Powerball cash value amounts

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KY Floyd — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:13:28 GMT

That particular search was fairly useless.

It's all about how the money is invested. That's true even if the winner does choose cash value, because the advertised amount is based on the expected investment. The actual prize is always determined by sales, because that's where the money comes from. If a winner chooses annuity the cash will be invested. Interest rates have gone up again, so the annuity value of a given amount of cash is higher. The PB annuity is paid out more slowly than the MM... [ More ]

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Todd — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:59:53 GMT

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dk1421 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:39:55 GMT

My search abilities have always been horrible! Even when I do the exact same searches as the people near me.

Thanks

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Raven62 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:24:11 GMT

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Powerball cash value amounts

dk1421 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:26:43 GMT

I just found it interesting that earlier this year, Powerball was at $25 million with $15 million cash value.

Today it's at $25 million with a cash value of $12 million.

I know it changes because of how many tickets people buy, but doesn't this seem a bit drastic of a difference already?

And why does MegaMillions always - always - have higher cash value amounts than Powerball? Does the way they invest that much different? And investment doesn't matter anyway if you take the Cash option,... [ More ]