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I bought $1.
damn, if you took the 224M, took a 40% federal bite out of it (down to 134.4M), invested it and an extremely super modest 3%, your annualized income (after a 40% federal bite) comes in just under 2.5 million. This is, of course if you play it really really really safe, and no nothing about investments, money management, and tax sheltering. *sigh*
I bought $1.
Play numbers 32 and over to slightly decrease your expected loss.
why is that?
I'd blow about 30 mil and use that extra 10 on a more spacious Texas Ranch and also some European getaway, in my modesty.
Because everyone picks birthdays for lottery numbers, so the expected number of people to split a jackpot between should be lower.
I'd have to go with a small house in the Sierras and one in the Beartooths. Maybe one in Wyoming too.
question, if i win that jackpot, how do i convert it into spurstalk cash?
just heard on the news if this rolls again next jackpot will be close to 500 mil (487). either way, someone's cashing the in.
Good Lord ... that's a lot of money.
I hope whoever wins is a pool of people. That's just too much for one person.
Unless it's me.
I play the lotto regularly. Seems like people that don't play regularly are the ones who win.
I hope tonight's different and I win. I could spread some cash around to some people on here I'm sure.
on the newscast they showed hundreds of people in line to get their tickets, it looked pretty nuts. anyway, all my tickets have been purchased, from 3 different locations. now to just wait and see...
I would never wait in line. HEB has machines where you can buy and print your own tickets. I dropped a fiver there last night.
winning numbers:
4 8 15 25 47 megaball 42
my vote for thread winner
So who's all going to work in the morning?!
Early reports are that there was no winning ticket(s) sold.
O/U $500,000,000?
I'm guessing 475.
if it's true i could easily see this very close to 500, lots of people will come out of hiding when word gets out.
2 tickets won ... and 67 tickets matched 5+0 for $250,000, or $1,000,000 if they bought the megaplier.
I got the most numbers I've ever gotten on one ticket without winning anything. That sucks ... good thing I didn't quit my job yet.
they're probably old.
to not fully enjoy all the money. not enough time. yada yada.
(CNN) -- A family in Washington that was one of two jackpot winners in the Mega Millions drawing will speak to reporters about its windfall Thursday.
However, the buyer in Idaho with whom the family will split the $380 million prize has yet to come forward.
Washington lottery officials have so far only disclosed that the family is from Ephrata, a small town with a population of just over 6,000. They have scheduled a news conference at 2 p.m. (5 p.m. ET) to introduce the lucky family that will claim $190 million -- half of the $380 million jackpot -- from the Tuesday night drawing.
The ticket was sold at a Safeway store in Ephrata, lottery officials said.
Store Manager Geoff Bell told CNN affiliate KREM that the phones began to ring off the hook when news surfaced that the store had sold one of the two winning tickets.
"It's great for the community. It's nice that Safeway can be a part of helping somebody make some dreams come true for them," Bell told the affiliate.
The ticket in Idaho was sold in Post Falls.
Tuesday's Mega Millions numbers were 4, 8, 15, 25, 47 and 42 (42 was the Mega Ball number).
As days went by without a winner, residents in the 42 states that take part in the Mega Millions drawing rushed to stores to buy more and more tickets, pushing the jackpot to $380 million -- the second-highest in the drawing's history.
The highest was $390 million in 2007.
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