would be an ideal time to hit Powerball....... all the focus on MM, take a nice 'quiet' $40M.

Comment #93

Piaceri — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:57:46 GMT

No annuity for me. I'll probably be dead before 30 years is up. Cash all the way.

Comment #92

helpmewin — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:42:17 GMT

That would be NICE

Comment #91

BuyLow — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:58:28 GMT

Now that PB was won, let's hope we see this sucker swell to 1/2 Billion dollars prior to Fridays draw

Comment #90

helpmewin — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:57:13 GMT

EWW GROSS

Comment #89

rdgrnr — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:11:53 GMT

If squirrels are lucky I'm in good shape.

I got a bunch of 'em in my freezer.

Comment #88

Teddi — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:44:44 GMT

If that's the reason you're leaning towards taking the annuity, then that's not the way to go as there have been many lottery winners who have taken the annuity and ended up bankrupt. They either borrow against future annuity payments or they sell their future annuity payments for pennies on the dollar to get a cash lump sum. Either way, the urge to splurge doesn't go away simply because you have less upfront. Sad but true. Regardless of the amount or of the method of getting it, it still comes... [ More ]

Comment #87

helpmewin — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:46:46 GMT

I Think a few have, anyone that couldn't live on 4 million a year deserve to lose their money by selling out.

Comment #86

helpmewin — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:39:57 GMT

Comment #85

helpmewin — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:38:38 GMT

This one is praying for LB to hit a big Jackpot this Friday

That could be a sign for you to win the Big $400 MILLION Massive Mega Millions lottery jackpot set for Friday the 13th.

Good Luck

Comment #84

LottoBoner — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 08:06:51 GMT

Squirrels in my garage are generally not very lucky. Usually they chew up everything in the garage, give me heartattack when I startle them by accident, they scare the bejeezus out of me when they do their spiderman run along the cinderblock wall, and then they finally have a heart attack when I startle them for the tenth time and they wind up dead in one of their chewed up boxes

Squirrels are quite cute when they play, and they are very pious creatures, that can often be found praying.

Th... [ More ]

Comment #83

Coin Toss — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:20:08 GMT

I wonder how many jackpot winners that went for the annuity wind up selling it to one of those cash settlement companies.

Comment #82

VFR95 — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 06:15:47 GMT

With this amount of money, I think I'd lean towards the annuity as well. With a few years's practice I'm sure I'd get the hang of big money management. Besides, I just couldn't see forfiting $128 Million over the 30 years to get $151 Million today..........but that's just me

Dreamer,

Comment #81

Six balls — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 06:01:20 GMT

Or buy your own annuity. Really, they're available to individuals, I promise.

Comment #80

Toronto — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 05:54:29 GMT

If you're that concerned, you can set up a trust to only provide a certain stipend.

Comment #79

Coin Toss — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 05:29:56 GMT

Artist77,

I lived in Grmany for three years. My section chief in the Army lived with a woman who was a WW II vet- a German Army WW II vet.

The German sold a wine called Schwartz Katz (Black cat) and each botle had a little plastic black cat on a string attached to the bottle.

Well he didn't know she was a wee bit superstitious and he brought a bottle home and she FREAKED.

Raus! Das kat nicht wilkommen in meine haus! I won't have that cat in my house

Comment #78

zirabamuzaale — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 02:36:36 GMT

My online astrologer also told me that 13 which incidentally falls on Friday will be a lucky day for me. So fingers crossed

Comment #77

zirabamuzaale — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 02:29:28 GMT

In light of the many tragedies, including that of Jack Whitaker, I am beginning to like the annuity option since it disciplines the lotto jackpot winner how to plan his/her monies and in any case, paying you an annuity for 30 years guarantees that you won't be eating in from the trash can or dust bin for a very long time. The cash option may give one the illusion that, the money will always be there for ever. For instance, despite having worked very hard for my tax refund, whenever I get it, whi... [ More ]

Comment #76

helpmewin — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 02:22:34 GMT

Comment #75

helpmewin — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 02:18:36 GMT

Anything can be LUCKY if you believe it is even squirrels

Comment #74

Artist77 — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 02:04:46 GMT

awwww Never met a mean one.

Comment #73

Arrowhead — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 02:00:48 GMT

I don't know the exact length of time. But if it's not two, it's gotta be close. I know I've been chasing that snip thing seems like a lifetime. I'm doing 5 bucks a draw on it, sometimes more if I get anything back from previous draw.

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Comment #72

rdgrnr — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 01:45:27 GMT

I've had a couple black cats, they were great.

Comment #71

mightwin — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 01:43:25 GMT

Is that run going on 2 years now

Comment #70

Arrowhead — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 01:39:33 GMT

Ohio Lotto Classic is up to $54.4 mil if anyone's interested...

Comment #69

Artist77 — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 01:29:07 GMT

I plan to rub the ticket on my black cat's head for luck. lol (Black kitties are the last to be adopted and the first to be euthanized due to crazy outdated superstitions).

Not my kitty below but cute

Comment #68

Win$500Quick — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 01:28:14 GMT

LOL

Comment #67

rdgrnr — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:57:58 GMT

...I consider Friday the 13th to be lucky.

So do I.

Comment #66

helpmewin — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:57:18 GMT

same here maybe just get a QP and then play different numbers we might win more

Comment #65

rdgrnr — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:51:04 GMT

Yeah, maybe someone from another state could win here.

It's easy to see no one from here can do it.

Comment #64

Teddi — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:49:52 GMT

I wish you good luck. I hope Friday th 13th is lucky to you. And to the rest of us too.

Comment #63

Teddi — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:46:36 GMT

Nuh uh. I say spread the wealth by letting them win the second tier. $1M to $5M is spreading plenty of wealth. But when a lottery rolls for weeks and weeks only for it to get split up, it seems like a big let down.

Comment #62

RedStang — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:32:37 GMT

No, that would be Old # 7.

Comment #61

helpmewin — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:46:04 GMT

Keep Dreaming

Comment #60

weshar75 — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:35:52 GMT

I got two draws left on this ticket and it is multiplied so I want my $5 million before this run is up. I am only asking for the second prize not the jackpot but I will take whatever wins on my ticket at this point. Good luck to me on friday and tuesday of next week.-weshar75

Comment #59

Jon D — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:31:18 GMT

There are things they could do, but with the current arms race betwen MM and PB, not likely to happen.

They want big JPs, and people respond to big JPs so they'll keep going after that. The only way to get them to change is for everyone to only buy 1 line no matter what the size of the JP is. But people can't do that, they buy more when the JP is big, and more people that never played buy when the JP is big.

Decreasing the odds allows more people to win, but it just makes the jackpot small... [ More ]

Comment #58

helpmewin — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:22:49 GMT

well i just got my 13 tickets and to my surprise one Mega ball is number (13) again

what are the odds of that

Comment #57

noise-gate — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:16:05 GMT

YES...l am not advocating 20 winners here girlfriend, 3 max. Track with me on this: some folk have been playing decades without having won much, place an old codger in one of those slots who WILL die happy knowing that he won a piece of the action. If that octogenarian has to wait week in week out, month in month out how is that fair to him/her knowing that some 40something punk whose into drugs booze gets the entire jackpot?

Like l said spread the wealth. I am thinking outside the box here.

Comment #56

Think — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:57:00 GMT

2 years from now, shades of Ohio, and the MM jackpot increased again as nobody won. It went up by $5 million and is now at 17 Trillion dollars

Comment #55

Artist77 — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:45:35 GMT

I fell off the MM wagon and bought my first ticket since the terrible change...only beause I consider

Friday the 13th to be lucky.

Comment #54

golfer1960 — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:25:32 GMT

Jillian, you know your stuff! You're so smart and I have this vision of what you look like.

Here it is:

She's the actress on Homeland: Morena Baccarine. Am I right

Comment #53

golfer1960 — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:35:35 GMT

No problem Viking and good luck to you

Comment #52

golfer1960 — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:34:20 GMT

Very creative Money! I love it

Comment #51

ShowMeTheMoney$ — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:32:06 GMT

Comment #50

BBLL — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:22:48 GMT

Why is the cash value so low

Comment #49

helpmewin — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:19:48 GMT

# 13 might be Lucky if i was to buy my tickets in Tennessee

Good Luck to you also

Comment #48

rdgrnr — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:10:39 GMT

The 13th might be your lucky day!

Good luck

Comment #47

ShowMeTheMoney$ — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:05:28 GMT

Betting on the lottery is ALWAYS a long shot.

Remember........THE ODDS ARE NOT IN YOUR FAVOR.

That's why we all dream about winning it.

Comment #46

helpmewin — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:03:32 GMT

I think i am gonna buy 13 mega tickets since it will be on Friday the 13th and see how that goes

Comment #45

Viking Orayk — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:59:33 GMT

I'm renting ($1) that dream .......and hoping my long shot comes in!

Good luck to all .

Comment #44

helpmewin — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:58:32 GMT

Spread the Good fortune

Well, isn't that precious.

Comment #43

ShowMeTheMoney$ — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:56:49 GMT

With the new, horrible odds in the Mega Millions lottery, I wouldn't be surprised it rolls and rolls to a billion or more. It makes one Hell of a Payday!!!!!

Make it RAIN

Comment #42

KY Floyd — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:51:27 GMT

As LottoMeto points out, duplicate tickets make it far less simple than that. Selling 1/3 of the combinations can be done without selling far more than 86.33 million tickets (259/3).

As you sell more and more combinations, the chances of selling additional duplicates goes up. Here's a simplified explanation. If it was all random, once 10% of combinations had been sold we'de expect that 10 of the next 100 tickets would duplicate combinations that had already been sold. Once 20% have been sold... [ More ]

Comment #41

helpmewin — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:48:15 GMT

Indiana is overdue for a BIG WINNER Good Luck

Comment #40

RedStang — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:42:12 GMT

Long time ago i read it was 50 cents per dollar for state lottos. Not sure about pb/mm.

Comment #39

Teddi — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:30:54 GMT

Noise-gate NOOOO!!!!!!!

One winner!

What's the point of it rolling over so many times only to have a bunch of people win. Then the JP might as well stay small and have them win every week. When we wait for this long, one person should get unbelievably lucky. It would suck to see 20 people win and get $20m each.

Comment #38

Teddi — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:23:00 GMT

If they cap it it would defeat the entire point of changing the odds just to have bigger JPs. They wanted larger JPs more often to take back some of the attention from PB. They may go back to the old odds if it gets too insane but capping would be shooting themselves in the foot.

Comment #37

LottoMetro — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:21:38 GMT

To cover all possible combinations, the number of tickets sold would have to be around 3.16 billion (assuming nobody buys all of them manually), so the cash jackpot would rise by ~$1.03 billion. Of course, there would be lots of duplicates. In that case there would be less than 1% chance of a single winner and 99% chance of 5 winners or more.

Comment #36

LottoGuyBC — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:14:41 GMT

$400M

Comment #35

Slick Nick — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:05:54 GMT

This is going to be interesting as to how far it will climb and rise to befrore a winner. I also wonder if there will be a cap limit on it? Anyways, I hope we all have a win of some sort, if not the big one, c'mon

Comment #34

delS — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:05:43 GMT

Blessings and great fortune to everyone. This kind of money will help 4 generations removed of my family, many needed and less fortunate people, my church, and the neighborhood I grew up in.