$750 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges to 4th-largest ever

Comment #155

KY Floyd — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:32:23 GMT

Powerplay makes a ticket $3.

Powerplay sales are accounted for separately. The figures I posted are just for the regular tickets that cost $2 each.

Comment #154

mikeintexas — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:08:19 GMT

I stumbled across an article listing the # of PB winners from the various states and found this:

Statistically speaking, every ticket has the same chance of winning - 292,201,338 to 1 - no matter where it s sold.

Ranking the luckiest states for Powerball is a bit complicated. The game made its debut in 1992 in 15 states. At the time, the odds were 55 million to 1 and the jackpots started at $2 million. The initial 15 states included: Delaware, Iowa, Idaho, Hoosier (Indiana), Kansas, Ken... [ More ]

Comment #153

CDanaT — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:54:13 GMT

Congrats to the winning ticket holder purchased in Wisconsin...................................Nothing to report from TN not even a 4+PB

Comment #152

Bleudog101 — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:48:32 GMT

Someone or a group in New Berlin, WI very happy. It is about 65 miles from the Miracle Mile.

I too may cut back; feels like the wind is taken out of my sails. Hey no Ohio tickets this weekend

Comment #151

paymentplan-man — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:39:25 GMT

I think I need a a break from the rest of 2019. Or if we see it reach the billions mark. Fatigue is in for me hard. On another note I'm surprised we haven't heard from that one guy who always says the jackpots are won from states near some body of water. Hope you all have a great morning

Comment #150

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:20:18 GMT

There was two 5/5 winners in California and each ticket won $2,939,782.

Comment #149

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:16:34 GMT

Congrats to the winner(s)

I got ziltch.

Comment #148

Bleudog101 — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:40:34 GMT

Miracle mile came to mind here too.

Not a good night, $90 on-line with $36 return. No tickets from Ohio this weekend, taking a break from this madness.

Comment #147

hearsetrax — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:36:56 GMT

wishes I had the internet and the Lottery Post when I first started playing,

lord knows the nonsense I'd of dreamt of and lessons I'd of learned back then

Congrats to the winner/s

Comment #146

music* — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:29:39 GMT

Maybe the winning ticket was purchased on what is called, The Miracle Mile . That is a mile long or longer group of businesses that have sold many jackpot winners.

I will google, The miracle mile in Wisconsin and see the results. Todd my have it in the Search box.

Yes, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Lottery Post search box does have a story on this mile of lucky stores.

Comment #145

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 07:26:14 GMT

Congratulations to the winner/s

Comment #144

cottoneyedjoe — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 06:16:53 GMT

Same here, only buy a ticket when the jackpot is over 700, quit when someone else wins it, rinse lather repeat every few months. Nice win for Wisconsin.

Comment #143

gregs241 — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 06:16:21 GMT

HI from WI. ! me neither .... have a $10. ticket 2/5 w/o bonus on one line. oh,well I will mail it to Madison for second chance drawing. GOOD LUCK

Comment #142

keepitreal — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 05:23:28 GMT

I hope Mega Millons get really high Jackpot soon. Few people from Michigan win 1 million each.

Comment #141

benjibanks — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 05:08:16 GMT

Now I will take a break from playing. Congrats to the lucky player from Wisconsin.

Comment #140

keepitreal — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 05:07:46 GMT

With all them people that won. Not one from Michigan. That crazy.

Comment #139

lejardin — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 05:02:44 GMT

One winner from Wisconsin, 9 secondary winners. I was not one of them, dang.

Comment #138

En ReVal — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 04:56:56 GMT

Results updated, check out the news

Comment #137

keepitreal — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 04:50:38 GMT

You gotta wait 1 more hr. Last time the jackpot was really high. Like 6:30am Michigan time. They said who won.

Comment #136

En ReVal — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 04:37:48 GMT

Waiting to see if we have a winner

Comment #135

Kingofearth — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 04:31:57 GMT

The Powerball odds haven't changed in years, it hasn't gotten harder.

Comment #134

Redd55 — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 04:26:19 GMT

Neither did I. I dont expect to win the big one but it has gotten increasingly harder to win even a buck or two.

Comment #133

EnReval — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 04:16:36 GMT

$768mil

Comment #132

benjibanks — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 04:04:50 GMT

It says that the values are pending and will only be announced after the national result is final. Last drawing it was at around 4.5 million. I did not match a single number... so I hope it rolls.

Comment #131

Redd55 — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 03:56:23 GMT

Did they say how much the pot was? I guessed it had to be over $5 million.

Comment #130

benjibanks — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 03:48:10 GMT

Two people from California hit the second prize, both from No Cal.

Comment #129

EnReval — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 03:34:56 GMT

Those nonsequential numbers usually hit! Betting there s a winner and no rollover

Comment #128

Six balls — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 02:02:56 GMT

Welp, count me in for one and a half tickets - my friend and I split a ticket. I made sure to send her a picture when I bought it because I've read the lawsuit stories on here enough times.

Comment #127

Kingofearth — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 23:40:54 GMT

Powerplay makes a ticket $3.

Comment #126

paymentplan-man — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:56:05 GMT

Are tickets not $2 everywhere

Comment #125

KY Floyd — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:04:25 GMT

According to the Texas Lottery, if it rolls tonight they're going to sell $276,312,299 worth of tickets for Saturday's drawing. If one of the people who only pay $1 for a ticket win will they get the whole jackpot or just half of it

Comment #124

Horsegeek40 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:30:25 GMT

We shall see in a few hours. Good luck to all

Comment #123

CDanaT — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:40:38 GMT

I could enjoy seeing another rollover or 2... After all, its been over 5 months since the last Billion dollar jackpot

Comment #122

LottoLucy — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:54:56 GMT

According to the estimated jackpot worksheet at the Texas Lottery website the actual annuity jackpot is

$766,716,650 but it doesn t look like the cash value has increased.

https://www.txlottery.org/export/sites/lottery/Documents/jackpotestimates/pb20190327.pdf

Comment #121

Redd55 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:50:21 GMT

Same answer I gave you the last time you asked this question: It is in hidden text on the TX lottery site.

Comment #120

andl — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:45:45 GMT

How do you know this

Comment #119

Redd55 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:35:58 GMT

If it rolls tonight, it jumps to $900 mil and if it rolls on Sat it jumps to $1,111,304,049.

So, you people who are obsessed with hitting a billion got it.

Comment #118

Think — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 18:29:22 GMT

What about the $4 play when it is this high?

The same 5 white balls with 2 different Power Balls?

You still get the $2 Million if you miss the Power Ball but you also get 2 Chances at the JP and 2 Chances at 3rd prize

Comment #117

Horsegeek40 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 17:15:37 GMT

They may wait until absolute last minute for bump but $750 million is still nice sum.

Comment #116

hearsetrax — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:20:15 GMT

makes little difference at this point in time

but heres hoping

Mr Burns sings the blues - the simpsons sing the blues

Comment #115

brees2012 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:16:18 GMT

Please let us know what Jason Kurland says , it would be interesting to what he says !!!

Thank you

Comment #114

brees2012 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:11:07 GMT

It's done by ..............Billable hours

Comment #113

Horsegeek40 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:34:04 GMT

Should we anticipate a bump or hold what we got

Comment #112

TheMeatman2005 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:18:39 GMT

It's 11:18 A.M. in NY. A little less than 12 hours to go until the Power Ball numbers are drawn and it's still $750 mil

No bump yet

Comment #111

whiteballz — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:48:01 GMT

Good enough for me.

Comment #110

TheMeatman2005 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 03:45:24 GMT

No. it's still at $750 mil (Cash Value: $465.5 Million)

PowerBall.com

Comment #109

andl — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 03:06:25 GMT

Has the estimated jackpot raised at all

Comment #108

TheMeatman2005 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 02:16:08 GMT

Card counters usually give themselves away by playing the table minimum for a while and then hitting the table max when the cards are in their favor,

Watch the movie 21 if you ever get the chance.

Comment #107

Artist77 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 01:40:26 GMT

How can they tell if you are counting cards? I think I could do that easily.

Comment #106

ohiopick3 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 01:32:17 GMT

Nice Dream, I'm in! It Could be Wednesday night? Good Luck to all players

Comment #105

Coin Toss — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 01:08:29 GMT

The IRS actually did send agents in making believe they were looking for jobs.......

There was one case where the IRS greatly overestimated what tokes (tips) were in one casino, it went to court and when asked how they came up with that figure the IRS agents said, We saw a lot of green chips ($25 ones) in some tip boxes.

No, dealers don't cut off players but bosses might.........I caught the tail end of the old days and the bosses knew all the roulette cheats.........they'd tell them they... [ More ]

Comment #104

Artist77 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:43:24 GMT

That was a case settlement and I noted that there are exceptions if there is an investigation. And you think her attorney is connected with a reputable firm?? All settlement agreements allow a matter to be reopened in certain situations. You are comparing apples to oranges. I am in that field, you know??? So I am well versed in reality. I don't think you are understanding. Once your ticket is verified a winner, it is over. Any later suit whining about the payout would be filed against the lotter... [ More ]

Comment #103

paymentplan-man — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:38:16 GMT

But just for you I'll gladly give you a reality check.......look no farther than the whole stormy daniels----- attoreny------- president fiasco. Confidentiality agreement was broken. In the end it doesn't matter. Your perfect world sounds nice where people actually abide by all the rules but things just don't work like that. Which is why people go to court for things like this all the time.

Comment #102

paymentplan-man — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:31:41 GMT

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Comment #101

Artist77 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 23:53:55 GMT

That is really not how it works in real life. That sounds like a TV movie.

Comment #100

paymentplan-man — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 23:36:07 GMT

I understand what you mean 100% but here's what would happen. Attorneys have pillow talk with significant other---- significant other gossips to friends----- word gets out. In this scenario that confidentiality agreement is as useful as 1 plywood toilet paper during a bad taco Tuesday. If this was a perfect world then yeah that agreement would stand but.........

Comment #99

Artist77 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 23:17:46 GMT

Attorneys sign confidentiality agreements for clients unless the matter is public record like litigation. It is not unusual for clients to come in for private matters and that info is never released or you would likely lose you license. All the staff working on such private matters, from paralegals to admin. people, to attorneys, sign confidentiality/non disclosure agreements. Firms take this seriously but that is why you go to a name firm for assistance. An attorney can only disclose client inf... [ More ]

Comment #98

paymentplan-man — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:44:07 GMT

Perhaps it totally depends on what you use your attorney for. Maybe you pick someone(s) just during the claiming stage and to place the money somewhere and go with another agency when its time to actually invest or move the money around (give to family/donate to charity etc) that way your new firm has no idea where the money came from they just know that your someone who has a bunch of cash. The reason why I specifically might try this route is because the latter firm would be there helping you

Comment #97

Artist77 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:05:23 GMT

When I had a trust created a while back for some assets, I was charged a flat rate/fixed fee total. But a flat rate does not mean a few hundred dollars . I think mine was $2000 or $2500 but there was no ongoing future work once it was completed. A lottery attorney is likely going to be doing other work for you for a while after the jp is claimed.

Comment #96

Artist77 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:59:11 GMT

Wow! I know zero about Vegas. You seriously need to write that book.

Did dealers ever cut anyone off from playing after huge losses

Comment #95

Stack47 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:53:55 GMT

I use powerplay too, but it's a catch-22 because it applies just to the secondary prizes. For a $3 bet we can get better odds playing other games. IMO, MM's jackpot only option is making a bad bet worse.

Good Luck

Comment #94

MsBee18 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:39:26 GMT

But it is a $750M win. You have the option to walk away with $750M over a period of 29 years. No gimmick that's the rules.

Comment #93

Coin Toss — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:36:25 GMT

LottoLucy,

At the place where I usually play there is a sign now from the Illinois lottery by the play slips that says

PB IS NOW $750 Million, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH ALL THAT TIME.

So to an unaware player (the real target audience for the hype) that would certainly imply a $750M win, no? And it's by the lottery, not the media, so it's not just the media.

I would like to see a media person though at one of the lottery outlets ask a few players

What is the jackpot? And how much wou... [ More ]

Comment #92

music* — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 14:50:37 GMT

A very good question to ask now and before claiming your prize.

There have been winners who did not know their rights and went public.

We will know soon who has won. Will it be you

Comment #91

Rman313 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 14:18:49 GMT

Can you remain anonymous in the state of MI

Comment #90

CDanaT — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:10:45 GMT

You are a much more patient than I would be maximumfun... Letting the state where you purchased your ticket dictate what your payment would be over 29 more years and taking a chance on what the federal tax rate maybe in 10/15/20/25 years. Especially if it is controlled by 1 of the political groups who just love increasing taxes. As we all know, money doubles based on rule 72. So,take the $465.5 with 37% taxes right now or gamble on taxes going lower/higher in 2030 or 2040 ?? Don't Forget about t... [ More ]

Comment #89

TheMeatman2005 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:33:05 GMT

Thirty years is a long time. For us elderly players we can count on changes. Higher taxes. Sickness and death. I hope to find experienced and honest help with my winnings.

I agree with you music*

I have always said.... Under 40, take the annuity. Over 40, take the cash.

Comment #88

Bleudog101 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:09:25 GMT

One Attorney who does Blind trusts in Massachusetts for lottery winners charges a flat rate. Not going to mention his name, but he is frequently in the mandatory lottery pictures there. Somewhere had an article about him and that's how I know he only charges a very reasonable amount for an Attorney.

Comment #87

hearsetrax — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 09:29:41 GMT

just remember not to fall vitim to selling your payments for quick cash,

when you blow your original budget jejejejeje

Comment #86

music* — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 08:08:18 GMT

Even USAMEGA does the 24% automatic deduction. I am just doing the math for the 13% and the State taxes that are due. I believe it gives a realistic view of how much you have really won.

Thirty years is a long time. For us elderly players we can count on changes. Higher taxes. Sickness and death. I hope to find experienced and honest help with my winnings.

I do not like it when winners quote the Annuity or the Lump Sum and thinking that there are no more taxes due.

The winners who t... [ More ]

Comment #85

maximumfun — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 06:09:18 GMT

If I were the sole winner of the 750M+ j/p? I would take it as an annuity.

Probably would take some getting use to - having to budget with only an 11M+$ gross check year 1... but I think I could learn to tough it out... specially since the check would grow by 5%/yr - that should take the sting out of it for me...

... 11M+$... worst case 6M+ after all taxes and fees

... just over 500k/month

... 16k+/day

... I might just be able to squeak by

Comment #84

weshar75 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 03:16:51 GMT

I would be happy with $2 million since I powerplayed my two tickets.-weshar75

Comment #83

Stack47 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 02:50:05 GMT

Back in the day all jackpots were annuities so a $25 million jackpot was $25 million regardless how long it took to get all the money. Even after lotteries started offering cash values as a choice, jackpots were still advertised as the annuity value and the rule of thumb was the prize after taxes was close to 1/3 of that value. Nothing has changed except for maybe the perception of some players.

The Ohio Lottery play slips had cash or payments boxes on their play slips and I believe there are... [ More ]

Comment #82

larry3100 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 02:05:33 GMT

Some years ago the San Francisco 49ers had their training camp here in Redwood City and then moved to Santa Clara, just a few miles south.

Comment #81

ekem6078 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 01:38:03 GMT

I got a feeling some ones going to win it ALL. before they let it roll to No.1 js Hope it' ME LOL.

Comment #80

Coin Toss — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 01:34:30 GMT

Artist,

When I worked in Vegas and people came in looking for jobs and asked how the money was every dealer in the place was trained to say, What are you, a cop? IRS?

It was just the Vegas way.

Comment #79

Artist77 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 01:09:41 GMT

PS. Since he may not be licensed in most states, it is possible he has an attorney contact in most states to draft documents., etc. I am not certain how he acts as counsel in other states. An attorney who is not licensed in a state can file a court request to waive in on a limited matter so maybe this is what he does but he would likely have to say he is supervised by x named attorney licensed in that state. I would certainly ask about this info.

Comment #78

sully16 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:46:34 GMT

sure is.thanks.

Comment #77

Artist77 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:45:34 GMT

I hope a veggie burger is ok Sully! Good luck

Comment #76

sully16 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:44:41 GMT

I want a sammich, lol...Good luck Artist.

Comment #75

Artist77 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:40:10 GMT

Lol No kidding. But my paycheck makes it so worthwhile. Lol

Comment #74

Artist77 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:39:09 GMT

I have seen people post in lp and assume the attorney takes a percentage of winnings. I think that is due to the personal injury attorneys who take a percentage of a settlement/often a third and people see these commercials on tv.

For an hourly rate, he will provide you an estimate in writing on the number of hours to draft the trust docs, meet with you, claim it, etc. You could certainly say that no more than 30 hours max unless I approve it and I need to approve every increase of 10 hours,

Comment #73

LottoLucy — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:59:38 GMT

I read an article saying that one of the biggest misconceptions Jason Kurland battles is that he asks a percentage of the win. He said in reality he charges a flat rate. Do you think that means a flat hourly rate or you and he come up with some sort of mutually agreeable number and that is what you pay no matter how much hand holding he has to do?

I also saw him say that lottery winners are super paranoid at first and most will not tell him their name or how much they won at the initial point... [ More ]

Comment #72

LottoLucy — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:48:13 GMT

I m pretty sure those members are screaming at their screen right now Shut up, woman, and make me a sandwich

Comment #71

LottoLucy — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:44:05 GMT

Wow, congratulations on the win! I love your smart investment strategy!

Good luck

Comment #70

LottoLucy — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:42:13 GMT

If you think it is hyped you should put the blame where it belongs, squarely on the shoulders of the mainstream media, and not the lotteries. As you said reporters are asking the question and not really mentioning the cash value because $750 million sounds a lot sexier than $465 million and change.

The average person might go to their state lottery website or the Powerball website for jackpot information and it very clearly says both the cash value as well as the annuity value on most of tho... [ More ]

Comment #69

Todd — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:16:32 GMT

Understood, but I agree with Artist here. People generally don't go around quoting technical facts about money and taxes. Everyone knows you have to pay tax, it is totally unnecessary to add that asterisk to everything you say.

Plus, there is a perfectly good case for accepting the annuity (the full $750 million), because unlike what pundants typically insist, the annuity is actually a pretty good investment, if you don't want to worry about doing the legwork and management yourself. With a... [ More ]

Comment #68

Suzy-Dittlenose — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:13:51 GMT

Last Friday night I won $800 playing Bingo at my local church. I've decided to spend $100 on Wednesday's Powerball. If there's no winner then, Saturday I'll spend another $100. $800M is a good prediction for Wednesday's draw. Cha-ching......grin.....

Comment #67

Artist77 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:01:36 GMT

But if someone asks you your yearly salary, assuming you can disclose the info, don't you give the gross amount

Comment #66

Coin Toss — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 22:43:53 GMT

Todd,

Well no, it's not chump change but it's also certainly not $750M either.

Most everybody here at KP knows that but I was thinking about news reporters that will ask players, What would you do with $750M , implying that's what theyd get and I'm sure that's what a lot of players are thinking.

Comment #65

Todd — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 22:11:25 GMT

I guess you can't find it because it's wrong.

Even in the worst-case situation, where a winner did no tax planning at all and foolishly paid the entire 37% federal + let's say the massive 8% that my home state of New Jersey taxes, that's still more than $255 million.

$255 million after taxes is just chump change, right? No reason to play.

Comment #64

Stack47 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 20:21:50 GMT

I actually called that law firm and was told to call them back AFTER I win a jackpot. And then I thought about contacting one of OJ's defense team until I found out Cochran and Kardashian are no longer practicing law and F. Lee Bailey was disbarred.

The thing I can't understand is why so many people are trying to make collecting winnings so complicated when the chances of winning are slim and none and Slim is leaving town.

Comment #63

Coin Toss — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 19:23:52 GMT

The lotteries should win a Hype in Advertising award......

It's gone now but yesterday there was an article that said when all is said and done and since most winners opt for cash a solo winner, after state and Federal taxes would get about $211M.

$750M still sound like $750M

Comment #62

msharkey2001 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 18:34:33 GMT

Who needs balance? NH has had 2 top 15 PB jackpot winners the past 3 years, not to

mention this is Patriot and Red Sox country so we re used to the big wins.

Comment #61

Artist77 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 17:46:49 GMT

I am always amused, as many other lp members are, how some people try to pass themselves off as experts on every topic but they appear to be unemployed. Some even whine about no one asking them about their profession. The reasons are obvious. They seem to be unusually insecure over the lp members who bring viable and helpful real world info to the table.

Comment #60

noise-gate — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:50:28 GMT

How noble of you to respond to my post, l guess you beginning to like me. As reciprocating value, I found your information on No firm is going to tolerate a rogue attorney ruining the law firm s name hilarious extremely valuable. Don t tell anyone l said so.

Comment #59

TheMeatman2005 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:48:48 GMT

OK N-G. I'll ask him for you.

Comment #58

noise-gate — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:43:29 GMT

Yes you can. While you have his ear, don t forget to pass that information on to the rest of us big guy. I wonder if Jason ventures out as far as the West Coast, business wise or does he sleep in his own bed every night? Ask him that as well TMM. l could use JK out here.

Comment #57

TheMeatman2005 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:30:09 GMT

I saw that on their website. Thanks.

Comment #56

TheMeatman2005 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:28:46 GMT

I suppose I can wait until Thursday to do that