$1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot won by 1 ticket sold in South Carolina

Oct 24, 2018, 7:44 am (198 comments)

Mega Millions

The first lottery billionaire

By Todd Northrop

What was billed as the largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Tuesday night by a single lottery ticket sold in South Carolina.

It turns out the final number was just a bit shy of the record: $1.537 billion.

The public has been electrified this week by the meteoric Mega Millions lottery jackpot, first hitting $1 billion Friday, and then rising to $1.6 billion for Tuesday night's historic drawing.

The winner of the unimaginable haul will choose between being paid $1.537 billion in 30 annually-increasing payments over 29 years or the lump-sum cash value of $877.8 million.

The winning ticket was sold at KC Mart #7 at 303 Lee Vaughn Rd. in Simpsonville, South Carolina. It is the first time a jackpot-winning Mega Millions ticket has been sold in the state.

The Mega Millions winning numbers for Tuesday, October 23, 2018, were: 5, 28, 62, 65, and 70, with Mega Ball number 5. The Megaplier was 3.

Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot was the accumulation of 25 consecutive drawings without a grand prize winner over a two-month stretch.  The jackpot run-up started as a $40 million grand prize on Jul. 27, 2018.

"The moment we've been waiting for finally arrived, and we couldn't be more excited," said Gordon Medenica, Lead Director of the Mega Millions Group and Director of Maryland Lottery and Gaming. "We're so happy for the winner or winners, and we know the South Carolina Education Lottery can't wait to meet them."

It's hard to imagine the winner getting much sleep Tuesday night, as they try to process winning the world's largest lottery jackpot ever awarded to a single ticket.

Millions of lottery players in the USA and around the world are wondering what they are planning to do with all that loot.

What is the first thing you would do?

(Here's what we would do.)

But we may never get to know the winner of that giant jackpot, since South Carolina is one of a handful of states that allow a lottery jackpot winner to remain anonymous.

Fortunately, even if you didn't win the jackpot, the Mega Millions game still offers another 8 ways to win lower-tier prizes.

In addition to the jackpot winner, 36 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 8 from California, 4 from Florida, 1 from Iowa, 1 from Kentucky, 2 from Massachusetts, 2 from Michigan, 1 from Missouri, 2 from New Jersey, 1 from New Mexico, 4 from New York, 2 from North Carolina, 1 from Ohio, 1 from Pennsylvania, 1 from Texas, 2 from Virginia, 1 from Washington, D.C., and 1 from Wisconsin.

Two of the second-prize winners — one of the tickets sold in Florida and the ticket sold in Texas — were purchased with the Megaplier option for an extra $1.  Because they purchased the Megaplier, those tickets are now worth $3 million after being multiplier by the Megaplier number of 3.

The California second-prize winners will each receive $562,472 this drawing, because by law California awards all prizes on a pari-mutuel basis, meaning the prizes will change each drawing based on the number of tickets sold and the number of tickets that won at each prize level.

419 tickets matched four white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Of those tickets, 51 were purchased with the Megaplier option, increasing the prize to $30,000, and 70 were sold in California, where the prize was $8,906 this drawing.

In total, more than 15.7 million tickets won prizes across the game's nine prize tiers in Tuesday's drawing. There were approximately 370 million tickets sold across the game's 46 states and jurisdictions during the four-day period leading up to the drawing (Oct. 20 through Oct. 23), with sales reaching nearly $740 million for that span.

The still record-holder for the world's largest lottery jackpot was a $1.5864 billion Powerball jackpot in Jan. 2016, split three-ways by ticket-holders in California, Florida, and Tennessee.

The odds to win the Mega Millions jackpot were 1 in 302.6 million.

Maryland Lottery and Gaming spokeswoman Carole Gentry today said it is estimated that more than 75 percent of all the possible number combinations would have been bought for the drawing.

Had no one matched all of the numbers drawn lottery officials said the next jackpot would have reached $2 billion.

With the jackpot being won Tuesday, the next Mega Millions annuity jackpot estimate is reset to its starting point of $40 million.

Mega Millions is currently offered for sale in 44 states, plus Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 pm Eastern Time. Tickets cost $2 each.

The Mega Millions winning numbers are published at USA Mega (www.usamega.com) minutes after the drawing takes place.

Top 25 United States lottery jackpots of all time

Tuesday's $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot stands as the second-largest lottery jackpot of all time in the United States — and the world.

  1. Powerball: $1.5864 billion, Jan. 13, 2016 - California, Florida, Tennessee
  2. Mega Millions: $1.537 billion, Oct. 23, 2018 - South Carolina
  3. Powerball: $758.7 million, Aug. 23, 2017 - Massachusetts
  4. Mega Millions: $656 million, Mar. 30, 2012 - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
  5. Mega Millions: $636 million, Dec. 17, 2013 - California, Georgia
  6. Powerball: $620 million, Oct. 24, 2007 - Preliminary estimate, not won yet
  7. Powerball: $590.5 million, May 18, 2013 - Florida
  8. Powerball: $587.5 million, Nov. 28, 2012 - Arizona, Missouri
  9. Powerball: $564.1 million, Feb. 11, 2015 - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
  10. Powerball: $559.7 million, Jan. 6, 2018 - New Hampshire
  11. Mega Millions: $543 million, Jul. 24, 2018 - California
  12. Mega Millions: $536 million, Jul. 8, 2016 - Indiana
  13. Mega Millions: $533 million, Mar. 30, 2018 - New Jersey
  14. Powerball: $487 million, Jul. 30, 2016 - New Hampshire
  15. Powerball: $456.7 million, Mar. 17, 2018 - Pennsylvania
  16. Mega Millions: $451 million, Jan. 5, 2018 - Florida
  17. Powerball: $448.4 million, Aug. 7, 2013 - Minnesota, New Jersey (2)
  18. Powerball: $447.8 million, Jun. 10, 2017 - California
  19. Powerball: $435.3 million, Feb. 22, 2017 - Indiana
  20. Powerball: $429.6 million, May 7, 2016 - New Jersey
  21. Powerball: $425.3 million, Feb. 19, 2014 - California
  22. Powerball: $420.9 million, Nov. 26, 2016 - Tennessee
  23. Mega Millions: $414 million, Mar. 18, 2014 - Florida, Maryland
  24. Powerball: $399.4 million, Sep. 18, 2013 - South Carolina
  25. Mega Millions: $393 million, Aug. 11, 2017 - Illinois

For those keeping score, the number of jackpots in the top 25, by lottery game, are:

  • Powerball: 15
  • Mega Millions: 10

Top 25 cash value jackpots

The Tuesday Mega Millions jackpot ranks as the 2nd-largest cash value in world history.

  1. Powerball: $983.5 million cash, Jan. 13, 2016 ($1.5864 billion annuity) - California, Florida, Tennessee
  2. Mega Millions: $877.8 million cash, Oct. 23, 2018 ($1.537 billion annuity) - South Carolina
  3. Powerball: $480.5 million cash, Aug. 23, 2017 ($758.7 million annuity) - Massachusetts
  4. Mega Millions: $471 million cash, Mar. 30, 2012 ($656 million annuity) - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
  5. Powerball: $384.7 million cash, Nov. 28, 2012 ($587.5 million annuity) - Arizona, Missouri
  6. Powerball: $381.1 million cash, Feb. 11, 2015 ($564.1 million annuity) - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
  7. Mega Millions: $378 million cash, Jul. 8, 2016 ($536 million annuity) - Indiana
  8. Powerball: $370.9 million cash, May 18, 2013 ($590.5 million annuity) - Florida
  9. Powerball: $354.3 million cash, Oct. 24, 2018 ($620 million annuity) - Preliminary estimate, not won yet
  10. Powerball: $352 million cash, Jan. 6, 2018 ($559.7 million annuity) - New Hampshire
  11. Mega Millions: $347.6 million cash, Dec. 17, 2013 ($636 million annuity) - California, Georgia
  12. Powerball: $336.8 million cash, Jul. 30, 2016 ($487 million annuity) - New Hampshire
  13. Mega Millions: $324 million cash, Mar. 30, 2018 ($533 million annuity) - New Jersey
  14. Mega Millions: $320.5 million cash, Jul. 24, 2018 ($543 million annuity) - California
  15. Powerball: $284 million cash, May 7, 2016 ($429.6 million annuity) - New Jersey
  16. Mega Millions: $281.9 million cash, Jan. 5, 2018 ($451 million annuity) - Florida
  17. Powerball: $279.1 million cash, Jun. 10, 2017 ($447.8 million annuity) - California
  18. Powerball: $273.9 million cash, Mar. 17, 2018 ($456.7 million annuity) - Pennsylvania
  19. Powerball: $263.5 million cash, Feb. 22, 2017 ($435.3 million annuity) - Indiana
  20. Powerball: $258.2 million cash, Aug. 7, 2013 ($448.4 million annuity) - Minnesota, New Jersey (2)
  21. Powerball: $254.7 million cash, Nov. 26, 2016 ($420.9 million annuity) - Tennessee
  22. Mega Millions: $246.5 million cash, Aug. 11, 2017 ($393 million annuity) - Illinois
  23. Mega Millions: $240 million cash, Jan. 4, 2011 ($380 million annuity) - Idaho, Washington
  24. Mega Millions: $233.1 million cash, Mar. 6, 2007 ($390 million annuity) - Georgia, New Jersey
  25. Mega Millions: $230.9 million cash, Mar. 18, 2014 ($414 million annuity) - Florida, Maryland

The number of jackpot cash values in the top 25, by lottery game, are:

  • Powerball: 14
  • Mega Millions: 11

Lottery Post Staff

Comments

plumsage's avatarplumsage

Congrats to the winner in SC.  I do not think they have to give their name do they?

SMS1989's avatarSMS1989

I hope a group of people won. If not I hope this individual is smart and prepared. There is an extra sting knowing the winning ticket was sold in my state and I'm not the winner. Yes, plumsage you can remain anonymous which is great.

CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

Great run !!! Thank you Todd & staff for all the articles written. To our fellow LP members contributing to the conversations, thank you for the education and entertainment...... Powerball tonight, BRING IT !! Thumbs Up

sully16's avatarsully16

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Oct 24, 2018

Great run !!! Thank you Todd & staff for all the articles written. To our fellow LP members contributing to the conversations, thank you for the education and entertainment...... Powerball tonight, BRING IT !! Thumbs Up

We got tonight. Party

CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Oct 24, 2018

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! That was priceless!!! 

Cruzincat

I am surprised more states don’t allow anonymity for winners.  If I ran the state, I would want the person with a huge amount of money to stay in my state, so that the state would continue to benefit when the investments start to earn money and generate even more revenue over many years, even if the winner chose the lump sum option.  Without anonymity, the incentive is to move away to get away from people who know who and where you are.  If you have family that does not want to move with you, it makes for a tough decision.  Anonymity would make it easier to stay.

Original Bey's avatarOriginal Bey

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Oct 24, 2018

Guilty as charged! Green laugh

TheMeatman2005's avatarTheMeatman2005

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Oct 24, 2018

Green laugh Funny CD

Congrats to the winner/s

Spend it wisely

hearsetrax's avatarhearsetrax

Quote: Originally posted by Cruzincat on Oct 24, 2018

I am surprised more states don’t allow anonymity for winners.  If I ran the state, I would want the person with a huge amount of money to stay in my state, so that the state would continue to benefit when the investments start to earn money and generate even more revenue over many years, even if the winner chose the lump sum option.  Without anonymity, the incentive is to move away to get away from people who know who and where you are.  If you have family that does not want to move with you, it makes for a tough decision.  Anonymity would make it easier to stay.

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

Quote: Originally posted by Cruzincat on Oct 24, 2018

I am surprised more states don’t allow anonymity for winners.  If I ran the state, I would want the person with a huge amount of money to stay in my state, so that the state would continue to benefit when the investments start to earn money and generate even more revenue over many years, even if the winner chose the lump sum option.  Without anonymity, the incentive is to move away to get away from people who know who and where you are.  If you have family that does not want to move with you, it makes for a tough decision.  Anonymity would make it easier to stay.

Yes Nod

TheMeatman2005's avatarTheMeatman2005

OK Todd... You and your staff did a great job covering the MM run-up.

Now get some sleep Bedyou'll need it for when PB hits $1 Bil again soon!

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

Quote: Originally posted by hearsetrax on Oct 24, 2018

curious little article I think a few and many might enjoy

Congrats again to the SC Winner/s

interesting

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

NO WINNING TICKET, NO GOLF, BACK TO WORK!!! Confused

CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

Quote: Originally posted by golfer1960 on Oct 24, 2018

NO WINNING TICKET, NO GOLF, BACK TO WORK!!! Confused

Golfer... where did you get hearsetrax photo from ???

JAP69's avatarJAP69

Big Grin

konane's avatarkonane

Congratulations to the Mega Millions winner in South Carolina! I hope it was a Lottery Post member.  Party

JADELottery's avatarJADELottery

After all that, only second place jackpot and second place cash, WOW.

Mega Millions: $1.537 billion annuity, $877.8 million cash

Well, now we wait for Powerball.

Kingofearth's avatarKingofearth

I smelled a billion dollar jackpot and now my taste buds won't settle for the measly 620 Million. I'll put my $2 winnings from last night into the jackpot, but anything more will be saved up until PB hits 1.6B

Coin Toss's avatarCoin Toss

So a lot of tickets were printed showing the jackpot as 1.6 billion and the actual amount was 1.537 billion........lesson learned.

Cassie8620's avatarCassie8620

Quote: Originally posted by Coin Toss on Oct 24, 2018

So a lot of tickets were printed showing the jackpot as 1.6 billion and the actual amount was 1.537 billion........lesson learned.

My dad is right again here in NC, warning me, "Cassie, if you're going to play rigged PB and rigged Mega, buy only 1 or maximum 2.

NWI(not worth it)Cassie. I always used to think welp, you have to be in it to try and win it dad, but he said, "If not rigged, why in the world is

there always 99.9% each time fo zillion years always when it's real high" 1 single winner, feasibly 2."He think it should be MORE winner's in a 

multi-state at that when over 50 million or over 100 million.So i guess he is never going to be playing again because it is rigged."(his words)

 

but i will try when it is high but not all the time. I think he is right, so i will stick with winning many thousands at a time with better odds

of Pick 4. LOL

 

Good luck to you all though with your games.See Ya!Happy for a Carolinian winning.So nice."CheersCongrats.

picktowin's avatarpicktowin

A total joke 1 winner  !!!

travelintrucker's avatartravelintrucker

It wasn't me. I played in OH and PA. Congrats to the winner. At least, SC will get the tax rev.

Bleudog101

Estimated jackpot... Powerball still #1 spot.

Thank you Todd et all for all the hard work put into these stories.

Here we're hoping it's a group of factory workers or the like that could use a break and maybe quit those jobs.

As for me, no more Megaplier or Powerplay, just not worth it anymore.  Same with the Season tickets, when they expire mid January 2019 that's it!

Personally enjoyed each and every post.  Now let's get Powerball on a run.

jjtheprince14

Oh well, at least we still have Powerball lol

Good luck everyone

BuyLow's avatarBuyLow

I need a Zanex after all that.  Green laughI had one number on 3 tickets, total winnings ZERO. 

 

Come on Powerball, daddy needs a new pair of shoes!!

benjibanks's avatarbenjibanks

Glad only one winner got the jackpot.  This is what I wanted for myself so glad someone else will get to experience all of the dough.

Bleudog101

Quote: Originally posted by jjtheprince14 on Oct 24, 2018

Oh well, at least we still have Powerball lol

Good luck everyone

I Agree!  Now that the wind is out of the sails $620 million nothing to not get excited about.

 

Todd et all still have their NJ 6 worth an ESTIMATED $23 million...good luck to them.

MsBee18

Now all you people who scream for anonymity will never know who the winner(s) are since SC allows the winner to remain anonymous.

Original Bey's avatarOriginal Bey

Quote: Originally posted by MsBee18 on Oct 24, 2018

Now all you people who scream for anonymity will never know who the winner(s) are since SC allows the winner to remain anonymous.

Knowing would do what exactly? Allow us to give them extensive advice to manage a portfolio we ourselves never had the opportunity to and all of which they will not read anyway? The only thing I am ever curious about when it comes to winners is was it a QP or Self-pick and I won't lose sleep if I don't know. I am happy they have that option for their safety and smooth transition to the next level.

gy65

"KC Mart #7 at 303 Lee Vaughn Rd. in Simpsonville sold the winning ticket" . . source . . Google map

reddog's avatarreddog

Lucky ba$tard !! Crying

Kyle7824's avatarKyle7824

Just remember, they were one of us...

CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

Quote: Originally posted by MsBee18 on Oct 24, 2018

Now all you people who scream for anonymity will never know who the winner(s) are since SC allows the winner to remain anonymous.

Perfect !!! Since I didn't win, it's none of my business anyway

BuyLow's avatarBuyLow

Quote: Originally posted by gy65 on Oct 24, 2018

"KC Mart #7 at 303 Lee Vaughn Rd. in Simpsonville sold the winning ticket" . . source . . Google map

Looks like it's in the boonies.

jjtheprince14

Quote: Originally posted by Bleudog101 on Oct 24, 2018

I Agree!  Now that the wind is out of the sails $620 million nothing to not get excited about.

 

Todd et all still have their NJ 6 worth an ESTIMATED $23 million...good luck to them.

Oh I’m super excited about that “paltry” $620 mil, I’ll gladly take it lol

grwurston's avatargrwurston

Quote: Originally posted by Bleudog101 on Oct 24, 2018

Estimated jackpot... Powerball still #1 spot.

Thank you Todd et all for all the hard work put into these stories.

Here we're hoping it's a group of factory workers or the like that could use a break and maybe quit those jobs.

As for me, no more Megaplier or Powerplay, just not worth it anymore.  Same with the Season tickets, when they expire mid January 2019 that's it!

Personally enjoyed each and every post.  Now let's get Powerball on a run.

Thirty Six people hit for 5 numbers. Two got $3 million, the rest got $1 million. So you're saying you would have been happy to give up $2 million to save a buck?

Not me.  No Nod

ecnirP's avatarecnirP

Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on Oct 24, 2018

Thirty Six people hit for 5 numbers. Two got $3 million, the rest got $1 million. So you're saying you would have been happy to give up $2 million to save a buck?

Not me.  No Nod

Absolutely! That measley buck, combined with another from the next ticket, buys me a whole 'nother shot at the big money!

 

But, yeah. That would be a bummer. The last draw had a 5x multiplier, so even a bigger deal for those who missed out.

grwurston's avatargrwurston

Quote: Originally posted by MsBee18 on Oct 24, 2018

Now all you people who scream for anonymity will never know who the winner(s) are since SC allows the winner to remain anonymous.

That is if they are smart enough to do it, and not be like those people from Tennessee last year that hit the talk show circuit as soon as they found out they won.

CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on Oct 24, 2018

That is if they are smart enough to do it, and not be like those people from Tennessee last year that hit the talk show circuit as soon as they found out they won.

I Agree!

Horsegeek40

Indeed. Best not to advertise that you can swim in money like Scrooge McDuck.

CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

Here is my contribution

motto76

yes indeed with that kind of money they should have had at least  2 or 3 winners.

CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

Quote: Originally posted by motto76 on Oct 24, 2018

yes indeed with that kind of money they should have had at least  2 or 3 winners.

Just a thought... At this point in time, The ticket purchaser could have bought it for a group or have a large family that they would share it with.

ecnirP's avatarecnirP

I'll be contrarian. I hope it was one phenomenally lucky person who won more money than any single person has in the history of lotteries, because that's precisely the dream I had yesterday!

wander73's avatarwander73

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Oct 24, 2018

That is too funny.  51= number of sales per week making money on amazon.  That could happen.

wander73's avatarwander73

I hope it was a group of people that did it.  Maybe an office pool people or maybe workers and they're luck came in.   The next thing for this ticket holder(s)  to get financial, lawyer and accountant and an advisor for the spokespeople.  Then the planning.

Revolution777's avatarRevolution777

Wouldn't it be funny if the ticket is lost or destroyed and nobody redeems it? 

Simpsonville SC... home of Bart Simpson!  lol

wander73's avatarwander73

Quote: Originally posted by Revolution777 on Oct 24, 2018

Wouldn't it be funny if the ticket is lost or destroyed and nobody redeems it? 

Simpsonville SC... home of Bart Simpson!  lol

You know what.  Whomever has that ticket should buy a small safe,  then put it in,  certify something back to themselves, and put it some place where they know it.  That would be my thing.  Whomever has it,  they're probably nerves and on the phone with a lawyer and financial planner and needs to think where exactly to put it.

Cruzincat

Simpsonville is too far away from Augusta, GA to have hope that my daughter might have purchased a winning ticket. That hope is gone now, too!

OldSchoolPa's avatarOldSchoolPa

I am hoping a pool won. If anyone knows the winner or winners, I would love an introduction. I don't seek any handouts or loans.

grwurston's avatargrwurston

Simpsonville, S.C.  Population 22,072.

Anyone starts driving around in fancy new cars or trucks and it's gonna be the talk of the town.  Was it them??? Yes Nod

KY Floyd's avatarKY Floyd

"What was billed as the largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen ..."

wasn't. I still can't believe they started with such a high estimate. And considering they came up short what on Earth prompted them to bump the cash value?

After all the money people have spent over the past few drawings it will definitely be interesting to see the initial estimate for PB, and then see if/how it changes if there's a roll.

OldSchoolPa's avatarOldSchoolPa

I am so glad Mega got hit last night. It was getting annoying going to local convenience store within 60 minutes of the deadline only to have the lottery line held up by the Pick 3 and Pick 4 cuckoos verbally giving their picks. Through my drives, I finally came across a store that will only accept Pick 3 and Pick 4 bets only on play slips. MY, what a concept! Those folks be there for like 5 minutes when the lottery line is 10+ deep and time is 15 til the deadline. If everyone in front of me pulled the same stunt, I would be getting there at 30 seconds until the deadline and could only hope my playslip gets inserted in time for the ticket to be for that drawing.

 

NOTE to all Pick 3 and Pick 4 players...use the play slips. I have never visited a convenience store that lacked them. Use them. Keep your transaction to less than 30 seconds. Everyone will appreciate that courtesy.

Yeah, I didn't win last night but I win by waking up each day. Winning the lottery would just be a bonus.

wander73's avatarwander73

Quote: Originally posted by OldSchoolPa on Oct 24, 2018

I am so glad Mega got hit last night. It was getting annoying going to local convenience store within 60 minutes of the deadline only to have the lottery line held up by the Pick 3 and Pick 4 cuckoos verbally giving their picks. Through my drives, I finally came across a store that will only accept Pick 3 and Pick 4 bets only on play slips. MY, what a concept! Those folks be there for like 5 minutes when the lottery line is 10+ deep and time is 15 til the deadline. If everyone in front of me pulled the same stunt, I would be getting there at 30 seconds until the deadline and could only hope my playslip gets inserted in time for the ticket to be for that drawing.

 

NOTE to all Pick 3 and Pick 4 players...use the play slips. I have never visited a convenience store that lacked them. Use them. Keep your transaction to less than 30 seconds. Everyone will appreciate that courtesy.

Yeah, I didn't win last night but I win by waking up each day. Winning the lottery would just be a bonus.

I was going to go to Wawa and went to Rite aid near where I work at.  There was one person ahead of me and then  I looked at the pyramids.  I played what i wanted to and my mom asked for $4 worth.

benjibanks's avatarbenjibanks

Quote: Originally posted by wander73 on Oct 24, 2018

That is too funny.  51= number of sales per week making money on amazon.  That could happen.

Wholesale, Retail arbitrage or private label?

benjibanks's avatarbenjibanks

The 8 California winners only got $562,472 each.

HiFi's avatarHiFi

this jackpot was so big that if someone played every combination they would come out with a huge profit.  don't know if someone could actually do that in reality.

MsBee18

Quote: Originally posted by benjibanks on Oct 24, 2018

The 8 California winners only got $562,472 each.

The Friday before the lone 5 + 0 winner in California got $3M. They didn't even have to spend the extra dollar.

noise-gate

Quote: Originally posted by benjibanks on Oct 24, 2018

The 8 California winners only got $562,472 each.

Yeah, we funny that way. I got $2.00 from a $10.00 bet. Lost $8 but you win some, lose some. Close to water, like l always say. A win facing the Atlantic must be evened by a win facing the Pacific.Approve

* As Thanos said “ perfectly balanced as all things should be.”Approve

Six balls

Quote: Originally posted by HiFi on Oct 24, 2018

this jackpot was so big that if someone played every combination they would come out with a huge profit.  don't know if someone could actually do that in reality.

... Unless there were multiple winning tickets.

Bleudog101

Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on Oct 24, 2018

Thirty Six people hit for 5 numbers. Two got $3 million, the rest got $1 million. So you're saying you would have been happy to give up $2 million to save a buck?

Not me.  No Nod

Said the same thing for years and was an advocate for the extra dollar.  However I just sat myself down and figured it hasn't panned out for me so will cool it for a bit.  My Season Tickets there is no option for it.  Many times I've chided folks for not spending the dollar, and now join their ranks until end of November when my tickets for Ohio and Indiana run out.  Then we'll start with the extra dollar.

Simpsonville, SC...wish it was Simpsonville, KY.  Oh well, $620 million Powerball is mine tonight.

benjibanks's avatarbenjibanks

Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on Oct 24, 2018

Yeah, we funny that way. I got $2.00 from a $10.00 bet. Lost $8 but you win some, lose some. Close to water, like l always say. A win facing the Atlantic must be evened by a win facing the Pacific.Approve

* As Thanos said “ perfectly balanced as all things should be.”Approve

I am ready with a single Powerball ticket for the balance.

kandi49's avatarkandi49

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY CONGRATS TO THE WINNER OR WINNERS AND I'M HAPPY THAT SOMEONE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA WIN BIG GOD MUST THINK YOU ARE REALLY SPECIAL TO RECEIVE THAT KIND OF BLESSINGBig Grin Angel WISH I COULD HAVE PLAYED BUT I HAD TO PAY MY LIGHT BILL THE 5 GRANDSON AGE THE 28 SON DATE OF BIRTH 62 YEAR I WAS BORN 65 THE FLIP OF MY AGE THE 70 THE AGE OF MY DECEASE MOTHER  O WELL MAYBE THE NEXT TIME  AND I NEEDED IT TO WITH ALL THE MED BILLS AND STILL MY HUSBAND NEEDS THERAPY AFTER HIS MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT PLUS I NEED TO GO TO THE DR FOR RA AND LUPUS YES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE BUT MAYBE THE NEXT TIMEBig Grin Angel

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Oct 24, 2018

Golfer... where did you get hearsetrax photo from ???

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Green laugh

vbrich

Quote: Originally posted by Bleudog101 on Oct 24, 2018

I Agree!  Now that the wind is out of the sails $620 million nothing to not get excited about.

 

Todd et all still have their NJ 6 worth an ESTIMATED $23 million...good luck to them.

I will throw in $12 that I won from MM and see what happens. It should be around $8M after all the taxes and advices fees, even I win with Todd, my plan will be intact.

PAY OFF CREDIT CARD DEBT. Splurge little by taking vacation in Disneyworld, $500k house with few new furnitures in current town, put $200k in two banks and invest the rest.  This will be well over amount I can fully retire but I will go nuts if I had nothing to do in my house all day with my wife. I love her but we will have rest of our life time to be with together.

I will find part time gig. Maybe drive Uber for kicks, or invest little to grow eBay business.  It will be great if I can stop waking up at 6AM just to fight off traffic and come home around 7PM.

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

Quote: Originally posted by gy65 on Oct 24, 2018

"KC Mart #7 at 303 Lee Vaughn Rd. in Simpsonville sold the winning ticket" . . source . . Google map

THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOME LISTING IN SIMPSONVILLE, SC IS $2.9M, 5BD/9BTH, 3.18 ACRES. 

travelintrucker's avatartravelintrucker

I used to work in Simpsonville. It's a small town not that far from Greenville.

travelintrucker's avatartravelintrucker

It could be a lottery pool. There are some factory plants in Simpsonville.

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

Quote: Originally posted by travelintrucker on Oct 24, 2018

I used to work in Simpsonville. It's a small town not that far from Greenville.

Nice town to live in Trucker?

Tucker Black's avatarTucker Black

Quote: Originally posted by HiFi on Oct 24, 2018

this jackpot was so big that if someone played every combination they would come out with a huge profit.  don't know if someone could actually do that in reality.

If someone bought 302 million tickets, then that person would have to split the jackpot with the SC winner, each getting only $440 million, thus losing $166 million.

Tucker Black's avatarTucker Black

Quote: Originally posted by ecnirP on Oct 24, 2018

I'll be contrarian. I hope it was one phenomenally lucky person who won more money than any single person has in the history of lotteries, because that's precisely the dream I had yesterday!

I don't like the concept of lottery pools. Buy your own tickets and stop wasting time at work.

grwurston's avatargrwurston

Quote: Originally posted by OldSchoolPa on Oct 24, 2018

I am so glad Mega got hit last night. It was getting annoying going to local convenience store within 60 minutes of the deadline only to have the lottery line held up by the Pick 3 and Pick 4 cuckoos verbally giving their picks. Through my drives, I finally came across a store that will only accept Pick 3 and Pick 4 bets only on play slips. MY, what a concept! Those folks be there for like 5 minutes when the lottery line is 10+ deep and time is 15 til the deadline. If everyone in front of me pulled the same stunt, I would be getting there at 30 seconds until the deadline and could only hope my playslip gets inserted in time for the ticket to be for that drawing.

 

NOTE to all Pick 3 and Pick 4 players...use the play slips. I have never visited a convenience store that lacked them. Use them. Keep your transaction to less than 30 seconds. Everyone will appreciate that courtesy.

Yeah, I didn't win last night but I win by waking up each day. Winning the lottery would just be a bonus.

I Agree!  100% on the play slips!!!

vbrich

Quote: Originally posted by golfer1960 on Oct 24, 2018

THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOME LISTING IN SIMPSONVILLE, SC IS $2.9M, 5BD/9BTH, 3.18 ACRES. 

I would not live in same town unless I already live in house like that.

I would collect, work at same place and do nothing for few month and move to different town telling everyone that I found a better job in NYC and buy a cheap house nearby NYC than move to California where my lawyer makes it very difficult to find my new info.

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