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• IAteSomeLemons

  

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  Jun 17, 2014, 4:43 pm

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  I was kinda curious, how many people have actually won the starting jackpots; be it Powerball, Mega Millions, or any state lottery(that exeeds 1mil)?

  Do you play or wait till the prize gets larger?
• whiteballz

  

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  Jun 17, 2014, 10:34 pm

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  I don't have any exact numbers for you but I have read of people winning the starting jackpot.

  Here are 3 examples of people winning mega millions at the starting jackpot when the starting jackpot was 12 million.

  http://www.megamillions.com/winners-gallery/first-north-carolina-mega-millions-jackpot-winner-claims-prize

  http://www.megamillions.com/winners-gallery/sharpsburg-georgia-man-wins-12m-mega-millions-jackpot

  http://www.megamillions.com/winners-gallery/new-jersey-couple-claims-mega-millions-jackpot

  I have played the jackpot at the starting amount. My reasoning is, if I win the jackpot at the starting amount, I could live a very comfortable life.

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• RJOh

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by IAteSomeLemons on Jun 17, 2014

  I was kinda curious, how many people have actually won the starting jackpots; be it Powerball, Mega Millions, or any state lottery(that exeeds 1mil)?

  Do you play or wait till the prize gets larger?

  That information is on the websites of most lotteries if you're really interested in knowing but you might have to do a little researching.

   * you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones *