Powerball Jackpot

[mustlovecats]

I spent my weekly Starbucks money on 10 tickets and I matched the powerball on 2. I may not have won the jackpot but I get to go to Starbucks today and tomorrow!

 

[bdcp]

2 Tampa guys have 290 people at $500.00 each minimum buy-in for 72,500 tickets. Helps their odds a bit.

I would take the annuity. The logical thing to do.

Actually, according to experts, the logical thing to do is to take the lump sum and invest it properly. We would invest most of it, after paying off bills, giving money to family and setting up a charitable organization, and live off the interest for a while. You will make more in the long run than you would ever get from the annuity offered through the lottery. We would never take the offered annuity.

Also, only means their chances are 72,500 out of 200+ million, (1 out of 200+ million per ticket). So, it only increases their chances by a very small amount (miniscule) as each ticket still only has a 1 in 200+ million chance. Each ticket would have to have completely different numbers also in order to increase the odds.

I "won" $4 last night. A week ago I won $8 (matched powerball twice) on $20 worth of tickets. I turned around and reinvested in 4 more tickets on which I won zero. DH bought 5 more tickets on Monday and on that I matched the powerball on one line so $4. So, out of $30 spent, I got $12 back. Pretty good deal for the state.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I had two numbers...on two different tickets. So no money for me.

But the $10.00 I spent definitely bought me $10.00 of amusement, just in talking with my DS about we'd do if we won!

I hope the winners do really nice things with some of it.

 

[Jennasis]

Upon further scrutiny, it appears I matched the powerball and 1 number. What'd I win?

 

[Shutterbug]

Sorry world, no cokes.

 

[msjprincess]

Upon further scrutiny, it appears I matched the powerball and 1 number. What'd I win?

$4 or $12 with PowerPlay

 

[Jennasis]

$4 or $12 with PowerPlay

Huzzah!

 

[Dentam]

$4 or $12 with PowerPlay

Actually $8 with power play since the multiplier was 2.

 

[msjprincess]

Actually $8 with power play since the multiplier was 2.

Oh, I was just going by what it said on my state lottery website. Maybe I looked a the wrong line

 

[Dentam]

Oh, I was just going by what it said on my state lottery website. Maybe I looked a the wrong line

The multiplier for Saturday's drawing was 3 - maybe they hadn't updated their site yet?

 

[msjprincess]

The multiplier for Saturday's drawing was 3 - maybe they hadn't updated their site yet?

Possibly, or I just haven't had enough coffee yet.

 

[Dentam]

Possibly, or I just haven't had enough coffee yet.

Ha ha! Same here - I had dreams that I'd won a million last night. Kind of hard to get going this morning!

 

[bcla]

There were also 12 5 of 5 winners in California. All prizes are parimutuel in California, so it was $638,000. Some drawings nobody wins that, and the pot builds up. Last drawing there was a single $1.7 million winner.

 

[bcla]

81 tickets matched 5 numbers for the $1million prize. I would have loved that. But, alas, just 1 number matched on my 4 tickets. DS, in NC, bought 5 tickets so maybe he matched 5

California has different rules. It's parimutuel without fixed amounts. The amount can vary wildly.

 

[RedAngie]

Sorry, DISers, the $4 winnings I reinvested from Saturday didn't pay off.

It was quite fun dreaming for almost a week, however. Hope everybody enjoyed it.

 

[Dentam]

Great story about the winner in CA - not yet confirmed though since no one has come forward to claim the jackpot yet. I heard the winning ticket in TN was bought in a very small town with only one stop light and about 6,000 residents.

http://abc7news.com/society/ca-powerball-jackpot-winner-identified-as-socal-nurse/1159542/

 

[Tikitoi]

No winnings here off of my 5 tickets. But was nice to dream...Now trying to decide if I should go back to my favorite scratch off that has odds of 1 in 3.15 or stick with PB...

 

[bcla]

Great story about the winner in CA - not yet confirmed though since no one has come forward to claim the jackpot yet. I heard the winning ticket in TN was bought in a very small town with only one stop light and about 6,000 residents.

http://abc7news.com/society/ca-powerball-jackpot-winner-identified-as-socal-nurse/1159542/

They've updated the story and she's not the winner.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

They've updated the story and she's not the winner.

Whoa, not cool. Why would her son even think that was funny?

 

[Dentam]

They've updated the story and she's not the winner.

Dang...