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Georgia lottery winner starts off new year by claiming $983 million Mega Millions jackpotReply
Congratulations! Something about Publix stores selling massive lottery tickets. Now this was a SMART player. Knew to hold onto the ticket and saved $400K in state taxes AND stayed anonymous.
Jan 7, 2026, 10:42 am - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

$1.5 BILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot fuels rush for ticketsReply
Last night hit cash out button on the Historic Racing Machine for $1903. Slots are illegal in KY, so they 'skirt' the law by using altered slot machines to reflect old horse races. Low bets with a jackpot win of $600 and above are subject to Federal and State taxes and machine shuts off until reset after payout. However if you bet 'high' jackpots aren't taxed. A guy yesterday doing $100 bets won $5200 and $8500 and slot attendant said there was one other too. None of them taxable. One featur
Dec 20, 2025, 8:20 am - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion after building for monthsReply
On a down note ..... I see where the cash value has gone down .. the annuity is still a billion. If I choose the cash option I'll net under 25% of the annuity after taxes. Still a lot of $$$$ tho'. Hmmm maybe I'll just buy 2 tickets instead of the 5 or 6 I was thinking of purchasing. Have a shaggy day!!!! ShagE3
Dec 12, 2025, 3:56 pm - ShagE3 - Lottery News

my idea for a multi-state lottery
1) Choose 6 numbers from 1 to 68. 2) Tickets cost $1. 3) Match all 6 to win the jackpot, which starts at $25 million. 4) 10 cents of each ticket gets added to the jackpot. 5) Match 5 of 6 to win the 2nd prize of $100,000. 6) Buy 5, get one free. For $5, you get 6 lines, which is either 6 QP or your playslip of 5 sets of 6 numbers plus one QP. 7) Both prizes are all cash (subject to taxes, of course, we can't get around that). No annuity BS. If you win $25 million and want
Dec 12, 2025, 9:28 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Good omen? Bird collision preceded NJ lottery winner's $90 million Mega Millions jackpotReply
50% in taxes after the 50% haircut.... $22 million on a 90 million dollar jackpot retailer gets 1/3 of 1/10 of 1%... don't retailers usually get 1% as a bonus? Maybe that's the rate for scratch-offs. great game
Dec 11, 2025, 10:06 am - Tucker Black - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery Director Khalid R. Jones appointed as Mega Millions Lead DirectorReply
I read everyone comments and I actually agree with everyone who has different perspective on the price increase. And there's the problem, no one is playing the piece of crap new structure game. I never purchased a $5 ticket since it's new structure and I'll never will as long it stays at this price. I don't care if it reaches 2 Billion, NOPE because PB will probably between $400-$800 million levels if MM reaches those levels and I have a piece mind my $2 going towards jackpots that's more fair t
Dec 7, 2025, 5:31 pm - Wildbill78 - Lottery News

Colorado Lottery approves credit card purchases and online ticket salesReply
Terrible idea. Other states have legalized credit cards to play the lottery because they're greedy. Colorado should not join this club. If the lottery isn't bringing in enough money, the state needs to raise taxes or cut spending (preferably the latter), not fleece the population by dangling easy CC debt in front of them.
Nov 25, 2025, 1:42 am - Tucker Black - Lottery News

Five dollar MMReply
Good point. I mean I get it... I get both sides. The dollar is worth less because of inflation. But I also see where alot of people no longer have that extra disposable income to buy a ticket. And I just don't think it's a good time right now to raise prices. Again just my opinion. I honestly can't speak for the dollar scratcher thing. Tell you the truth. I have never bought any. I was always told the odds are horrendous with dollar tickets. So I stayed away. I dunno man. It's like nowadays you'
Oct 26, 2025, 5:26 pm - Justing618 - Lottery Discussion Forum

New York- NumbersReply
I usually go increments of $ 3000 but if you go to check cashing place, you can cash up to $9000 but you have to give you New York State ID and a nice tip. I don't like the government and the government doesn't like me. I pay enough taxes. in the real world
Oct 24, 2025, 8:18 pm - adiron214! - Pick 3 Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
But you said, the more money I have to pay in taxes, the higher my income is, and I wouldn't mind that at all . And in my example you would have been better off taking the $1,000,000 because you would have kept $750,000 of it and by taking the $10,000,000 you would have only kept $500,000. So taking the bigger amount wouldn't have been the smart choice. Whether it's tax law or not doesn't matter. You said what you said. And people choose how much they make in a year every time they cha
Sep 5, 2025, 3:51 pm - grwurston - Lottery Discussion Forum