Half-billion jackpot is 7th-largest of all time
By Todd Northrop
July 4th is behind us, but some lucky person still has their Independence Day ahead of them — independence from financial burdens, that is.
After an unprecedented 34 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of more than a half-billion dollars that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet.
After nobody won Tuesday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $508 million — the largest since a $636 million jackpot was split by two tickets on Dec. 17, 2013. The two halves of that jackpot were claimed by Ira Curry of Stone Mountain, Georgia, and Steve Tran of Northern California.
Friday's $508 million Mega Millions jackpot is the 3rd-largest in the game's history, and the 7th-largest United States lottery jackpot of all time (see full list below).
The lump-sum cash value of $357.7 million is also the 6th-largest on the all-time US lottery jackpot cash value list.
The current jackpot run-up started on March 11 as a $15 million grand prize — it has been 4 months since Mega Millions has had a jackpot winner.
Lottery players wondering what all the cash will look like in their bank account after federal and state taxes are taken out can see an after-tax analysis of the current Mega Millions jackpot by visiting USA Mega's Jackpot Analysis page.
The rush of ticket sales over the next few days likely will propel the jackpot to an even higher amount before the drawing takes place Friday. Lottery Post and USA Mega will update the jackpot tallies displayed if such an increase occurs.
In Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, there was no jackpot winner, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Florida, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from Ohio, 1 from Oklahoma, 1 from Pennsylvania, and 1 from Texas.
Unfortunately, none of the second-prize winners purchased their ticket with the Megaplier option for an extra $1 per play. If they had, their prize would have been increased to a whopping $5 million, because the Megaplier number drawn was 5.
The lucky California second-prize winner will be awarded an extra-sweet $2,333,142. By law, California awards all lottery prizes on a pari-mutuel basis, meaning the prizes will change each drawing based on the number of tickets sold and the number of tickets that won at each prize level. This drawing that prize calculation paid off big-time.
The Megaplier option is not available in California, because the fixed nature of the prize increase offered with the Megaplier is not compatible with California's pari-mutuel payouts.
Also, a total of 139 tickets matched four of the first five numbers plus the Mega Ball to win a $5,000 prize. Of those tickets, 13 were purchased with the Megaplier option, increasing the prize to $25,000, and 19 were sold in California, where the prize awarded this drawing is $5,606.
The Mega Millions winning numbers for Tuesday, July 5, 2016, were 29, 46, 53, 64, and 73, with Mega Ball number 10. The Megaplier number was 5.
Following the Tuesday drawing, the Mega Millions annuity jackpot estimate was raised $54 million from its previous amount of $454 million. The cash value was raised by $38.7 million from its previous amount of $319 million.
Mega Millions is currently offered for sale in 44 states, plus Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 pm Eastern Time. Tickets cost $1 each.
The Mega Millions winning numbers are published at USA Mega (www.usamega.com) minutes after the drawing takes place.
Top 25 United States lottery jackpots of all time
Friday's Mega Millions jackpot currently stands as the 7th-largest lottery jackpot of all time in the United States. That position may rise before the drawing, as lotteries are typically conservative in their initial estimates, and brisk sales may push the jackpot estimate higher by draw time.
- Powerball: $1.5864 billion, Jan. 13, 2016 - California, Florida, Tennessee
- Mega Millions: $656 million, Mar. 30, 2012 - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
- Mega Millions: $636 million, Dec. 17, 2013 - California, Georgia
- Powerball: $590.5 million, May 18, 2013 - Florida
- Powerball: $587.5 million, Nov. 28, 2012 - Arizona, Missouri
- Powerball: $564.1 million, Feb. 11, 2015 - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
- Mega Millions: $508 million, Jul. 8, 2016 - Preliminary estimate, not won yet
- Powerball: $448.4 million, Aug. 7, 2013 - Minnesota, New Jersey (2)
- Powerball: $429.6 million, May 7, 2016 - New Jersey
- Powerball: $425.3 million, Feb. 19, 2014 - California
- Mega Millions: $414 million, Mar. 18, 2014 - Florida, Maryland
- Powerball: $399.4 million, Sep. 18, 2013 - South Carolina
- Mega Millions: $390 million, Mar. 6, 2007 - Georgia, New Jersey
- Mega Millions: $380 million, Jan. 4, 2011 - Idaho, Washington
- Powerball: $365 million, Feb. 18, 2006 - Nebraska
- The Big Game: $363 million, May 9, 2000 - Illinois, Michigan
- Powerball: $340 million, Oct. 19, 2005 - Oregon
- Powerball: $338.3 million, Mar. 23, 2013 - New Jersey
- Powerball: $337 million, Aug. 15, 2012 - Michigan
- Powerball: $336.4 million, Feb. 11, 2012 - Rhode Island
- Mega Millions: $336 million, Aug. 28, 2009 - California, New York
- The Big Game: $331 million, Apr. 16, 2002 - Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey
- Mega Millions: $330 million, Aug. 31, 2007 - Maryland, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia
- Mega Millions: $321 million, Nov. 4, 2014 - New York
- Mega Millions: $319 million, Mar. 25, 2011 - New York
For those keeping score, the number of jackpots in the top 25, by lottery game, are:
- Powerball: 13
- Mega Millions: 10
- The Big Game: 2
The Big Game is the original name of Mega Millions, from the game's first drawing on Sep. 6, 1996 through May 14, 2002. The name was changed to Mega Millions starting with the May 17, 2002 drawing.
Top 25 cash value jackpots
Since many lottery winners collect their winnings in cash, the lump-sum payout is an important measure of what a winning ticket could be worth.
Looking at the cash value, the upcoming Mega Millions jackpot ranks as the 6th-largest cash value in U.S. history.
- Powerball: $983.5 million cash, Jan. 13, 2016 ($1.5864 billion annuity) - California, Florida, Tennessee
- Mega Millions: $471 million cash, Mar. 30, 2012 ($656 million annuity) - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
- Powerball: $384.7 million cash, Nov. 28, 2012 ($587.5 million annuity) - Arizona, Missouri
- Powerball: $381.1 million cash, Feb. 11, 2015 ($564.1 million annuity) - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
- Powerball: $370.9 million cash, May 18, 2013 ($590.5 million annuity) - Florida
- Mega Millions: $357.7 million cash, Jul. 8, 2016 ($508 million annuity) - Preliminary estimate, not won yet
- Mega Millions: $347.6 million cash, Dec. 17, 2013 ($636 million annuity) - California, Georgia
- Powerball: $284 million cash, May 7, 2016 ($429.6 million annuity) - New Jersey
- Powerball: $258.2 million cash, Aug. 7, 2013 ($448.4 million annuity) - Minnesota, New Jersey (2)
- Mega Millions: $240 million cash, Jan. 4, 2011 ($380 million annuity) - Idaho, Washington
- Mega Millions: $233.1 million cash, Mar. 6, 2007 ($390 million annuity) - Georgia, New Jersey
- Mega Millions: $230.9 million cash, Mar. 18, 2014 ($414 million annuity) - Florida, Maryland
- Powerball: $227.8 million cash, Feb. 19, 2014 ($425.3 million annuity) - California
- Powerball: $224.7 million cash, Aug. 15, 2012 ($337 million annuity) - Michigan
- Powerball: $223.3 million cash, Sep. 18, 2013 ($399.4 million annuity) - South Carolina
- Mega Millions: $214 million cash, Aug. 28, 2009 ($336 million annuity) - California, New York
- Powerball: $211 million cash, Mar. 23, 2013 ($338.3 million annuity) - New Jersey
- Powerball: $210 million cash, Feb. 11, 2012 ($336.4 million annuity) - Rhode Island
- Mega Millions: $202.9 million cash, Mar. 25, 2011 ($319 million annuity) - New York
- Mega Millions: $197.5 million cash, Nov. 4, 2014 ($321 million annuity) - New York
- Powerball: $197.4 million cash, Sep. 30, 2015 ($310.5 million annuity) - Michigan
- Mega Millions: $194.4 million cash, Aug. 31, 2007 ($330 million annuity) - Maryland, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia
- Powerball: $191.9 million cash, Mar. 2, 2016 ($291.4 million annuity) - Florida
- Mega Millions: $185 million cash, Nov. 15, 2005 ($315 million annuity) - California
- The Big Game: $180 million cash, May 9, 2000 ($363 million annuity) - Illinois, Michigan
The number of cash value jackpots in the top 25, by lottery game, are:
- Powerball: 13
- Mega Millions: 11
- The Big Game: 1
I got my tickets this morning!
Good luck to all!
1 Ticket ......... 1 Winner!
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Go to USAmega.com, and mouse-hover over the MM prize.
It shows "cash value = $357.7"
I'd happily settle for the .7
And good luck to you too, Mr./Ms. Dpoly1.
This is not just a life changing event for the one person (persons) or family. The many people that will be or can be impacted by such a huge liquidity event will be many, many, many people.
Having said that, I'm prepared to make room in my life for this event.
I'm just buying one quick pick. One is all you need.
I have always wondered why rich people don't take this approach to make an extra few bucks.
For example, if I had the money, I would visit the lottery headquarters and come across with something like, "hey, here's the payment for ALL possible combinations, hence give me some sort of MASTER ticket in return". Once the game plays, I know I will be the winner. However, most times, you are risking of sharing your money (not if someone had done this on Tuesday's game). At the end, you're gambling your money. Ha.
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No pet numbers?
You must have more than just one ticket in play.
You all really don't want to listen to the kid?? I know the great state of Sunny Arizona will have its very first MEGA MILLIONS WINNER!!! The winner will win $729 Million with no splitting at all Making him the sole winner of the jackpot and also the ticket will be a $5 QUICKPICK sold at Safeway Grocery store. THE PERSON THAT WINS THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST SINGLE LOTTERY WINNER IN WORLD HISTORY IN ARIZONA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE FORCES OF NATURE TOLD ME!!!
02-24-29-53-63 + 08
25-29-44-46-64 + 01
05-21-29-45-74 + 05
29-35-47-59-71 + 12
45-52-64-66-73 + 12
15-66-67-68-70 + 07
08-17-23-37-68 + 10
07-40-43-50-51 + 12
05-13-27-46-72 + 10
28-45-63-72-73 + 04
03-25-32-60-68 + 01
02-05-19-25-45 + 15
49-58-59-65-69 + 11
10-11-18-19-26 + 01
03-25-40-58-63 + 01
07-16-21-42-57 + 09
11-40-47-50-61 + 05
03-12-60-63-65 + 03
12-14-25-31-68 + 06
07-09-18-56-68 + 09
07-21-29-44-46 + 06
05-12-49-55-59 + 01
05-17-30-35-68 + 04
20-32-44-47-67 + 09
27-35-46-62-75 + 06
01-11-13-23-47 + 05
13-15-22-30-74 + 09
09-22-48-60-75 + 05
13-26-27-31-54 + 15
08-10-32-46-56 + 10
08-26-27-36-39 + 08
07-09-20-64-68 + 01
08-13-42-46-57 + 07
35-39-41-42-47 + 15
18-50-53-69-70 + 12
16-26-43-50-69 + 14
08-17-33-41-45 + 01
23-25-31-42-54 + 06
04-08-18-40-41 + 13
29-43-58-65-73 + 10
10-13-51-65-69 + 13
24-44-57-68-73 + 03
04-28-50-51-53 + 10
01-06-18-41-68 + 09
14-28-31-56-57 + 01
12-22-32-40-45 + 03
07-25-30-74-75 + 05
02-18-30-33-51 + 10
39-57-62-64-70 + 07
10-19-37-42-63 + 13
Because there are 258 million possible combinations, at 1$ each that's 258M$, factor in all the time this costs, the taxes on the winnings and the possibility of havng to share the jackpot with one or more other winners makes this unattractive.
EDIT: Good luck to everyone who bought in!
This jackpot is getting pretty exciting. Not that it wasn't before, it's just that now it's cooking with gas. All the best on Friday people. Let's win the PB in the meantime.
Exactly, even if you could afford to buy 1,000,000 quick picks, your odds of winning the jackpot are still VERY minuscule.
Thank You, Todd, for this post.
A certain winner in California will have a cake walk this upcoming Friday night. Thank You to all you who participate in this draw.
After the federal taxes are all paid, a person doing that would lose at least 43 million. And that's in a state with no income taxes. And assuming there is only one winner.
And then being able to fill out all the playslips and having time to run them. (It wouldn't happen at lottery headquarters.)
Gotta get quite a bit higher before trying that.
Just another day to play/be in the game.
" A certain winner from California".. How kind of you to include your fellow State residents in your post Music. If l win,count on me to throw a sizable bone in your direction.
** Not all who wander are lost- JRR Tolkien.
At least Two ticket Will win the Jackpot
Gloria Mackenzie.... The 900 Million Powerball........ There's always a chance for everything. Hell there was in the list of Powerball winners a 3 way split of a 50 Million baby pot.
Two reasons:
One of the times California actually paid off, but there have been recent California 2nd prize winners where they were getting 500K or less... pari-mutuel giveth.... pari-mutuel taketh away.
Finally, we have reached "Frenzy" status. Now I can go ahead and win Powerball tonight, and all the attention can remain on this evergrowing Megamillions jackpot.
Nothing to see here folks. Don't mind me. Doo doo doo $$$$ Come on Powerball $$$$
(Im sure I will partake in the ticket buying frenzy for Megamillions, too.)
While that's not likely to happen with one of the multi-state games, such opportunities exist all the time with many state games like Ohio Classic Lotto (6/49) when its jackpot reached $70M with only 14M possible combinations to win it. But if big spenders had such an advantage regular players wouldn't play and the game would end as Massachusetts Windfall did when such advantages were exposed.
I find it incredibly ridiculous that people are excited by this. After each win the jackpot starts off at 7million dollars. Is that not enough to excite people? the same people who can barely afford to buy food or pay next months rent. The same people who are the pawns of the corporate elite who pay you pennies while they rake in hundreds of billions of dollars in profits. But hey lets hang a banner announcing you can win 500 million, even though you will give half away in taxes that will go into the elites pockets, lets double the odds every 2 years until you have a better chance of having dinner with space aliens from across the galaxy than winning, then lets watch these same people who can barely afford to eat a sandwich spend half their paycheck of pennies to pick a combination out of 258,890,850 so they can "win" some money. The human species is the stupidest species on this planet. I have never seen any other animal do anything close to as stupid as I see humans do.
Todd - You write like a true journalist and that's a high compliment. I love those opening lines.
Thanks for all you do!
OB
Thanks!
Time for Texas to have a jackpot winner.
Have not bought tickets yet, but will later after work today, and then again on Friday. Some quick picks, some picks.
I totally understand the excitement for this large of a jackpot, but I also play every draw for Mega Millions, Powerball, and Texas Lotto. Annuity does not matter to me, just the cash option. Even at the lowest starting point (~$3m cash option for Tx Lotto), a win secures a very, VERY nice retirement. If anyone asks me how much the jackpot is, I only mention the cash option. Screw the annuity! Go for the cash!
I didn't hit any numbers Tuesday night maybe next time
Good Luck everyone
$508 Mega Million
nice to see the jackpot off of the $10m increase ea draw and something substantial. going to be won soon, but i hope it rolls till my numbers come up,
GL everyone
"Frenzy" is the word. The media has discovered Mega Millions.
Good Luck to all LP Members on Power Ball!!
Woof Woof !! I would appreciate a sizable bone.
Each ticket has the same odds of winning as any other. No matter where it has been purchased. Your numbers are just as good as the next player.
It is a fair game. An equal opportunity bet.
Didn't that $70 million JP result from the game rolling for over 1 year with no JP winners?
I don't remember exactly how long the Ohio game rolled but I know it was over a year.
Michigan had a year or more long roll on its in state game awhile back and the JP got to around $22 million.
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Mr./Ms. Diablo1714,
You've made some very good points.
I for one, would be very excited over 7 million dollars.
And yes, the big corporations are very greedy, but the human species are greedy, as well.
I've not lost sight of the smaller awards, in comparison to what I've been blowing, over the years.
But, didn't science recently train monkeys to participate in lottery-type gambling?
If not, then I"m wrong.
OK, but didn't you see the 1955 movie:
"Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" ?
Comedian/Actors Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, are in an Egyptian cabaret (like a restaurant with a show).
Lou Costello (shorter/fatter guy) sees a plate of some flambe entre, and freaks out. He picks up his glass of water and not only puts out the fire, but in the same motion manages to drench Bud Abbott.
Bud Abbott then turns to Lou and says "How stupid can you be?"
Lou's reply? "How stupid do you want me to get?".
So, please expect humans to do the most stupid things.
Mr. Groppo
Would you get excited if you could win $7 million if the odds for that particular game were 72 trillion to one?
$7 million is nice but it's chump change when you consider the odds (258 million to 1).
Heck if the Michigan game got up to $7 million faster and more often that would be exciting!
I use to excited before but not anymore I just QP LMAOOO
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I like your signature, where you say
"I choose to play the lottery not because it is easy but because it is hard"
Former Pres. Kennedy said that.
He also said something to the effect of:
"This, that and de udda ting."
(only Kennedy was talking about man's first flight to the moon)
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Thank you, and good luck to you too, Mr./Ms. HelpMeWin.
Mr. Groppo
(That's going to be some chunk of change.)
Yep, I had him credited til I got PO'd that the frickin thing rolled again and then I added the second sentence.
So the 25th largest jackpot by cash value is $180m and PB is at $179.7m? If PB rolls again you guys will have to do four posts like this every week!
I've been putting all my lottery budget into MM but maybe I should buy just one PB ticket, like the people who bought just one MM when PB was huge.
All it takes is one ticket. You have to be in it to win it!
I'm setting this one out and just posting on the prediction board, bragging rights are enough for me.
I bought my one ticket today.
I am now in it, so all I need to do is win it!
It's strange that all of us "regulars" are only buying one (or 5) ticket(s), while all the irregular players are throwing $20, 50 100 or more at a snowball's chance in H E double hockey sticks of winning.
the players who only jump in when it reaches astronomical levels do not deserve to win. most of the time though they do. fair is fair but these johnny come lately players think they are getting a bargain when the pot gets higher than the odds. lately, i've noticed more people would be content with the 2nd prize of 1m+ (w multipliers), yet they ignore their own state lottery whose feature game is usually more than that with better odds. i guess people want the moon but should check their license for their age. you only have so many years left (most players are over 50) to take down one of these so play every day if you can. and i mean "every day" you can find a juicy jackpot.
These irregulars you speak of have been known to win jackpots from time to time. What l find is that the question " how long have you been playing the lottery seldom comes up"... Perhaps reporters are tired of the usual
- this is my first time & l only played 4 lines, while hiding the other 30 lines they played from view.
I will be happy to accept their money! The more the merrier.
Here is to a LP Member winning the Power Ball tonight!!
How do you enforce " You don't deserve to win if you only play when the jackpot is high?"
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I'm just hoping the vast majority on here, realize it's WEDNESDAY, TODAY, and NOT Megamillions night.
I don't know why, but I had gotten confused, because I went to my local store, this afternoon,
and bought some extra tickets for tonight's, POWERBALL game.
But, then, at the store I got confused again.
I then came home and got confused as for which day I had purchased tickets.
I just hope no one else here was confused, about tonight. Doesn't matter, MM is this coming FRIDAY.
I state this obvious point, as I'd hate to hear about someone ripping up and throwing away the wrong tickets tonight.
OK, I'm done, otherwise, never mind.
Good luck on TONIGHT'S POWERBALL!
Thanks
I live in the state of New York and you live in the state of confusion.
Easy ...ask those Johnny come lately players to feel out a slip lol...
Their first response would be "What is a slip?"
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Often, yes, but not always.
And I see you're in Brooklyn, NY.
I once had an uncle who lives/lived in N.Y.
We haven't heard from Uncle Otis in years.
Hoping to break the bank, no mega jackpot grand prize claims in July ... It's time to fix that!
Gl players!
Mega Millions starts @ $15 million NOT seven. Powerball starts @ $40 million.
I just got back from getting a couple of powerball tickets and while I was there a few lines of Mega for Friday!
Lot of people filling out play slips and buying qp's for both games, more than normal.
Anybody think the jackpot will be raised again before the draw Friday? I am thinking yes.
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Gosh, I hope not. My patience is at an end.
Though winning the MM jp would be nice, I just want to win one million simoleons,
realizing my tax obligation will leave me with about 700K.
But, then I'll be done. For good.
"There is no need for greed which makes others bleed." (source: ?)
(I couldn't fit these other words into that saying: seed, feed, breed, weed, heed)
Just got back huh? While you were purchasing your tickets lej, was there ever a moment when you felt confused ? For what it's worth, l think that if confusion enters the picture when buying lottery tickets, it can be a recipe for disaster. Did l give the Clerk a Ten or a Twenty?....see.
I predict no winners either game!
I hope to prove you wrong mr DOOM & GLOOM
Uhhhhhhh not one second of confusion whatsoever! I knew exactly what I went for. And observing others, clearly they knew what they were after as well, hahahaha.
Suppose others live in a fog?
Good Luck to you and others playing PB tonite!
Your predictions have been way off at times. Like when you said you were or going to be kissed on the cheek by Jennifer Lopez.
Good One Kyle.
Whenever you start seeing on the news the media interviewing players , you know lotto fever has officially arrived!
Well... I got me a PB ... Madness ...! :-)
Hey Thrifty, when you post all these numbers does that mean you have ALL these numbers in the next MM drawing?
I don't play the JP games often, hardly at all actually, but I just have to play when it hits over a half a billion. Like a few million wouldn't suffice..lol
Hundreds of millions of losing tickets and only one or two winners, I know worse than a meteor hitting me on the head while walking around in a meteor Museum, on the fourth of July.
Either I'll be really really happy If I win the JP, or this may be the last post I ever make.
Maybe I'll check my numbers in the emergency room, just in case they have to revive me...
That's funny Amber! Good luck to you and try to stay out of the hospital.
ONE TICKET
ONE WINNER
Powerball is now the 20th largest cash and within easy range of being 19th by Saturday. Has there ever been two "Preliminary Jackpots" on the top 25 before?
I am not positive about this but unless it happened several years back i do not think it has has happened before
I agree with you. Before my dad passed away in Feb., when that Powerball was up there it excited him. Sure wish we had 5 numbers won at least.
I have a different way of playing this game. Spreadsheet and the usamega website.
The same idiots that I have listened to on the radio where half the people would own such and such. In the end some people blow it all. Scary it sounds and that is true.
The only people actually raking in $$$ are the internet models on facebook, instagram and so forth. Those people young don't have to do anything the rest of their lives.
My reply to a news reporter would be this. "It's for me to know and you to find out."
I will be honest with you. If I was interviewed by a hot sexxy news girl I would tell her if I were to hit she could quit her job and be with me. Proof is on camera. The news reporter girls are pretty hot and from one I recall had to wear high heels about 4 inch ones.
This is just an opinion, but l Disagree- bigtime
Sharing is caring. 2 or 3 way split for this size jackpot. It's the loving thing.
It goes back to the question, how much money does one person need?
Mega Millions has had a jump. It's now up to 540 Million (380M Cash)!!!!
ask silly question and get SA answer
as much as as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet combined
If you want just what you "need", get a job. If you want life-changing wealth that you can pass on to your kids and their kids, win a huge jackpot like this.
That is Good News
i am going to buy my Tickets in Michigan 
Need or Want? There is a difference
I need enough money to pay my living expenses and bills.
However, I want enough to cover my living expenses, bills and all the finer things life with millions in the bank has to offer.
That is not what I'm saying, so getting a job is not my meaning. How many millions is life changing to you, that is what I'm saying. Most of us will never see that because the greed is so high.
Copied from: http://www.megamillions.com/news-releases/summer-sizzler-%E2%80%93-a-508-million-jackpot-for-july-8
Coincidentally, the only two Mega Millions jackpots won this year were drawn on the eighth day of a month – January 8 and March 8. Could Friday’s draw make it a sweep for the 8s?
Good job on the researching also i noticed 3 Lottery Winners won with the number 14
Could be Meatman, that is why l have made a contribution towards our education system for the kids by buying my tickets early. California is always in the running to bag any sizable jackpot. Wouldn't mind sharing this jackpot with one or two other musketeers.If There's one thing to be said about money: it's exceedingly attractive to both the poor & wealthy.
I have been saying this since the weekend at least..
Oh and the jackpot is now 540 million
It shoulder be short or very well 600 million by friday
In Asia, the number 8 is considered very lucky. I thought it may have to do with the shape resembling a Yin/Yang symbol, you know, 'win some, lose some', but no. Found this on Google search and found it interesting so I'm passing it on (hey, you never know...):
The number 8 is considered extremely lucky, perhaps partly owing to its unique symmetry, and perhaps partly owing to the fact that the 8, laid on its side, resembles the Greek symbol for infinity. Additionally, in Mandarin Chinese, the sound byte for "eight" is close to that for "prosperity, wealth", while in Cantonese it is similar to the sound byte for "fortune".
To illustrate how highly the number 8 is prized, the telephone number 8888-8888 was sold for a sum corresponding to USD $270,723 in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan Province. Even the Chinese government got caught up in the euphoria over the number 8 in this olympic year, 2008: the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Beijing began on the eigth of August (08/08/08), at precisely 8 minutes and 8 seconds past 8 PM, local Beijing time!
Good Luck everyone
This is the perfect answer!
I NEED (and have) enough to support me decently with the job I have. I WANT to have life-changing wealth that I can share with my siblings and pass along to my children, all while living very comfortably, traveling far and wide, and contributing well to those charities and organizations that I would love to help.
Need and want are two distinctly different things.
How much is life-changing? Before tax, $3m gets a paid off home and a very healthy retirement in a few years. Before tax, $10m gets retirement now with a paid off home & a little extra travel money. Before tax, $20m is life-changing.
Got 5 tickets yesterday, probably 5 more today, then 5 more Friday. Plus the office pool.... oh! And probably 10 PB and 5 Tx Lotto all for the weekend. That's my budget with rolling winnings from the last round of draws. No scratchers for a while until the jackpots go down.
There have been times in the past where both jackpots were fairly high relative to the then current records. I'm not going to look for the proof, but I think there's a very good chance that both have been in the top 25 at the same time before this. 40% of those in the top 25 have been won in 2014, 2015, or 2016. All but 7 have been won since 1/4/2011, so through 2010 there would have been 18 smaller jackpots on the list.
you a mean kitty
You wouldn't believe this i just picked up 3 Mega Tickets in Michigan and one of the Mega balls is (8)
ONE TICKET
ONE WINNER
If i'm the winner:
If i'm not the winner: