California lottery ticket wins $425 million Powerball jackpot

Comment #89

CDanaT — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:57:19 GMT

Well, lets see where the info figures came from shall we ?

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/09/06/californias-current-debt-load-132.html

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/California-Governor-Jerry-Brown-Budget-Spending-Plan-239454101.html

Food stamps program: http://www.cdss.ca.gov/research/res/pdf/DFA256/2013/DFA256Dec13.pdf

or http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/29snapcurrpp.htm

or

http://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-california-debt-cloc... [ More ]

Comment #88

mikeintexas — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:22:05 GMT

Is that you, Alanis

Comment #87

thaencyder — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:48:23 GMT

Oh the irony.

Anyhow, good luck everyone.

Comment #86

thaencyder — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:46:57 GMT

Says the guy on a lottery board. How cute. Cut down on the Fox News garbage. It clearly is affecting you.

Comment #85

mikeintexas — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:28:44 GMT

Oh, I HAD forgotten about him. Thank goodness.

When I first read that post with the dismal midwestern tornado strewn state it made me angry, but I let it go because I try to not make fun of functional illiterates unless they insult me directly. Still, it's that sort of thinking that makes me despise the elitist prog-tards like that person and thaencyder...who is most likely another sock puppet. (such as B2B/Shelby Mustang). I'd rather have a tornado go down my street every day than live ne... [ More ]

Comment #84

CAL-LottoPlayer — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:12:03 GMT

One state I would never live in is Florida. That Stand Your Ground law along with anyone who doesn't have a record being able to get a Concealed Weapons Permit makes me cringe.

Every time I hear about a murder on the news, it's in Florida. Add to that, you have the alligators, those large Tegu lizards, large pythons, poisonous snakes, hurricanes, flooding, it's all very uninviting. Plus, let's not forget the cocaine smuggling business, the marijuana smuggling business.

To top it all... [ More ]

Comment #83

CDanaT — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:06:39 GMT

Mike, don't forget Gov Dukakis of the late 80s...Thats one of the reasons that we other residents of New England called the state Taxachussetts and the residents were refered to as mass...holes ... just sayin'

But all is well now

Comment #82

CDanaT — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:53:14 GMT

Some of us prefer to not live in a progressive nanny state and giving our money to liberals who think they know better .........But, I will never try to fix gormless...Give a man enough rope, he will eventually feel the noose tighten....Best of luck with your next lottery drawing

Comment #81

mikeintexas — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:27:58 GMT

Educated? Good grief, I don't think that person has ever heard of capital letters...or paragraphs, for that matter.

using their brain ? No, the majority of people in that state are the most ignorant people in America; they kept voting in John Kerry and Teddy K., didn't they

Comment #80

thaencyder — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:20:04 GMT

You guys kill me with this stuff. Not everyone wants to live in a backward state. In fact, the opposite is true which is why states like Callifornia are the most populated and expensive. Anyhow, I'm sure I would stay in California if I was living there to begin with prior to turning a $2 dollars bet into $90+ million.

Comment #79

thaencyder — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:16:36 GMT

Dang you brining up logic and facts to a rather silly argument. Massachusetts and it's educated populace always using their brain.

All jokes aside, it's beyond moronic to say California is lucky when in fact it is selling 5x times more tickets. Do people on here never took a statistic class or something? Lol

Comment #78

pickone4me — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 16:46:17 GMT

That hopefully should cut back the constant wins

Comment #77

CDanaT — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 16:16:29 GMT

I agree 110% DP....the state income tax for big lottery winners would be atrocious the next year after the initial payout. Can you imagine giving up 12.3% to the state on your interest income just to live there and 39.6% to the feds ???? ALMOST 52% just handed back to the government every year til you no longer alive, just to reside in that state !!! There's democracy in action for you ! Let me think for a minute....... almost 52% orrrrrr 39.6% ??? ...

NOOOO THANK YOU. I will take a tax free... [ More ]

Comment #76

KY Floyd — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 08:31:48 GMT

Some people are confused no matter how much help they get. And some people have no clue what random is.

Comment #75

zirabamuzaale — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 07:24:44 GMT

I consulterd Astrology.com, and I was told I would never win a Lotto Jackpot. However, even that was the case there are other prizes such as $1m prizes that someone can win at some me point.

Comment #74

zirabamuzaale — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 07:12:00 GMT

It seems gas stations/convenience stores often produce big winners i the lotto games rather than supermarkets ofr grocery stores. Maybe that is one way God rewards these oftentimes struggling stores. For example the convenient store that prodeced this winnning ticket in a way won a Jackpot within the larger Jackpot win

Comment #73

zirabamuzaale — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 07:03:22 GMT

I play only one combination in the Powerball because of its being expensive. I can play up to four combinations with the Megamillions per week because of the cheapness of the game.

Comment #72

mrcraft — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 01:43:48 GMT

Here's the ticket sales summary (taken from the CA Lottery website):

Powerball Ticket Sales

(February 16-19)

Nation: 91.5 million

California: 10.3 million

Bay Area: 4 million

As was previously mentioned California sold more than 10% of all tickets, and the Bay Area itself sold more than 4% of all tickets.

Comment #71

mypiemaster — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 01:28:21 GMT

Hopefully, this jackpot was won by a pool of hardworking people.

Comment #70

dpoly1 — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 00:54:21 GMT

A smart winner would move out of California

Comment #69

NUMONEYNIJAS — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 22:07:18 GMT

Serious that's ill I buy your chances of winning are way more better with qps

Comment #68

NUMONEYNIJAS — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 22:05:09 GMT

No 0ne told you to buy that many so it's your own fault dude.

Comment #67

DG1USA — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:06:17 GMT

I agree! Here are more things to consider-

SW Florida is a major vacation destination and alot of these vacationers play, probably hoping to make their

vacation permanent.

Florida is big snowbird territory-I can tell you, some of them are big time players.

Regarding the Quick Pick vs. the Self Picked numbers. I constantly check the PDF's of the winning stores

along with which system was played. I have found they are about even in the daily drawn Fantasy 5 game.

Best of luck t... [ More ]

Comment #66

helpmewin — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:13:59 GMT

Quick picks Rule

Comment #65

LottoMetro — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 17:38:53 GMT

If it was truely random, the same states wouldn't be winning the MM or PB constantly.

Random doesn't necessarily mean inconsistent; if you've ever been to a casino and watched roulette, it is easy to get convinced that a certain number or color is always showing up. With regards to certain states winning often, as has been posted by others elsewhere, it basically boils down to higher sales.

Comment #64

DDOH937 — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 17:38:51 GMT

To interpose the threat of physical destruction between a man and his perception of reality is to negate and paralyze his means of survival; to force him to act against his own judgement is like forcing him to act against his own sight. ....Ayn Rand.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. ....Helen Keller

The quotes above will be my final response to you. For all the right reasons, i yield. And thus leave you alone with your thoughts and perception of re... [ More ]

Comment #63

pickone4me — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 17:20:36 GMT

The fact of the matter is, that you choose to believe that the lottery isn't biased, and or rigged. If it was truely random, the same states wouldn't be winning the MM or PB constantly.

Comment #62

maringoman — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:26:37 GMT

No, we need them. I'm not sure how lol. Maybe they should go on hunger strike for a day

Comment #61

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:03:13 GMT

Dang, I hope they do! LOL.

Comment #60

maringoman — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:53:46 GMT

If a jackpot winning MM ticket is sold in California tonite will the conspiracy theorists commit suicide? I hope not.

Comment #59

schmuckatelly — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:17:14 GMT

Can we stop using facts and common sense? You're just confusing everybody.

Congrats to the winner in Cali.

Comment #58

BuyLow — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:38:50 GMT

States that have the highest populations sell more ticekets and thus have more winners....

Comment #57

miracleplay5 — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 07:56:15 GMT

I am so happy for the winner. I don't take other people opinion to heart. I don't think anybody on here is seriously angry or bitter because they didn't win or the state of California yields yet another msul winner. I have my own opinion and I would be a disgrace to humanity if I insult someone else because they expressed an opinion that I disagree with.

I live in Florida. We have the Florida Lottery, Mega Money, and Fantasy 5 Jackpot games and most of the winners come from south florida usu... [ More ]

Comment #56

KillerDemo — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 06:57:58 GMT

Another big California PB win! Keep the streak going Cali

Comment #55

KY Floyd — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 02:44:18 GMT

You're right, it is biased. The winning tickets are heavily biased towards the states that sell the most tickets. It's almost as if it's based on simple probability.

Comment #54

lottolaughs — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 02:31:15 GMT

Considering the odds are 1 in 175,000,000 and there are 317,569,814 people in the US as of this second (according to the US Census Population Clock)...I guess you then have to try to imagine it's you against almost half the country during any Powerball draw. Maybe now you can understand why you aren't winning.

Comment #53

helpmewin — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 02:24:29 GMT

Comment #52

DDOH937 — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 02:11:33 GMT

Another voice of reason emerges. Thank you Alexnt. Not only for your post but for providing the statistical info/analysis.

Comment #51

alexnt55 — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 01:49:23 GMT

California started selling PB tickets in April of last year. There were 10 different people who either won a jackpot or shared a jackpot before Calif had there first winner on Oct.23. California sells roughly 10% or sometimes even a little higher % of all tckets sold for each drawing so they did not actually hit it rather quick after joining but hit it about when they would have been due going by the amount of tickets they sell. Last nights total sells were reported to be A little over 183 milli... [ More ]

Comment #50

DDOH937 — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 01:21:15 GMT

HUH??? A few things: We were discussing the POWERBALL from last night right??? Not sure what you are talking about in regards to me looking at the PB website when the info i provided was directly lifted from THAT very website....I included a link in the subsequent post taken directly from the PB website, did you bother to look at it or again chose to ignore FACTS??

There are so many factual points i could highlight to refute your persistent gripe but why bother, its clear your mind is made up... [ More ]

Comment #49

pickone4me — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:52:24 GMT

You forgot mega millions. Nice try though.

I would recommend looking on the powerball and megamillions websites. Oh and don't forget as soon as california joined powerball, they won the jackpot pretty fast. Something is very biased, It seems to be mostly an east coast west coast thing.

Comment #48

foracause1 — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:26:26 GMT

The ticket was a quick pick

Comment #47

DDOH937 — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:22:57 GMT

Right on Maringoman...I was beginning to think i was the only one that found the $40MIL prize just as beautiful.

I just had a crazy idea....imagine if all lotteries had something like a progressive increase of odds: that is, with each draw the odds reduced/increased. So at $40MIL the odds would be something like 1:70,000,000. and by the time it got to $500MIL its like 1:350,000,000. hahahhaa, that would be some funny stuff. I wonder if it could work? Of course to make things work that way, wh... [ More ]

Comment #46

DDOH937 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 23:44:31 GMT

And for more details about past winners and where they are from, see the link below. Wish the winners well, and pray/wait for your turn. No need to hate on the winners people, they were just like you the day before they hit.

http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb_stories.asp

Comment #45

DDOH937 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 23:41:17 GMT

For all you 'crazy just cant be happy for the winners' people out there who are suffering from some sort or Lotto winners location confirmation bias...here are all the States that won in 2013: From last to first: Now please stop the nonsense about only some States always win. You sound quite silly. As it is with most things in life, we seem to see only that which we chooe to see and ignore FACTS! Come on now, stop all the crazy talk..

Missouri : December 25, 2013

Nebraska / Massa... [ More ]

Comment #44

maringoman — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 22:56:12 GMT

That $40M looks good from here. I will buy one ticket.

Comment #43

faber98 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:21:05 GMT

some of you need to get over the fact that a certain state (in this case ca) win so often. maybe they sold 50x as many tickets as your dismal midwestern tornado strewn state did. that means that there are 50x as many losers in cal as in your state. no such thing as a lucky state or store, gas station, or wherever you can buy them. the only thing that matters is your set of numbers or a clerks hesitant or non-hestitant finger on a quick pic lottery machine. nothing else matters especially where y... [ More ]

Comment #42

psykomo — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:28:21 GMT

JD:

Yeah at least 2 people in D WORLD should B HAPPY now!

(1) the $425 million ticket holder

(2) the Dixon Landing store owner who was on his way to India when he found out

Comment #41

noise-gate — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:34:40 GMT

Totally agree. The west does not complain when we read of winners from FL or NJ. Don't worry be happy- what goes around comes around. ..as they say!

Congrats to the Winner/ Winners.

Comment #40

dpoly1 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:25:54 GMT

California LOL!

The winner will pay

Comment #39

golfer1960 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 17:37:12 GMT

I know trax, I know

Comment #38

golfer1960 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 17:34:52 GMT

I feel your pain prince

Comment #37

hearsetrax — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 17:00:09 GMT

for JJ

and

4 golfer1960

Comment #36

sully16 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:22:38 GMT

I thought it was always Pluto.

Comment #35

helpmewin — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:18:16 GMT

Comment #34

jjtheprince — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:09:50 GMT

I am shaking my losing tickets in anger! LOL

Comment #33

Jon D — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:03:42 GMT

Yeah, like in the movie Contact, when Jodie Foster travels through a wormhole to the Vega star system.

Why do those darn friggin' Vegans always win

Comment #32

CDanaT — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:03:17 GMT

Hmmmm ?? Someone(s) who purchased this ticket in California is now 150 + million richer(after taxes of course) and California has no taxes on this ????

Interesting.

To the winner(s) I hope you get some sleep soon and congrats on your win. Your life will be forever changed. Spend and invest wisely

Comment #31

RedStang — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:01:19 GMT

I lost $36 playing this draw, but i'm gonna make it back by stealing $40 worth of playslips.

Comment #30

Coin Toss — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:54:38 GMT

Some time in the future, when someone hits the inter-galactic lottery:

How come it's always someone from planet Troubador 27? They always win.

Comment #29

helpmewin — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:39:55 GMT

ok Good Luck

Comment #28

Piaceri — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:22:09 GMT

Cash is king. $94.9 million.

Comment #27

golfer1960 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:22:06 GMT

Stupid Powerball!!!

Stupid California

Comment #26

Piaceri — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:38:15 GMT

Congrats to the winner! Love those single ticket winners on this bigger jackpots. It just makes it more fun.

Time to take a deep breath and relax. Focus now on Megamillions. Almost $95m for Friday's draw. I could do that. Easily.

Comment #25

Gleno — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:31:46 GMT

Yea Hah, Another Gas station has produced another millionaire. Should consider

buying my tickets at the WAWA gas and convenience store in central N.J.

We have other gas stations throughout the state that sell lottery tickets. We don't need to just patronize one brand or company.

That's an awesome bonus for Dixon Landing Chevron selling the winning ticket. Congratualtions to them and all the other million dollar winners.

Wonder how long it will take for the grand prize winner to... [ More ]

Comment #24

sully16 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:22:45 GMT

Congrats to the lucky winner

Comment #23

Jon D — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:16:25 GMT

It's all in the plan.

PB is just too easy to win now with those puny 175M odds. MM is probably saying, Now we'll show you what a REAL jackpot frenzy looks like with our much superior 258M odds

Comment #22

pickone4me — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:14:27 GMT

What the HELL!? I also called on california winning. I hate that I was right about it too. Now I know there's gotta be shenanigans with california always winning. Time for an investigation.

Comment #21

Jon D — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:12:04 GMT

What if the winner recently moved from Nebraska to California

Comment #20

Win$500Quick — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:05:14 GMT

Congrats to the new millionaire.

Comment #19

jjtheprince — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:03:04 GMT

For California it is.

Comment #18

whiteballz — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:52:30 GMT

it's just too easy to win, right

Comment #17

jjtheprince — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:43:38 GMT

I'm not happy because it's California.

If the winner was from Nebraska for example, I'd be happy.

Comment #16

BDUB211 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:39:52 GMT

Congrats to the winners, maybe next time for the rest of us. I don't get why people get mad when they don't win, just be happy for those that did. Take a little joy in knowing you contributed to their happiness.

Comment #15

Candlelight777 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:01:48 GMT

Happy for the winner, but darn we are back to a boring 40m compared to 400m

Comment #14

hearsetrax — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:49:02 GMT

you'd think so anyway ......

I haven't even checked my ticket yet, nore am I in any hurry

heck I'd be very happy just to get my $2 back so I can play the MM

Comment #13

mightwin — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:42:18 GMT

LOL.......people get so mad when they don't win, everyone should be used to it by now.

Comment #12

HiYoSilver — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:16:16 GMT

What luck, now they can afford a 3 bedroom house out there.

Comment #11

Saylorgirl — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:11:44 GMT

Congratulations to all the winners! Enjoy

Comment #10

hearsetrax — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:07:22 GMT

and a G'morning to U too Mr Sour Grapes

Comment #9

jjtheprince — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:05:44 GMT

Fn California.

Why don't they just give California, New York, Florida, and Georgia their OWN MUSL game?

They could win every drawing and split the change with each other and the rest of us could actually have a fair shot at winning PB or MM

Comment #8

hearsetrax — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:04:28 GMT

newbies much like small children ought to be seen but not heard

Congrats to the winners and may your new diggs be sitting on a XXL sinkhole

Comment #7

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 11:42:50 GMT

Congratulation to all the winner/s

Comment #6

helpmewin — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:07:36 GMT

Congratulations you was right on to the next one

Comment #5

Party1377 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 08:07:01 GMT

Ah I never win. Expensive.

Also I agree beyond mad about 2nd prize not being Xs 1-5 like Mega.

Comment #4

helpmewin — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 07:40:57 GMT

Congratulations to all the WINNERS

Comment #3

One-Day — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 06:44:32 GMT

I'm done with Powerball. Too expensive. Will only play MM. Congrats to the winner.

Comment #2

bsdme — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 06:29:50 GMT

I did say a California will win this jackpot, was also hoping it was me. Guess I will have to wait for the next jackpot.

Comment #1

RedStang — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:53:05 GMT

Bummer. I was hoping it would roll because it's getting warmer and sales would have exploded.

California lottery ticket wins $425 million Powerball jackpot

Lottery Post — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:45:28 GMT

Final jackpot total of $425.3 million is sixth-largest ever in USA

By Todd Northrop

One winning Powerball lottery ticket that hit a $425.3 million jackpot Wednesday night was sold in Milpitas, California, according to lottery officials.

The ticket was purchased at Dixon Landing Chevron, located at 1551 California Circle. It successfully matched the numbers 1, 17, 35, 49, and 54, in addition to the Powerball number 34. The Power Play number was 3.

The $425.3 million Powerball jackpot,... [ More ]