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Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Sure, the rest of us have no problem paying income taxes on our hard-earned wages and salaries while the lucky winner of a massive jackpot should pay nothing. It's mind-boggling how many people are willing to subsidize somebody who has 50, 100, 1000 or 100,000 times as much money as they do. You wouldn't be saying that if you won. There are some countries that do not tax lottery winnings. Unfortunately we are not one of them. where you're guaranteed to get good vacation time.
Sep 4, 2025, 2:01 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

The $29.95 Non-BelieverzReply
they want mega millions pumped up so people switch over. Ole Stat$ believe they're gonna milk dat PB for All It'z worth befoe they let it go ... cauze at the rate that MM iz crawlin?, huh, it'll be darn near 2 yrz from naaah if it reachez a Billyen, cauze Playaz ain't buyin it.. LOz (MUSL) iz gonna try to make up for the lozz of money that we all clearly see... (60% refrainment) Not of course unlezz EvErYbOdY in Khalefornyah buyz a PB ticket. West America iz the only Country wit such a
Aug 31, 2025, 2:12 pm - Stat$talker - Lottery Discussion Forum

mathematics of re-playing small winsReply
I did my analysis on scratch-off tickets because most of the prize money goes towards lower prizes. With jackpot accumulation draw games such as Powerball, not much goes to lower prizes. To summarize my first post, for the $5 Colorado scratch-off $100,000 Super Bonus, the average number of tickets played is 2.5x or 3x your original bankroll, depending on whether your stop point is $500 or $1,000. Not surprisingly, the improved odds of winning a large prize exactly correlate with the average
Aug 29, 2025, 8:25 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
BUY LOW ! Good to see you back on here again - nice $1K claimer - just one scratch :) Congrats - that wasn't a $50 ticket was it ? I was told if you choose to mail it for redemption it now has to go to Tallahassee and they take 4 to 6 weeks to process it ...... No more mail it to a District office that has a one or two day turn around .... seems like FlLot is coming out with overpriced junky scratch offs and making it harder for we players to get our money .... not good CAPE - nice job getti
Aug 27, 2025, 7:46 pm - skeptic - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
Hello ZZ ! Been a while since you posted and congrats on the wins ! Hope your dog is sleeping better with the new bed I've run across the same situation with winning tickets - we cashed so many checks today you'll have to come back later - and many other reasons they don't have the cash for your win(s) ...... when I get lucky and have a wad to cash I call the service desk at the Publix I always go to - I know the clerks by name and they know me - I say I have 2300 worth of wins, can you cas
Aug 19, 2025, 6:51 pm - skeptic - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Thanks for the info. It was just my curiosity (and not judgment) about your pool compared to what I am doing (and my plan for a Pool) and nothing more. I read in an earlier post and understand that your organizer had a formula for each member to get 1 Mil on a big win. I think that is a good plan and sounds like it will not cost a fortune to execute. What I am doing *sounds* a bit rich but it really isn't. Since the end of March when PB MM were won back to back and reset to their minimum
Jul 27, 2025, 9:49 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Sounds like your pool is hitting, but just not the big numbers yet. Just out of curiosity, and *only* if you wish to say, how many folks are playing in your pool(s) now and what kind of money are you playing with each draw now? Again, only if you wish to say. I am still in savings mode while waiting for the rollovers to make a really big cash value amount before I commit to a big purchase (or be committed!) . As of the week ending yesterday 07/26/2025 I have 86 draws skipped and $321.00 save
Jul 27, 2025, 7:51 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

First draws for UK National Lottery's New Lotto to take place tonightNews Story
Game overhaul gives players more chances to win, but with some lower prizes By Kate Northrop The overhaul for the UK National Lottery's revamp of the classic Lotto draw game will kick off tonight, with New Lotto offering a second chance to win on every ticket. It's two for the price of one in the UK National Lottery's overhauled New Lotto draw game, which has moved to a new two-round format at its twice-per-week schedule. Players may be getting more chances to win in New Lotto, b
Jun 10, 2026, 7:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery delays expiration date of $12.8 million jackpot-winning ticket in legal battleReply
Evidently it must have been against company policy for employees to purchase rejected tickets The stories I've seen have said the policy is that employees can't buy (any) lottery tickets at the store they work at , not just while they're working. There's also the whole deception angle of attempting to buy the ticket in the hopes that the company didn't yet know they owned a ticket worth far more than face value. I don't see any way that it was a lawful sale/purchase. Unprecedented move
May 26, 2026, 1:22 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Charges dropped against $167M Kentucky Powerball lottery winnerNews Story
Ex-girlfriend rescinds statements about stolen $12,000 Includes video report By Kate Northrop Charges against the record-breaking $167 million Powerball lottery winner were dropped earlier this week after court testimony absolved him from the accusations related to an alleged burglary. All charges related to an alleged break-in against $167 million Powerball jackpot winner Shannon James Farthing, 51, were dismissed after it was revealed in court a miscommunication led to his arre
May 15, 2026, 7:59 am - Todd - Lottery News