The OFFICIAL Powerball and Megamillions thread:

[DeadsetAce]

got my QP's....let's go

 

[jaysrcrak]

If won that type of money I'm paying Sallie Mae off

If you win Sallie Mae will be paid off before you receive a dime. All money owed to the government as well as back child support is taken from your winnings before you get anything.

 

[Bert.]

they stopped selling at 9:30

someone give me some if they win

srs

 

[freelythinkingmind]

What time do they draw?

 

[Nike Jordan]

What time do they draw?

In about 10 minutes.

 

[jaysrcrak]

Cash payout is 376.9 before taxes. No state taxes here so that is 245 M after taxes. Meh. Ill take the annuity. 13M for 30 years=never falling off

 

[jaysrcrak]

Good luck everyone! I hope an Nter wins. If I win details will come soon for a massive NT giveaway.

 

[capital sb]

Cash payout is 376.9 before taxes. No state taxes here so that is 245 M after taxes. Meh. Ill take the annuity. 13M for 30 years=never falling off

Until you die or are killed (god forbid) and you your fam is left with nothing. Cash payout always who cant live forever with 245M? with that said numbers are being drawn now

 

[Nike Jordan]

22 10 13 14 52 11

 

[imasoleman18]

i got 10 on both my sets of quick picks but nothing else

 

[nawghtyhare]

Bruh it's 22 not 20

 

[rell826]

Wall Street Journal ‏@WSJ 2m

Breaking: Lottery officials: Winning numbers in $600 million drawing are 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and Powerball 11. http://wsj.com

 

[Nike Jordan]

Bruh it's 22 not 20

Corrected.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Put twenty down and lost oh well. Next time.

 

[jaysrcrak]

Until you die or are killed (god forbid) and you your fam is left with nothing. Cash payout always who cant live forever with 245M? with that said numbers are being drawn now

WRONG. How many times does this myth have to be debunked? Once you win it is your money just like any other asset. This is from the powerball website.

WHAT HAPPENS IF AN ANNUITY PRIZE WINNER DIES?
The estate will handle the lottery prize. A lottery annuity prize is just like any other asset. You can pass any remaining annuity payments on to your heirs or to anyone else. The Powerball game will even cash out an annuity prize for an estate. This may make it easier for the estate to distribute the prize. It also may be necessary to cash out the annuity to pay Federal estate taxes. We will sell some or all of the securities at competitive bid or will even just transfer the securities to the estate. We do not charge a fee of any kind. I think that this misunderstanding may come from the response that the prize "goes to the Estate" and some people hear "goes to the State."

Its is true that you will have to pay an estate tax but you will have to pay that regardless if you took the cash option or the annuity

 

[rell826]

Going to be some old fart from Middle America again.
 

 

[2morrowbegins2day]

Those numbers are bogus. Next time i'm playing my own numbers and sticking with them. QP's gave me nothing. i'm tight.

 

[thapointguy]

Bought 3 tickets using my own numbers, only hit the 10 on one ticket. QP next time.

 

[senor chang]

i hit 3 numbers...hopefully no one wins so i can have another shot at it

 

[jaysrcrak]

If you look at all the major jackpots in history it is always some bogus numbers that no one should pick. All of my combos had bogus numbers, but they were on the high side instead of the low side like the numbers fell tonight. oh well. hopefully no one wins and we can see the first Billion dollar jackpot in history.

 

[a55a5in11]

If you look at all the major jackpots in history it is always some bogus numbers that no one should pick. All of my combos had bogus numbers, but they were on the high side instead of the low side like the numbers fell tonight. oh well. hopefully no one wins and we can see the first Billion dollar jackpot in history.

What's bogus about random numbers being drawn?

 

[wanksta23]

i hit 3 numbers...hopefully no one wins so i can have another shot at it

your avy though

 

[jaysrcrak]

Bogus in the sense that they are always numbers that no one would seem to pick. Sure its random, but at the same time out of 59 numbers 3 numbers out of the 10-19 group, that are in close proximity to each other hit.

Same as:
Powerball, Nov. 28, 2012, 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 pb 6
Mega-Millions Mar. 25, 2011 22, 24, 31, 52, 54, mb 4,
Powerball March 23, 2013, 17, 29, 31, 52, 53 pb 31
Numbers like those. Kinda like when you look at a QP and are like what kind of numbers are theses? Those are the types of combinations that end up winning

 

[big j 33]

One winner in Florida

If the ticket was sold near me I'm going to lose it

 

[finallyfamous]

Just one winner so far ... Can't even imagine the feeling