Wisconsin Lottery's Megabucks jackpot hits record high

Comment #15

pickone4me — Sun, 17 May 2015 13:34:56 GMT

I don't play megabucks anymore either, yes, the odds of winning are better, but I just don't care for dealing with the liberal media feeding frenzy and being up on their jackpot winner hall of fame page forever, and safety issues for family, if I ever would win.

I think I will have to contact some politicians about lottery winners collecting anonymously in Wisconsin.

Comment #14

RedStang — Sat, 16 May 2015 22:19:38 GMT

No, those are back to work on Monday odds. One in 100 would be well worth playing.

Comment #13

maringoman — Sat, 16 May 2015 19:44:37 GMT

Yes he does. I don't know if he plays the lottery though

Comment #12

haymaker — Sat, 16 May 2015 17:53:47 GMT

Green Bay's 1/4 back, Aaron Rodgers lives in CA.

Comment #11

maringoman — Sat, 16 May 2015 14:00:05 GMT

It would be funny if a Californian passing through Wisconsin happened to buy the winning ticket for this game

Comment #10

JustJim — Sat, 16 May 2015 13:16:58 GMT

Time to get some tickets! Good luck everyone

Comment #9

sully16 — Sat, 16 May 2015 09:55:44 GMT

Nice , good luck Wisconsin players.

Comment #8

noise-gate — Sat, 16 May 2015 03:16:49 GMT

Who knows- Perhaps Pickone is investing in winning this baby.

Comment #7

maringoman — Sat, 16 May 2015 00:52:47 GMT

At the odds of 1;13.98M this game is well worth playing.

Comment #6

Think — Sat, 16 May 2015 00:05:41 GMT

I was pondering a junket south of the border and may just go on a ticket run if it rolls again.

I haven't really been out of town to speak of for about 5 years so this may be a good excuse to blast the crud out of my cars engine.

Comment #5

LottoMetro — Fri, 15 May 2015 22:02:40 GMT

Considering the odds, this is pretty good. I would definitely play if est. sales 2 million tickets (4 million plays), would probably buy 1 regardless.

Comment #4

mypiemaster — Fri, 15 May 2015 21:37:57 GMT

That's a nice chunk of change.

Comment #3

weshar75 — Fri, 15 May 2015 18:32:30 GMT

I think the highest oregon megabucks ever got was $30 million or around there it was almost not won for a year. That was a couple of years ago.-weshar75

Comment #2

Technut — Fri, 15 May 2015 16:01:38 GMT

Indeed we will be congratulating the winner or winners. i think you are close.

Comment #1

music* — Fri, 15 May 2015 15:50:55 GMT

GO Badger State GO !!! Will we be congratulating the lucky winner or winners this Sunday morning ? Or even Saturday night ?

$15,200,000.00 minus taxes would be about $8,000,000.00 . Am I close ?

I would invest the principal and live off the earnings.

Wisconsin Lottery's Megabucks jackpot hits record high

Lottery Post — Fri, 15 May 2015 15:41:36 GMT

By Todd Northrop

Officials with the Wisconsin Lottery said the Megabucks jackpot is currently at a record high for its next drawing on Saturday.

The jackpot is at $21.4 million.

The last time the jackpot was this big was in 2001 when the jackpot was $20.3 million, according to a release.

Wisconsin is the only state that offers the Megabucks game it is not a multi-state game.

If a winner of the $21.4 million jackpot were to choose the cash payout, they would get a lump sum of $15.2... [ More ]