Any close, I mean really close at winning the Mega Millions?

Reply #22

RJOh — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:29:32 GMT

*A sort of unrelated question, matching 4 numbers pays $150 and if the Megaplier is 5, does the player get a W-2 and pay taxes on the $750 winnings?

The Megaplier only goes up to 4, it's the PowerPlay that goes up to 5.

Reply #21

Stack47 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:19:53 GMT

Had you played 47 and used it for the bonus number, the result would be the same, but since it would mean matching all six number on the same ticket, I suppose the feeling would be much worse than matching 5 in a lotto game. Maybe even a where can I find a tall building to jump off of kind of feeling. The good news is you played the Megaplier so you collected more than a player that had the same matches but played 8 $1 tickets.

Do you guys play the same numbers all the time and for how long

Reply #20

lottomom1 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:24:53 GMT

I wanted to get back earlier but life happens, I have to work and family calls. I need a day or two in paradise, I'm dreaming of that. Heres the story, I chose numbers and one number that I didnt choose is the one that hit it big, would have been the Million dollars or the all the pot mega millions ( the biggest ever at over $380 million remember that one) if that number would have moved over! That one number kept going off in my head but didnt play it was the 47!!!!! This was the very first tim... [ More ]

Reply #19

markp1950 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:09:17 GMT

Hard to say. I have a 2 gallon bag full of losers for 2011.

I have $11 for the next 2 days + $7 for $1 every day on supercash.

Reply #18

RJOh — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:27:39 GMT

How much do you normally spend in a year to get those kinds of results

Reply #17

markp1950 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:32:38 GMT

In Sept 2006 I matched PB + 4 for $10,000.

Prize that day was $200,000,000 so I would have won $100,000,000. Sniff......

13 times I have missed by one.

Besides the Powerball ($10,000). 6 times on Wis Badger 5.($50) Once on Wis SuperCash. ($500) Once On Wisconsin Megabucks.($500) 3 times on Illinois Little Lotto, ($100) Once On Illinois Lotto.($1,590)

Latest was Last week Friday when the Badger 5 Jackpot was $308,000. 2 winners, I would have won $102,000. Cudda shudda woulda..... The

Reply #16

RJOh — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:16:40 GMT

I felt the same way when I won $1500 for matching 5of6 in 2002. Even though I had spent nearly $3000 on lottery tickets that year, I could only deduct up to the amount I won. As it turn out it didn't matter because my $1500 and other loses didn't exceed the standard deduction of $3500 and I ended up paying about $280 more in federal taxes and $20 more in state taxes. If I won today I would also have to pay city taxes since lottery winnings was added to the city tax list a couple of years ago.... [ More ]

Reply #15

Cupcake10 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:48:43 GMT

Does one number count???? If not, the answer is NO

Reply #14

tiggs95 — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:18:44 GMT

Lottomom come back wherever you are...!!!!!...Hurry!!!...

Reply #13

Stack47 — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:45:26 GMT

I matched 5 numbers in 1984 and I thought it paid $862 but I think it was under $700 because I remember whining not only about the low payoff but having to pay taxes on an amount barely over $600. I'm pretty sure the lotto was 6/44 then and the jackpot that night was an all time record. I can't remember if it was before or after they raised the ticket price from 50 cents to a dollar. A few years later they added numbers and made matching 5 numbers a fixed $1000 payoff.

I do remember how I pic... [ More ]

Reply #12

JAP69 — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:39:03 GMT

The closest I have ever come to winning a jackpot prize was when I was up in front of the cashier to get a MM or PB ticket quick pick. At the very last second I said nah. I seen the results after the draw and says to myself, I betcha those were the numbers the quick picks would have been. DARN IT I lost by not buying that quick pick.

Reply #11

RJOh — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:37:24 GMT

That Ohio win must have been quite a few years ago because when I matched 5of6 in 2002 in Ohio Super Lotto, the payout was fixed at $1500 and the game had been running a few years then.

Ohio Classic Lotto is the same game with a few changes like the amount added to the jackpot after each drawing. Ohio wasn't making much money when they were adding a million or two dollars to the jackpot after each drawing and changing that was easier by discontinuing the game for a year and bringing it back w... [ More ]

Reply #10

rdgrnr — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:20:14 GMT

I wouldn't necessarily have to have won anything at all to think I was close to winning the Jackpot.

Not that being one digit off on all the numbers means I was close to it.

But knowing that if I had picked one up or down on all the numbers I picked I would have won.

That information and $3.50 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

Reply #9

Boney526 — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:15:32 GMT

I wrote down the winning 5+0 for MM one day, a couple months after I turned 18, but never played it. I was so suprised when I checked the numbers (I had 2 QPs) and saw that I wrote down the first 5 numbers. I wrote down 4-19-26-28-39 * 41, the result was 4-19-26-28-39 * 14.

But life goes on...

Reply #8

Stack47 — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:03:30 GMT

To me really close to winning Mega Millions would mean matching 5 + 0 or 4 + 1. Since the least I could win is $10,000, I could either whine for a couple of months or brag about winning. A few years ago when I matched 5 out of 6 playing for a $24 million Ohio Lotto jackpot, I had no choice because it was the lowest match 5 payoff to date. It was pari-mutual and had averaged about $1500 before and after I collected $862 and had to pay taxes on that.

Haven't whined about that in years; thanks f... [ More ]

Reply #7

Raven62 — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:40:55 GMT

Threads like this one seem to workout better when the person starting the thread tells their story first: The story you tell will be an inspiration to others to share their stories too

Reply #6

sully16 — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:04:38 GMT

Welcome to Lottery Post Lottomom, Happy Winnings

Reply #5

rdgrnr — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:04:37 GMT

Yes, it's sad tiggs, but nobody wants to hear about how you won that Charleston Dance Contest back in the flapper days in the 1920's.

Nobody even knows what the Charleston was anymore.

People just got no respect for you old geezers.

Reply #4

tiggs95 — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:54:42 GMT

Hey lottomom what's up and how you been..tiggs has no stories about lottery losing but got other stories if you wanna hear them..Nobody else will listen to tiggs....Helloooo you there.;.See what'd tiggs tell you...

Reply #3

rdgrnr — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:47:17 GMT

Welcome to the Lottery Post Forums, lottomom1. Glad to see you're posting.

I don't have any tales of woe about the Mega but I'd love to hear yours

Reply #2

RJOh — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:08:04 GMT

Everyone have their own ideas about what is close but the only ones that count are the ones the lottery pay for. Any numbers other than the winning numbers isn't close even if they are only one digit off.

Reply #1

Raven62 — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:51:59 GMT

You've been mislead by your mind if you think you've almost Won: Either You Won or You Lost

Any close, I mean really close at winning the Mega Millions?

lottomom1 — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:46:38 GMT

I have an awesome story to share but I want to hear of others first. Were you ever really that close that you almost cried? I will share a ticket and my story later when I post my ticket.