$850 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot to spark ticket-buying frenzy

Jan 16, 2021, 9:22 am (49 comments)

Mega Millions

3rd-largest lottery jackpot of all time

By Todd Northrop

Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Tuesday's massive $850 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Friday's $750 million grand prize.

The cash value stands at a staggering $628.2 million. You read that correctly: nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars in cash!

Mega Millions has now gone an unprecedented 35 drawings without a jackpot winner — the most rollovers in the game's history. The current jackpot run-up started on Sept. 18 as a $20 million grand prize.

The $850 million annuity jackpot as well as the $628.2 million cash value are both ranked 3rd-largest ever in the United States (see full list below).

Lottery players dreaming what all the cash will look like in their bank account after federal and state taxes are taken out can see an after-tax analysis of the current Mega Millions jackpot by visiting USA Mega's Jackpot Analysis page. The Jackpot Analysis page has recently been improved to also include the additional taxes that will be due after the initial withholdings, and will even allow players to see the taxes due under different filing statuses.

The rush of ticket sales over the next few days likely will propel the jackpot to an even higher amount before the drawing takes place Tuesday. Lottery Post and USA Mega will update the jackpot tallies displayed if such an increase occurs.

Players looking for a nearby lottery retailer — or that out-of-the-way retailer with a smaller line — are encouraged to use Lottery Places, the only app for iOS, Android, and Windows that can locate the nearest lottery retailers in every jurisdiction that sells Powerball and Mega Millions. The helpful app can locate lottery stores in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, much of Canada, and the Caribbean.

Some states offer direct online sales too.  Michigan residents can bypass the store completely and buy Mega Millions tickets and Powerball tickets online.  Texas residents can buy Mega Millions tickets and Powerball tickets online too.  Oregon residents have options to buy Mega Millions tickets and Powerball tickets online as well.  Note that some of these links will only work properly for residents of the states mentioned.

Players outside the USA can use a reputable butler service, which provides scanned copies of the purchased lottery tickets securely held on behalf of the customer. In the past, the lottery ticket service was used by people out side the USA to win big jackpots in Oregon and Florida.

In Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, there was no jackpot winner, but 8 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Florida, 1 from Michigan, 2 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, 1 from Ohio, and 1 from Wisconsin.

Unfortunately, none of the second-prize winners purchased their ticket with the Megaplier option for an extra $1 per play.  If they had, their prize would have been increased to a whopping $4 million, because the Megaplier number drawn was 4.

The lucky California second-prize winner will be awarded an extra-sweet $1,225,193. By law, California awards all lottery 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. In this drawing the prize formula paid off nicely because there was just one second-prize winner in the state.

The Megaplier option is not available in California, because the fixed nature of the prize increase offered with the Megaplier is not compatible with California's pari-mutuel payouts.

Also, a total of 142 tickets matched four of the first five numbers plus the Mega Ball to win a $10,000 prize. Of those tickets, 22 were purchased with the Megaplier option, increasing the prize to $40,000, and 27 were sold in California, where the prize awarded this drawing is $6,286.

The Mega Millions winning numbers for Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, were 3, 11, 12, 38, and 43, with Mega Ball number 15. The Megaplier number was 4.

Following the Friday drawing, the Mega Millions annuity jackpot estimate was raised $100 million from its previous amount of $850 million. The cash value was raised by $77.6 million from its previous amount of $550.6 million.

Mega Millions is currently offered for sale in 45 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

The upcoming Mega Millions jackpot currently stands as the 3rd-largest lottery jackpot of all time in the United States.

  1. Powerball: $1.5864 billion, Jan. 13, 2016 (19 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California, Florida, Tennessee
  2. Mega Millions: $1.537 billion, Oct. 23, 2018 (25 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - South Carolina
  3. Mega Millions: $850 million, Jan. 19, 2021 (35 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Preliminary estimate, not won yet
  4. Powerball: $768.4 million, Mar. 27, 2019 (25 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Wisconsin
  5. Powerball: $758.7 million, Aug. 23, 2017 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Massachusetts
  6. Powerball: $687.8 million, Oct. 27, 2018 (21 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Iowa, New York
  7. Mega Millions: $656 million, Mar. 30, 2012 (18 rollovers, starting at $12 million) - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
  8. Powerball: $640 million, Jan. 16, 2021 (34 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Preliminary estimate, not won yet
  9. Mega Millions: $636 million, Dec. 17, 2013 (21 rollovers, starting at $12 million) - California, Georgia
  10. Powerball: $590.5 million, May 18, 2013 (13 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Florida
  11. Powerball: $587.5 million, Nov. 28, 2012 (15 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Arizona, Missouri
  12. Powerball: $564.1 million, Feb. 11, 2015 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
  13. Powerball: $559.7 million, Jan. 6, 2018 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Hampshire
  14. Mega Millions: $543 million, Jul. 24, 2018 (22 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California
  15. Mega Millions: $536 million, Jul. 8, 2016 (34 rollovers, starting at $15 million) - Indiana
  16. Mega Millions: $533 million, Mar. 30, 2018 (23 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Jersey
  17. Mega Millions: $522 million, Jun. 7, 2019 (24 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California
  18. Powerball: $487 million, Jul. 30, 2016 (23 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Hampshire
  19. Powerball: $456.7 million, Mar. 17, 2018 (19 rollovers, starting at $15 million) - Pennsylvania
  20. Mega Millions: $451 million, Jan. 5, 2018 (23 rollovers, starting at $15 million) - Florida
  21. Powerball: $448.4 million, Aug. 7, 2013 (12 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Minnesota, New Jersey (2)
  22. Powerball: $447.8 million, Jun. 10, 2017 (19 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California
  23. Powerball: $435.3 million, Feb. 22, 2017 (18 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Indiana
  24. Powerball: $429.6 million, May 7, 2016 (18 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Jersey
  25. Powerball: $425.3 million, Feb. 19, 2014 (15 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California

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

  • Powerball: 16
  • Mega Millions: 9

Top 25 cash value jackpots

Since many lottery winners collect their winnings in cash, the lump-sum payout is an important measure of what a winning ticket could be worth.

Looking at the cash value, the upcoming Mega Millions jackpot ranks as the 3rd-largest cash value in U.S. 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. Mega Millions: $628.2 million cash, Jan. 19, 2021 ($850 million annuity) - Preliminary estimate, not won yet
  4. Powerball: $480.5 million cash, Aug. 23, 2017 ($758.7 million annuity) - Massachusetts
  5. Powerball: $478.7 million cash, Jan. 16, 2021 ($640 million annuity) - Preliminary estimate, not won yet
  6. Powerball: $476.9 million cash, Mar. 27, 2019 ($768.4 million annuity) - Wisconsin
  7. Mega Millions: $471 million cash, Mar. 30, 2012 ($656 million annuity) - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
  8. Powerball: $396.2 million cash, Oct. 27, 2018 ($687.8 million annuity) - Iowa, New York
  9. Powerball: $384.7 million cash, Nov. 28, 2012 ($587.5 million annuity) - Arizona, Missouri
  10. Powerball: $381.1 million cash, Feb. 11, 2015 ($564.1 million annuity) - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
  11. Mega Millions: $378 million cash, Jul. 8, 2016 ($536 million annuity) - Indiana
  12. Powerball: $370.9 million cash, May 18, 2013 ($590.5 million annuity) - Florida
  13. Powerball: $352 million cash, Jan. 6, 2018 ($559.7 million annuity) - New Hampshire
  14. Mega Millions: $347.6 million cash, Dec. 17, 2013 ($636 million annuity) - California, Georgia
  15. Mega Millions: $340 million cash, Jun. 7, 2019 ($522 million annuity) - California
  16. Powerball: $336.8 million cash, Jul. 30, 2016 ($487 million annuity) - New Hampshire
  17. Mega Millions: $324 million cash, Mar. 30, 2018 ($533 million annuity) - New Jersey
  18. Mega Millions: $320.5 million cash, Jul. 24, 2018 ($543 million annuity) - California
  19. Mega Millions: $319.9 million cash, Jun. 9, 2020 ($414 million annuity) - Arizona
  20. Powerball: $284 million cash, May 7, 2016 ($429.6 million annuity) - New Jersey
  21. Mega Millions: $281.9 million cash, Jan. 5, 2018 ($451 million annuity) - Florida
  22. Powerball: $279.1 million cash, Jun. 10, 2017 ($447.8 million annuity) - California
  23. Powerball: $276.5 million cash, Jan. 29, 2020 ($396.9 million annuity) - Florida
  24. Powerball: $273.9 million cash, Mar. 17, 2018 ($456.7 million annuity) - Pennsylvania
  25. Powerball: $263.5 million cash, Feb. 22, 2017 ($435.3 million annuity) - Indiana

The number of cash value jackpots in the top 25, by lottery game, are:

  • Powerball: 15
  • Mega Millions: 10

Lottery Post Staff

Comments

EnReval

Surprisingly, nobody won and pot didn't go up before last night's drawing.

 

This one make take another week to win!

s5thomps's avatars5thomps

Good Time to Hit! Good Luck Everyone!

Wannaberealrich

Sales seem to be slowing down... I just want to win this and get it over with.

hearsetrax's avatarhearsetrax

machinemail

i won the LAARNI BIBAL jackpot and c<snip> has denied everything.

went to Sacramento headquarters and district office September 2019 but in the end used a MAIL IN claim form which i placed in the downtown Sacramento mail Thursday September 12th 2019

They deny everything a claim from me claim form everything

. There is no LAARNIBIBAL. Calotto had on their state lottery commision board a Rowena Libang-Bilboa in 2019 chief attorney of the board there is your LaarniBibal.

This was my ticket and my win and they denied it at every turn.

Yesterday i filed a complaint in federal court.

C<snip> and Megamillions does not pay 

do not play.

Winner Megamillions june 7 2019 not got dollar one

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Toronto

Ok ok, I didn't really want $750 million, but this will do

Bleudog101

Todd sure has been busy updating his lists four times/week!    Hope he gets to update it again on Sunday after Powerball.

Machine said with my $40 do I want credits?    No, cashed it in.

Todd's avatarTodd

Quote: Originally posted by Bleudog101 on Jan 16, 2021

Todd sure has been busy updating his lists four times/week!    Hope he gets to update it again on Sunday after Powerball.

Machine said with my $40 do I want credits?    No, cashed it in.

Whether the Powerball jackpot is won or not tonight, you'll get a news story about it tomorrow.

scarchelli's avatarscarchelli

Quote: Originally posted by EnReval on Jan 16, 2021

Surprisingly, nobody won and pot didn't go up before last night's drawing.

 

This one make take another week to win!

Agreed, it's very surprising. Two draws ago, it went up twice from $600 eventually settling at $650 before it rolled to $750 and then nothing. Then it rolls again, only to $850? I'm really shocked it didn't hit a bil by now.

CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

$850M/$628.2M CASH ... Does have a nice ring to it  Yes Nod......OK,I'm in !!   Tickets purchased and on the desk.

NY10

35 rollover another record 

KY Floyd's avatarKY Floyd

"Then it rolls again, only to $850?"

According to lottoreport . com sales for the last drawing were just a hair over $227 million, which is  113.5 million tickets. That would mean that a rollover was more than twice as likely as a winner.

It would also mean that the actual cash jackpot increased by about $75 million, which is well shy of the $98 million cash increase based on the advertised jackpots of 625 and 750. In turn, that would mean that the advertised jackpot couldn't have increased from 625 to 750, so either that jump started well past 625 (without a late bump in the advertised amount or they came up well short of the 750 they advertised.

Sales are obviously much higher than they were a few drawings back, but I don't think it's exactly a frenzy.

noise-gate

That is far too much money for one person, or one family. I would like to see at the very least 2 Lottery Post players get a piece of the action. 

NY10

Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on Jan 16, 2021

That is far too much money for one person, or one family. I would like to see at the very least 2 Lottery Post players get a piece of the action. 

If this is too much for one family then what is $50Billion $100 Billion and even $1.4 trillion for 1 family 😆😆😆 which already possessed by families in the world 😆😆😆

Jeff Bezos,Elon Musk,Bill gates,Bloomberg,Buffet etc

And Saudi Royal Family is estimated to be worth $1.4 - $3 Trillion 😆😆😆

In 2017 Saudi crown prince MBS locked up 151 royal family members and many other political members in ritz carlton hotel in Riyadh saying they were involved in corruption and just those 151 member was worth $800 Billion 😆😆😆 and he recovered $107 Billion from them as a settlement and entire Saudi Royal family has 15K members 😆😆😆

UAE royal family is estimated $800-$1 Trillion

Kuwait Royal Family is estimated $500 Billion

Qatar Royal Family is estimated $350 Billion 

Gaddafi of Libya had $200 Billion in 2011

Comparing this too those is nothing but I understand what you are saying it is a lot for regular folks 

noise-gate

Quote: Originally posted by NY10 on Jan 16, 2021

If this is too much for one family then what is $50Billion $100 Billion and even $1.4 trillion for 1 family 😆😆😆 which already possessed by families in the world 😆😆😆

Jeff Bezos,Elon Musk,Bill gates,Bloomberg,Buffet etc

And Saudi Royal Family is estimated to be worth $1.4 - $3 Trillion 😆😆😆

In 2017 Saudi crown prince MBS locked up 151 royal family members and many other political members in ritz carlton hotel in Riyadh saying they were involved in corruption and just those 151 member was worth $800 Billion 😆😆😆 and he recovered $107 Billion from them as a settlement and entire Saudi Royal family has 15K members 😆😆😆

UAE royal family is estimated $800-$1 Trillion

Kuwait Royal Family is estimated $500 Billion

Qatar Royal Family is estimated $350 Billion 

Gaddafi of Libya had $200 Billion in 2011

Comparing this too those is nothing but I understand what you are saying it is a lot for regular folks 

The difference NY10, is that you " inherit" this money in what one would call a few blinks of an eye, or after 6 balls have dropped. That Dr Watson is the point.

NY10

Quote: Originally posted by NY10 on Jan 16, 2021

If this is too much for one family then what is $50Billion $100 Billion and even $1.4 trillion for 1 family 😆😆😆 which already possessed by families in the world 😆😆😆

Jeff Bezos,Elon Musk,Bill gates,Bloomberg,Buffet etc

And Saudi Royal Family is estimated to be worth $1.4 - $3 Trillion 😆😆😆

In 2017 Saudi crown prince MBS locked up 151 royal family members and many other political members in ritz carlton hotel in Riyadh saying they were involved in corruption and just those 151 member was worth $800 Billion 😆😆😆 and he recovered $107 Billion from them as a settlement and entire Saudi Royal family has 15K members 😆😆😆

UAE royal family is estimated $800-$1 Trillion

Kuwait Royal Family is estimated $500 Billion

Qatar Royal Family is estimated $350 Billion 

Gaddafi of Libya had $200 Billion in 2011

Comparing this too those is nothing but I understand what you are saying it is a lot for regular folks 

I forgot NYC real estate mogul and reality tv star Trump family with estimated $3-$4 Billion 🤪🤪🤪🤪

rcbbuckeye's avatarrcbbuckeye

Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on Jan 16, 2021

That is far too much money for one person, or one family. I would like to see at the very least 2 Lottery Post players get a piece of the action. 

You might be right.....naw

I want it all.

Big Joey

CDARS Bank Account, and an attorney doing the press conference if required to have one on behalf of an LLC.

hearsetrax's avatarhearsetrax

Quote: Originally posted by Big Joey on Jan 16, 2021

CDARS Bank Account, and an attorney doing the press conference if required to have one on behalf of an LLC.

short while back I remember reading that LLCs aren't going to be what they once were and the masks were to be removed

you might check with a lawyer & financial adviser about them

hearsetrax's avatarhearsetrax

Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on Jan 16, 2021

That is far too much money for one person, or one family. I would like to see at the very least 2 Lottery Post players get a piece of the action. 

never too much for one person or family that has it figured out b4 spending all willy-nilly

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on Jan 16, 2021

That is far too much money for one person, or one family. I would like to see at the very least 2 Lottery Post players get a piece of the action. 

Maybe too much for a greedy person....but wouldn't one generous person be better than 2 stingy people?

noise-gate

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Jan 16, 2021

You might be right.....naw

I want it all.

Spoken like a true Texan.Disapprove

noise-gate

Quote: Originally posted by hearsetrax on Jan 16, 2021

never too much for one person or family that has it figured out b4 spending all willy-nilly

Depends on what kind of a family we talking about.  Perhaps you thinking of that English guy who won the lottery, the " king of Chauvs?" Who's now hauling trash or is it coal? That family H?

noise-gate

Quote: Originally posted by LottoMetro on Jan 16, 2021

Maybe too much for a greedy person....but wouldn't one generous person be better than 2 stingy people?

" Everyone " can say they not stingy, until they see all that cash & then the darkside overwhelms  logic & reason. Remember that scene at the end of Finding Nemo " Mine, mine, mine" people are like that.

On the otherhand,  you have scenes like Indiana Jones and the last crusade where Indy's Father tells him to stop reaching for the grail which is a fingertip away  & " let it go."

Thing is, which one are we? Money brings those feeling to the surface, whether we agree or not.

NY10

There are only about 800K people on earth who have a net worth of $30+ Million 

And world population is more than 7 billion 

Jackpot winner or winners is/are about to join them babeh

noise-gate

Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on Jan 16, 2021

" Everyone " can say they not stingy, until they see all that cash & then the darkside overwhelms  logic & reason. Remember that scene at the end of Finding Nemo " Mine, mine, mine" people are like that.

On the otherhand,  you have scenes like Indiana Jones and the last crusade where Indy's Father tells him to stop reaching for the grail which is a fingertip away  & " let it go."

Thing is, which one are we? Money brings those feeling to the surface, whether we agree or not.

troll trolling GIF 

Thought l had seen the last of them..Oh well.

kao1632

Quote: Originally posted by EnReval on Jan 16, 2021

Surprisingly, nobody won and pot didn't go up before last night's drawing.

 

This one make take another week to win!

The predicted cash payout has gone up by about $77.6million.. if 68 cents from every ticket (34% of ticket price) that suggests 114m tickets are going to be sold...

If every ticket was unique, then 114m / 302m ~- 37.75% chance someone would win big. But we know all tickets sold won't be unique...

So, fewer than 37.75% of the possible combinations will be covered.. 

 

I would expect the jackpot to be hit in the next three draws..

except that, if it isn't won in the next draw, I'd expect it to be won in the next three :)

 

IIRC.. in the build up to the $1.6b draw.. someone said only 83% of the possible combinations were covered

rcbbuckeye's avatarrcbbuckeye

Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on Jan 16, 2021

Spoken like a true Texan.Disapprove

Really now. You prolly wouldnt know a real Texan if he put a boot in your acorns.

I wasnt born in Texas just like it way better than Ohio. 

Tell you what...you just stay in Commiefornia and tell all your buddies to stop coming here to Texas. 

noise-gate

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Jan 16, 2021

Really now. You prolly wouldnt know a real Texan if he put a boot in your acorns.

I wasnt born in Texas just like it way better than Ohio. 

Tell you what...you just stay in Commiefornia and tell all your buddies to stop coming here to Texas. 

Didn't mean any harm by saying that, sorry you felt insulted. l just went off the thought that since Texas is so big, everything is " well that's big because it's mine."  As for people moving to Texas, not my place to say where people go. You should see the amount of Texas license plates in Silicon Valley, anyways..

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by kao1632 on Jan 16, 2021

The predicted cash payout has gone up by about $77.6million.. if 68 cents from every ticket (34% of ticket price) that suggests 114m tickets are going to be sold...

If every ticket was unique, then 114m / 302m ~- 37.75% chance someone would win big. But we know all tickets sold won't be unique...

So, fewer than 37.75% of the possible combinations will be covered.. 

 

I would expect the jackpot to be hit in the next three draws..

except that, if it isn't won in the next draw, I'd expect it to be won in the next three :)

 

IIRC.. in the build up to the $1.6b draw.. someone said only 83% of the possible combinations were covered

They sold almost 114m tickets in the last draw, so it will probably be more....

I'm thinking around 170.5m, but even that has about 57% chance of rolling

They could sell 400m tickets and still have a 26% chance of rolling

Of course, assuming nobody buys every combination....

NY10

Quote: Originally posted by LottoMetro on Jan 16, 2021

They sold almost 114m tickets in the last draw, so it will probably be more....

I'm thinking around 170.5m, but even that has about 57% chance of rolling

They could sell 400m tickets and still have a 26% chance of rolling

Of course, assuming nobody buys every combination....

I wonder how many people bought those 114M tickets 

KY Floyd's avatarKY Floyd

"in the build up to the $1.6b draw.. someone said only 83% of the possible combinations were covered"

Lottoreport says that about 635 million tickets were sold. If they were all chosen randomly they would have covered nearly 89% of the combinations.

When MM advertised the jackpot at $1.6 billion sales were only about 370 million tickets, which could cover about 70% of combinations.

When sales are that high the deviations from random probably don't matter much, because 20 or 30 million fewer tickets only reduces the chance of a winner by 2 or 3%.

sully16's avatarsully16

Good luck players. Cheers

cottoneyedjoe's avatarcottoneyedjoe

Quote: Originally posted by machinemail on Jan 16, 2021

i won the LAARNI BIBAL jackpot and c<snip> has denied everything.

went to Sacramento headquarters and district office September 2019 but in the end used a MAIL IN claim form which i placed in the downtown Sacramento mail Thursday September 12th 2019

They deny everything a claim from me claim form everything

. There is no LAARNIBIBAL. Calotto had on their state lottery commision board a Rowena Libang-Bilboa in 2019 chief attorney of the board there is your LaarniBibal.

This was my ticket and my win and they denied it at every turn.

Yesterday i filed a complaint in federal court.

C<snip> and Megamillions does not pay 

do not play.

Winner Megamillions june 7 2019 not got dollar one

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I would love to read that complaint. LOL Got a link?

(I hope your filing spelled her second last name right as Bobila)

benjibanks's avatarbenjibanks

$739,817,856 after federal taxes if someone beat the odds and won both!

Bilionario's avatarBilionario

Not the frenzy that was expected? 🤔

hsg2000

What if it rollover.

A panic button?

A billion giveaway will be on a silver platter !!!

Become the winning ticket holder

Todd's avatarTodd

Jackpot raised to $865 million / $638.8 million for tonight's drawing.  Good luck!

CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

$638,800,000. CASH.......hmmmm??,minus uncle Joe's new proposed tax rate(probably 40% +/-),no state income tax in this neck of the woods........$383M and change take-home.. Yeah,I can live with that Naughty

GOOD LUCK TO ALL  Thumbs Up

sully16's avatarsully16

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Jan 19, 2021

$638,800,000. CASH.......hmmmm??,minus uncle Joe's new proposed tax rate(probably 40% +/-),no state income tax in this neck of the woods........$383M and change take-home.. Yeah,I can live with that Naughty

GOOD LUCK TO ALL  Thumbs Up

You will remember all your old bat friends won't you ?ROFL

KY Floyd's avatarKY Floyd

Friday's jackpot will initially be advertised at 970 if it rolls, which is still the most likely outcome.  Even if that's still not enough to get sales really cranking, there's a pretty good chance that sales will increase by the modest amount necessary to push the advertised jackpot past a billion.

Maybe if it rolls again on Friday we'll finally see an increase that's actually big.

lejardin's avatarlejardin

Quote: Originally posted by sully16 on Jan 19, 2021

You will remember all your old bat friends won't you ?ROFL

Hahahahahaha, you got him Sully, Touche lol.

noise-gate

l picked up a few tickets for both jackpots this afternoon and was surprised that no one was in the store buying tickets. l got to talking to the clerk behind the counter and he said that "it's been slow all morning, but the mad dash for tickets happened last Friday & Saturday, said that it's possible that people put down all they had not thinking both games would roll." The guy has a point. All the best players, hope for this reaction..

 

Happy Cry GIF by memecandy

benjibanks's avatarbenjibanks

My numbers were not drawn... roll baby roll!

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