Posted on 10/17/2018 8:37:47 AM PDT by NRx
No winning lottery tickets were sold for Tuesday's draw, Mega Millions officials said. The numbers for Tuesday night's estimated $667 million grand prize were 3, 45, 49, 61, 69 and Mega Ball 9.
In 2016, there was a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot, according to Reuters.
The last winner for the top Mega Millions prize was on July 24, when a group of California office workers won the $543 million jackpot.
It costs $2 to play the game and the odds of winning aren't in your favor. The chance of matching all six numbers and taking home the grand prize is one in 302.5 million, while the odds of winning any Mega Millions prize are one in 24, Reuters reported.
Mega Millions is played in 44 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Cigareets, Whuskey, and Wild Wild Women.
“If I win I will cure world hunger.”
Then you’ll just make the price of food go up.
Click here to see your States payout for lump sum after taxes, or you can see the 30 year payout annuity plan.
https://www.usamega.com/mega-millions-jackpot.asp
If I won I would buy farm property, as much as I could get in one undivided chunk.
What? I’d only get 494 million of it? That tears it - I won’t buy a ticket then!!!!
The jackpots have never been this high... it’s proof of global warming.
274 million * 4% diversified dividend and bond stream = $11m/year and growing to live off without ever toughing principal. Yeah, I could make that work I think.
What? I’d only get 494 million of it? That tears it - I won’t buy a ticket then!!!!
“About $270 million after taxes, depending on where you live.”
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That really tears it, I really refuse to buy a ticket now- just 278 mill - that’s not fair!!
I get tired thinking of managing that kind of wealth, not to mention protecting oneself from all the creeps who’ll be interested in getting their hands on some of it.
I’m not sure what I’d do if I won. Maybe have someone (or a team) come in and clean the house, do the laundry and do some yard work. That would be nice.
In tn you will get the whole 494.
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No feds in tn?
I’d probably keep working......LOL!
WHEN I win! I will be able to pay the minimums on ALL my credits cards each month, instead of picking and choosing who gets paid this month
The best thing a winner can do is stay anonymous, financial adviser and CPA Kurt Panouses, who helped a Florida couple that won a portion of the largest jackpot ever, said.
“The initial concern of the ticket is probably the most important part of the planning aspect,” Panouses said. “What the individual should do is protect the ticket, keep it safe, put it in a safe place, but do not sign the back of the ticket.”
“Whoever signs the back of the ticket is the individual that has to claim the ticket and the proceeds,” Panouses explained.
Panouses also suggested making a copy of the ticket and getting a tax professional and an attorney to help manage the funds and offer investment advice.
A little dated but the article has good pointers just in case you win.
What all lottery players should know if they win the jackpot Link: https://www.lotterypost.com/news/317669
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