$435 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot on track to 17-month high

Comment #84

Sunglasses — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 21:04:26 GMT

You don't buy friends, people suck the money out of your pocket, and it doesn't hurt when you have a lot of that. Anyone having earned a bit more for a period will tell you the same thing. Add that if you won big, a lot of poor-in-the-mind will ask you for cash, car, sex, etc. Add that you may get some criminals over the floor to kidnap your kids or pet. Eventually some dealers show up, to make you or your family addicted to some trash, starting with the legalized drugs? At some point you just w... [ More ]

Comment #83

lejardin — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 15:13:27 GMT

Excellent post. Kingofbs didnt post anything or anything of substance on younger winners. He is still wet behind the ears and thinks the young got it by the tail and knows everything. Reality is their age and experience is against them, which is why the elderly are so valuable, not throwaways.

There are many incidences of young lottery winners losing it all because they buy their friends, play bigshot and when the money is gone so are the so called friends.

IMO it all depends on the perso... [ More ]

Comment #82

mikeintexas — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 04:58:21 GMT

Derp mentioned a few of the many foolish lottery winners...and they all happened to be older people who blew through some or all of their winnings, some of them coming to a tragic end.

As far as I know, Jack Whittaker still has a lot of his jackpot left, but there's no denying there's something wrong with that family, at least some sort of gene that causes addictive behavior; his addiction being strip clubs and back room poker and his daughter and granddaughter's addictions being drugs, which... [ More ]

Comment #81

noise-gate — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 04:42:34 GMT

FYI Redd.

April 28, 2017 - $61 million won by David Trapp with a ticket purchased in Laguna Hills, Calif. Info found on the Mega Millions official site.

Comment #80

lejardin — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 03:48:50 GMT

And your reality/perception is severely distorted.

Still dont know how to post a link yet?

I bet most elderly people can post links.

Comment #79

lejardin — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 03:45:27 GMT

It seems you are confused, and you have your facts wrong. Your first mistake is using links (or trying to) from a leftist rag which the Guardian is but I am sure you knew that. Secondly, your bs post insulted most everyone reading the thread. I was not the one insulting others, you did quite well on your own. Maybe you need to go re-read as your facts are facts and no amount of insulting will change that . Somehow you mistook me for insulting you, I only called you out on your bull snip tt post.... [ More ]

Comment #78

hearsetrax — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 09:33:33 GMT

guess am gonna get a MM ticket

(coffins crossed

Comment #77

C0w Pi3 — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 09:04:23 GMT

Welp only lucky for life and hot lotto for awhile for me.

Comment #76

hearsetrax — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 08:45:56 GMT

even worse jejejeje

Comment #75

Redd55 — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 06:15:16 GMT

The $447.8 million ticket was sold in Sun City, a retirement community.

Comment #74

Toronto — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 04:42:23 GMT

I'm going to stop playing for a while

Comment #73

Kingofearth — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 04:31:51 GMT

https://consumerist.com/2012/08/20/scientists-say-elderly-get-scammed-more-because-their-gullibility-detectors-wear-down-with-age/

Reality tells a very different tale than your perceptions.

Comment #72

Kingofearth — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 04:30:06 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/22/someone-needs-fight-selfish-old

https://consumerist.com/2012/08/20/scientists-say-elderly-get-scammed-more-because-their-gullibility-detectors-wear-down-with-age/

Facts are facts, no amount of insulting will change that.

Comment #71

Toronto — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 04:20:06 GMT

Twitter and US News saying a winning ticket in California

Comment #70

Kyle7824 — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 03:45:28 GMT

All even numbers in the front...

gotta roll ...

Comment #69

Kyle7824 — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 02:00:46 GMT

Well I got one I did myself w/ some cheating repeating numbers from the last 5-10 draws

and a QP

Comment #68

psykomo — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 01:40:21 GMT

MORE people than ever will be play'n TONIGHT

GOOD LUCK Lottery Post PLAYER

Comment #67

Kyle7824 — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 01:17:05 GMT

What if he found it after claim date ended... lol

Comment #66

hsg2000 — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 22:09:04 GMT

Hey Dreamers

Do you think that no one may win the grand prize tonite?

You all are goanna to be mesmerized

HUSH

Comment #65

Cassie8620 — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 19:46:03 GMT

LOL

icam(i couldn't agree more)LEJ, the younger than even me, would piss it away easily and faster, now over 60s not at all.so elderly are more prudent with $$$ at any level.

Comment #64

Cassie8620 — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 19:31:59 GMT

That is really so very nice to read this music.

i am overly generous too at times, with a few i am told. But, i am sure not doing annuity even if i was back in time to 20 .

New temporary pres.trump, as my father would say,might have us all broke and eating a cheese sandwich,Cassie.So, i would take ONE check.

Daddy doesn't trust gov too much to let em' control he says, an annuity pymt.thing.

1 Lump sum $$$ and call it a day,manage it just fine while i still help most important th... [ More ]

Comment #63

dpoly1 — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 14:34:31 GMT

Comment #62

lejardin — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 02:53:22 GMT

What a pathetic line of crap.

Since when cant the elderly do good or invest it? Elderly needs yearly payments so that the money won't get squandered? Are you kidding me?

YOU are exactly what is wrong in America. What you just said is an insult. I feel sorry for your parents and grandparents and for you, you will be elderly before you know it.

Comment #61

Mwatcher — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 23:40:42 GMT

It takes 22 years of annuity to beat the CV (gross payments

Comment #60

Redd55 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 21:48:52 GMT

Nancy and Vito's jackpot was a QP and only 1 line, too. So, it can be done.

Comment #59

Bleudog101 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 20:45:03 GMT

Way off subject here. A man claimed one of the two unclaimed million dollar raffle tickets in Virginia today. He bought it in Lynchburg, VA around Thanksgiving. Put it in a drawer and forgot all about it. Looking for his checkbook and there it was and the rest they say, is lottery history.

Sent a picture/video of my holding my iPad mini to the KY lottery. They asked if they could post it on their FB website=YES.

Comment #58

Unluckyone — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 20:29:44 GMT

Nancy Viola won the MM jackpot in Jan, 2016 but didn't claim it until June, 2016. That was one of the stories I enjoyed reading about due to her husband buying the wrong ticket.

They were smart and took their time to claim in order to get everything set up.

Comment #57

MaximumMillions — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 19:43:21 GMT

I didn't remember her name but when I googled I recognized her immediately, just watched her press conference/cheque ceremony a few weeks ago.

This is not a knock on her appearance or anything, but she is, in the best way, very unremarkable. Not like the $1,5B Florida couple where the wife was 20 (?) years older.

Plus both her names are first names and she accepted using an LLC. Still, I bet she is on many a scammer's radar though.

Comment #56

Redd55 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 19:40:30 GMT

Who ruled out anything? The point was that when winners delay coming forward, it usually creates speculation and media attention.

Comment #55

Kingofearth — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 19:28:39 GMT

Who has ever heard about Nancy Viola? No one outside this site because she slid right under the radar due to the 1.5 Billion.

Comment #54

Kingofearth — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 19:26:33 GMT

510 Million (318 Million Cash) is even more money. I'll take 435 though.

Comment #53

Kingofearth — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 19:24:15 GMT

A year to claim is a year to claim. I don't think you should rule out a ticket until at least 80% of the window is used.

Comment #52

Kingofearth — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 19:22:31 GMT

No. The older you are the more sedentary your lifestyle is and the more gullible you are. Someone young can actually take the money and do good or invest it (Brad Duke), someone old needs the yearly payments so that the money won't get squandered (Jack Whittaker, Billy Bob Harroll, Janite Lee, Bud Post, etc).

Comment #51

VIP3772 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 19:05:41 GMT

If there is no winner tonight for Mega Millions drawing, the estimate for next Tuesday is $101 million, and if there is no winner Saturday night for Powerball it is set at $510 million.

Good luck to everyone on this list including me of course.

Comment #50

hsg2000 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 18:07:07 GMT

It is going to be a mad rush to buy tickets to grab $435 million

stuff it in mailbox

Comment #49

Unluckyone — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 17:22:47 GMT

With all the snow Tahoe has been receiving I sure wish I was there but unfortunately I'm on the east coast.

Comment #48

Unluckyone — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 17:20:59 GMT

I agree that luxury condo fees have gone crazy with some units commanding over 10k per month. Ultra exclusive single family home communities HOA's run $1500- $2500 a month but include social membership at the club house and/or beach club.

Any of us would love to ponder those decisions if we were ever that fortunate.

Comment #47

Unluckyone — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 17:07:07 GMT

With the MM nearing $100 million, I highly doubt if the jackpot is won that it will shield the winner unless it's in an anonymous state. Vultures will attack for a whole lot less.

Comment #46

noise-gate — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:10:20 GMT

$435 mil is a lot of money.Anything is possible don't let anyone tell you it cannot be done.l imagine that when Todd came up with the idea of lotterypost, there were those who said Dream on. Well Looky here.Have a great weekend good people, l'm heading out to Tahoe in 30 mins.

Noise out.

Comment #45

Teddi — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 10:12:23 GMT

Seems to me the only communities worth their expense in PBC are Bears Club, Sanctuary and Royal Palm. I wouldn't particularly want to live in Boca but I'd make the exception for the latter two communities. The Aragon had the most amazing condo I'd ever seen sold 3 years ago. The COA fee alone was $96,000/year. Insanity. I'd rather live in Highland Beach or Singer Island

Comment #44

Teddi — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 06:17:45 GMT

Comment #43

Teddi — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 06:10:04 GMT

It's the colonial anglophile in me. LOL. Everything ridiculous is best expressed as utter rubbish or tosh . When I was growing up it is was pish posh but as I've grown tired of explaining what they mean, I've stuck with rubbish

Comment #42

Teddi — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 06:04:32 GMT

That's an illogical reason to choose an annuity. It's usually what people say when they don't know any better. The risks in taking the annuity aren't better because one is young. The tax implications and backweightedness of the annuity don't change, the only thing that changes is that the younger person will probably be alive to deal with the headaches. If a person cannot properly budget themselves so that they don't lose over $100 million dollars then taking it in the form of an annuity won't m... [ More ]

Comment #41

weshar75 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 05:51:19 GMT

If I was lucky enough to win this powerball jackpot I am taking the 30 annual payments. I will be 71 when the last payment comes.-weshar75

Comment #40

Groppo — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 04:29:13 GMT

.

Oh please, just a small portion of this jackpot. I will make my donations to St.Judes and Shriners. And to the Gallian siamese twins. And, I will pick out a desperate American family to help. Oh, and several people from here too.

Please, oh please, some portion of this next jackpot. Please come to me.

(i mean the cash prize to come to me. i'll have enough people to deal with

Comment #39

fellini — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 03:47:29 GMT

I think the winner should decide whether to take the annuity or lump sum based on their age. If they are young then they should take the annuity, but if they are old they should take the lump sum.

Comment #38

whiteballz — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 03:32:17 GMT

Well you know.....

Comment #37

KY Floyd — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 03:20:13 GMT

Obviously the winner's choice what to do, but depending on their state they'd clear $135 million or more. You could squander $85 million, whether it's from mistakes or just plain pissing it away, and unless that still doesn't give you a wake up call you'd have at least $50 million left. I don't doubt that there are people who are stupid enough to lose it all, but we're talking truly world class stupid.

Comment #36

MaximumMillions — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 02:53:44 GMT

Yikes! I would not be happy.

Yes, it would be 130k more than I had before, but if it's supposed to be my consolation prize it would fail.

Comment #35

Redd55 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 02:27:47 GMT

Probably less than $200k. Last time it was won it went down to $130,481 and I have seen it even lower.

Comment #34

Redd55 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 02:24:01 GMT

On, April 29th, someone won MM for $61 Mil in Laguna Hills, CA, but no one has claimed it, yet.

Comment #33

Redd55 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 02:18:55 GMT

Usually the Cali PB second prize plods a long, increasing each roll by only $85-100k. So, it takes a long time to reach $1 mil plus. This time, it increased by 200k, 400k on the later roll overs.

Comment #32

whiteballz — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 02:13:57 GMT

The cali set up is horrible. You usually get $4 for matching the PB number but this time it's $3 because of pari mutuel.

Also the 5 without the PB just got won so if someone from cali got 5 without the PB for Saturday's drawing they will win 200K.

200K is nothing to sneeze at but the other states get 1 mill for second prize.

Comment #31

Illinoisdreamer — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 01:59:03 GMT

Man those Cali rules are terrible

This time it worked out for 2nd place winner but those mathcing 4 + PB got screwed

I imagine Cali players hate that setup

Comment #30

Kingofearth — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:54:59 GMT

If someone wins Mega in the next few draws, it'll be guaranteed anonymity regardless of the state.

Comment #29

Redd55 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:53:08 GMT

While you all lust over PB, I will keep my sights on MM. $90 Mil with a post tax lump sum of $34,246,800 will make me very happy.

Comment #28

Unluckyone — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:41:21 GMT

No. David Lee Edwards home was in Ballenisle country club and homes in there start under a million. It's a very old club compared to the two I previously mentioned plus the security is not as tight even though it's guard gated they don't pack a side arm.

Comment #27

whiteballz — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 23:36:09 GMT

You sound so ignorant, people win the lottery not states.

Comment #26

FULLYBLESS — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 23:12:40 GMT

Word of advice, don't go spending a lot of money on powerball because only winners comes out of certain states and its sad...

Comment #25

noise-gate — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 21:59:47 GMT

I wonder if David Lee Edwards claimed one of those gated properties as his residence

Comment #24

dpoly1 — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 21:57:58 GMT

Thanks

Comment #23

Redd55 — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 21:28:02 GMT

Sorry, misread your reply. Ignore prior comment.

Comment #22

lulu1feather — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 21:27:32 GMT

I'd be just fine splitting this one with another ticket holder. It was plenty enough for me a few drawings ago. Now, I wouldn't mind just having a nice big slice of that pie. Mm'mmm pie.

Comment #21

Tatototman65 — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 21:20:41 GMT

Good luck to all players

Comment #20

Redd55 — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 20:54:20 GMT

It jumped $60 million last night.

Comment #19

MoneyMike$ — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 20:52:38 GMT

Gets me when it jumps $60 million all of a sudden

Comment #18

Unluckyone — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 20:04:26 GMT

There are multiple gated communities with high tech video surveillance and armed guards with entry level homes starting in the 3 million range. Bear's Club and Old Palm in the Palm Beach, Florida area are just an example. These communities demand proof of funds before even allowing a potential buyer to enter the grounds.

Comment #17

noise-gate — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:43:56 GMT

When you quoted Don Mcnay's books as rubbish Teddi, l had a lol moment. It was my recollection of the exchange between Amadeus Salieri.The Emperor asks Mozart to name a German virtue and he says Love.

Salieri says Love, we Italians know nothing about love.

Amadues responds: No, l don't think you do, watching Italian Opera with all those male sopranos screeching, fat couples rolling their eyes, that's not love- that RUBBISH. - Amadeus the movie.

Its a hilarious exchange.

Comment #16

Redd55 — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:29:00 GMT

Those thinking about the annuity shd look at the payments and subtract ALL of the taxes owed. In CA that would leave you with approx 4 mil. Will it afford you a safe house? Gloria in FL got her self a nice house under 2 mil but real estate has skyrocketed over the years. The price of housing is unreal. If you are going to be worth 100 million bucks you need something safe and secure and 4 mil is not going to do it.

Comment #15

hearsetrax — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:54:58 GMT

annuity vs lump sum

good points could be made for either choice

for self and self alone ,I'm leaning towards taking the payments and running wild for a short while

while I search for that quiet home

Comment #14

Kingofearth — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:53:23 GMT

I haven't heard any real coverage yet. I'll still get some tickets though, it's more than enough for me.

Comment #13

Unluckyone — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:42:54 GMT

Not willing to roll the dice on a 30-year annuity. I have been adhering to a strict budget my entire life so common sense and perspective is ingrained in me.

Comment #12

Teddi — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:18:55 GMT

Don McNay might actually be worse than Richard Lustig. Don's #1 piece of advice was to NEVER play the lottery. All subsequent advice stems from that so his advice becomes illogical.

His books (and I use that word loosely when talking about the rubbish he printed) was nothing but nonsensical gibberish in very large font. All of his advice could be made into one paragraph while everything else was some story about the horrors of gambling.

Since he doesn't believe anyone should play the lott... [ More ]

Comment #11

dpoly1 — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:15:20 GMT

I'll Take It!

The $Cash$ Option .........

I've Been Planning For A Long Time

Comment #10

dpoly1 — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:10:54 GMT

Comment #9

music* — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 17:24:41 GMT

Almost all LP Members and the staff enjoy these humongous jackpots!

Did you know that Don McNay passed away two years ago? He was a prolific author of Lottery books. He is on YouTube. He believed that most winners should go the annuity route. He learned from others who chose either the lump sum or annuity. The Lump Sum clients lost most of it in five years. The ones who chose the annuity are still enjoying life.

noise-gate, I am not worried about you.

Comment #8

noise-gate — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:54:03 GMT

Music - Good points. Great piece on Emily, you have our thanks. As for the annuity vs lumpsum. I think it's a personal call, but since we never know when we going to buy the farm, l would want all my eggs upfront, l will divvy up those babies to how l see fit.Living longer now is in hindsight 20/20- You could be harmlessly eating a sandwich that sucker could lodge in your throat and next thing you know , it's voices of Angels in the background getting louder louder. Ever heard of a boxer, let's... [ More ]

Comment #7

music* — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:38:38 GMT

I am considering taking the Annuity. We are all living longer. Longer than our parents. I could still be here in thirty years.

I will have what are called do-overs. Years when I make mistakes and learn from them.

I know that I am too generous a person. I would give too much of a lump sum away. I could be a soft touch like Emily Leach was. May she RIP. Emily was the winner who handed out $100.00 bills and a winning ticket. I will learn from her experience and will not do what she did.

Comment #6

noise-gate — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:30:48 GMT

Frankly: l don't care whether it's 1st or 10th on the jackpot scale, l just want to haul that baby over to the bank or get a slice of that delicious pie.

Comment #5

hearsetrax — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:35:05 GMT

Curiouser and curiouser still ......

Comment #4

whiteballz — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:14:00 GMT

Gonna get me some tickets later.

Comment #3

wander73 — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:07:26 GMT

Okay so I took a look and it went up $50 million more. Before that it past over $40 million to this point. I smell a winning ticket,2, or even 3 in less than 2 weeks. Plus there is a full moon Fri going into sat.

Comment #2

lejardin — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:50:05 GMT

Count me in

Comment #1

Unluckyone — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:38:21 GMT

Here we go...dreamers are starting to salivate.

$435 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot on track to 17-month high

Lottery Post — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:14:23 GMT

By Todd Northrop

By Saturday evening, the multi-state Powerball lottery jackpot will almost certainly become the largest US lottery jackpot since the game's monstrous $1.6 billion record in Jan. 2016.

In the ensuing 17 months, Powerball's high-water mark has reached $435.3 million 4 months ago, on Feb. 22. (That jackpot was claimed anonymously by a man from Lafayette, Indiana.)

Now, after nobody won last night's $380.6 million grand prize, the initial estimate for Saturday's Powerball w... [ More ]