$485 MILLION: Powerball jackpot raised

Comment #101

hearsetrax — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:02:11 GMT

dunno about it rolling tonight and thars worse things then canned tuna .......

but We are most definitely in the BIG MONEY ZONE

Comment #100

Drenick1 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:40:12 GMT

Only thing missing is a big ol grin.

Comment #99

Original Bey — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:36:58 GMT

One more roll and we'll be in Frenzy Mode. Hearsetax you'll have to survive on canned tuna a few more days.

Comment #98

hearsetrax — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:23:01 GMT

picture of me after I win tonight

Comment #97

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:18:22 GMT

lol it sure is

Comment #96

hearsetrax — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:16:25 GMT

Holy catnip !!!! thats a lot of cheezburgers

Comment #95

dpoly1 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:14:07 GMT

1 ticket

1 winner

Yepperiedoggie

Comment #94

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:51:35 GMT

$500,000,000 million Woo Hoo

Comment #93

gocart1 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:51:00 GMT

IT JUST ROLLED TO 500 MILLION

Comment #92

Saylorgirl — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:50:22 GMT

It has now hit the half a Billion Mark! New jackpot amount $500,000,000

Comment #91

Drenick1 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:46:54 GMT

$200 million cash in the bank after taxes sounds much better than a fictitious $500 million.

Comment #90

Drenick1 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:44:24 GMT

Hopefully a fellow LP member.

Comment #89

pickone4me — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:56:34 GMT

I wonder who will win where...That is the question.

Comment #88

IPlayWeekly — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:16:00 GMT

The odds for my state game is 1 in 130000 (ohio classic). My odds with 2nd place PB is better. Also, there are at least 10 to 20 new 2nd place weekly millionaires (powerplay or not) and it seems like there's hardly a winner with classic.

Comment #87

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:30:54 GMT

At first glance it would seem so. But in Texas the Texas Lotto has odds of 1 in 25,827,365. PB odds for second prize are 1 in 5,153,633.

I play for the jackpot, but would be real happy with second prize.

Comment #86

Gleno — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:47:22 GMT

Wed. 2/11/15

NJ Lottery website has the date wrong for today's Power Ball drawing.

At present time they have the date as Wed 2/10/15 when it should be 2/11/15.

Small detail but hope they don't make errors on the posting of the actual winning numbers.

Good Luck LP

Comment #85

Teddi — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:32:59 GMT

Comment #84

Saylorgirl — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:04:17 GMT

Seriously, if you are only playing the Powerball to win the 2nd place of a million dollars don't you think you would do better playing your state lottery with better odds

Comment #83

CDanaT — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:36:44 GMT

Half a Billion is a nice whole number...sorta has a nice ring to it...might even splurge and take the Mrs shoppin' at JC Penny's jewellery dept.

Comment #82

Justwinbaby — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 07:10:46 GMT

Albeit one day later, winning the Powerball Jackpot tonight would be the greatest birthday gift ever

Comment #81

dpoly1 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 06:38:05 GMT

Comment #80

noise-gate — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 06:21:32 GMT

True. A few months ago we had a pedophile from Florida win millions. its just plain luck..Nothing else.Either you have it or you don't. Just Ask cut in line Gloria.

In fact if you did a Google search and wrote in Cut in line Gloria .. you end up right where you want to be.

Comment #79

sanman$ — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 06:15:48 GMT

Stephen Hawkins will have to solve the theory of everything before anyone can figure out a theory of how to pick the right combination of numbers in order to win the powerball lottery. Like the universe, the lottery has too many unpredictable's. You don't have to be Einstein to realize that all you need is luck.

Comment #78

noise-gate — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 06:08:39 GMT

straight CT- Knowing how difficult it is to win, l merely made the suggestion of a three way split etc..and you would think l stepped all over some people's ancestor's graves. l am reminded of what l read two weeks ago...

Your chance of winning the lottery on a single ticket is one in 175 million. That seems tiny, and it is. In fact, it is so small that it is difficult for us to grasp. Understanding how small this number is provides the key to understanding how likely -- or unlikely -- it is... [ More ]

Comment #77

Coin Toss — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 05:49:40 GMT

It would be quite entertaining here at LP if there were multiple winners who had played the numbers from Lost and the jackpot was split who knows how many ways between CA, NY, NJ, and FL.

Comment #76

noise-gate — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 05:07:39 GMT

Comment #75

Guru101 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:57:53 GMT

It will be $510M come draw time and I'm gonna be the winner.

Comment #74

Drenick1 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:33:06 GMT

With the way the annuity is back end loaded, the true annualized return is less than 2%. I was shown the spreadsheet comparing that to returns of 3,4 and 5% and was left with absolutely no doubt that I would choose the lump sum.

Comment #73

Drenick1 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:27:36 GMT

Two more nights to dream then back to reality. Cheap entertainment at it's finest.

Comment #72

JamesMelony — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:27:35 GMT

I would enjoy getting that single sweet near $200 Million after all taxes. Lump sum is the way to go if you win, you can easily invest better than 5% per year gains the PB annuity offers.

Comment #71

dpoly1 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:07:57 GMT

Comment #70

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:05:34 GMT

Mostly to pis* off anyone that says $327 million is too much for one person to win.

Someone lays down their money, they deserve to win the whole enchilada if their numbers are drawn.

Comment #69

joshuacloak — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 03:06:31 GMT

For shame people! Everyone knows a storage unit is the best place!

plus you get to be scrooge mcduck!

On a real note: I did google the safest banks in usa and largest banks in us and few over lap shocking as that may sound. (too big to fail anyone?)

Wells Fargo Company

The bank has an asset base of over $1.3 trillion. To prove how safe this bank is, Warren Buffett s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. berkshire owns close to $13 billion worth of the common stock)

JP Morgan Chase Co

Comment #68

Technut — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 02:59:33 GMT

Well i got another 5 tickets for Wednesday's drawing. Good Luck to everyone out there. (c8

I predict the annualized jackpot will grow to 520 Million or better by drawing time.

Also here in Texas the cut-off time for powerball tickets is 9PM Central time.

Comment #67

IPlayWeekly — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 02:42:05 GMT

I'm the oddball, I'm playing for 2nd place and I have been for 2yrs. I need 5 white balls in PB. The closest I came was matching 3 white.

Comment #66

HaveABall — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 02:08:28 GMT

Fine, Igamble, then keep it in your guest bedroom.

Comment #65

noise-gate — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:42:02 GMT

You discussing Two different scenarios here Pia- one where people are Pooling their money, and one where people are buying tickets on the side. If you are running a pool or in a pool as you say- you will have to agree with me that collectively ALL are hoping to Split the money. what's the mystery?

Where do you get the idea that l said people play these bigger jackpots are hoping to split?- l said l would like to see a split when it gets this high.

My oh My...

Comment #64

noise-gate — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:31:15 GMT

l play MM a lot less, have won $5.00 here and there - have won more on PB than your $100.00- l was not elated because my wager was a lot higher than my win.

Clarification: At no point in any of my discussions have l ever asked or told people to join me in calling for splits to jackpots .. opinions are like noses, everyone has one. Sometimes we tend to forget...l think!

and you

Comment #63

noise-gate — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:12:29 GMT

Your first statement is correct. We all have an opinion. Those in lottery pools would disagree with you because they looking to split the money, I seriously doubt you would call them person's with a sense of false humility. Live and Let live.

Comment #62

dpoly1 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:09:32 GMT

I will play Mega Millions!

I won $100 once I was elated!

And you?

By the way ........... George Bernard Shaw was an Evil Eugenist ............ just sayin

Comment #61

maximumfun — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:59:46 GMT

Wow. Didn't mean to start something. I was simply saying that even if there were 11 other (12 total) winners, there would be WAY enough money for me to live happily. Now, would I be ecstatic should I be the sole winner? Of course. I figure I could somehow manage to force myself to take the entire amount. Lump Sum.

Not only would I be able to enjoy my favorite fast food drive through... I would be able to OWN my favorite fast food drive through, and have plenty of jobs for anyone who needed a... [ More ]

Comment #60

delS — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:43:27 GMT

Im with you. I agree to disagree with those in the multiple winner circle. Im in the circle of, I put my money down in hopes of winning it all. If I win $1, $10 or even $485,000,000 or $0 Im fine with that. But Im swinging for fences.

Comment #59

PrisonerSix — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:40:34 GMT

Raising Caines is great chicken.

Comment #58

Piaceri — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:33:24 GMT

Seriously?

I actually run an office pool with 19 members, and a smaller one with 5 members. We are playing for the jackpot, and we each buy tickets on the side looking to win the jackpot individually. I highly doubt someone buying a ticket for themselves is going to say, well I'll just split it with the other 18 members of the pool even though they had their own set of tickets.

The purpose of the pool is to, well, pool your money and buy more tickets so you can win the jackpot. Plus it's... [ More ]

Comment #57

noise-gate — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:32:26 GMT

That's perfectly alright- if we agreed on everything lottery related, it would be boring.

Peace.

Comment #56

mightwin — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:28:25 GMT

we agree to disagree....

Comment #55

noise-gate — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:27:11 GMT

No , l don't go along with your reasoning : For one -folks who join jackpot Pools would disagree with you.

Two: if you have played the lottery for decades, and have absolutely nothing to show for it, looking for more that one winner is not a bad idea. Expand your mind..

Comment #54

delS — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:23:41 GMT

Everyone has an opinion. The reality is, anyone that walks to a lottery terminal for this type of huge JACKPOT does not have the thought, Im putting money down to win $10 or $40 millions. Notice the various forums LP has, for pick 3, pick 4, Jackpot, etc. The forums appeal to those with those interest. So the same for JACKPOT Lovers. we dream of winning a JACKPOT. THATS NOT GREED.

Those who have a false since of humility that want to judge other people, just buy a win for life scratch off. B... [ More ]

Comment #53

Piaceri — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:16:56 GMT

You keep playing for the next jackpot.

I certainly don't play for 1/12th the jackpot. I play for the WHOLE jackpot. If I split with others, so be it. That's the way it works.

If you wanted multiple jackpot winners, you should have supported Monopoly.

Comment #52

noise-gate — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:09:07 GMT

what happens when that winner is not you

Comment #51

ttech10 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:07:58 GMT

Chicken Express is right up there with the other two. Chicken Express with the tea, Chick-fil-a with the fries, and Raising Canes with the toast and sauce.

Comment #50

noise-gate — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:07:32 GMT

I guess what l am saying is that there is enough in this jackpt to go around : meaning to more than one person..agree or disagree, makes no difference in the long run MW.

Comment #49

dpoly1 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:05:21 GMT

ME TOO! AND LET THE WHINERS WHINE!

And maybe I already went out purchased an extra ticket

Comment #48

noise-gate — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:00:39 GMT

MI like healthy discussions, and we have one going.You will agree with me that everyone who plays hopes to win, however we cannot discount pools as well, they too hope to win which means their share is a lot less than what a singular would get. Your take on sharing the prize with 2nd place winers is silly, why? Because they did not win the top prize. I stand by the statement Only l want to win is greed . It's no better than folks who will not play but encourage the jackpot to grow while they don... [ More ]

Comment #47

noise-gate — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:49:47 GMT

I don't know whether to educate you or not since you seem to dwell in the world of emoticons- however when l posted greater minds at work HERE it was not meant to be in this forum. It is a figure of speech in thinking outside the box.One directional thinking is dangerous. In times of disaster, those who end up sending aid do not say well this village was hit the worst- lets forgot about the other spots and concentrate our energy only here ..That probably went over your head.No doubt.

Comment #46

VenomV12 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:49:35 GMT

Ha ha, just had Raising Caine's last night, went to Chick fil A today and will probably be going to Whataburger tonight for some onion rings. I don't like Chicken Express though, although their corn nuggets are fantastic.

Comment #45

VenomV12 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:46:11 GMT

Eh, all I need is a million, the chance of winning the top prize is so remote I don't even think about it. I honestly would not want to win more than maybe $40 million, anything over that I suspect comes with serious problems. If you can't live a fabulous life off the interest of $10 million, then you have problems.

Comment #44

TheGameGrl — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:44:55 GMT

Its luck, NOT Greed. And its for that which is in need.

Its two dollars and a dream.

May we all dream well and be well in the process.

Comment #43

ttech10 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:43:31 GMT

You underestimate my love for Chick-fil-a, Whataburger, Raising Canes, Chicken Express, and a select few hole-in-the-wall burger joints. Fancy restaurants would be the last place on my mind, except maybe for sushi.

Comment #42

mightwin — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:35:37 GMT

This mentality l want no one else to win is greed!!...........so what your saying is that you want multiple winners for the jackpot and if you happen to win the jackpot and nobody else than that would be totally alright? (Just because you had that multiple winner mentality going into it?)Would you share the prize with all the second place winners because they were the closest then? Just asking

Comment #41

mightwin — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:17:58 GMT

Exactly which is why when there is only one jackpot winner it makes the win that much sweeter

Comment #40

hearsetrax — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:17:19 GMT

if your one of the greater minds which are at work here then the forum is in sad shape

Comment #39

Igamble — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:17:06 GMT

From the pic Looks like half a ton of hundred dollar bills...a big and scary responsability to keep that big SUM in your basement

Comment #38

mightwin — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:16:17 GMT

There were 980 Match 5 winners (prizes of $1 million or $2 million). During the 1st 2 years since they made the change and thats plenty of winners if ya ask me

Comment #37

noise-gate — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:13:33 GMT

Nobody plays for 2nd place. You starting to sound like that Guy who says Certain States have not won mightwin.

Comment #36

Poo Nanny — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:11:52 GMT

We might be getting enough in this jackpot that I could afford to by my way into the Playboy Mansion. One dream and two chicks....that's what big lotto wins are for!I would win on Wednesday and be broke by Friday lol

Comment #35

noise-gate — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:11:19 GMT

Exactly- everyone wants a Piece of the action. The idea that only one person has to win is NUTS. Try telling Pools they crazy..

This mentality l want no one else to win is greed

Comment #34

mightwin — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:04:07 GMT

Again thats what second place is for......powerball has a ton of million dollar winners over the past few years, more than people realize

Comment #33

PrisonerSix — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:02:26 GMT

I run a lottery pool in my office that has a total of 11 members, if one of our tickets hits we can do that.

Comment #32

noise-gate — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:00:56 GMT

Sez's Greater minds which are at work here. Having very few massive jackpots a year and only One winner?..screw that. Common sense dictates that people ought to be getting a return on their dream...meaning Winning.Yeah l said it, so there.Maybe not 12, but One-screw that...big time.

Comment #31

mightwin — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:58:19 GMT

Nobody's thinking when their buying a lottery ticket is I hope I get to split my winnings with a bunch of other people ....lol

Comment #30

hearsetrax — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:54:23 GMT

sez who ??

Single ticket winner

Comment #29

noise-gate — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:51:54 GMT

No mightwin-You have been away far too long. We thinking a dozen 1st place winners, and why the heck not!

Let's make it a FIRST- let's make History.

Comment #28

mightwin — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:45:31 GMT

That's what second place is for, nobody pays any attention to them.

Comment #27

brees2012 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:31:05 GMT

I am ready to win the Powerball Wednesday

Comment #26

gocart1 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:21:43 GMT

YEAP..

Comment #25

maximumfun — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:19:47 GMT

whoo-hoo! so we need **12** winners so everyone has a chance to slip under the radar while still having enough to live... a-hem... comfortably.

Comment #24

noise-gate — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:10:34 GMT

I think it was the Pointer Sisters that sang I'm so excited, and l just can't hide it

dont remember much else about the song but somewhere in there was l know l want you, want you

Comment #23

Ron5995 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:02:50 GMT

Lottery officials are challenged predicting jackpot size, but publicizing too accurate of an estimate early on can be counter-productive. I suspect the some of the jackpot revisions are intentional to drive sales. Seeing intermediate jackpot jumps gets people talking - this thread is a prime example.

Not surprised the jackpot jump was relatively small. $300 million annuity just doesn't excite players the way it once did. And doubling the price hasn't helped matters. Even $400ish million, whil... [ More ]

Comment #22

mightwin — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:55:21 GMT

Comment #21

Piaceri — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:40:06 GMT

Hoping for a single ticket winner

Comment #20

bigbuckswede — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:36:13 GMT

It will break the 500m mark, last roll was 90.5m from 394.5m to 485m and it was changed twice in estimated values.

Comment #19

LottoLucy — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:24:57 GMT

I can't imagine never stopping at Arby's again for potato triangles and jamoccha shakes no matter how much money I have

Comment #18

christina1992 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:22:26 GMT

someone will win this one tommorw thats for sure. i bought 6 dollars tickets, you dont nees to buy alot with so many ppl buying now.

Comment #17

hearsetrax — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:18:00 GMT

lol at the thought of fast food with that kind of money

Comment #16

KY Floyd — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:04:52 GMT

I'm guessing that even the MUSL people don't really have a good idea how big it will be. The biggest PB jackpot by cash value jumped $262 million from 325 to 587 for the annuity value. The advertised annuity value for current run went from 324.5 (final tally, originally advertised as 317) to 395.5, an increase of only $71 million. The cash value percentages are a bit different (65.5% then vs 67.6% now), but that's an 80% increase 27 months ago vs. a 22% increase now.

If this one tops out at 5... [ More ]

Comment #15

nina09 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:57:38 GMT

Maybe extra guacamole on that burrito.

Comment #14

easygoing123go — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:53:51 GMT

750,000,000.00 on Saturday or more.....it will be crazy out there... can't wait..

Comment #13

ttech10 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:43:33 GMT

$485 million might just be enough to start upping the size of my fast food combos.Would be surprised if it's still under $500 million by draw time.

Comment #12

Jace2014 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:40:44 GMT

come on large jackpot, and if i don't win let it roll a few more times.

Comment #11

Goteki54 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:37:29 GMT

SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!

If I don't have a heart attack first from winning

Comment #10

delS — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:37:00 GMT

If no one wins tomorrow, we potentially will have the largest U.S. Jackpot ever.

Comment #9

THRIFTY — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:36:53 GMT

05 11 16 26 50 / 01

Comment #8

rexbell — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:17:47 GMT

If no one wins tomorrow I wonder what the JP will be on Saturday the 14th...

Comment #7

delS — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:58:24 GMT

I'm banking that at best it has one more roll in this Jackpot. But i also think we will have one more bump before tomorrow night. Jackpot ending somewhere around $510-$515million.

Comment #6

mightwin — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:48:56 GMT

Its always good when the cash value is running 67% of a jackpot this size....its all about the cash

Comment #5

hearsetrax — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:48:31 GMT

I couldn't have put it better myself

infact that $20million dollar place in NY is starting to look a bit more like whar I'd be headed

Comment #4

maringoman — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:41:46 GMT

I get dizzy just looking at all those Benjamins but I will still not be buying an extra ticket however tempted I am.

Comment #3

joshuacloak — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:40:52 GMT

When you use your imagination on these monster jackpots

Comment #2

mightwin — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:39:52 GMT

maybe one more roll, just one?.........if I dont win of course