Mega Millions Jackpot Now $476 Million After Numbers 9, 19, 34, 44, 51, Mega Ball 24 Produce No Winner

[Teh One Who Knocks]

ABC News


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The winning numbers for the $356 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, the third-largest prize in the game's history, were 9, 19, 34, 44, 51 and Mega Ball 24, but they did not produce a winner, officials said.

The lack of winner from Tuesday night's drawing means the estimated jackpot will grow to an estimated $476 million for a drawing Friday, according to the official Mega Millions website. Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. ET and Tuesday night's drawing took place in Atlanta.

The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot were estimated at about 1 in 176 million, according to lottery officials.

The largest Mega Millions jackpot ever won was $390 million in March 2007, according to Mega Millions.

The winner is selected through five balls drawn from a set of balls numbered one through 56, and one ball is drawn from a set numbered one through 46.

While there are nine ways to win a prize, starting from $2, ticket buyers across the country have their eyes on the $356 million jackpot, which has been growing since Jan. 24. That's when Mega Millions had its most recent jackpot winner, Marcia Adams, 33, from Georgia. She won $72 million and chose the cash option of $52 million.

The odds of winning any of the Mega Millions prizes are approximately 1 in 40.

The estimated jackpot is based on national sales up to the time of the drawing. In the last drawing, in which there was no jackpot winner, almost 2.9 million tickets won Mega Millions prizes.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Half a billion dollars, huh? I might have to throw down $10 on this :-k

[Southern Belle]

Hell yeah!

[Acid Trip]

Half a billion dollars, huh? I might have to throw down $10 on this :-k

Yup, time to throw a few bucks at the lottery.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yup, time to throw a few bucks at the lottery.

Yeah, even though the odds are astronomical, you can't win if you don't play...and half a billion is worth taking a chance on :lol:

[RBP]

Guess that means I didn't win. :sad2:

[Godfather]

Wow that's a pretty outrageous number :shock:

Wonder what you'd walk with if you took the lump sum and after tax

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Wow that's a pretty outrageous number :shock:

Wonder what you'd walk with if you took the lump sum and after tax

Roughly somewhere around $204 million, depending on which state you live in

[Godfather]

Ahhh it depends on the state, interesting.

I think I'd just get on my cell phone and tell all my friends and family to meet me at the airport so we can fly to Hawaii and figure out what to do with such a stupid amount of money next :-k

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yeah, it won't vary too much, but it will depend on what the state income tax rate is where you happen to reside

[Godfather]

Yeah, it won't vary too much, but it will depend on what the state income tax rate is where you happen to reside

Makes sense. Up here they just tax the income from the tickets instead of the jackpot, so the price advertized it what you could actually walk with. But the maximum it gets to is $50 million so not quite as wild

[PorkChopSandwiches]

I bought 170 for last night in my work pool :facepalm: Everyone put in $5, now they want to bump it to $10 sorry fuckers, but Im winning it :twisted:

[Godfather]

Damn, 170 people or $170 in tickets?! Do you guys have the forms signed and shit (I know the lotto corp here has them on their website), so nobody sues when they missed a week? :lol:

[Acid Trip]

Yeah, it won't vary too much, but it will depend on what the state income tax rate is where you happen to reside

So if you live in California you'd end up with like $50. If you live in Texas you get to keep every last dime (other than federal taxes).

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So if you live in California you'd end up with like $50. If you live in Texas you get to keep every last dime (other than federal taxes).

Colorado isn't too bad, the rate here for personal income tax is 4.63%

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Bought my tickets last night, the money is all mine :dance2:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

I'm up to about 200 tickets in the pool I'm doing at work, sorry Lance you have only 1 in 176 million chance

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Damn, 170 people or $170 in tickets?! Do you guys have the forms signed and shit (I know the lotto corp here has them on their website), so nobody sues when they missed a week? :lol:

$5 bucks a person, which we bumped top $10 this draw. I scan all the tickets and everyone who is in gets an email with all the numbers. So if you didnt get an email form me, you are not in the pool :)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It's mine be-atch :hand:

[Acid Trip]

$5 bucks a person, which we bumped top $10 this draw. I scan all the tickets and everyone who is in gets an email with all the numbers. So if you didnt get an email form me, you are not in the pool :)

Email me the numbers so I can get in on the jackpot. I'll pay you $10 if one of the tickets win :mrgreen:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Email me the numbers so I can get in on the jackpot. I'll pay you $10 if one of the tickets win :mrgreen:

You send me a $10 quick pick and I will add you to the pool ;)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

According to the lottery website, the estimated jackpot is now $540 million

[PorkChopSandwiches]

chump change, I want it to go until next tuesday

[Hal-9000]

I work in the digital printing industry (we actually do GF's province's lottery tickets :lol:)


so who wants what numbers? :shifty:

[Muddy]

I work in the digital printing industry (we actually do GF's province's lottery tickets :lol:)


so who wants what numbers? :shifty:

Get outta here with your ol' envelope stuffin hands..

[PorkChopSandwiches]

http://kssingers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/P8240044.edit510.jpg

[redred]

So if you didnt get an email form me, you are not in the pool :)

:tapfoot: still haven't got my email

[Muddy]

http://i.imgur.com/ny61V.jpg

[Hal-9000]

Get outta here with your ol' envelope stuffin hands..

Eh?

that's called hand work or hand jobs....we have machines and peons that run them offsite in a different building....


I lose stuff :mrgreen:

[Muddy]

I worked at Time Warner stuffing envelopes for two weeks about 90 years ago... Man that sucked.

[Acid Trip]

I worked at Time Warner stuffing envelopes for two weeks about 90 years ago... Man that sucked.

Get outta here with your ol' ass!

[Hal-9000]

I worked at Time Warner stuffing envelopes for two weeks about 90 years ago... Man that sucked.

We used to have an army of temps in this building doing horrible projects like that...we called it our fulfillment department.Anything the client wanted..we would do.I felt so sorry for those workers.

Our worst client was Alta-Genetics...it's a worldwide company that sells bull semen, the brochures were a fucking riot! :lol: We delivered some of it to Iran, at a place called 'rocket plant street'...I shit you not and can screen the addy

[Muddy]

Get outta here with your ol' ass!

:willie: