U.S lotto up to half a billion dollars.

Babybuff

I'd pis$ a lot of people off and enjoy every minute of it

Deki

I would keep half for me and have fun giving the rest away. Think how surprised some people would be.

FanadMan

latenia wrote: »

It's unhealthy for society to hand out a prize that big for doing no more than buying a raffle ticket. What if Dick Cheney won? Or Bill O'Reilly? Or Vanilla Ice? Or a murderer or pedo? How would you feel then?

Would say fair play to them - they have the same chance as anyone else. Life itself is nothing more than a raffle anyway.....

latenia

FanadMan wrote: »

Would say fair play to them - they have the same chance as anyone else. Life itself is nothing more than a raffle anyway.....

So say Larry Murphy or Bertie Ahern or Sean Fitzpatrick won €100M on the euromillions you'd say 'fair play?' The public would give up all hope.

davet82

davet82 wrote: »

its more like 1/4 billion convert it to euro and its even less

Hmm?

Manic Moran

I swung by a gas station on the way home, and picked up my tickets. There was a line at the counter: You didn't have to say what it was you were buying, you just said a number. eg, I said "Five, please", and unless I qualified it, it was assumed I meant lottery tickets.

NTM

FanadMan

latenia wrote: »

So say Larry Murphy or Bertie Ahern or Sean Fitzpatrick won €100M on the euromillions you'd say 'fair play?' The public would give up all hope.

Yeah, if you buy a ticket you have the right to win it. If Larry Murphy or Bertie Ahern or Sean Fitzpatrick won it then the public would prob give up all hope in the lottery and little else. Of course I'd feel jealous - I feel that way whenever the jackpot is won but I'm not bothered in the least who wins it - that's just sour grapes.

Fighting Irish

latenia wrote: »

It's unhealthy for society to hand out a prize that big for doing no more than buying a raffle ticket. What if Dick Cheney won? Or Bill O'Reilly? Or Vanilla Ice? Or a murderer or pedo? How would you feel then?

Couldn't give a fook who won it tbh, if a deserving person won it or a child molester won it, it's all the same to me

Fighting Irish

latenia wrote: »

So say Larry Murphy or Bertie Ahern or Sean Fitzpatrick won €100M on the euromillions you'd say 'fair play?' The public would give up all hope.

lol at putting bertie in with larry, we voted for bertie more than once :pac:

DEFTLEFTHAND

I remember watching a programme called lotto losers, for the most part it focused on Americans who had frittered away they're millions. Some really sad stories in there, a few even involving murders and kidnappings. For all the good the money can do, it can bring a lot of misery as well.

Gandhi

Manic Moran wrote: »

I swung by a gas station on the way home, and picked up my tickets. There was a line at the counter: You didn't have to say what it was you were buying, you just said a number. eg, I said "Five, please", and unless I qualified it, it was assumed I meant lottery tickets.

NTM

Got mine at a beer store in PA at lunchtime yesterday and the place was deserted. The lads in the pool at work are getting seriously carried away. Already calculating how much tax to have to pay, and googling about opening Swiss bank accounts and which Caribbean islands are for sale. That's the fun of it, though.

Blitzkrieger

It's a shame you can't keep it a secret. If I won it and they gave out my name as "Blitzie from Smalltown, Cork", though there are 6 people with the same name here, it probably wouldn't take long for people to work out who it was. The fleet of supercars outside my house would probably give it away. I'd be properly worried about my family's safety after that.

jimoc

SteppingStone wrote: »

You can enter and purchase online.

http://www.lotteryusa.com/lottery/FAQS.html

I would buy a nice big mansion, a few new cars and open my own dog shelter :-)

I'd be very careful spending any money on this site considering
1. The domain is registered on GoDaddy and seems to have no affiliation at all with the official lottery crowd.
2. The domain information is hidden by domainsbyproxy.com whcih makes it look even more suspicious.

crazygeryy

jimoc wrote: »

SteppingStone wrote: »

You can enthIer and purchase online.

http://www.lotteryusa.com/lottery/FAQS.html

I would buy a nice big mansion, a few new cars and open my own dog shelter :-)

I'd be very careful spending any money on this site considering
1. The domain is registered on GoDaddy and seems to have no affiliation at all with the official lottery crowd.
2. The domain information is hidden by domainsbyproxy.com whcih makes it look even more suspicious.

Yea I, got the same feeling to.
So does anyone know where online you can play the mega millions legitimately?

Gandhi

The state of Illinois is the only one I know of that allows the purchase of lottery tickets online, and Illinois DOES participate in Mega Millions. I have no idea about any rules regarding residency, citizenship, etc.

http://www.megamillions.com/whereto/states_il.asp

http://www.illinoislottery.com/

JONJO THE MISER

Jackpot now at $640 Million.
Despite what others say there are a few states including California that do not ave any tax on lottery winnings.
Most states have however a tax ranging from 3% to 8% which is not too bad.

Prosper

Cant register for the 640m draw - what am i diong wrong?

thethingis

Gandhi wrote: »

The state of Illinois is the only one I know of that allows the purchase of lottery tickets online, and Illinois DOES participate in Mega Millions. I have no idea about any rules regarding residency, citizenship, etc.

http://www.megamillions.com/whereto/states_il.asp

http://www.illinoislottery.com/

That would be a bitch wouldnt it.
Congrats you have won.

Oh wait you are from Cavan, Co Germany........... oh

RichieC

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Jackpot now at $640 Million.
Despite what others say there are a few states including California that do not ave any tax on lottery winnings.
Most states have however a tax ranging from 3% to 8% which is not too bad.

There's federal tax as well. all in all about 25% will be taxed away depending on state.

JONJO THE MISER

Draw takes place at 4am Irish time.

troposphere

Don't normally play but picked up a few tickets.

edit: the only person I know that got lucky (scratch ticket, think it was $100,000 year for life) ended up dying from a drug overdose 2 or 3 years later.

thethingis

troposphere wrote: »

Don't normally play but picked up a few tickets.

edit: the only person I know that got lucky (scratch ticket, think it was $100,000 year for life) ended up dying from a drug overdose 2 or 3 years later.

How did you play? Did you play on an official site?
url / www please .........

Can I play from Ireland?

troposphere

thethingis wrote: »

How did you play? Did you play on an official site?
url / www please .........

Can I play from Ireland?

I am in the US, only the state of Illinois sells tickets online but it asks you to check a box to confirm you are buying the ticket while being actually in the state of Illinois.

https://www.myillinoislottery.com/en-us/games/megamillions.html

Killer Wench

I am in Illinois and I am buying the tickets.

Killer Wench

$462 million cash out

Healio

davet82 wrote: »

they tax you on half it so its more like 1/4 billion convert it to euro and its even less, so its not worth doing it :P

Dont they also pay you annually as opposed to a lump sum?

troposphere

Healio wrote: »

Dont they also pay you annually as opposed to a lump sum?

You can choose annually or lump sum (which pays less) but I think I was reading earlier that even if you decide to take the half billion in a lump sum they will only be able to pay it out over 26 months. Not sure about paying 1/2 of it in tax. It is probably 25-30% federal tax and then whatever different rates each state has.

amacachi

I usually hate when other people say it about the Euromillions etc. but I just don't like the idea of so much money going like this.
Obviously if I were in one of the participating states I'd be head of the queue though. :pac:

troposphere

I didn't win

46-23-38-4-2 megaball 23

Deki

I'm not looking until morning- going to take my dreams with me to bed.:p;):D

sock puppet

troposphere wrote: »

You can choose annually or lump sum (which pays less)

The lump sum doesn't actually pay less. It's the NPV of the $500 million payed out over time.

Manic Moran

I'm afraid to say I don't appear to be a millionare after that draw either.

Actually, I don't believe I as much as won a nickel, unless the office pool lucked out.

JONJO THE MISER

Jackpot ended up at $656,000,000, 3 winners each share $218,000,000.
Tickets brought in Red Bud IL, a small farming town of 3,500 outside St Louis, Milford MD outside Baltimore and Northeast Kansas.
We might never know who won in IL and MD because these states allow the winner to remain anonymous, however the IL winner will have to go public if he/she wants that money.

JONJO THE MISER

Mega Millions lottery question looms large in Red Bud: Who won?

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/mega-millions-lottery-question-looms-large-in-red-bud-who/article_7ed11a49-4ade-5cc7-8067-f09cf6ffe59e.html

wilkie2006

SteppingStone wrote: »

You can enter and purchase online.

http://www.lotteryusa.com/lottery/FAQS.html

I would buy a nice big mansion, a few new cars and open my own dog shelter :-)

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

Cheers. Entered

That looks like the dodgiest website ever. From the first line of the FAQs:

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]Q. Can lottery tickets be purchased online?[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]A. Yes. Our partnership with The Lotter allows you to purchase lottery tickets online. Our partner buys your ticket in-store on your behalf, allowing you to play the lottery online.[/FONT]

Eh, great spelling and sentence composition there...

JONJO THE MISER

Shocking Update
Md. woman won't share $105M lotto jackpot with McD's co-workers:eek:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/what_mega_mess_wHA9HVdfxA1VDSqWn58KtJ#ixzz1qu4WEKX5

uberalles

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Shocking Update
Md. woman won't share $105M lotto jackpot with McD's co-workers:eek:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/what_mega_mess_wHA9HVdfxA1VDSqWn58KtJ#ixzz1qu4WEKX5

Shame if she is a liar. No honour

uberalles

wilkie2006 wrote: »

That looks like the dodgiest website ever. From the first line of the FAQs:

Eh, great spelling and sentence composition there...

Yeah I noticed that mistake. Saved me parting with my €

JONJO THE MISER

Its obvious she has not won the lottery and Just wants her 15 minutes of fame, what a twisted unintelligent idiot.
Id say she has the IQ of a toddler.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125071/Mega-Millions-winner-Mirlande-Wilson-I-hid-ticket-McDonalds.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

holystungun9

I would entrust it to the government.