Already got my tiks

Got my personal and my pools ticket.

After all the monster jackpots we've had lately,..........$54mil. cash is great, annuity...not a big deal anymore. I will still gladly take either one regardless. A win is a win.

In the beginning of the Florida Lottery this would have been a big deal. Over $50mil created much more buzz and when it got to over $100mil on rare occasion it was all over the news.

The odds are much better with Florida Lotto at approximately 23mil to 1 vs. Powerball or MegaMillions at 175mil to 1...

Back in the nineties when only a few states had their own lotteries and Florida lottery jackpots got this large I remember reading about people flying there to buy thousands of tickets for resale in their own states for a dollar or two extra.  It didn't take long before other states with large populations started their own lottery.

Hmm.........how far is Florida from Oklahoma  lol.... Good luck to all the Florida LP players

maybe its time the lottery start advertising the cash value rather than annuity............winners seem to always take the cash. when was the last time somebody won a major jackpot and took the annuity.

I would like to see the cash amounts advertised with an option of three annuities, 10, 20 or 30 years.

just a plane ride away

Good idea, but I don't think truth in advertising applies to lotteries.

 Bring extra cash with you.

Only when pigs fly. Come to think of it, I saw a pig, last week, on the plane. Maybe it was just a piglet.

When state lotteries first started they were only annuities and than a few years ago states started offering cash options.  As one time only one persons could claim their prizes which made it harder for lottery pools to spread the tax burden fairly and that changed and I wouldn't be surprised if how lottery jackpots are advertised doesn't change some day too.

Hmmm....truth is stranger than fiction.  

Absolutely! It's silly that they advertise a jackpot much larger than the current, real jackpot. Almost like false advertising. I can't remember where I read it, but I'm sure I read that 95% of people take the cash option. So why are they advertising some future prize that very few people care about or opt for???

It's like"Woo hoo! $54 million!!!  Oh, wait a minute,   no, it's some other lower amount, not exactly sure what , then take some more off for taxes .... "  It kinda strips away some of the fun.

I'm just more used to the Canadian and Australian way - the jackpot is what it is. Are the European ones the same?

Most of the euro-lotteries I've played are WYSIWYG, and they don't tax you upfront when you win. The monster jackpots{annuity}, advertising in the USA, are simply HEAD TURNERS. They make you leap before you look. It has been working for them so far.

Thanks for the info on the Euro lotteries. So everyone else does it the realistic way - what you see is what you get, which is the way it should be.  I don't think the American ones need to plump up the jackpot winnings by advertising the future value of an annuity. It'd still turn my head with the lower, realistic value, as it does in other countries. It's just an old-fashioned concept that needs to get tossed in the bin.

And the jackpot keeps on rolling.

Florida Lotto^™

I couldn't disagree more.  Whether YOU think the cash value is big enough, is irrelevant.  Companies don't advertise for YOU.  Same reason prices are listed at 99.99 not 100.  It's because it looks more attractive, in general.  It has nothing to do with what you or I think.  This is advertising 101, it's a concept people typically learn before they are teens.

...YOU = CONSUMERS

...Companies target consumers{advertising}

...Consumers don't buy company product = Bankruptcy for company

...Company cares what YOU{consumer} thinks = Stays profitable

...Advertising 101= Consumer is always right, so try to please them or they won't buy, and you go bankrupt. CAPICHE?

I will buying a plane ticket to Florida this week...can't win it if you are not in it!

Wow... it's gett'n up there.

That's going to be one expensive ticket, but if you win...

 The monster jackpots are like that of the headliner Quarterback Contract signings in the NFL. If a top tier QB signs a contract for 5 years $100 million dollars or so, it sounds massive, but in reality only $35 million or so is actually "gauranteed" money.

Umm..so advertisments from hundreds of thousands of companies over the years have been wrong all this time?  I don't see them all going bankrupt from advertising a certain way?

Companies target consumers{advertising} =succeed = turns YOU{consumer} into customer.

Companies ignore/diss. consumers = failure = unable to convert consumer into customer = no profits{adjust or going down for the count.}.

Correction...make that an award ticket...I have miles to burn on United or Delta.

That's one way to use those miles... I can see for miles and miles!

Flying to FL sounds good to me.

Flying to Vegas sounds good too.

Have a good night everyone........ 

couldn't you drive that only in about 2hrs

And don't wake up, for our sake.

My office pool now wants to buy FL Lotto in addition to Powerball, how do I get myself into these things......lol

It's ok, when we win we will our azzes off!!

Do you ever have people ask to get in? what do you tell them when they ask?

I'll be in Florida the first week in September.... please keep that jackpot growing 'til I get there.  Then I can relieve you guys of that huge wad of cash!!  Just trying to do my part to help....

Florida players beware, Gloria bought tickets.

And the excitement continues to continue!

Bought my 3 QPs already. If I happen to be around a lottery retailer in the next couple of days I might splurge again and pick up another QP or two.

At this JP size, I'd be willing to share ... I think I could manage on $28million, or about $10million cash after taxes.  Anyone else?

Not really....Its the same five us each time and we sign an agreement each time (only those who have signed are in), have been doing paper but I have a program for e signatures and am gonna do that from now on.

"At this JP size, I'd be willing to share..."

Well thank you! I'm glad to accept half if you win! 

it always is Good

Another big jackpot is slowly creeping up around the corner, and it is not in FL.

$43.9 mil tonight in Ohio's Classic Lotto. Been trying to win this sucker for over a year.

It rolled again

FLORIDA LOTTO™

I'll be out in FL first week of Sept ...  Could you guys please keep that rolling until I get there?  Thanks!! 

Well, since that's not too far off from now .... hmmmm, okay!  Just as long as I have one of the winning tickets. You can have the other one   A half share of that JP is plenty for me.

Would someone anyone just win the jackpot allready..........sheezzzz

You're not the only one.  I've had fellow players making all kinds of suggestions about what I should try in spite of the fact that back in February I got closer than any of them ever had.  I keep telling them they should try some of the own suggestions because if I ever win I won't be sharing.

Hang in there, someone always eventually wins. 

1 Person in Orlando took it all.  $59,000,000.00.

Back down to 2 million now

This is extremely huge jackpot prize. I will be one of those lottery players who will pile up in front of lottery retailer stores. I hope to win this $54 million jackpot prize too. I already plan what will I do with the money once I hit this jackpot prize. :)