$900 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised just hours after initial estimate

Comment #126

OldSchoolPa — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 23:44:02 GMT

I have already thought this through. If I am fortunate enough to have the winning numbers to either tonight's Powerball drawing or Tuesday's Mega Million drawingg, I would actually claim the prize within two days of the drawing. I have already considered entity setups...since trusts are taxed higher than individuals, I will just claim it in my name. I already have investment affiliations so no worries there. It is October, so I would just stop by local Halloween costume shop and I would show up... [ More ]

Comment #125

KY Floyd — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 01:07:47 GMT

I thought you were smart enough to understand there are only 1000 possible pick-3 outcomes

Not only that, I'm also smart enough to know exactly how many combinations are likely to be in play if 2000 tickets are sold, but you said For every 1000 pick-3 combos sold, about 670 combos should be out . If you think there are 670 combinations out for every 1000 tickets sold 2nd grade math says 2000 tickets means 670 + 670 combinations. I just tried to give you a hint so that you might see that it d... [ More ]

Comment #124

s5thomps — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:30:40 GMT

I knew it would hit a billion by Friday! Good Luck everyone.

Comment #123

Stack47 — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:51:04 GMT

So if they sell 2000 tickets they sell 1340 combinations?

I thought you were smart enough to understand there are only 1000 possible pick-3 outcomes, but apparently I was wrong.

What do you mean by almost ?

There are a possible 11,688,054 five number PB sets and for the January 9, 2016 drawing and when over 440 million tickets were sold there were over 30 five number matches so every one of those combos were sold. With just 26 bonus numbers almost all the bonus numbers appeared at le... [ More ]

Comment #122

KY Floyd — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 06:31:24 GMT

I m pretty sure that the courts have already determined that a lottery ticket given as a gift BEFORE the draw is worth the cost of the ticket.

There's absolutely no question that the ticket's value doesn't exceed its cost until after the drawing. There's also no question about the IRS' lack of authority to limit or regulate your gifting; the most they can do is impose a tax based on the value of the gift. That makes it extremely clear that you can make gifts of shares in the ticket(s) betwee... [ More ]

Comment #121

Stack47 — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 04:44:18 GMT

For guessimates I use the 67% ratio. For every 1000 pick-3 combos sold, about 670 combos should be out. Using the same ratio, for every 302 million MM tickets sold 202 million should be out and giving a 67% chance of having a jackpot winner.

Another method for guessing is dividing the number of tickets sold by the number of possible 5 + 0 matches (12,607,306) and apply the 2/3 ration to the 25 bonus numbers.

if an unpurchased combination is the winning numbers, then the jackpot rolls agai... [ More ]

Comment #120

Tucker Black — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:25:49 GMT

We need to know not just number of tickets sold, but how many unique tickets (unique combinations of numbers). The more tickets that are sold, the more likely it is that some of them are duplicates. It's possible to sell a billion tickets and still have some number combinations not purchased, and if an unpurchased combination is the winning numbers, then the jackpot rolls again.

Comment #119

Stack47 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:21:18 GMT

I meant to say that was the only time to my knowledge when they sold more tickets (440 million) than possible combinations without a jackpot winner. My original point was the number of ticket sold in two consecutive drawings.

Comment #118

lowellm — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:41:00 GMT

Thanks for all that info, LottoLucy, Paymentplan-man, and Teddi (if I missed someone, i apologize, I've been working all day and it was a lot of info to absorb! lol)

It's a nice thought, to be able to give so much to so many people at once, but perhaps it would be healthier for common folk like me to get a $189,000 gift ($11.2M/59 people), as opposed to $5M... $5M is truly a life changing amount of money, but that can be a bad thing, too. I'd be super-pleased if someone gifted me $189k, you b... [ More ]

Comment #117

LottoLucy — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:58:23 GMT

The situation isn t as complicated as all that. I m pretty sure that the courts have already determined that a lottery ticket given as a gift BEFORE the draw is worth the cost of the ticket. So $2 or $3 if he sprung for the megaplyer. If the ticket wins the person who gave the ticket isn t responsible for gift taxes because his gift was only the cost of the ticket not the winnings.

He just has to make sure his intent is known BEFORE the draw that these people are being given the gift of the t... [ More ]

Comment #116

paymentplan-man — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:46:46 GMT

Yes I agree 100% I was only telling him that splitting it with 59 people (5mill each) the way he was saying wouldn't hold up with the IRS (as you said tax evasion)

If he was dead set on having each person get 5 million or 2.9 million after tax then the document (notarized) would be the best way to go about it while making sure he pockets the most money. And of course the people would actually have to give him money say 25 cents each and agree in the document that their 25cents represents thei... [ More ]

Comment #115

paymentplan-man — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:30:22 GMT

Responding to two different posts.

1.) Why would I need any explanation, blue said he thought the Jackpot would reach 1 billion before the draw and I said I disagree. Its the equivalent of someone saying they think NY or CA will be the state that wins and me saying again that I disagree. Im not sure where anyone is formulating some crazy theory where I feel like im always right. But to set the record straight I DO NOT THINK I AM ALWAYS RIGHT. Also being wrong in this case isnt a bad thing. So... [ More ]

Comment #114

Teddi — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:27:14 GMT

You actually don't need to do any of that. Especially when the split is only between a few people or closely related people. Having a written agreement, notarized or not, is most beneficial when it comes to protecting yourself against false claims.

Simple verbal agreements actually do hold up. If the assertions of all parties involved corroborate each other then it's a verbal agreement. And verbal agreements between small groups of people who split a jackpot are quite common. Verbal agreemen... [ More ]

Comment #113

American Indian — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:16:59 GMT

YES YOU WILL!! WOOHOO and what a PARTY WE WILL HAVE........

Comment #112

Bleudog101 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:52:43 GMT

I'll be there for your birthday (lottery) party!

Good luck to you, my friend.

Comment #111

American Indian — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:47:45 GMT

LOL HE HE HA HA, HAD THAT VERY THOUGHT.....

THANK YOU

Comment #110

BuyLow — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:45:07 GMT

Yup! Christmas in October

Comment #109

Todd — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:44:55 GMT

Yeah, waiting for his explanation of this one.

Comment #108

American Indian — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:44:46 GMT

SO even though as You said must have contract already in place before winning, You have not done this?

NOW to Your way of picking numbers: LOL So sorry for laughing first.. NOT It seems to have worked out so well for you so far! How MANY TIMES have YOU WON?????

Ok Just heard it's already Jumped to $970, MILLION, Tomorrow being PAYDAY for Most. As i've thought from Wednesday morning will be over $1Billion and If paymentplan-man doesn't win with his all so perfect way of picking numbers... [ More ]

Comment #107

Bleudog101 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:42:24 GMT

Getting ready to blow paymentplanman's theory up....am anticipating $1 billion before sunset---west coast time.

Comment #106

LottoLucy — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:40:01 GMT

Wowza! Thanks! I m psyched. Meatman, do you think we will be looking at a billion by draw time? I m thinking yes...

Comment #105

BuyLow — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:32:00 GMT

Oh yea

Comment #104

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:19:17 GMT

Mega Millions is now $970 Million ( Cash value $548.6 Mil

Comment #103

paymentplan-man — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:31:20 GMT

Yeah same $22 million is plenty to gift to family and friends. For me however there are more than 25 people that I would want to bless with some amount so while my brother might get $2 million a friend might see $100k or something like that. Regardless I plan on using that full $22 Million exclusion while it lasts.....Granted im not married (so its 11.1 million instead of 22 Million for me) but its not off the table right now.

Comment #102

paymentplan-man — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:25:28 GMT

Yeah I think its because they can have a larger claim on more tax. Lets use two scenarios. The first one is everyone getting 5 million (59 members) and you getting the rest while the Second is you getting it all then gifting 5 million.

1.) 59 members get $5 million each is $295Million. This leaves you with 218 million for yourself since the cash is 513. They will each be paying 2.1 million in taxes using your numbers of 37%federal and 5% state. So from the family the IRS gets 2.1*59 or almos... [ More ]

Comment #101

LottoLucy — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:21:24 GMT

It is the government. They want what you have both coming and going!

It isn t as generous as you were being but keep in mind that this year an individual has a yearly gift tax exclusion of $15,000 and a life time gift/estate tax exclusion of $11,180,000. If you re married you can give away double that amount. If you go over that amount the tax can be as high as 40% paid for by the person giving the gift.

So I plan on giving away $22,700,000 to 25 people right off the top. Again, not as gen... [ More ]

Comment #100

lowellm — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:26:57 GMT

I had no idea that it mattered, as long as it was the wish of the winning ticket holder. I mean, all the taxes are being paid... But, I stand corrected, thanks paymentplan-man

Comment #99

paymentplan-man — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:23:32 GMT

I didn't want to write something incorrect so I just used Google real quick to find this

The problem is that in most cases, the IRS knows that it s baloney. While it s certainly possible to have agreements among family members (or friends, or co-workers) to enter into a lottery pool, the IRS will not look to kindly on post winning shams. If audited, they will ask for the partnership agreement that existed prior to ticket buying. They will ask when the family members contributed the money. T... [ More ]

Comment #98

paymentplan-man — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:17:19 GMT

Didn't know there was one here usually I just come here for knowledge and for sharing information although lately it feels like I come here to told Im wrong (without any actual evidence mind you). Nevertheless I'll stick with the site I was using it works for now. But good luck TheMeatman2005.

Comment #97

lowellm — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:09:23 GMT

I'm not saying that I would do this, mind you, it's just a thought. If I won this jackpot as it stands right now ($900M, $297M post tax in my state) I could arrange it so that 59 of my friends and family and I could claim it together, 60 people receiving $5M each, after taxes

Comment #96

music* — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:08:00 GMT

I admire your bravery using the Annuity amount instead of the C.V. less taxes. The Net.

You will have fun in front of a horde of Press and curious players.

Comment #95

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:02:52 GMT

I just want to say that I am ready and willing to win the $900 plus mil MM jackpot on friday.

I bought my tickets yesterday (Wednesday). I got 5 lines with the Megaplier and 5 lines without.

I am it it, so now it's all up to the number Gods to match my numbers to those that are drawn.

Comment #94

Bleudog101 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:49:38 GMT

Not sure these days, but in years past you could find Safeway almost every state.

Comment #93

JADELottery — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:12:56 GMT

Comment #92

Soledad — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:57:51 GMT

They ve tweaked the odds. And it s worked.

Comment #91

music* — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 09:33:32 GMT

noise-gate, Thanks for the update on a 2nd prize level winner. Is Safeway a national grocery store?

The national news is broadcasting the Lottery news about PB and MM.

The Paparazzi will be waiting for you noise-gate in Seychelles Someone will blab your story.

Comment #90

bigbuckswede — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:59:16 GMT

I think it's sad only if it looks like he couldn't afford it. He might do like me, I have a long term strategy, I play when jackpots rise above certain levels on many different lotteries, then I play more. I also win many more smaller prizes when I play more lines, so the average spend is evened out. Also I only spend money I can afford to loose, and I dont drink, don't smoke... lots of money to put in lotteries instead.

Comment #89

noise-gate — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:20:52 GMT

Music, a 2nd prize winner for the MM jackpot was revealed to be employed at a Safeway in SF. What followed was downright shameful.This afternoon's press made a big deal about visiting the store, and having a conversation with the store manager, who said that when she heard one of her co worker's had won 2nd prize, she was running through the store hysterically - we talking 2nd prize. Must have been a slow news day for camera crews to show up at a location want to interview the winner of a 2nd pr... [ More ]

Comment #88

music* — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 06:16:37 GMT

Add the two together and dream of the possibilities.

Comment #87

maximumfun — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 05:58:33 GMT

Yes, of course, I am excited to see what MM will end up at, but more exciting to me is the huge jump that PB made. Now both j/p's are in the big ranges

Comment #86

KY Floyd — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 05:37:28 GMT

That was the only time to my knowledge when they sold more tickets (440 million) than possible combinations.

There were several other times that ticket sales exceeded the number of possible combinations before the PB record jackpot. The MM drawing for the 3/30/12 record jackpot had sales of almost $652 million. That was when tickets were just a buck and there were a lot less than 302 million combinations. The 12/17/13 MM drawing had sales of $336.5 million, also at $1 per ticket, for the $64... [ More ]

Comment #85

lowellm — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 05:09:23 GMT

I agree, s5thomps, I'm thinking MM will finally surpass a billion by Friday. May the Lord help us and keep us level-headed if it rolls after Friday! Just remember, it just takes 1 ticket to win

Comment #84

s5thomps — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 05:02:26 GMT

Over 100 million is quite the Bump. With all the media attention between Mega Millions and Powerball is surely going to increase sells for the next couple of days. My prediction is Mega Millions Jackpot will increase between to 950 million to 1.1 billion before Friday's drawing. There is going to be a mad frenzy going on with people ou buying tickets in bulk. Hopefully someone in the LP Family will win or at least a lottery pool. Never really know how it's going to turn out until it happens but... [ More ]

Comment #83

lowellm — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:58:38 GMT

That was an astonishing jump, in light of today's jaded, jackpot fatigued, fair weather lottery players. Things are getting interesting

Comment #82

MsBee18 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:52:27 GMT

PB rolled to $430M. That puts Saturday's draw in the Top 25 Hall of Fame.

Comment #81

lowellm — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:45:04 GMT

Holy Wow! PB rolled bigtime! look at that bump

Comment #80

Stack47 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:44:05 GMT

The last estimate the 1/9/2016 jackpot was $947.9 million, but I have no idea what the first estimate for the 1/13/2016 drawing was. This jackpot run has lots in common with that one and with no winner on Friday will probably set the all time record for both cash and annuity.

Comment #79

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:38:58 GMT

Instead of doing that, you can use this Lottery Post Quick Picks Generator

Comment #78

Stack47 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:35:40 GMT

Back in the day, almost every jackpot was paid as an annuity and the confusion started when players were offered the cash value. The estimated jackpot is the full value of a 30 year annuity that can be purchased with the current estimated cash value. Currently $513.4 million will get us a $900 million 30 year annuity.

The Ohio Classic Lotto game's jackpot is as simple as it gets; their 30 year annuity is twice as much as the cash value.

Comment #77

lowellm — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:20:26 GMT

Hi, Stack47. That's the jackpot, but we were talking about the estimate when it first rolled over from 950, but before it was fully grown. Like, when this one went from 667 to 868.

Comment #76

lowellm — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:17:23 GMT

I'll tell ya one thing, the PB numbers were pretty lame (I didn't purchase any tickets, so I have no skin in the game)... Hey, that kind of rhymes. Anyway, I think we might have another PB rollover.

Comment #75

Stack47 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:12:41 GMT

1. Powerball: $1.5864 billion, Jan. 13, 2016

Not debating, but thought that was the jackpot they were talking about.

Comment #74

Kingofearth — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 03:54:56 GMT

Yep, it was.

Comment #73

Kingofearth — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 03:54:25 GMT

25. Mega Millions: $390 million, Mar. 6, 2007 - Georgia, New Jersey

If Powerball rolls, the last jackpot of the ancient days of lottery (pre-2010 crossover) will be off the list.

Comment #72

EnReval — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 03:49:41 GMT

Going to play a one line I have been playing since 1998. Three # s came out together 2 weeks ago. Now, all 5 white balls have hit within the last 4 draws. Maybe they will finally be grouped together.

Comment #71

wander73 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 03:04:26 GMT

Or study codes in gematria and how everything really works. I see something weird where not the annuity which yes you're correct is determined by what you claim. I don't quite get how it goes from $868 million to $900. Did someone accidentally goof or did they purposely do that

Comment #70

Todd — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 02:56:52 GMT

You don't seem to understand how jackpot estimates are made. They are projections, not based on actual sales. So when the sales for the new jackpot start they can quickly determine if sales volumes are following the expected levels, or if sales are higher or lower than expected. So (for example) when 8 hours pass and sales are occurring at a much higher rate than what was used to create the initial projection, they plot a new calculation for the estimated jackpot again using a projection. So the... [ More ]

Comment #69

lowellm — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 02:24:37 GMT

And good luck to you, too, MzDuffleBaglady (whether or not you decide to play

Comment #68

MzDuffleBaglady — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 02:04:55 GMT

Trying to decide if I want to play MM,,, lol

Good luck though

Comment #67

lowellm — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:47:32 GMT

Was it $1.2B? At any rate, that's a mind boggling number

Comment #66

Kingofearth — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:46:03 GMT

The estimate was 1.2B. I remember, it was the reason why i became interested in lotteries.

Comment #65

lowellm — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:28:47 GMT

Wow! I remember the morning after that $950M drawing. When I saw that it rolled (I think the new estimate was 1.3B) my jaw hit the floor. It didn't seem possible that nobody won it! Then everyone just lost all self control and the real frenzy ensued. Imagine if this drawing gets re-estimated up to a billion, and nobody wins it. It'd likely hit $2B by next Tuesday.

Comment #64

Stack47 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:11:50 GMT

That was the only time to my knowledge when they sold more tickets (440 million) than possible combinations. Combined with 635 million sold in the next jackpot, over 1 billion tickets were sold within seven days.

Just goes to show how difficult it would be to sell 100% of the combos.

Comment #63

AceKicka — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 00:23:50 GMT

Headline:::: This weeks' Mega Billion Winner ...

(Wait for it,,,,,,,,)

AceKicka

Comment #62

lowellm — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 00:19:06 GMT

Do ya'll remember back when the Powerball was at $950M, and yet nobody hit the jackpot? It's pretty wild to think that it's still just a coin toss, even now, whether or not the numbers drawn will catch up to the odds.

Comment #61

Stack47 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 23:12:59 GMT

I could have bought MM tickets Online at 5:00 AM this morning in KY and at 6:00 AM the last time I bought tickets in Ohio. That gives plenty of time for people across the country to buy enough tickets to raise the estimate. And because it's an estimate, it might be based on past buying frenzies or a simple very conservative under estimate the first time.

34.0066 percent of each sales dollar is contributed to the jackpot.

And to be more precise contributed to the cash value jackpot . I d... [ More ]

Comment #60

paymentplan-man — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:52:10 GMT

My girlfriend has never bought a ticket before so when she does that's when I know the jackpot amount has really hit the fan. Im happy that I've been able to save some money this long. Haven't bought over 2 lines yet which for me is impressive. When I first started playing I was dropping like 20 bucks any time it reached 400Million but now I can hold off and just get 1-2 tickets at 500 or more. I rarely buy one below 400Million. At least not since the changes for MM took place.

Comment #59

Groppo — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:45:25 GMT

.

Paymentplan-man,

Believe me, I'm as excited as you or anyone, anywhere.

I'm thinking of buying more tomorrow, but I already blow

more than I should, every week.

Comment #58

paymentplan-man — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:39:37 GMT

Lol I like this. How many tickets do you plan to purchase Groppo

Comment #57

BBLL — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:33:22 GMT

I like your plan and shark tank.

Comment #56

BBLL — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:26:26 GMT

Hide lol

Comment #55

Groppo — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:23:36 GMT

.

OK Everybody,

Let's try and make sure that the Lotto jp for MM exceeds the 1 Billy mark.

Please, I know you can do it. I just know it. 1 Billy by Friday's draw? At least!

EVERYBODY, BUY BUY BUY

Have people at the office who poo-poo the lottery?

Approach them kindly, and insist BUY! BUY! BUY!

Tell everyone, see a stray dog or cat in the street, while you walk? TELL THEM BUY BUY BUY . . .

The little old lady, who almost cut you off, in traffic? Announce to them BU... [ More ]

Comment #54

paymentplan-man — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:43:29 GMT

Im not being disrespectful to anyone it simply started out as me saying I didn't agree with what someone said. I could agree with proof very happily in fact.

Im a person that like to look at the math. And to me the math points to only one logical conclusion. The only way I would deviate from said conclusion is with proof that what Im saying Cannot be the case. Todd sorry if you feel like im being rude or anything it was not my intent I have nothing but love for all the posts you do man.

Comment #53

BuyLow — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:36:09 GMT

Uh dude, you do realize you are responding to the owner of this site, who wrote the article and is very well versed on all things lottery.

Comment #52

paymentplan-man — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:29:30 GMT

Ill restate what I said as well and say that I will will wait and see if we see more bumps. If you provided proof that is undeniable then sure I would be willing to believe it. But as it stands I don't see any reason to believe that during the hrs of 11pm-11am there were just so many sells that there was a $32 million bump from what was previously estimated.

According to Kelly Cripe, director of media relations for the Texas Lottery Commission, precisely 34.0066 percent of each sales dollar... [ More ]

Comment #51

Todd — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:18:13 GMT

I indicated earlier that this is wrong, but apparently you have not deemed it important to acknowledge or reply. So I'm restating that you're wrong about this, just in case someone missed it earlier.

Comment #50

dpoly1 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:15:45 GMT

I got there early for my paper and played before I went for my PT.

I almost died last year and I need to keep up my strength.

Comment #49

Bleudog101 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:02:17 GMT

dpoly1: Just answered my own question about the Pennsylvania lottery and see you can play on line.

Do you ever do that?

State by state this is the wave of the future, especially IMHO for Millenials.

Comment #48

dpoly1 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 20:40:10 GMT

There was a small line where I play the lottery and there was a lottery technician watching the machine!

That store is a top 25 lottery retailer in PA and we have a very small population, about 4,211

Comment #47

dpoly1 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 20:35:41 GMT

Thanks!

Good luck to you too

Comment #46

weshar75 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 20:32:19 GMT

Well I tried whatever number popped into my head I filled out the playslip with 6 numbers for powerball tonight and mega millions on Friday night for $4 so good luck to me. Wanted to be different!-weshar75

Comment #45

hearsetrax — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 20:03:04 GMT

I hope it works out that way, Dpoly1

should be a most curious evening indeed

Comment #44

vbrich — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:53:30 GMT

Since I am sick and having a day off today, let's have fun...

For my thinking and it's opposite...

If I can't collect winning anonymously, this is too large sums of money to hide from everybody and keep it for myself, I will have to share this. I absolutely trust my brothers so we are going to split equal amounts and that alone will take care of their families and mine, we talked about this and agreed upon this when topic of jackpot win comes up at dinner and this usually happens when... [ More ]

Comment #43

paymentplan-man — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:49:52 GMT

Yes I believe they had a estimate and then once they got a final number the estimate changed. Thats how it works for every drawing. Right after the drawing they say hey based off of how sales have been progressing we think the estimate will be 500 million but it actually comes out that its 517 later on. Thats more believable then thinking that there were enough ticket sales to increase the pot by 32 after 12 hrs. Now if they released this 32 Million jump at say 10pm tonight I would believe it no... [ More ]

Comment #42

KY Floyd — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:35:50 GMT

So you think they made an estimate, announced the next jackpot, and then went back to look at the estimate and noticed that they forgot to carry the 2 or something? You know that this is only the second time in the history of the world that they've had to make a sales estimate after nobody wins a jackpot that was already over $600 million, right?

That means they've got almost zero data about how much bigger sales will be as a result of the huge jackpot. The best they can do with the first est... [ More ]

Comment #41

paymentplan-man — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:49:30 GMT

I try not to look for patterns since that goes against the realms of being random. As long as the tickets i get are not some funky combination its good enough for me.

Comment #40

motto76 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:41:10 GMT

oh cool thanks will check it out . i have also noticed there a pattern that these numbers repeat from time to time ... meaning there are certain numbers that are always a pair you look it up from the previous draws and that helps a lot ...

Comment #39

noise-gate — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:38:44 GMT

I knew somewhere in your hippocampal, there was a funny bone.

* Huzzah on the updates

Comment #38

paymentplan-man — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:38:28 GMT

Your state is actually trying to pass a law for anonymity for wins 250k and better. So who knows this could come true beginning in early 2019 which means if you win and wait you could be in luck. Although even if it passes in time I would be willing to bet they try to tell you since the win happened before the law was made you would still be SOL

Comment #37

BuyLow — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:36:23 GMT

Indeed, one of the actors apparently didn't practice his/her script well enough though.

Comment #36

paymentplan-man — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:33:30 GMT

Yeah another similar idea is to Google search random number generator and choose one of those numbers generated for the particular draw game. It works just the same because its random and you have the power over which set you spend money on. I've only bought draw tickets from a terminal like 4-5 times but on Friday when I did it I kept pressing cancel because I got like 15 crazy combinations in a row. I kept getting stuff like 37,27,57 time and time again or like 2,4,6.

Comment #35

vbrich — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:32:09 GMT

Three for me. I always had good luck whenever I play three lines. I don't play frequently but 3 hits sweet spot when ever I do play.

Comment #34

OldSchoolPa — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:31:27 GMT

I always buy one ticket. For Friday, I just might splurge a bit and buy 2 for a total outlay of $4. When I win, I will say, And this is how you turn $4 into $500M overnight! I also want to thank the Lottery Post community for keeping up the faith that one of us would win the big one! Now it is time for me to go and continue my work and take care of my immediate family. Anyone seeking a business or personal loan should visit their local bank as I am not in that business. Those seeking a handout m... [ More ]

Comment #33

motto76 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:28:36 GMT

That's what i do .. get a quick pick and look how the numbers are spread out .. for example the ticket i bought yesterday had all high numbers which didn't make sense to me.. so i chose my own numbers from low to high and two numbers came 3 and 49 ... i will just keep on doing that ..

Comment #32

paymentplan-man — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:25:35 GMT

For $50 M a pop you and your family could spend a week and a half at the International Space Station.

Comment #31

paymentplan-man — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:22:24 GMT

Yeah what I typically do is go in and get 1 quick pick first. If i get something stupid like 4-17-27-37-70 Ill get another but if the numbers are somewhat spread im cool with that. For instance I bought a ticket in MD on monday with 09-22-39-43-67(20) I was pk with those numbers. Didnt win crap but at least to my human computer the combination didn't look impossible. Its the worst thing ever when you go in wanting to get 1 quickpick and get like a ticket with all 60s. Once my ticket had 4 repeat... [ More ]

Comment #30

Horsegeek40 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:21:18 GMT

I got my ticket with megaplier option. If it rolls to a billion then oh my word what could a single winner do

Comment #29

wander73 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:17:37 GMT

What is they purposely do something tomorrow night? break the record Tuesday! anybody ever think about!

Here for you don't even know what you would do with the morning then I honestly can't believe what I'm reading off a some people some you sound so desperate

Comment #28

motto76 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:17:04 GMT

its crazy saw this guy at the Gas station he spent 200.00 on tickets i can only imagine waking up the next day and knowing you didn't win ... when the jackpot gets this high people just get so excited and spend every little bit of there cash ... so sad am only buying 2 tickets for Friday

Comment #27

paymentplan-man — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:12:43 GMT

Yeah 2 tickets is my absolute max. Saw someone on Reddit spend like 60 bucks (posted the tickets) and got nada. I felt so bad.