$270 Million: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised again

Feb 20, 2008, 2:41 am (60 comments)

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The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game was increased to a whopping $270 million Wednesday, when all the tickets sold for the Tuesday night drawing failed to win the top prize.

A Mega Millions lottery ticket wins the jackpot by matching all five lotto numbers plus the Mega Ball.  The next drawing will be Friday.

There were 15 second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Massachusetts, 2 from Michigan, 3 from New York, 1 from Ohio, 4 from Texas, and 1 from Washington.  Each second prize ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000.

California Mega Millions winners receive different amounts, based upon the number of tickets sold and the number of winners in each prize category.  California prize amounts for the Tuesday night drawing will be posted at the USA Mega web site after the amounts are announced by the California Lottery. (http://www.usamega.com/mega-millions-drawing.asp?d=2/19/2008)

Also, 85 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000.

The winning numbers from Tuesday's drawing were: 1, 38, 42, 55 and 56. The Mega Ball number was 34.

The Texas Megaplier was 4.

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Bagent's avatarBagent

Well, it looks like it's time to go across the Columbia river and buy some MM tickets

s5thomps's avatars5thomps

Looks like I will have to make history and be the first Alaskan to win the Mega Millions!Cheers

hearsetrax's avatarhearsetrax

Quote: Originally posted by s5thomps on Feb 20, 2008

Looks like I will have to make history and be the first Alaskan to win the Mega Millions!Cheers

me -> Hit With Stick <-s5thomps

I swear @ times thars a conspiracy to never let it hit in Virginia not even foe the smaller $250k and $10k prizes  Roll Eyes

jeffrey's avatarjeffrey

Time for an Ohio winner again.Evil Looking

ThatScaryChick's avatarThatScaryChick

Quote: Originally posted by s5thomps on Feb 20, 2008

Looks like I will have to make history and be the first Alaskan to win the Mega Millions!Cheers

Actually, it would be neat to see an Alaskan win a huge jackpot. 

Todd's avatarTodd

Quote: Originally posted by ThatScaryChick on Feb 20, 2008

Actually, it would be neat to see an Alaskan win a huge jackpot. 

That would be difficult, seeing as they don't even have a state lottery in Alaska, let alone Mega Millions!

dumars798's avatardumars798

270 million

 Shocked....WOW

ThatScaryChick's avatarThatScaryChick

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on Feb 20, 2008

That would be difficult, seeing as they don't even have a state lottery in Alaska, let alone Mega Millions!

Oops, I didn't know that. LOL

chasingadream's avatarchasingadream

it would be nice to see a 300mill jackpot this year

spy153's avatarspy153

Quote: Originally posted by hearsetrax on Feb 20, 2008

me -> Hit With Stick <-s5thomps

I swear @ times thars a conspiracy to never let it hit in Virginia not even foe the smaller $250k and $10k prizes  Roll Eyes

I would like to see a virginia winner as well..... as long as it was me.  Yes Nod

RJOh's avatarRJOh

Quote: Originally posted by jeffrey on Feb 20, 2008

Time for an Ohio winner again.Evil Looking

I Agree!  I will be contributing $20 to the cause and hoping it return more than $2-$3. Wink

Omniscient's avatarOmniscient

That sure is alot of money,$270 Mil. I'd take the lump sum, maybe like 130 million after taxes and take 10 percent off the top for myself and invest the other 90% and just let it grow in a $billion$ within the next 10-15 years and live off the interest for the rest of my life. The 10%, $13 Mil, will be plenty to live off while the rest of the nest egg grows with compounding interest.

  But knowing my luck, I'd only win a free ticket... sigh... it's nice to dream I guess. Yawn <-- yawn ..ok,ok...I'm awake now... back to work... 'I owe, I owe and off to work I go..(whistles)'

Unreasonable

The 270 is a lot of money.  Here in Jersey its $123,000,000 after taxes.  Since i already know its mine I plan on investing $100 mil, giving away about 10 to 13 mil, spending the other 10 mil on a nicer house and toys, and then just look for other investments as a full time job.  Full time means when I am not on vacation most of the year.

 

Even invested in something reasonably safe like municipal bonds will give a return of 4.5 to 6.5 percent without taxes.  thats 4.5 to 6.5 mil a year.  plenty for me and the family.

Buy the way, I know I am winning this because I had two dreams this week.  the first one I was given the 4th and 5th number along with the mega ball number.  I woke up and thought "thats great, but what about the other 3 numbers?"   That night I had another dream and was given the first three numbers.  So now I have all 6 numbers and you know I will be playing them today!!! 

spy153's avatarspy153

Quote: Originally posted by Omniscient on Feb 20, 2008

That sure is alot of money,$270 Mil. I'd take the lump sum, maybe like 130 million after taxes and take 10 percent off the top for myself and invest the other 90% and just let it grow in a $billion$ within the next 10-15 years and live off the interest for the rest of my life. The 10%, $13 Mil, will be plenty to live off while the rest of the nest egg grows with compounding interest.

  But knowing my luck, I'd only win a free ticket... sigh... it's nice to dream I guess. Yawn <-- yawn ..ok,ok...I'm awake now... back to work... 'I owe, I owe and off to work I go..(whistles)'

 'I owe, I owe and off to work I go..(whistles)'

 

Green laughI'd like to see you at a party!

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