I'm glad it's split - more wealth to spread around - and on the two coasts too!

VA didn't even get 4 out of 5 numbers. Oh, well.

Congrats to the winners! May you collect anonymously and enjoy a great life!

god bless all the mega winners

Congrats to all the winners large and small,hate that my ticket wasn't one of them;better luck next time.lol

  I hope california falls in the pacific ocean  sooon !!!

Why is New York always hitting the Mega Millions Jackpot?

Its not always. Only two times this year

California has 4 this year. And to the person that says they hope California falls into the ocean, which state do you think is one of the biggest contributors to the increasing jackpots of the Mega Millions?

Don't take it personal, it just business.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO WON ON THE MEGA MILLIONS DRAWING LAST NIGHT. FROM THE $333 MILLION TO THE $2 WINNER. YOU WON!!!!!

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE JACKPOT WINNERS ON THE LOTTERY CHANGED MY LIFE SHOW IN THE FUTURE.

TO THOSE OF US WHO DID NOT WIN, THERE IS ALWAYS THE NEXT DRAWING, AND THE NEXT DRAWING, AND THE NEXT DRAWING, AND THE NEXT, AND THE NEXT, AND THE NEXT, AND THE ..........................

According to Lottoreport New York bought the most tickets at $28,732,216 but California was a close second with $24,084,874 in sales.  New Jersey was third with $19,576,676 in sales.  These states were responsible for almost half of the $156M in MegaMillions ticket sales and they were only 3 of the 12 states selling tickets..

2+0 this drawing....I guess I'm getting better (17 & 54).

I have family in the Bronx....hope it was one of them. Then again, I'd be one of those who haven't spoken to them in years....I'd probably just leave them alone.

Congratulations to all, and hopefully we'll (I'll) win the next one.

Congratulations to the (2) two winners.

                It was a nice run.....!

 Awesome reply, Godfather!

hello...i want to tell you a little secret....but please please dont tell anyone....i am one of the big winners.

Fja...that chart was pretty nifty.  Where did you find that information?

I read on some website from New York that that person decided to take the annuity. How is it possible that they know even though the lottery office is closed until Monday?

We passed about 6 blocks from the NY location coming back from a Yankee game Weds. night.

The NY site lists the number of winners and where sold. the nj site need to do that...they only
put that information weeks later when a jackpot was won at a particular Store.

I predict there will be a jackpot winner again within 2 drawings. The bonus ball is predicted to be "10".

In New York (and Texas) players are required to make their choice at the time of purchase.

Oh ok thanks Todd.

Big up congrats to the winners.....(sob)....I guess it was not my turn yet....This time I wanna lay off for some time....God Bless all the winners...

why noone believe me,that iam one of the big winners ?

I am also glad more then one person won the jackpot. That is a lot of money and is more then enough to help out multiple people! Congrats to the winners!

Um, maybe because you live in Chicago, and the winners were in NY and California.

They're both annuity according to the printout I got at the lottery register. WOW

I would never pick annuity ever ever ever lol

i got 3 dollars :-)
02 12 28 37 47 +31

oh  well better luck next time

Where the ticket was sold a lots of puertoricans live there,my guess is the person is probably Sonia Sottomayor.

Well we hear you.....Good luck to you if you really won.....Thats a true blessing...

hahahaha.  hey maybe she will quit her job then, we can hope.

Congratulations to all the winners!!!   

This was win number FIVE for New York this year and number four for California.

Population rank of those two states?

We`wanted the mega million to go another round to see it create another record.

Well the race is over and congrajs to the winners!!!

Wait for the next race now!!!!

LOL

cute lie?

"Incredible," was the first word out of my mouth when I logged on to the NYLottery website this morning
The moment I saw the words '38 W. Fordham Rd" I knew the ticket was sold right around the block from where my cousin lives. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't play haha.
I'm just glad the winning ticket wasn't purchase where I bought my tickets (or anywhere else near me, for that matter)I would probably go insane haha.
I was reading the NY Times article this morning and laughed, with a mixture of pity and empathy, at one of the reactions to the win.

Tubar Palmer, 43, a neighborhood resident who is a regular at theconvenience store in the Bronx, came in to check if he was the winner.
“Why?” he shouted, reading aloud the winning numbers, “Why not me?”

Why not me, Tubar? Or anyone else on this message board? Haha.
It's always a bummer to lose, but I'm actually glad someone from NYC won again, and that they, like me, could possibly be hispanic.
Winning has nothing to do with race or nationality, but there's a certain pride that extends beyond the winner just being from New York.
I imagine a family just like mine, and how incredible their lives have just changed.
Bless 'em and good luck on tuesday/future drawings everyone.

Omg! I went to the store in the bronx where the ticket was sold and it was full of people like 400. All was buying ticket. I wonder why people get so crazy. Just because it happen there once doesn't mean it gonna happen agaiN. iT MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME SOMEONE WIN BIG JACKPOT ON THAT STORE. bEFORE i DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS REAL, BUT  NOW i BELIEVE. THE STORE ALREADY POST A HUGE SIGN THAT SAID JACKPOT WINNER $166,500,000

Also, in Texas, if you don't choose at the time of purchase, you are automatically assigned the annuity choice.   That's for the jackpot only.

You went all the way out of your way just to go to that store? I would imagine the BX is a bit of a ways from BK, not to mention those ridiculous tolls one pays to travel from borough to borough. Tell me you were going to a Yankee game or something?! LMAO. I'm on the Jersey side of the Hudson, and getting to the Bronx is no problem for me, heck I even have family there. But I wouldn't waste my gas going to a store that sold the winning ticket to some guy/woman you don't even know.

I was telling my dad maybe his sister won.....I wonder if he called...lol.

Well, several days ago I predict that a winner would win from Southern California but I was hoping and praying it would have been ME!!!  Oh well, my time is coming very soon and CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEGA JACKPOT WINNERS FROM CA & NY

If you won, where is the photo of the winning ticket with the winning numbers????

Nah. I took the train and its about 1hr trip.

Wow...last time I spent about an hour on a NYC subway was the trip to Coney Island. :)

Well, I look forward to the next jackpot. I'll be studying my butt off.

And what does the obvious population/ticket sales reason have to do with my responding to someone saying NY only had two winners this year?

depending on pure luck is the way to go.
congrats to the winners.

Why in the world did that store in the bronx get only $10,000 ?. The state of New York should be ashamed of them-selfs !.That store that sold that winning ticket  of $166,5000.00 should get at least $500,000 !!!. If I ever win the Mega Millions,that store will get at least 5% of my winnings,after taxes.New York...WAKE-UP!!.

In Ohio agents(retailers) selling the winning tickets for a MegaMillions Jackpot get $1,000 per Million*.  Each state have their own rules.  A few years ago a BigGame jackpot was shared by winners in Michigan and Illinois and the retailer in Michigan got $10K while the one in Illinois got $150K.

* Shared among all winning ticket selling agents, minimum bonus of $10,000.

Why should the retailer get anything at all? They already got paid for selling the winning ticket, as well as every other ticket they sold. Did selling the winning ticket take some kind of extra work?

Obamnian attitude -

Gotta spread the wealth !

I prefer one ticket to win - that makes an enormous impact !

Retailer incentives are a huge boost to lottery sales.  I know this because I know several owners of convenience stores that do whatever they can to increase awareness of jackpots, etc.

If you truly want to gain understanding of why things happen the way they do with the lottery, you need to think of it as the huge business that it is -- not as just a challenging game between you and the rubber balls.

That is correct.  Lottery retailers signed on to sell lottery tickets and knew full well what they would receive, should they sell a jackpot winning ticket.

If MI was to give the retailer some kind of extra "bonus" that is not in the contract, that would be like the retailer or the lottery commision deciding to give you some kind of extra bonus for a jackpot win.  It just isn't done. 

Besides, where would they take the extra money from?  Maybe their paychecks?  Maybe off the winning jackpot?  In either case, if they did do that, someone would be unhappy.

Totalitarian: Having or exercising complete political power and control without opposition...

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a Revolutionary Act. (George Orwell)

Congrats to the Winners!

Are those retailers trying to increase jackpot awareness because they're hoping to collect a bonus for selling a jackpot winner, or do they do it because it sells more of the tickets for which they get the standard commission?  Obviously the retailers have a much better chance of selling a jackpot winner than any given player has of buying the winner, but I sure hope that collecting the bonus isn't part of their business plan. I'd be very surprised if annual bonus payments to retailers average out to more than a couple of hundred bucks per retailer. Some retailers made that much simply on the increased ticket sales for the last MM drawing.

I am thinking of it as a business. That's why I don't think it'snecessary for the retailers to become part of the game of chance. The retailers earn a modest commission on every ticket sold, and they also collect a modest amount for redeeming prizes. If they do happen to sell a big prize winner, they usually benefit substantially from the publicity and an increase in ticket sales to players who decide it's a lucky place to buy tickets, and anything else they pick up at the same time.

Retailer Bonus Structure (OHIO)

5.5% on every sale and up to an additional 1.5% based on how many winning tickets they cash; Jackpot selling bonus is $1,000 for every million of the jackpot.

Retailer Bonus Structure (NEW YORK)

6% sales commission on any New York Lottery ticket; $10,000 bonus for selling a jackpot-winning MM ticket.

Retailer Bonus Structure (TEXAS)

Sales commission is 5%; Mega Millions bonus is 1% of advertised jackpot portion won, capped at a total of $1,000,000 for all bonuses paid for a single drawing. Bonus is pari-mutuel. If multiple jackpot winning tickets are sold, retailers will share the bonus equally.

Retailer Bonus Structure  (CALIFORNIA)

6¢ selling bonus; 1/2 of 1¢ bonus for selling a Mega Millions jackpot

Just a few bonus structures from the MM website....

No, it's not "Obamnian attutude" or some other such nonsense.  I am just not a greedy person. A huge jackpot that is worth over 300 million can impact and do a lot of good for more then just one person. It can allow mulitple people to share in making their dreams come true.

I resent the implication that People like me, that like to see one ticket win, are Greedy !

I am just tired of the Greed of Envy being perpetrated on our Nation !

Best wishes to anyone that wins !

Sometimes people like me need some individual luck because of years of financial problems steming from a lost job and longterm illness.  That is why I like individual tickets to win Jackpots !

there  you  go  .........its  LUCK  and  lots  of  it  if  those  were  your  numbers ..........look  has  anyone  claimed  the  money  ???

just  think  if  they  lost  the  ticket  or  died  of  shock  after  discoverning  they  had  won ??

will  luck  be  on  their  side

my  point  is  its  better  if  you  have  the  luck  on  your  side  and   a  strong  intuition   :

you   will  win  more  often  and  you  wont  loose  your  money  so  often ......wonder  who  won this  jackpot :

I heard there is a new game coming up sept 15 " Sweet Millions" you only have to choose 1-40. Its the best game to win a million dollar. You should try it

You want it all for yourself. What do you call it?

Don't get me wrong. I'd prefer to see only one winner, too. At least if I'm the winner. Trust me, the wealth will be spread around just fine that way, and I'm completely confident that I can do a better job of that than by just leaving it up to chance. Imagine if you shared a $300 million jackpot with David Edwards, Jack Whittaker and the nutjob that held that kidnapped girl for 18 years. I'm pretty sure nobody thinks that's better than a single winner.

There can be no better feeling than the joy of winning the lottery. I am happy for these people!!!!

Sherry Smith

If I'm lucky tonight, you'll have a chance to be happy about a fellow Ohioan winning too.

The die hard fans of mega millions come from NY & NJ. Those two states win alot

because they play alot. Here in MA we seem to only take interest when Mega Millions

 jp hit the $200M threshhold. Nowonder we last hit in 2005, whoa!

If I am Greedy - then - you are Greedy !

Don't you worry - I if I would win, the economy would be stimulated !

I have a sound plan that does not involve lawyers and " financial planners" !

The Greatest friend of the Poor is a vibrant economy !