Lottery thread part II - 865m Mega Millions Jackpot, 730m PowerBall Jackpot

[John Price]

Ehat

 

[Mantis]

Turn down for ehat

 

[Bones Malone]

Turn down for ehat

I'm going to buy you a new pancreas when I win

 

[Mantis]

I'm going to buy you a new pancreas when I win

You would do that... For me?....
I am blessed!

 

[Bones Malone]

You would do that... For me?....
I am blessed!

I'm a man of the people

 

[George Binks]

Pool full of puddin

 

[Guerzy]

Going to buy a lottery ticket tonight, 44 million. Wish me luck.

 

[kducks]

$800 million. Put 5 bucks in the office pool just so I won't be the only one left in the office.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

$800 million. Put 5 bucks in the office pool just so I won't be the only one left in the office.

Make sure you draw up an agreement with names of those who put in

Or else you could end up with one of those nasty legal battles from those who didn't (Happens all the time)

As for me I spent $4 on PB ticket like I usually do when game gets big. I may buy a couple of more lines tomorrow on way home from work but wont go crazy

Seriously seeing people spending absurd sums on this lotto. I really want to tell them they need to step back and consider odds but at end of day its there money and they can do with it what they want

 

[kducks]

Guy in front of me last week put $120 on it, all for himself.

 

[John Price]

I hope it reaches a trillion

 

[Baby Punisher]

I hope it reaches a trillion

You never know. Who would have thought a Billion would be possible and now here we are inching closer and closer.

 

[njdevscup30]

powerball is for jokers. rather go to a casino. where do they sell powerball

 

[Carlzner]

I've never gotten lotto tickets.

Which ones do I get at the gas station? Do they say powerball

 

[Bizarro Bandwagoner]

I've never gotten lotto tickets.

Which ones do I get at the gas station? Do they say powerball

Just ask for a Powerball ticket...or however many you're getting. They'll probably ask if you want the Power play which costs more but can multiply your winnings if you match a few numbers.

I can't believe the lines I saw on the news. I feel dumb enough just getting my one or two tickets but to waste time out of my life to do it...

 

[yubbers]

That's a weekend for a baller like me

 

[Flukeshot]

Is Powerball a government lotto or private company? Does some of revenue from ticket purchases go to govt tax funds?

 

[John Price]

Is Powerball a government lotto or private company? Does some of revenue from ticket purchases go to govt tax funds?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerball

Powerball is an American lottery game offered by 44 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), a non-profit organization formed by an agreement with U.S. lotteries. Powerball's minimum advertised jackpot is $40 million (annuity); its record jackpot was $590,500,000 won in May 2013 by one ticket in Florida (surpassed by two Mega Millions jackpots).[1] Powerball's annuity is paid in 30 graduated installments; winners may choose cash instead. Drawings are held Wednesday and Saturday evenings at 10:59 p.m. Eastern time. The game uses a 5/69 (white balls) + 1/26 (Powerballs) matrix from which winning numbers are chosen. Each play costs $2, or $3 with the Power Play option. (Originally, Powerball plays cost $1; when PowerPlay began, such games were $2.) The official cutoff time for ticket sales is 10 p.m. Eastern; some lotteries discontinue sales earlier.[2] The drawings usually are held at the Florida Lottery’s studio in Tallahassee.

 

[Flukeshot]

So it looks like the govt doesn't take a cut in advance of the draw?

If you win, you get taxed, does that tax money go to the Feds or state?

Can Foreigners win?

 

[John Price]

After the draw the government takes a cut which is federal I think

PRobably not

 

[Flukeshot]

Cool. Best of luck guys

 

[Cody Webster]

900 milly

gonna go buy me some ticky

 

[Baby Punisher]

Someone won the $165 million dollar mega millions on Staten Island.....and it wasn't me.

 

[Kairi Zaide]

lol at the lines at some places to buy the tickets

 

[HanSolo]

They don't sell them in Las Vegas.