No Powerball winner; jackpot goes to record $500M

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The Associated Press


DES MOINES, Iowa -- Lottery officials say nobody has won the Powerball jackpot and the top prize will now increase to about $425 million for the next drawing, the largest jackpot ever for the game.

Iowa Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer said sales were strong over the holiday week for Saturday's drawing, which was estimated at $325 million before the numbers were picked. That was the fourth-largest jackpot in the game's history.

Neubauer says the jackpot for Wednesday's drawing could go even higher than the estimated $425 million because sales pick up in the days before record drawings.

The previous top Powerball prize was $365 million, won in 2006 by ConAgra Foods Workers in Lincoln, Neb.

The Powerball numbers for Saturday were 22-32-37-44-50, and the Powerball was 34.

[Acid Trip]

Time to throw $10 at the lottery.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yup, and I bet it will be closer to $500 million by the time they actually draw it on Wednesday

[FBD]

If I win, I'll be sending each of you a little bit of it. (and not an insultingly small bit, either :lol: )

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Just did the rough math....Powerball pays out just over 65% if you take the lump sum payout, so if the jackpot hits $500 million and you take the lump sum, after taxes you would roughly clear $196.5 million (depending on your state of residence for state taxes).

[redred]

:lol: where do i sign up

[DemonGeminiX]

I'd take the payments over time rather than the lump sum. Just sayin'.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

I'd take the payments over time rather than the lump sum. Just sayin'.

:hand: Its a waste, they get to collect interest on your money, when you could be investing it and making large returns.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:hand: Its a waste, they get to collect interest on your money, when you could be investing it and making large returns.

This 100 times over ^^

[DemonGeminiX]

:hand: Its a waste, they get to collect interest on your money, when you could be investing it and making large returns.

:-s

What are you gonna invest in in this current market to get large returns?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:lol: where do i sign up

http://www.thelotter.com/Play.aspx?itemId=1&pageId=8&LotteryID=25&Player=0

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Buy discounted real estate :tup:

[DemonGeminiX]

Buy discounted real estate :tup:

Porky gentrifying whole neighborhoods in Arizona.

:lol:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

White that bitch up a little :lol:


Commercial real estate.

[redred]

can a non american do this ? the terms say that if i do win i have to fly over to get the cash , i haven't got that sort of money to fly over :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

can a non american do this ? the terms say that if i do win i have to fly over to get the cash , i haven't got that sort of money to fly over :lol:

I think if you won, someone would lend you the airfare ;)

They do have quite a mark-up on ticket prices though on that site. The price of a ticket is only $2 if you buy it here.

[Muddy]

I think if you won, someone would lend you the airfare ;)

They do have quite a mark-up on ticket prices though on that site. The price of a ticket is only $2 if you buy it here.

$2? I thought they were $1...

[DemonGeminiX]

$2? I thought they were $1...

Megamillions = $1/play

Powerball = $2/play

They changed the powerball from $1 to $2 like two or three years ago.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

$2? I thought they were $1...

:doh:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Megamillions = $1/play

Powerball = $2/play

They changed the powerball from $1 to $2 like two or three years ago.

Yeah, they raised the prices to make the jackpots go up faster I believe

[Muddy]

I'm buying some this afternoon. Going in halves with a friend. FRIENNNNND....


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

[PorkChopSandwiches]

http://i.imgur.com/e9xPk.jpg

[FBD]

I'd take the payments over time rather than the lump sum. Just sayin'.

:lol: are you willing to risk that all that money is going to be there to pay you that money over 30 years???

I aint anywhere near that confident. Give me as much as possible RIGHT NOW before the world collapses :dance:

[Muddy]

:lol: are you willing to risk that all that money is going to be there to pay you that money over 30 years???

I aint anywhere near that confident. Give me as much as possible RIGHT NOW before the world collapses :dance:

Thats like $35 dollars, isnt it?

[PorkChopSandwiches]

:lol: are you willing to risk that all that money is going to be there to pay you that money over 30 years???

I aint anywhere near that confident. Give me as much as possible RIGHT NOW before the world collapses :dance:

:tup:

[FBD]

afterward, in usa/zimbabwe dollars, compared to 1992 dollars, yeah :lol:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

http://i.imgur.com/V3wdK.jpg

[Hugh_Janus]

can a non american do this ? the terms say that if i do win i have to fly over to get the cash , i haven't got that sort of money to fly over :lol:

I've got money.... I'll go and collect it for you :tup:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Im sure you will come right back too ;)

[Muddy]

Meet me in Mexico, Hugh.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

I dont want my winnings transferred thru paypal

[Muddy]

Whats 5.9% of $425 million?

[DemonGeminiX]

:lol: are you willing to risk that all that money is going to be there to pay you that money over 30 years???

I aint anywhere near that confident. Give me as much as possible RIGHT NOW before the world collapses :dance:

And when the world does collapse, that "money" ain't gonna be worth the paper it was printed on, because when the world collapses, the entire world's financial systems collapse with it.

[FBD]

And when the world does collapse, that "money" ain't gonna be worth the paper it was printed on, because when the world collapses, the entire world's financial systems collapse with it.

Exactly - so that means you want it NOW, while it is worth something, and you can buy a shitload of commodity items, gold, silver, other PMs, jems, real estate, end of world prep-stockpile,

...and be one uber rich motherfucker after the collapse because everything you traded your soon to be worthless paper now has vastly increased in value. :wave:

instead of having just a promise, you have a ton of stuff that doesnt lose its real value even though our government has bastardized our money into oblivion.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Whats 5.9% of $425 million?

half of that would go into your account

[DemonGeminiX]

If the world collapses, I don't think precious metals are gonna be worth as much as the people selling those precious metals would like you to believe.

I see the major commodities after the world collapses as being food, water, guns, and bullets.

[Hugh_Janus]

Whats 5.9% of $425 million?

about 25 mil

[FBD]

:lol: the extent really depends on the shape of the collapse, but rest assured, what's next in line for some notion of the word "money" or "currency" after the dollar? Sure there's going to be a lot of bartering - but something that has intrinsic value, widely accepted - is still going to keep that value, to greater or lesser extent. It may not be the holy grail of savior items, but it helps to diversify investments and have a few things that are widely accepted as having good value. Gold is absolutely one of those things, especially coin that has well documented quantity stamped.

[Acid Trip]

If the world collapses, I don't think precious metals are gonna be worth as much as the people selling those precious metals would like you to believe.

I see the major commodities after the world collapses as being food, water, guns, and bullets.

All the more reason to take the money and run. If you think money won't be worth squat in the future then buy whatever you think you'll need first. But if you don't have the money beforehand you are double screwed.

Gold and silver will always be worth something. Gold is a great electrical conductor, corrosion resistant, etc.

Lead/bullets and guns help you kill people and take their shit. Good for times when others have what you want.

For water get some guys to come out and drill a well or two or two hundred. Preferably on your property which you bought beforehand using the cash.

[FBD]

Rather, protect your shit from others trying to take it - if you've planned well then there will of course be no need to steal other people's shit ;)

[lost in melb.]

Or an aussi? :wave:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By ANTHONY CASTELLANO - ABC News


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The allure of the record $500 million Powerball jackpot has led to long lines across the nation at local mini-marts and gas stations, with Americans hoping their champagne and caviar dreams become a reality when the numbers are drawn tonight.

The jackpot was boosted Tuesday from $425 million to the now historic $500 million sum, which is expected to get sweeter as millions of Americans rush to the store for their last chance to purchase a ticket and become a multi-millionaire overnight.

Powerball officials tell ABC News they expect to sell more than 105,000 tickets every minute before the drawing. When the dust settles, more than 189 million tickets would have been sold for the half a billion-dollar jackpot. That's more than double the number sold for Saturday's $325 jackpot that nobody won.

ABC News was allowed access to the Powerball studios in Tallahassee, Fla., where the 11 p.m. ET drawing will take place. The closely guarded machines and balls are locked in a vault before the numbers are drawn and only a select few are allowed inside the room during the actual broadcast.

Anyone who enters or leaves the vault is documented and workers who handle the lottery balls wear gloves, worried that human touch might change what numbers are randomly drawn.

Cameras are located in every nook and cranny of the Powerball studio, spying on workers as they ready the machines for the big moment. Lottery officials in several states will be watching those feeds in real time to monitor the proceedings.

Not everyone has Powerball fever in the country as tickets for tonight's jackpot are not offered in eight states. But that has not stopped many Californians and Nevadans who have flocked to Arizona to get in on the action.

"I'd say the line has to be like three, three and a half hours," one person told ABC News while waiting online to purchase tickets Tuesday.

Still, the long lines have not deterred those who hope to dramatically change their lifestyle and make their wildest dreams become a reality.

"I'm going to the Bahamas and enjoying myself on an island," said one Powerball hopeful.

Chuck Strutt, executive director of the Des Moines, Iowa-based Multi-State Lottery Association, said the chance of getting a winner tonight is approaching 60 percent.

"We call it the redneck retirement fund cause sooner or later, somebody is going to," said one man.

There has been no Powerball winner since Oct. 6 – that's 16 consecutive drawings without a winner. It's the second-highest jackpot in US lottery history, behind only the $656 million Mega Millions prize in March.

Powerball tickets doubled in price in January to $2, and while the number of tickets sold initially dropped, sales revenue has increased by about 35 percent over 2011, according to the Associated Press.

Lottery officials put the odds of winning Wednesday's Powerball pot at one in 175 million. With so many people plaything this time around, some are worried it may hurt their odds.

"Your odds of being a winner are still the same. With so many people playing, it does mean are more likely to split the jackpot if you want," said Scott Norris, math professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Everyone who lines up with cash in their hand and dreams in their head seems to have a strategy in picking the winning combination of numbers. Or, do you simply let the computer pick for you?

"It doesn't matter. Your odds of winning are actually the same no matter who picks it," said Norris. Norris says the only real advantage that can help someone is buying more tickets.

"Your odds increase directly proportional to the number of tickets you buy. So if you buy 100, your odds are 1 in 7 million, but still astronomically small," he said.

With odds so small in a game where just about anyone who plays is a loser, there is some hope for those living in Illinois and New Jersey. Both states have sold three winning tickets for jackpots worth at least $300 million.

A single winner choosing the lump sum cash option would take home more than $327 million before taxes.

[FBD]

With odds so small in a game where just about anyone who plays is a loser, there is some hope for those living in Illinois and New Jersey.

:lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

There has never been a jackpot winner from Colorado :sad2:

[Acid Trip]

There has never been a jackpot winner from Colorado :sad2:

That just means your chances are better.

Anyone care to share what they'd do with $300 million in cash? I'd start by tearing down my house and rebuilding it as a limestone castle complete with secret passages.

After growing up near the Rhine river in Germany I always wanted to live in castle.

[FBD]

I would most likely relocate - because fuck connecticut, that's why. Would get a couple locations in tax friendly states. That said, I'd give most of it away, wtf am I going to do with over 300 million dollars? I just want an area to peaceably walk in circles and fold my legs up every day and not have to be bothered with mundane shit :mrgreen:

[Acid Trip]

I would most likely relocate - because fuck connecticut, that's why. Would get a couple locations in tax friendly states. That said, I'd give most of it away, wtf am I going to do with over 300 million dollars? I just want an area to peaceably walk in circles and fold my legs up every day and not have to be bothered with mundane shit :mrgreen:

Hippy

:lol:

[RBP]

imma win. back off! :x

[Acid Trip]

imma win. back off! :x

If you don't tell people how you'd spend it you can't win. It's like a rule or something.

[RBP]

If you don't tell people how you'd spend it you can't win. It's like a rule or something.

I'd buy tehbasement it's own server
pay off everyone in the family's homes and give them a couple million each
buy lots of hookers and spend lavishly on sugar babies
buy the top floor of Trump towers in Chicago
and then take meetings all day on charities that want my money

did I mention hookers and sugar babies? 8-[

oh and a dog or two :)

[FBD]

:lol: I'd cease ejaculating altogether

[RBP]

:lol: I'd cease ejaculating altogether

lolwut??

[FBD]

It takes roughly 6 full days of meals to equal the energy the body uses to make one good sized load ;) Harness energy, create, cultivate. It is the reason priests are celibate, but I dont know that christian ones know the real reason why :lol: Without it, you have a rather low glass ceiling on progress. Look at how everyone treats this - they let it drive them wild and their thought will make their balls blue if they dont release the pressure. The body naturally reabsorbs the sperm - but what of the rest of the fluids? I've had a vasectomy and it is interesting how I noticed the disconnect and resultant progressions. Thoughts initiate a lot of this, when the thoughts come, the fluid production mechanisms are triggered. That's why you cant be celibate and think dirty, because you are basically telling your body to produce, produce, produce the fluids! That's why porn is bad, unfortunately. You wind up with these massive energy drains on your system, but with a 50,000 gallon tank, how often are you going to notice pissing away 5 gallons at a time? Humans have a large energy storage capacity and most of us are far too dull to notice these subtleties. :mrgreen: why would I do such things for no reason :lol:

this thread is bout power balls, right? :dance:

the little nodules on the side of your nuts actually accelerate sperm - right where the parasympathetic attachment is ;)

[Richard Cranium]

Hookers and blow and then some more hookers and blow..

[RBP]

It takes roughly 6 full days of meals to equal the energy the body uses to make one good sized load ;) Harness energy, create, cultivate. It is the reason priests are celibate, but I dont know that christian ones know the real reason why :lol: Without it, you have a rather low glass ceiling on progress. Look at how everyone treats this - they let it drive them wild and their thought will make their balls blue if they dont release the pressure. The body naturally reabsorbs the sperm - but what of the rest of the fluids? I've had a vasectomy and it is interesting how I noticed the disconnect and resultant progressions. Thoughts initiate a lot of this, when the thoughts come, the fluid production mechanisms are triggered. That's why you cant be celibate and think dirty, because you are basically telling your body to produce, produce, produce the fluids! That's why porn is bad, unfortunately. You wind up with these massive energy drains on your system, but with a 50,000 gallon tank, how often are you going to notice pissing away 5 gallons at a time? Humans have a large energy storage capacity and most of us are far too dull to notice these subtleties. :mrgreen: why would I do such things for no reason :lol:

this thread is bout power balls, right? :dance:

the little nodules on the side of your nuts actually accelerate sperm - right where the parasympathetic attachment is ;)

wtf does that have to do with you never ejaculating again? :-s

[Muddy]

It takes roughly 6 full days of meals to equal the energy the body uses to make one good sized load ;) Harness energy, create, cultivate. It is the reason priests are celibate, but I dont know that christian ones know the real reason why :lol: Without it, you have a rather low glass ceiling on progress. Look at how everyone treats this - they let it drive them wild and their thought will make their balls blue if they dont release the pressure. The body naturally reabsorbs the sperm - but what of the rest of the fluids? I've had a vasectomy and it is interesting how I noticed the disconnect and resultant progressions. Thoughts initiate a lot of this, when the thoughts come, the fluid production mechanisms are triggered. That's why you cant be celibate and think dirty, because you are basically telling your body to produce, produce, produce the fluids! That's why porn is bad, unfortunately. You wind up with these massive energy drains on your system, but with a 50,000 gallon tank, how often are you going to notice pissing away 5 gallons at a time? Humans have a large energy storage capacity and most of us are far too dull to notice these subtleties. :mrgreen: why would I do such things for no reason :lol:

this thread is bout power balls, right? :dance:

the little nodules on the side of your nuts actually accelerate sperm - right where the parasympathetic attachment is ;)

The body does not naturally reabsorb the sperm you nut... :lol: It weeps out gradually in your piss.. Your body is always producing new virile sperm for conception purposes.

[RBP]

You guys know a little toooooo much about sperm and semen.

[Muddy]

I just read up and after a vasectomy the body does indeed reabsorb the stuff after a climax. It has no where else to go.

[KevinD]

If I won..I'd be like Charlie Sheen....Winning!!!!

[RBP]

I just read up and after a vasectomy the body does indeed reabsorb the stuff after a climax. It has no where else to go.

So it's like swallowing from the inside lolwut?

[Shady]

I'd buy tehbasement it's own server
pay off everyone in the family's homes and give them a couple million each
buy lots of hookers and spend lavishly on sugar babies
buy the top floor of Trump towers in Chicago
and then take meetings all day on charities that want my money

did I mention hookers and sugar babies? 8-[

oh and a dog or two :)

Heads up, the penthouse in Trump Tower is asking 40 million I believe. It is unfinished, only concrete floors and drywall walls. But the views from that 89th floor, 14000 square ft condo are incredible through the floor to ceiling 18 ft windows.

Also I've been wanting to spend some quality time with a number of escorts. Care to help a hobbyist out?

[RBP]

Heads up, the penthouse in Trump Tower is asking 40 million I believe. It is unfinished, only concrete floors and drywall walls. But the views from that 89th floor, 14000 square ft condo are incredible through the floor to ceiling 18 ft windows.

Also I've been wanting to spend some quality time with a number of escorts. Care to help a hobbyist out?

Dude, epic party awaits!

[lost in melb.]

I'd retire to a 'cave' and meditate for world peace 8-[

[lost in melb.]

A couple of losers won it. Back to our mundane lives :thumbsup:

[KevinD]

Two winning tickets from Arizona and Missouri. So, guess y'all will still have to put up with me. lol

Unlike Lost, I haven't read the article so dunno if individuals won or groups.