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Mega Millions jackpot soars to $476 million for March 30; no top-prize winners
Star Ledger ^ | March 28, 2012 | By Len Melisurgo

Posted on 03/28/2012 1:21:30 AM PDT by SMGFan

Turns out no one in any state matched all six numbers that were drawn in Tuesday night's massive Mega Millions drawing, so the jackpot will be growing even more massive — to a record-breaking $476 million, according to the New Jersey Lottery, the Pennsylvania Lottery and the official Mega Millions lottery website.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: lottery; lotto; megamillions; powerball
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Lottery fever will hit the nation.
1 posted on 03/28/2012 1:21:33 AM PDT by SMGFan
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Pretty sure this will be the largest jackpot anywhere in the world. Ever. Wouldn’t be surprised to see it go to half a billion dollars; they just don’t have any data to tell them how crazy lotto fever might be this time around.


2 posted on 03/28/2012 1:28:01 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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hope it don’t get much higher....Odumbo can’t stand to stay quiet when that much money is building


3 posted on 03/28/2012 1:28:56 AM PDT by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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I’ll remember y’all when I win. Deal?


4 posted on 03/28/2012 1:34:42 AM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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"..Carnac cat sees illegal winning $503 millions....but afraid to go home so Dumbo gives instant citizenship to new American and he adopts 259,381 more illegals living in Hoboken NJ"

5 posted on 03/28/2012 1:40:43 AM PDT by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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If I had that kind of loot I’d do all the things the GOP refuses to do, like advertise the history of the Democrat party to the black community, TV spots, leaflets, posters, then put up ads telling Obama and the ‘rats to stop attempting to distract the public by using radicals like the OWS crowd, the Trayvon Martin case, how Noobama and the ‘rats are introducing totalitarianism into the US thru Obamacare. Just on and on...


6 posted on 03/28/2012 1:41:02 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (When the smart do nothing the stupid take over)
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To: SMGFan

LOL, half a billion dollars!


7 posted on 03/28/2012 1:49:40 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Newt/Sarah 2012)
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I wouldn’t want to win that much. Just think of how much in taxes one would need to pay. /s

Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a ticket from out of state!? A friend of a friend said to send him $500 and he would buy 500 tickets for me. That’s a lot of tickets, one of them would surely be a winner. Does it matter if he is just visiting from Nigeria?


8 posted on 03/28/2012 1:55:50 AM PDT by 21twelve
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Half a billion sure is a lot of loot - just think of what one could do with that much money. A few new houses, cars, boats, etc. And still have $492 million left over. Maybe Obama should go for it. And all he has to do is win this type of jackpot about 30,000 times and he could pay off our debt. (15 trillion if I did the math right?)


9 posted on 03/28/2012 2:01:49 AM PDT by 21twelve
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$476 MILLION =$341 Mil Cash Option = -35% for taxes = $222 Mil ?[Not counting State tax]

Yeah, not worth it.

10 posted on 03/28/2012 2:02:55 AM PDT by Theoria (Rush Limbaugh: Ron Paul sounds like an Islamic terrorist)
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To: SMGFan

How much money do you need to admire the clouds?


11 posted on 03/28/2012 2:08:00 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: SMGFan

48-15-16-2342

Guaranteed.


12 posted on 03/28/2012 2:14:47 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: SMGFan

Lottery — indirect tax....


13 posted on 03/28/2012 2:58:00 AM PDT by Cronos (Party like it's 12 20, 2012)
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To: 21twelve
Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a ticket from out of state!? A friend of a friend said to send him $500 and he would buy 500 tickets for me. That’s a lot of tickets, one of them would surely be a winner. Does it matter if he is just visiting from Nigeria?

I say go for it. Personally, I should be learning any day now that I will be sharing in $20-million of frozen funds in Nigeria. It's a lock, I'm dealing with a Barrister.
14 posted on 03/28/2012 2:58:19 AM PDT by TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl
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To: SMGFan

All that worthless inflated money.


15 posted on 03/28/2012 2:59:59 AM PDT by bmwcyle (I am ready to serve Jesus on Earth because the GOP failed again)
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To: SMGFan

With my luck, I would win it and the Mayan calendar prediction of the end of the world in 2012 would be true...


16 posted on 03/28/2012 3:11:58 AM PDT by ArtDodger (Reread Animal Farm (with your kids))
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To: Jack Hammer
"48-15-16-2342

Guaranteed."


17 posted on 03/28/2012 3:24:59 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Cronos

I call it the stupid tax..... :)


18 posted on 03/28/2012 4:13:38 AM PDT by joe fonebone (Project Gunwalker, this will make watergate look like the warm up band......)
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To: Theoria

In Pa the winnings are free from both state and local taxes.


19 posted on 03/28/2012 4:24:22 AM PDT by HonorInPa
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Wouldn’t it be something if the Zimmerman guy in Florida won this?


20 posted on 03/28/2012 4:40:14 AM PDT by hal ogen (1st Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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