Guess there's no $1 Billion+ Draw this Tuesday

time to take a rest & get ready for the next Lotto Frenzy

What a ride! 

  Lots of fun. Now we can get back to normal obsessing over the lottery... 

I'm surprised that only 3 won, but it's better than just 1. I thought it would be 5 winners.

Congrats to those people and may they have sound mind moving forward!

Well folks that's it,wonder how long it will be before it reaches that amount or more again. I'm glad it was split. Just wish I would have had some numbers to match,did'nt have nothing. Congrats to the winners,hope they play it safe.

I have a friend who got 4 out of 5 numbers plus the megaball. He picked 01 instead of 02. Off by one number!!!!!!

Originally, he thought he won $150, but his wife told him they won $10,000!! He's pretty excited but can't believe he lost half a billion by one digit!!

Wonder if that Illinoois winner played ONLINE?

I am going to sound like a schmuck but I am glad it was won by at least 3 different tickets and one from Illinois.  Now I just hope they were all quick picks and all lottery pools because that will just stoke the lotto fever even more next go around and it will make me feel better that someone other than me or my family is super rich.  I only had 3 of the larger numbers and missed the lower numbers by one on each side on my own pick.  That sucks!

FTS

was kinda hoping it roll @ least once more for the pure chits N giggles

but que sera sera & to the 3 or more lucky stiffs

no ticket was a quick pick bought in a convenience store 926519 RED BUD MOTOMART #3121

I wish that it had been 1 ticket.
That would have driven the childish people crazy.
Congrats to the winners!

  Congratulations to the lucky winners!!!   

  I  broke even. Had the bonus ball on one ticket and the bonus ball plus one # on another with the megaplier for $15.

 well maybe next time lol

Thanks for the update!

What a run indeedy

Dang it I was in the right state this time...... But wrong city

This was fun!  Historic!  I am not sure if all state lotteries were doing this but DC was printing these large commemorative type tickets as of yesterday (but did not have the 640 mil number, only the 540).  So I have a souvenir to say I played this lottery.

I agree... i had lots of fun w the rambling!!! lol.. learned quite a bit too!!! can't wait for the next big thing!!  ~til then.. i got powerball tonight!!!! haha

Congrats to ALL the Winners!!!!!!!

Yep .......

No, they bought the ticket at a store just like four4me posted.

Here's the Illinois  5 +1 and 5 + 0 winners (also says something aboput QPs):

MEGA MILLIONS PRIZE PAYOUTS FOR FRIDAY MARCH 30, 2012

ESTIMATED GRAND PRIZE: $640,000,000.00

WINNING NUMBERS: 02 - 04 - 23 - 38 - 46 AND THE MEGA BALL NUMBER IS 23
THE MEGAPLIER NUMBER IS 03

PLAYERS MATCHING 5 OF 5 NUMBERS
AND THE MEGABALL
INCLUDING SUBSCRIPTION WINNERS 3

EACH PLAYER WILL RECEIVE $213,333,333.00

WINNING TICKETS WERE SOLD AT

926519 RED BUD MOTOMART #3121 (QP)
900 S MAIN ST
RED BUD/62278

WINNING TICKET SOLD IN: ILLINOIS, KANSAS, & MARYLAND

MEGAPLIER PLAYERS MATCHING 5 OF 5 NUMBERS
INCLUDING SUBSCRIPTION WINNERS 1
EACH PLAYER WILL RECEIVE $1,000,000.00

WINNING TICKETS WERE SOLD AT

182311 7-ELEVEN #22365 (QP)
1750 W FOSTER AVE
CHICAGO/60640

PLAYERS MATCHING 5 OF 5 NUMBERS
INCLUDING SUBSCRIPTION WINNERS 11
EACH PLAYER WILL RECEIVE $250,000.00

WINNING TICKETS WERE SOLD AT

105726 D M STORES INC (QP)
222 N LA SALLE ST
CHICAGO/60601

110215 AG 26TH INC (QP)
3201 W 26TH ST
CHICAGO/60623

500296 J & L 66 (QP)
3701 E WASHINGTON RD
EAST PEORIA/61611

800529 SUPER ONE STOP (QP)
3301 W CHAIN OF ROCKS RD
GRANITE CITY/62040

600785 MINOOKA BP FAST N FRESH (QP)
103 N RIDGE RD
MINOOKA/60447

414235 ROCHELLE SHELL
505 W HIGHWAY #38
ROCHELLE/61068

400495 ROAD RANGER #228 (QP)
125 N ANNIE GLIDDEN RD
DEKALB/60115

400657 LYFORD RD MOBIL (QP)
8061 E STATE ST
ROCKFORD/61108

400073 JEWEL FOOD STORE 3240 (QP)
1157 N EOLA RD
AURORA/60502

210132 MONEE BP FAST N FRESH#18 (QP)
6001 W MONEE RD
MONEE/60449

201736 7-ELEVEN #29723 (QP)
305 N BARRINGTON RD
STREAMWOOD/60107

Story updated with number of 5+0 winners: 161

lol I know right? I wouldn't care if only one person won, I'd still be happy for them!!

Congrats to the three, it was meant to be!! It was their time to win!!

Thanks Todd.....

"In addition to the jackpot winner, a whopping 158 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers"......WOW congrats to the 158 winners....

This is what the 3 winners get before taxes right? ($213,333,333)

Yes.....

Thanks for the info CT.....

I know the people in Michigan wish they knew the take away average , since it was the 3-digit last nite  213 Congrat! to me on another win in the daily 3. I recup my money loss nothing.

I live in Illinois, I always buy my tickets at the Local Moto Mart. Illinois winning ticket was purchased at a Moto Mart in Red Bud Illinois, (south east of St Louis) thats about 120 miles south of me. Congrats to the lucky winner.

Congrats to the winners!!

I noticed several new members posting, welcome to Lottery Post!! Todd, how many new members in the last coupla weeks?

I had two numbers on a coupla lines and was glad to add $9 to the jackpot frenzy this last draw. I could barely keep up reading the jackpot threads!

Thanks dallas :)

wizeguy,

Same here, two numbers on different lines!

I had the jackpot threads all mixed up! lol All the incoming e-mail and new comment alerts

I was all over the place! But it was fun though! Fun to dream about what might have been!

Congrats to the winners! I know their world is going to change. I got one number out of it the mega number! NC luck has to change! I wish something would get rid of this black cloud over NC , so someone in my state me included , can win the next big jackbot soon.  NC sucks!!!

CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS!!!!!! ENJOY!!!!!

I might've didn't win the jackpot but guess whose got two thumbs from Baton Rouge La and come Monday gonna be 250k richer AAAAA THIS GUY!!!!!!!!!!! I'm never gonna stop playing now and I knew it was possible just had to share that with my LP fam!!

Its offical Oregon is the worst state for Mega - millions lool Congrats to all the winner's and all the second place winner's. My only question is with the increase in sale's should the starting jackpot be atleast higher? shouldn't it roll over into the new jackpot i always wonder why it doesn't


Congrats Young and Rich

"I could barely keep up reading the jackpot threads!"

In a brief summary, the thousands of post said they will buy cars, boats, planes, mansions, small countries, remain anonymous, have their picture taken holding the huge check giving out their address and phone number with the best time to call, take the cash, take the annuity, 200 players will win, the jackpot will roll, donate to charities, and/or buy a Snickers bar; all the usual stuff.

Today we'll read the obligatory "congrats to the winners", jackpot envy, sour grapes, missed by 6 numbers, I won $4, and forgot to play "my numbers" posts. On Monday we'll read criticism if one or more of the winners claim their prize in person, investment schemes, will one or more of the winners be on a future "Lottery Loser" show, and next week we'll wonder why one or more of the prizes hasn't been claimed.

Before anyone thinks I'm being cynical, it's a parody and it would be nice if some of our new members will stick around, hopefully adding some useful information that might help others win a (though probably much smaller) jackpot.

I took my two losing sets of MM numbers (picked by me) and used the same ones in PB.

Congrats YoungNRich !!

Congrats YoungNRich.......

LOL...Nope, the worse state for Mega is Oklahoma, still hasn't had a Mega jackpot Winner!!!!!

My Cadillac dreams have been crushed! Onto Powerball!

I guess we know now that there willl most likely never be a billion dollar jackpot or one sole winner if it does get that high. They would need to add more numbers to the game. But at least now I can play and win next week's $12 million in peace, and no one will know or care as they will still all be searching out the winners of this one. It is not as impressive since 3 winners won it, just like 3 people winning about $200 million. I am kinda glad one person did not win it all. Looks like Singleton wasted his $10,000.  His "slamdunk" got rejected.

....wonder how many "cheerleaders" God lost over this ....? at least it wasn't NEW YORK winners !!!!

Congratulations YoungnRich!!   That's truly a Blessing.

http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=downer

Congrats to you YoungNRich!  Way to go!  Your Monday should definitely be a day for celebration!

And congrats to all the winners!  We were all part of history (as has previously been stated) and it sure was fun!

Congrats YNR......spend wisely and enjoy....

Mega ripoff strikes again! I stopped being disappointed many years ago as it got too predictable. Looks like one will stay anonymous and the other two are probably already rich and will appear 3 months from now once they remembered they bought a ticket.   Always lame and predictable. I am betting no one from LP won as usual. I have yet to see anyone jackpot winner from LP. I hope to be the first.

Oh my gosh, that would piss me off!!  ONE number away from winning the jackpot.  How frustrating!! LOL

According to the article, it said 3 people from WI won the $250,000 prize, but according to the WI lottery website, no one won that prize.

http://www.wilottery.com/lottogames/megamillionswinners.aspx

Coin Toss, where did you get the info on where the tickets were sold? was it on the states website or somewhere on this forum.

I would like to find out the winners in Maryland.

Congratulations to YoungnRich!  That is awesome news!!!

Regarding jackpot size, I don't know what it matters, since a bigger jackpot often means multiple winners, therefore a reduced amount for each winner.

That said, it was fun to play on a historic day for the lottery.  I imagine some of that excitement is going to roll over into the Powerball jackpot tonight.  Good luck to all of you playing the PB!

Gee I've never heard that before here. Wake up! You are still in MM dreamland   Let's see the ticket.

Winners as in? Names? breakdown of how many won in each tier?

I personally find that going to that "states" Website is very informative. Lottory post has a Lottery results page by state that also carries a breakdown of winners/results/payout.  Check the Quick links sidebar.

Then stop playing if it makes you so miserable.  Everyone else who lost said they had fun playing.

Looks like powerball just got popular again.

Winners as in how many won in each tier and location.

Thx, I will the the LP site.

I think I stated that it does not disappoint me, and I did stop playing it for the most part. I have not bought any tickets for months, I just bought them to humor myself since the jackpot was so high. Only two tickets though because I am smart enough to know that most likely they will not win. Some are too delusional and think that every week they are going to win, and suffer upset after upset. The definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. I am content winning all my lower prizes with my systems, but the jackpot games are a joke and always have been. Especially the MM and PB.

Nope its NC. We haven't had a big winner yet.  I think the lottery gods don't like us for some stranger reason. Second place , its doesn't compare to the overall jackpot!

Congradulations Winners!

2nd place isn't too bad Y2.....At least your state provides you with that opportunity on the MM (unlike FL)......Every place gives some opportunities that others do not...Frank Griffin has a nice PB win(141 million) back in 2/2010 and Jeff Wilson PB win (88 million) in 6/2009...........hang in there, it could be your turn next !!!

Why don't you stretch out on my couch and get comfortable.  Now, tell me about your childhood...   

As I understand it the Maryland winner can claim their winnings anonymously,same goes for the Kansas winner.If they are smart they will remain anonymous and let the Illinois winner get all of the media attention.

 @ powerball

I got skunked on my MM tickets!

I got 1 ticket for tonite .........

Yea, me too.  I guess closing out my 401 and buying tickets for last night's draw may not have been such a good idea, though it did seem like it at the time!   

There were 5 $250,000 winners in Virginia (none near me).

Maybe this is my lucky day!  Going through the Mega Ticket pile from last night, low and behold, a Powerball ticket for tonight!  Not a quick pick either!  I tend to buy the mistakes that clerks make and forgot about this one!     I'm back in baby!!!   

2nd place is not too bad! Maybe someone can do a lucky lottery dance for NC.  I am trying when a jackpot is that high , when is the best place and time to buy the tickets. Gas station , or pawn shop or what?

I (almost)  WON!!!  (had 2 numbers).            

Best place is where the winning ticket comes from. 

Our lotto web site is stuck on one page. 11 second place wins on tue and 17 yesterday. Their gonna have to do a giant panoramic pic of the winners.

Soooo Lottery fever is over, I will continue to buy my 1 power ball, 1, MM, and 1 state lotto ticket till I can win even a minor prize. Gotta b in it to win it... But hey, I hear best way to cure the lottery hangover (realizing tht gut feeling tht you were going to win was wrong) was to buy a scratch off. So I did. I bought a 3$ dollar bingo. Won 10 back. WOOHOOO!!! Take Tht MM. Hopefully the 1/195,000,000 chance of powerball jackpot smiles on me tonight. Not like I need to win a JP to maintain life, but boy would it be nice.

This is almost surreal, this thread is as quiet as a church mouse.  The past couple of weeks if you were out for just a couple of hours, you

had to catch up on literally hundreds of posts to get current with everything. 

Calm, quiet, peaceful.      I like!

Powerball is up to $60 million. No great excitement. Just normal, average and blissful.    Enjoy for the moment!

The story was updated to reflect the final jackpot tally: $656 million

Never say never anything can happen. It's time for Pa to win next....

Kind of nice isn't it Mac ???   no idiots, negative numbuts and/or conspiracy theorists posting jargon and disdain......Silence is truly golden !!!

Louisiana is LOOOOOOOOOONG over due for a JackPot winner. I think it's been 10+ yrs since there was a major win here. We need it.

well at least only **1** idiot... (waving hand at computer) just so you didnt think we ALL went away!

Lotto fever is not over but MB "billion dollar "fever is over for a long time most likely.

Everyone getting over the shock of losing. Trying to figure out how to requaint their losses. I'm only pissed I chalked 15 bucks over with not a dollar back. I'd be sick if I had but 100's of tickets like most.

Indeed it is CD, indeed it is!!! I love" listening to that sweet sound of silence.   

My neighbor was just regaling me with her version of 'pay back'.  She and dh just got back from wall papering her SIL's bathroom.  WITH LOOSING MM LOTTERY TIX.  Evidently SIL spent **all** of the holiday family pooled present money on MM tix for last evening draw and got a return of ... zip ...

so this morning in 'serves you right' mode... all the siblings went over to her house while she was getting her nails done... and now her master bathroom is wall-papered in MM-tix.  (think coat of shellac over glued tix... what a MESS to get rid of!)

I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures.

That was exactly what I played and lost. Yes, be very grateful we didn't put a weeks pay on that last drawing!

Good luck on 2-nites PB CollegeLad. 

     GREAT STORY !!!!!! 

That's a great idea max! I keep all my losing tic's for tax write offs, now your giving me some ideas for alternative uses for these hundreds of tic's.

Not to mention LP produced another 250k winner! 

Hopefully that good luck will eventually rub off on the rest of us. 

Didn't win on any of my 8 tickets last night but...

Got some excellent news! It's about a good paying career with excellent retirement benefits in my area from a friend of the family! It would be a big step up from what I am currently making and I could start constructing an investment portfolo from the leftover wages every month.  I plan on scoping everything out later today.

All those who said "when I win Friday" won't be back until the next $300 million jackpot. They should rename the MM to Mega Bummer. I matched the MB at least, but no shock or major disappointment here. Like I said it is predictable.

I see you are new here. Just a tip, don't believe everything you read. Many have said the same thing in the past 8 years and no one ever posted proof of the winning ticket. It is usually new members who post this looking for attention, and wanting to make others more upset or envious. Most likely he did not win squat. When I won smaller amounts in the thousands I always posted photos of my ticket after it was cashed in.

Yeah, kudos to that lucky LP'er. $250K, that's serious dough! 

A big congrat's on your career advancement Kumo. Almost like winning the lottery, eh?   

Yeah I figure if you're going to blab your win on LP why not go WHOLE HOG and display the proof? The ticket isn't a driver's license so no fear over security issues. Things that make you go hmmm....

Exactly, if you blab it be prepared to show it. Or just don't bother saying anything because no one with a half a brain is going to believe you. They may throw some fake congatulations your way but deep down they are thinking "Sure you did buddy, let's see it!"

Interestingly enough... those who win will most likely not tell, and those that don't, will try to convince.  But for a level 2 win... I can't imagine anyone trying to scam that... but... sirbrad... you have been here longer than I.

Maybe he didn't? What business is that of yours? Are you now the self-appointed LP thread cop? Keep your tips Sir Sour Grapes, I'm all stocked up.

Oh wow, thts just bonanzas. I would never....I could never...she really would have been better investing in scratch-offs...even tho that's a stupid idea. For her to get zilch back, yea, she learned her lesson.

LOL... too funny

I bet you powerball officials are glad this ordeal is over. One can imagine how they were feeling.

I have seen it all here. Level 2 is slightly more believable to some. But it is also not that big of a deal to post a photo of the ticket. No one can do anything about it anyway so why not show it off? I have seen A LOT of others claim level 2 wins and never posted any proof. I know I would. I even posted proof of my $5,000 winners. But it surprises me just how many take their word for it. I don't. I am not some gullible newbie quick to congratulate without proof. So if you want to flaunt it with your gansta slang then show it homie.

Somehow I am guessing that no one was particularly careful with how they wall-paperd... so I'm sure the job was less than 'professional-standard'.

Now time to start dropping 2 bucks per play to get Powerball into billion dollar jackpot territory!  Come on America, you can do it!  Donate to Powerball instead of Obama...you might just get your money back!  Oh on second thought, those who donate to BOs cause also get their money back in the form of czarships, deputy to the deputy of the deputy of the assistant deputy cabinet post, and head of the line hiring privileges in any other agency.  Dang it...I need to stop wasting my money on lottery and throw it to Obama I guess!

What business is it of yours? Keep your annoying comments to yourself. His tips are spot on. Yours suck.

I am shocked that California, New York and Texas did get the big one. These are the states that usually get a piece and they sold a couple of million  tickets per hour. There was also the pictures of people waiting in a 6 hour line from Nevada.

There's a new way of describing BIG GOVERNMENT - lol. 2 points!

Your entitled to your opinion. Thanks for sharing dude!

Lady Luck has MANY FRIENDS!

You still seem a little peeved about getting shot down earlier yesterday about your lack of knowledge of human anatomy. Grow up and stop riding my tail, you've been nothing but negative ever since I encountered you.

Using post counts and long membership as a bullying tactic is pretty lame.

So back off, I don't want anything of what you are offering.

He just has "sour grapes" because I called him out on his idiocy. So he attacked me with some childish name-calling and has stalked me ever since. Don't mind the trolling newbie, he will learn slowly but surely. Or maybe not. He is just pissed that he lost TWICE with his little pool with Jill.

looks like the last Louisiana Jackpot winner was 7-31-10 Amt $85.7 million

I would have liked to have seen a winner from Maine or Montana...Have some associates in both states.

Wow!!! I did not knw that....shucks, I was hoping to break the curse....

What, was she supposed to only spend $10?  If the tickets had won, they'd be happy and sucking up.   That's a family ripe for drama during a real win.  Not good to be around.  If she spent it inappropriately without the permission of the family, they don't need to wall paper her bathroom.  They need to appoint someone else in charge of the pooled present money.  If she won't relinquish, set up a different account at a different bank she doesn't and won't be given access to.  Beyond that, the family sounds like trash anyway.

One for the record books Todd.

What business is it of his what my business is? Kinda hypocrital eh?  Anything posted on a forum is any member's business, and all are free to discuss it. Oh wait, that is it what this is....a DISCUSSION forum. Duh! Apparently he is the one trying to play LP cop and control what people post. Ain't workin' out too well is it? He should go back sleep now and dream of his billions coming "next time."

I'm confused....a lottery post member won?!??!? If so CONGRAGULATIONS..... wow, if thts true I just want a mention for good luck.

 it's been almost 2 years so you can be the frist Mega winner, you & I can be the first Mega Jackpot winners for our states, ladies first of course...

Healthy people get over it, though.  If he has a pool, and he's not spending rent money, then it's just for fun and if he loses it's no big deal  At the end of the day that's what folks have to hold onto it:  entertainment purposes only.  As for you, does it really pay to interact with someone you think of as a troll?

I have no idea of any details beyond what I posted.  It would seem that there are many different ways off letting of steam from 'not-winning' and personally am just grateful that my family is not THAT kind of looney.

objectively as can be stated, The comment of being a doubting Thomas speaks volumes of you Sirbrad, So allow us folks that sincerely do wish a winner well , that luxury.  Actually I enjoy newcomers  and find it refreshing that they can be welcomed here . Never hurts to be of good cheer

Jeesh, you guy's are milking this for all its worth, running out of fresh idea's already? Keep em coming, if thats what rocks your boat.

I don't lack of any knowledge I was simply joking. You actually thought I was serious? If so then you lack common sense. I have not been negative I have been factual with proven information based on past results. I only attack those who attack me, and usually make them look even more silly than they already were. There are some newbies who get it though, and are not as gullible. You perceive factual information as being negative because it does not match what you want to believe. That is known as being "dulusional". You honestly believe everything that you hear and that he won $250,000? I also have a golden bridge to sell you somewhere in Africa. I don't have any pics just take my word for it OK? I was merely trying to educate you, but no good deed goes on punished. So go back to gullible mode now.

Someone here claimed to have won a second level prize but didn't put up proof.  Most folk are taking it at face level, a couple folk aren't.  I saw your post about feeling bummed out.  That usually happens, and then as the day wears on, it gets easier to shrug away the fact one didn't hit the jackpot, right?  It gets easier.  That little voice telling you your time will come is lying, though.

Your time is now.  That little voice is why folks get into trouble digging themselves a deeper hole, trying to win back what they lost each time 'this time i know it's my time!'  You're absolutely right in your post about just buying and then forgetting about it, though.  That's the proper mindset.  Don't invest too deeply of yourself, and you'll be less likely to be depressed... and happier when Lady Fortune does smile upon you.  Good luck to YOU, not the trolls or attention whores.

Sirbrad is right that newcomers are being silly when they make false claims of winning in order to save face.  The lies start building up, and real people can get caught into them.  Get someone willing to lie about winning multi times and having a system, and you've got the makings of a scam where real people lose real money when the odds were 1 in 0 of a 'pay out'. 

If someone wants to come in here and say they won the second level, by all means put a scan of the ticket up so that folks know that Real People Do Win, and truly rejoice with them.  If a person won't, then folks are right to be skeptical, so that attention whores and scam artists aren't encouraged.  That's all.

I havnt been a LP member long, and I certainly dnt have any respect on this website, but u have allways replied to my comments with upbringing hope....I swear, if I ever hit a JP I will try my best to get in contact with you to give you a nice % thtll make any unsuspecting persons day....and, it'll make for a good news story on BigLotteryWinners Let's goooooo!!!!!! Lol. Even tho ur a Dallas cowboy fan, I could look past that

I no longer respond to him or read his posts. I made a joke that he or the other person would not pay up the $250,000 and would vanish from the forums never to be seen again. They agreed to send each that amount if they won. Yeah, two faceless people online who never met is going to actually follow through with that, I don't think so. So then he got all bent out of shape and attacked me and has stalked me ever since. Kinda humorous and sad at the same time.

I wonder how long ,if ever , it will take to get that high again . Will it be MM or PB, even higher than that or close to it?

Newcomers provide us with new prospectives and ideas which can help us all in some capacity.

Ok here is a question for you long time Lottery Post'ers... After a big jackpot has ended (like MM last night), does lottery play in general drop off or does it remain constant?  That is something that has puzzled me.  If I were horribly disappointed from over spending last night, do most just stop lottery play, thus 'hurting' the jackpots that are still in play? ( such as  now a smaller group playing PB so its jackpot will increase slower?)

Well if sum1 has won, that's amazing and only further my conviction tht IT DOES HAPPEN....yea, imma a beginning lotto player, so new tht I have tracked my input and outcome through my 4-5 months of playing. Possibly 150$ in about 100 of tht all threw this last MM draw session with no more than 12$ wins back. Bad luck doesn't begin to describe. But I had a dream tht I was holding a 4.6 million dollar check a few months ago. Tha dream was so real when I woke up I became instantly sad. Since then I've been mingling between PB and MM and my state lottery. I have my methods like only using QPs and buying tickets frm diff gas stations. But nothing's worked yet. Bought my 1st scratch off today just to say "why not" 3 dollar bingo ticket with a 10 dollar payout. My biggest JP since I've strtd playing the lottery. Lol. So I feel lucky today, hopefully this PB QP is a 2nd prize winner. Stay positive!!!!

Maybe we should make wagers on that next big occurence? Wanna start an LP pool for that?   

Good question! I would think there would be a pause of a week or two before "normal" betting resumes. You could probably just examine

the past lottery results to see how quickly it took to pick up again. 

I just speak the truth, and I have good reason to doubt he won. I have heard it before for years and no one ever showed any proof. If I won that much and I blabbed it all over the forums, and rubbed it in with some gansta slang, I would be posting a photo also as I did in the past when I won. Otherwise no one is going to believe you. No one intelligent anyway. I am just honest, and have no need to send superficial well wishes that I actually don't believe, and try and fit in with the other superficial crowd. Most don't actually care and they forget it once they log off. So you can stereotype all you want, I can also. But I just call it as I see it, and many others see it but are afraid to say it, hence all the pm's I get saying "you are right."

But factual or not I can post whatever I want to just like everyone else. If you don't want to learn from it or don't like it don't read them. I think most agree though that unless you post proof it is kinda pointless to even say anything. And like I said mostly all new members have done the same thing before, and was just looking for attention and trying to rub it in. But they didn't win jack, nor did they ever prove it. That is all I am saying. I will congratulate them when I see a photo or them standing at the lottery office holding the check. What you call a doubting thomas I call being an intelligent, level-headed skeptic who does not believe everything he reads. I don't alienate new members, but it is usually them who post such things, not long-time members. I guess that is a coincidence? But there are some intelligent new members also as shown in this thread, so I am not discriminating against all new members.

I would say every 10 years or so!

Iesha, indulge me for a second...if you won a second level ticket... lets say with a friend/relative who holds it or you won it alone, went to your bank and put in a security box today before posting the statement "I won"..According to your above statement I COULD fall into the category of being CONSIDERED a ,"attention whores and scam artists.. remember, because someone makes a statement doesnt mean its false until its proven by opinions on here. Pictures of lotto tix can be photoshopped....If that person making that claim is seeking that kind of attention AND ITS FALSE.....you know they will slip up again, then the option of ignoring the "scam artist" posts are all yours....Criticizing,condeming and complaining wont solve the issue..in my humble opinion

The let down will cut out some of the regulars for a few plays and then they'll rejoin the game.

Beyond that most players have a buy in level. People jump in the bandwagon at different stages and of course the larger the jackpot grows as we've seen in recent times the more people join on. In this last instance even people that never played before. This was historic so everyone came out of the woodwork even 20/20 Barbara Walters was in an office pool!

Do you think someone from lotterypost hit the jackpot? There was three winning tickets from three different state.

Exactly, many have tried starting scams here in the past doing EXACTLY that and trying to sell systems. I try to provide awareness, and I get bashed for it. I guess I should just let some people be stupid and get ripped off. Like I said no good deed goes unpunished. When did you join? Ah, 2005....no wonder you sound aware and level-headed. Must be a coincidence. Not.

Good points CD!

Do you think NC will ever have a jackpot winner?

Ok and now in a moment of total transparency - I have no idea how to find out how many tickets were sold in total for a specific game (either PB or MM) I have looked on the site, and have tried searching but obviously I have no idea what words should be used in said search.

Can anyone please give me a clue? (clear would be best - ambiguous, while amusing for you, only muddies my already muddled mind)

Not a question of will they, but when?   

Absolutely y2k............could be as soon as next week...could be you...remain positive

Wouldn't the dollar amounts give you a fair idea of total tickets sold? (The weekly jackpot levels) 

I like those encouraging words. I will set the example for FLORIDA as an encouragement to you when I win!

Lol Rad...you ain't winnin...I AM FIRST

...but this page says there were 161 winners...

http://www.usamega.com/mega-millions-waystowin.asp

Which one is right?

FYI: my office pool only won $9 during this entire roll.

I have postive vibes at time! But its sad to say , i honestly feel and think that NC has anti- no jackpot cloud over its head. I don't want to believe it , but the facts speaks for themselves. NC is a small part state , usually bigger will always top the smaller states. I will remained postive for now. I just want someone hit , it doesn't have to be me , it would the icing on the cake. But someone should , so we can have at least someworthy bragging rights.

Texas had 14 2nd place winners. Too bad I was not one of them...

It was a great event. I hope we reach this maginute of prize by the end of the year before the holidays. Until then I'm working on new systems and website to conquer all odds.

Signed off for a few months. Have fun and good luck all!

Whichever of you lucky lotto Floridian players win, make sure you post that ticket here first, before boasting about your win.   

Son, you don't know me... you definitely don't know me.

Regardless if he was lying or being honest, its not my position to judge him, but I can congratulate him and wish him on his way. There is someone else bigger than all of us who is going eventually going to handle it in the end.

Who are you to pick apart and twist what I say? If you were only joking, abrasiveness certainly does not make for a very good first impression. Life's lesson, being humble will get you much father, think about it.

If it has not sunk in already... for your information, I am no spring chicken. I've seen a lot and done a lot more. But I am not going to use my life experiences as a lame excuse to try and make myself look bigger and better than everyone else, I am much better than that. Unlike you seem to like to do "with your longer membership at LP"

End of discussion.

I agree you are FIRST. I was never attempting to dispute that. Remember in school when you were being introduced to a new concept in math the workbook or teacher gave you an EXAMPLE that preceded the FIRST QUESTION. In this case, I am the EXAMPLE and you're NUMBER ONE! lol

.../.Fair enough

"Son, you don't know me" AHAHAAAHA!!!!!! *thumbs up* Kumo

"But I am not going to use my life experiences as a lame excuse to try and make myself look bigger and better than everyone else, I am much better than that."

I think you did JUST that, son. Kinda contradictory isn't it? All I said was don't believe everything you read, especially on a lottery forum. Then you decided to make it personal not me. I use my membership time here to prove a point, and it makes me more qualified than newcomers based on my experience, like it or not. You are twisting it around to match your own misguided beliefs. I have seen arrogant, self-centered billionaries get a lot further than humble poor people, so that is not always true. Ever hear of Trump? that is one on a long list that I am sure I don't need to name. You don't know me either "son" so maybe you can stop calling the kettle black?

We will BOTH WIN over time - lol.

Now that we've gotten that cleared up, I already told my fellow bloggers how they will know when I win. While I won't do a press conference I will send my thanks through lottery officials (who typically leak it to the press) to HRH Todd and the LP Royal Family.

I can imagine that will scrounge up about 15 or so posts on that particular win with someone trying to remember this very post and tie it to the right member.

CDana will remind you that its the guy with SIX PSYCHICS ON RETAINER - lol!

Color me stupid, where would I find the list of total tickets sold or weekly jackpot levels?

I will remember those 6 psychics on retainer. I hope you both win sooner than later! 

You could click on "lottery results" from the menu selection in top left hand screen of LP home page.

Click the "state", then the "game". You can archive back for years to see past lottery jackpots.

Or you could log on to your states lottery website and do the same thing. Any help max

Thank you for trying mcginnin - evidently I have a total density approaching iridium.  I am not finding the information for which I am looking.  Mayhap more coffee will help me.  Fortunately I DO know how to brew a good cuppa joe.  There is hope. 

looks like NC last jackpot win was

If my understanding from this is correct, your saying you are a winner!

Congratulations... on your big........

congratulation

Actually on any LP page you happen to be on max, there will be in the top left hand column a series of "Quick Links".

The 6th link down is the "Lottery Results"

If you clink that link, that will take you to a whole new page, where all lottery results are at your fingertips. Have the "joe" let me know if you

make any progress? 

What a relief that it is back at $12 million. I am glad that it didn't roll over again. All the constant attention from the media and it was all everyone was talking about. It was exciting at first when it went from $363m to $476m, but it started to wear out really fast as it got crazier. I perfer when the jackpots are lo and not a lot of attention is on them. But I still don't regret taking part in the biggest jackpot in the history of the globe.

My bad, that was the last Powerball jackpot won above

far as Mega looks like 2011 was the last win....

Yes & your time will come soon y2k.....

Progress:  yes, I need to upgrade my membership to find the information I am looking for.

If your playing the PB 2-nite, apply your wins toward that shiny new "platinum" membership! 

So the mathematician on 20/20 last night said:

NO to quick picks

NO to birthdays and anniversaries and important dates

NO to playing the same numbers over and again

NO to 3, 7 and 11 being a part of your combinations

He said YES to.....? lol!

So the 3 jackpot winners last night, none of them were QPs?

I believe I read from a poster that at least one winner had a QP,  forget the details.

On the news today, they showed that winning ticket, sold at the 7-11, was a QP... nothing from the other 2 states as of yet that I have seen

I read on xe "who are the lucky three ...." that there are atleast 2 qp's that won, and that Kansas had not released their info yet.

thanks for the info CD....

Was it a major city like Chicago? No, it was town where the doctor, bank teller, teacher, police officer, dentist and baker are all the same person.  We won't see that number ever again and PB won't ever make it to that amount.

Has this mathematician ever won the lottery? If not then his advice is as useful as a broke psychic. lol

With regards to Sirbrad being skeptical, I have to agree, unless there is proof you can't really take someone at face value for what they claim, and even then you can still doctor a ticket to look like a winner. More than likely if you have just won, especially in a lottery like this you are not thinking of coming on here and posting. But if he really did win then congratulations. 

I am just glad this is over, now we can go back to normal. I lost $6 for the whole week so I am feeling good. I really hope the people that played hundreds and thousands of dollars at least won something substantial, if they they must be pretty depressed today. 

On CNN right now they showed the 7/11 store in Maryland that sold the winning ticket. It was a $1 quick pick from a vending machine. Wow.

LOL... he was a joke rad!!!!!

NO to quick picks well I bet Mrs. White & Ms.Marcia Adams would disagree

NO to playing the same numbers over and again I bet the 2 WV Veterans who played the same #'s for 25 years & won $14 million would disagree

NO to birthdays and anniversaries and important dates I bet Jim McCullar would disagree “Carolyn and I used to play our birthdays so we did and here we are!”

I passed that 7-Eleven the other day, but it was too late to buy a ticket.  I really do not have any luck. I swear I never win any huge cash prizes on anything.

Wow! from a vending machine? I will be sitting on the sidelines for several draws, hopefully the PB will go over 100mil by then. I had my 3 year old son pick numbers on a $5 ticket and that produced a $10 winner...woohoo! perhaps my son has been the missing link all this time, but to be fair I also spent a total of $20 which is beyond the usual $2-3 QP wager.

I'm happy someone won from a 7eleven, I have a little hope, the only place you can buy tickets around here is from 7eleven.

Your son did alot better than me! lol! Once the pb grows to a 100 mil and over , maybe i should try the vending machine. It couldn't hurt!

Thanks Aust for the info, to bad 7-11's in Oklahoma don't sale lottery tickets...

The winning ticket from Illinois  was a QP too.

i wonder what time of the day when the winning tickets were purchased?

I have seen lottery vending machines in gas stations but I never realized that they sell MM or PB tickets. Just thought it was all scratch-offs which I have never played.

I'll bet all of them were Quick Picks!

I agree!

The person holding the winning Maryland ticket purchased it at 7:15 pm Friday night, buying just one quick pick ticket.

The Illinois winning ticket was sold at the Red Bud Motomart on South Main Street in Red Bud.  It was a quick pick.

The location of the store selling the winning ticket in Kansas has not yet been released, but the Kansas Lottery indicated that the winning ticket was sold in the northeast region.

Guess mathematicians don't give good advice. But for lower prizes I have won all my larger amounts picking my own numbers and playing one ticket. But for the bigger  games it does not seem to matter after using my own systems for many years. My numbers have all come closer and were within 1 and two numbers, but I think I won more back from QP's. But with PB and MB that is never much anyway. My systems worked better for the smaller prize games. But there is still time...

I think it's hilarious that some individual people were spending thousands of dollars on lottery tickets and spending hours filling out numbers, and the person in Maryland won on a $1 quick pick from a lottery vending machine. That should teach people a lesson.

As they say in High Fashion - Less is MORE!

It probably was the case, and I actually predicted that as it has happened so many times before. But no one can prove that the person did not buy 100 QP's previously or after, or 100 individual QP's etc. A lot also buy stacks of 5 rows for $5.00 and only tell you about the one that won. But the point is that it is certainly possible to win with one QP.

A good lesson for us all. There will always be people that assume that just throwing a lot of money at these games will produce big winners.

May work in rare instances. Unless your a Warren Buffet type, keep your bets lite and for fun.   

 my husband has said the same thing sirbad....

With all the tickets I bought I didn't even get two bucks.   I did however get the number 38 several times on tickets bought at different places at different times.

Time to take a break I think... I find it funny that I've won more on one mistaken Powerball over a month ago than I have ever playing Mega Millions.

Now it's time to start over for a another big pot....Happy Days are here!

Don't feel bad, prior to last night's drawing I had never won more than $7. I am usually lucky just to hit 1 number.

"The person holding the winning Maryland ticket purchased it at 7:15 pm Friday night, buying just one quick pick ticket."

The running joke with me is "too bad they aren't softer, I'd use them as toilet paper." 

Hmm....how about soaking them in fabric softener first. By the following morning, should be as soft as your Charmin T/P. 

What a fitting tribute to all those crappy losing tickets!   

A dollar and a dream, that's all it takes! (at least for Mega Millions). 

I had 32 lines, mostly QP, a few self pics.  30 lines from GA and 2 lines from CA, won zip.  Love to see the LP winners tix.....

Like always right place right time! I wished i had that type of luck! lol!

good combination,

i don't want my baker being my dentist,puting extra suger in them goodies to decay my teeth,

don't want my police being my teacher,giving me bad test marks and speeding tickets at the same time,

don't want my doctor being a bank teller, handling filthy money and knowing my balance. LOL

Reminds me of a winner story I read some months back.

The guy said, "I was in the line with people in front and the back of me buying lottery tickets. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time."

I wish i had lottery almanac winners edtion. lol!

I would like to see RichNYoung's ticket as well. He had mentioned on his previous post that last Tuesday's drawing would be his last if he blew his $100 and didn't win anything. He had just lost $1000 buying tickets on his birthday without even winning $100 to recoup some of his losses. 

He said he hit 5 of 5... just wondering if he had missed his Megaplier by just 1

Seeing is Believing.  I agree with you 100%, when someone wins a jackpot I search the Internet for a picture or a video of the winning ticket.  I will never say that I won a second prize or the jackpot on Lottery Post without showing a picture or a video of the winning ticket. How about mentioning Lottery Post and your username when you claim your prize. I know Todd would appreciate it.

no point in saying you won with out proof. how hard is it to take a pic of a ticket and upload it. Still dont know how wise it is to say you won a bunch of money online(if it turns out he won). back on topic im amazed only 3 people won the jackpot, thought it would at least be 6 diffrent tickets.

Gee...I only won $7.00 out of the $135 that I spent.

i believe him, he been a member since 2009 an never posts, so why would he start posting now just to make up a lie.

A non posting member yeah, probably only posts when the jackpot is close to record breaking. Whether anyone believes it or not it is still pointless to post without proof. Sure anyone could photoshop a fake ticket but only the most dedicated would go that far. Most will take his word for it because it was not the jackpot and no one really cares. But I can say after about 8 years of reading here that I heard that line before, and most from new members or ones who did not post much. If anyone actually won they did not say anything.

But there are a lot more people in the world than there are on LP, so odds are that no one has ever won a major jackpot here yet. Unless I see photo or a large check at Lottery headquarters I don't believe them. $250,000 is a good enough amount that you would have one of those and some press. So let's see it if you want to really brag about it. He did not seem all that excited, and the post sounded fake. I would be more pissed than anything if I missed the record jackpot by one number, and I am not sure if I would even admit to it. Sure it is a decent amount but not even close to what the jackpot was. I am not saying he is a liar but I am not saying that I believe him without proof. I just know the odds, and the odds of someone winning on here and posting. It has not happened yet.

Sounds more to me like he was trying to justify losing so much money.

Yes Dallas is a true sweetheart!!

Aww, this guy is in Louisiana -__- drove me. I'm playin the lotto out of Louisiana and didn't win caputs...

But I do have some good news LP.....soooo after suffering from lottery fever I divulged all my lotto money into 15 MM QP's last night. Won nothing. Was kinda upset about it this morning and heard best way to cure the fever was to play a scratch off. So I did, my first one ever...a 3$ bing scratch off. Won 10$ off of it. Turned tht in for 3 more of the same ticket and 1 state lotto QP...won 5$ back. Turned that in for one more bingo scratch off and a PB QP....won 8 bucks off the next 3$ bingo scratch off. Turned tht in for 2 more 3$ scratch offs and another PB QP.....yea. Definitely cured my fever. Not really high hopes of winning PB tonight but I jus enjoy I paid for them thru scratch-offs. So far, thes scratch offs have paid back almost quadruple what I've earned frm playing powerball and MM altogether over the last 5 months.

Last nights mm was sure a fun run

Keeping up with the threads the last few days has been almost a part-time job.  Just about the time I would be caught up I would realize that there were most posts.  lol - There was a very different feel around here, and alot of the ol'timers (via join date) just were not posting, and I missed hearing their 'voices'.  So it is going to be good to have LP get back to what is sane for LP. 

What could possibly happen to someone who post a winning ticket online?

FaceBook not good, but an online forum? What could happen

I think I'm the only new member that's been condistently posting.

one day i will read all these MM frenzy posts...when i have like 5 hours to burn.

If you really want to read them "all" (last 2 weeks), better allow yourself more like 25 hours.      

Thank you CollegeLad09...... our time will come.......

How Bout Them Cowboys!!!!!LOL!!!!!!

Thank you Nikkicute, you are a sweetie too....

I have been too!!!! not as much this thread coz i work on weekends... i didn't win *snip* BUT... i haven't smoked a cigarette in a Lil over a week... so.. i haven't bought any... therefore i had more money to blow on tickets that was gonna get 'thrown away' anyways... and i had fun trying to b a ~psychic~ haha

Glad to hear your still off those cancer butts ashabug! Even if you relapse from time to time that's OK. Just keep pushing forward, and just

think of the ton of money your saving!!!, not to mention your health.            

Come on Powerball, Roll Baby Roll!
Pennsylvania needs a jackpot!

 Goodmorning all..I'm new to Lottery Post..CONGRATZ to all the new lottery winners!!!!! everyone have a gr8 day!

Welcome to the LP lowerAL251....

You and I get along so well until you seek to further this delusion that Penn State will see a jackpot before the Sunshine State.

I have Mickey Mouse in my corner. What do you have?

Welcome lowerAL! Glad to have you on board. 

NH will trump both your state's,       sorry for the letdown guys.     

Your certainly more than entitled to any second tier prizes however! 

No Wisconsin is the worst, we haven't had a Mega Millions winner in Wisconsin yet.  We've had second tier  winners but not a Jackpot winner. Heck we haven't had a Jackpot winner in PowerBall either in quite a while, how pathetic are we, lol. Congrat's to all the winners, I did win $6.00, I had one number and the Mega Ball on two lines, so I spent $10.00  and won $6.00 so I'm out $4.00, so I guess it's not to bad.

I guess that Baskeball player that spent $10,000.00 didn't fair so well, but when you can blow that much money on lotto tickets he really didn't need to win. jmpo.

You figure if the Jackpot was $656 million, now that is only have of what they take in. According to the lottery commission and the break down they gave on Friday, they pay only  $0.50 on every dollar goes into the jackpot, then  $0.06 is paid to the retailer, there were some smaller amounts that they listed that went to other stuff, but these two stuck with me, that only $.50 of evey dollar only goes into the Jackpot. I know they need operating expenses but millions and millions? Those lottery retailers have to sell alot to make out on tickets, at $0.06 a ticket, this past week they made some money, but on average they don't make much. Ok enough of that, just rattled me that they get as much as much as the pot is worth, well estimated amount.

Well let's all hope PowerBall will roll over a couple times now and get to a nice size, not as big as Mega Millions but maybe half of Mega Millions.

Good Luck to you all.

Yes go on Wisconsin Lottery site there 3 winners of $250,000.00, they were Eau Claire , Richfield and Walworth. it gives the names of the stores on the home page of the Wisconsin Lottery.com on news toward the middle of the page on the left side.

what do you think of the miracle mile?

 in todays world its not all that hard to track some one down online. there are some nuts and organizations out there who would do about anything for some money. posting that winning ticket on a lottery forum website would be one of the first places to look for winners.

Murphy - party of 1... Murphy - party of 1...

Law party of 2....

Very true. I seen a guy buy 43 dollars in QPs and I know he didn't win the JP, but I don't if he won any lower prizes.  The point is he did not win part of the big one, even though he spent 43 dollars. Spending an arm and a leg is not going to help you win. I don't spend too much, but if I happen to be in a store that sells tickets I will buy one from there, even though I already have my tickets for that night.

notice how a majority of jackpot winners are from quickpicks?  notice how often the winner only played 1 dollar?  its because there are more people buying only 1 quickpick.  its the same reason new york wins often, they have more people playing.  but in the end, more tickets equals more chances anyway you cut it.

  There are 10 US states which don't even crack a population of 1 million. Then you have the "big" 4, CA, TX, NY and FL that have

a combined population of over 102 million. It's really all about the numbers of people playing in each state which determine the most

frequent jackpot winners. Quick picks are the most popular way to play the lotteries, another reason why they come up so much more

often than self picks.

of the 10 states that have less than a million, i'm guessing they have no lottery or belong to a multistate group,

places like wyoming,montana,north dakota.

Wow, the NASCAR guy(I remember him) who won 75 million playing Mega Millions has spent nearly 20 million dollars in three years! And it looks he won't slow down his extreme spending anytime soon.

Don't know the particulars of the lotteries in each of these states. My state (NH), has a pop. of 1,300,000 and is a member of a multi-state lottery

with VT. (pop. about 625,000), and ME about the same pop. as NH. I feel bad for these low population states, but whatta you gonna do? 

@mc56 well theres good things about low pop. states too,

gotta take the good w/ the bad.

He seems like a really nice guy but when his money goes, so will his high profile NASCAR friends. He is like a kid in a candy store. Why do so many of these winners not set aside something (even 10, 20% in something as simple as CDs)?

Less congestion, pollution, crowded freeways, stress. Many good qualities about these "smaller" states. NH is much like these states, I have

no complaints. 

i took a trip to N.H. once back in the 70s my sister lived near concord in a spooky old farmhouse.

i even drove up that mt.washington,did they ever get around to putting gard rails on that road ?

I hope the baby has some money when he gets older. He never even said he was going to slow down.

There are many "haunted" and "spirit infested" homes here in the Granite State!    I can personally attest. I have seen and heard things

that you would never believe. Most of the haunted homes, or even older government buildings have a very long history, going back 300+

years or more. As a commercial cleaning contractor, I had one account, a very old church/parish hall that sat by a river in Milford NH.

from day 1, all my employees who had worked there heard noises, footsteps, saw draws opening and closing by themselves, would all of

a sudden feel a strong gust of wind inside the building! Nobody would work there anymore. I finally let the account go.   

Anyhow getting to the Mt. Washington roadway, haven't been up there in a while myself, I believe because of safety reasons those rails

were installed years ago.

Scary.  Maybe Ghost Hunters can investigate. Seriously.  I love that show.

Yeah same here, love and believe that paranormal stuff!   

I have one other account, a very large dental practice which my company has been cleaning for over 12 years. Coincidentally it's located

in the same town (Milford), where the church/parish hall was haunted. A couple years back the owner (and one of the dentists), of this

practice died in a tragic car accident. The practice still continues. Several times when I have gone in to inspect the completed work, usually

in the evening, I have seen silhouettes of this former doctor floating down one of the hallways near his old office!!! It's not really scary

for me to see that anymore, more like he's just part of the wood work. I would sometimes also feel the floors shaking for no apparent reason?

Will this Powerball trend continue? Will we have another winner come Wednesday? Will that be YOU?

ROLL. 

ooooohhh you are braver than me! So do you think it is a risidual haunting or something more serious?

I know for the Mega drawing there were 651 million tickets sold for the Friday drawing. Some stories were saying 1.45 billion tickets were sold but that was the total ticket sales for all the drawings since the jackpot started at 12 million and rolled 18 times.

You don't think its big enough for me to take home yet aye? How thoughtful of you!

MG:

thanks 4 sharing ur spirits>>>>>>>>>>!

a sudden gust of wind inside the building!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>!!

Nobody would work there anymore!!!!!!!!!!!

psykomo

If your referring to the dental practice, I believe it is nothing more than the good (deceased) doctor coming back to try and tie up some loose

ends. He fell asleep at the wheel before crashing his car into a tree, he died instantly. He never had any preparation for his next spiritual stage.

I was actually good friends with him, and since this practice was such a big part of his life I think he is trying to resolve his confusion by

occupying his old stomping grounds. Interesting story, I was in his old office actually doing the cleaning for one of my people on vacation that

week. Just as I was finishing up in his old office, the radio in the room suddenly came on, and it was blaring! At the same time the phone was ringing

off the hook. This was a Sunday evening around 9:00PM

I consider him harmless, and do not feel there is anything else contributing to these events. He is probably just feeling very confused, and gravitated

back to one of the most familiar areas in his life.   

I also believe some people are more spiritually in tune, and can communicate with others that have passed on. Call it a gift, or a curse?   

Yeah to many people are afraid of ghosts, shouldn't be, there just ordinary people who are just returning back from the dead.

What's the big deal??? 

No, Simba774, it appears that Joe Denette and his wife have slowed down their spending from the last 2.7 years, if now, due to their remaining principle and new investments they have approximately $25M-$30M remaining.  I don't know where Barbara Walters got her spending information from, as they've ONLY purchased about $8M worth of items.  The only way that Barbara could be correct if she is deducting from the Annuity amount of $75M, then subtracting for the lump-sum amount cost, then subtracting for apx. 35% Federal Income Taxes, then lastly subtracting for the 4% State Income Taxes. 

Regardless of Barbara's unmentioned mainly 'spending via taxes,' it appeared that the Denette Family are satisfied with their: Nascar Team, 6 ATVs, 2 Monster Buses, 6 vehicles, and 6 houses w/big playgrounds.  It also appears that the Denettes started at least one business where Joe's wife is paid weekly into her individual checking account -- and doesn't spend those monies ... appears to have planned this as her 'family's emergency account'.

The Denettes still appeared to be very happy.  Joe is apparently good at tracking their net worth; as he knew EXACTLY the range ($25M-$30M) that his family's accounts were at when Barbara Walters asked him!

I'm uplifted that Joe is glad that none of his family members need to pursue working a 'job' anymore! 

The guy's name is Joe Denette. He split a $227 million MM jackpot (3-ways) drawn on May 1, 2009. The annuity as  $75.6 mil but he opted for the $47.8 million lump sum payout. After 25% fed taxes and 4% VA state taxes, he took home a little over $33 million. That still would have left him with an additional Fed tax liability of $4.78 million unless he found a way to mitigate this...and from what I observed on the 20/20 show it didn't seem like he opened up any kind of charitable trust or gave any to charity.

That said, he may only have about $9 million left (he mentioned on TV that he had almost 1/2 of it left) which doesn't seem possible.

A NASCAR team, 2 motor coaches, 6 homes and a bunch of toys! I don't think this guy will stop until he's broke. Sorry if I sound negative as I don't wish a financial melt down on anyone but his spending is out of control. Give him 2-3 more years and if he doesn't come to his senses or someone doesn't intervene(his wife had no control over the money) he will be broke.   

His attitude is very similar to the original interview they did on TLC with David Edwards (medieval collector/drug addict), not a care in the world and thinking his funds would never dwindle. 

Alway's lookin out for my fellow LP'ers rad, what can I say?   

Let the fighting begin.  Just heard on the news a MC Donald's worker is claiming she won one of the 3 jackpots, BUT her co-workers are claiming it's a ticket from the pool at work. 

Apparently the woman  (37 year old Mirlande Wilson), was the organizer of a lotto pool at McDonald's, where she collected $5 from the

participating co-workers for the Mega drawing on Friday. Mirlande is now claiming she went off and purchased a separate ticket on her own,

and that was the lone winning ticket. She wants to claim the lump sum winnings of over $105 million for herself only. Her co-workers are

furious, and are claiming she ripped them off.   

Should make for a long and drawn out juicy story for all of us LP'ers!!!                

Note: She claimed on the way back from work in Maryland (McDonald's), she decided to stop at the 7-11 to get the winning ticket)

All her co-workers make $7.50/hour

Pools.They ain't worth joining unless you like fighting!

Exactly, and if you are in a pool having tickets on the side that are only yours is a recipe for disaster.  No pools for me, EVER.

WOW!!!! I just read the article on NY Post apparently the clerk @ 7-11 said lottery officials came in looked at the surveillance video shows a man purchased the winning ticket.... Drama, Drama, Drama I better get my ready....LOL...

I've got plenty of    to DCF! Didn't realize a man purchased the ticket? Boyfriend, husband? I know she is a Haitian mother

of seven kids. More details will be forth coming over the next few days. 

There will be a legion of lawyers getting rich over this.

Exactly!

Why was I thinking with the largest jackpot and 3 winners this would be DRAMA FREE?

Do people READ? Why any one would join a lottery people beats the hell out of me!

This is already beginning to remind me of that NJ piece of sh*t Americo Lopes, who tried screwing five other lotto pool members out of 38 million.

He lost his case, and is probably bankrupt now with the judge's ruling.

Agreed!

We need something to take us through until the Powerball rolls over to 100m! Lol

Powerball to a 100 million ????  Its does that now ???  Wellllll bend me over the kitchen table and call me Hazel !..I didn't know that....Boy do I learn alot from this place.

Maybe it was someone else (the man in video), and Mirlande might just be looking for her 15 minutes of fame?   

You would turn down $70 million CD? Cough up $2 and roll the dice bro!  PB is ripe for the picking this Wednesday.   

Be nice - lol!

Powerball has to make a major comeback especially at these new rates in order to attract enough people back to the game. It will be a while before Mega Millions build to a competitive jackpot size.

Normally Mac, I would...but I am going to see if it breaks the 70 mark this time...besides, the war dept. (aka the wife) is in a pool at work and I can wait til SAT

Can't argue with the war dept.    That's OK, I'll just cherry pick this one for myself. The next 100+ million you can take.   

Yes we do

What I don't get mcginnin, is why would she got public so quickly.... something about her story dosen't add up to me...

I prefer extra butter & salt on my ....LOL...

 Yep 

LOL... well at least the Kansas winner/s & Illinois winner/s are still incognito... something about her story dosen't seem right to me though oh well we will wait & see.

Yeah same here DCF, tons of butter and lots of salt! YUM! YUM!

She might just be a (no polite way to say this, I'm sorry in advance) a media whore, looking for her few minutes in the spotlight.

This makes even more sense, since you brought up the fact that the video from 7-11 showed a man purchasing the winning ticket.

Or it could be something else altogether different? She claimed that she will be going into lottery office today to sort out, we should hear

something soon, maybe by tomorrow. You know the lottery commissions, they move slowly and want to be absolutely certain of the

winners identity before releasing a news press.

Another story on immigrants potentially involved in a "Lotto-Pool-Gate" fiasco ????   Isn't that getting kind of repetative...Lets have a new story, like how one of the MM winners was actually dressed up like a man when she bought her winning ticket !!! Orrrrrrr a jackpot winner is actually on the terrorist watch list and the government confiscates all the winnings or something like that ??

or she could have gotten 5 numbers right ?

Sure! Then her co-workers will still want a piece of that action as well, leftovers is better than nothing! Good angle CD.   

.....Another case for the age old statement, "Silence is Golden"

Yep, that's what I was thinking that would explain why she didn't know if she won or not  her words " I don't know if I won. Some of the numbers we familiar. I recognized some of them"she said "

So true!!!!!!

I am still having a hard thinking she would make the claim of winning the Maryland share after it was  known from the video that a male purchased the ticket at the 7:15 timeframe..oh well..hope she has at least 5 numbers.

Me too CD,  I wonder if the man is her fiance, but then why would she say " All right! All Right! I'll share, but I can't find the ticket right now", according to Allen if her fiance bought the ticket with his own money then why would she give his winnings away...  

LOL... this is giving me a migraine...LOL...

Keep tellin ya DCF, I have sumpin for that migraine

Another thing if he(the fiance) is the father of her 7 kids he needs to MARRY HER, how can a woman have 7 kids and not be married that's just alarming too me.... well at least she's working though..

LOL... I bet you do...LOL.. well i'm going to the gym on my lunch so that should help...LOL...

Well,yesterday WAS April Fools Day,afterall.Maybe she was just trying to play a joke on co-workers.

I see lottery pools being a hassle too, but if you do go into one isn't it smart and common sense to draw up a contract an all members sign it? It won't be airtight if a lawyer didn't draft it but should be clear enough to keep issues from happening.  On an episode winners had a pool. They were all coworkers. Another coworker sued for a piece of money, said they were in the pool. They kept a list of who paid what in and they each singed it. The list went back for 2 years. Judge thew case out that day.