Would Mega Millions honor this payment? https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/250167 Lottery Post Forum Topic: Would Mega Millions honor this payment? en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator Reply #1 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/250167/2684559 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/250167/2684559 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:15:41 GMT Pinkpansies No they would not honor the payment. Once the second tier prizes reach a certain amount (I believe it is based on the jackpot amount and/or each individual lottery has a rainy day fund to pay out higher then expected prizes)

This is from Idaho's lottery website for powerball

NOTE: Some or all of the preset prizes may become pari-mutuel under certain circumstances as defined in the game rules. 50% of all money played is allocated to Powerball prizes.

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]]> Pinkpansies Would Mega Millions honor this payment? https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/250167 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/250167 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:51:58 GMT Masone If you hit the 5 WB numbers on 500 plays and added the 4x multiplier to all of them, would they honor the 500 million dollar payment? I guess my question is, is there a limit to how much they'll pay someone on a non-jackpot win? A crazy what-if scenario: what if someone were to hit the 5 WB numbers on 1000 plays, all with the 4x multiplier. They'd have to dish out 1 billion to a non-jackpot winner, right

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