Powerball 300 Million

[Seanie Mac]

that be a nice hit

[iggs111]

201 by me, played 10 tickets the other night. Had 4 of the numbers all on different lines, lol. Never gonna win, but Ill keep playing.

[Seanie Mac]

ill keep playing too. ill spend $20 to win 300 mil anyday

[cantpickem]

One thing for sure and that is you won't win if you don't buy a ticket. GL to all on this one!!

[Seanie Mac]

heres my numbers

1-8-13-35-34 7
3-13-23-24-45 21
8-11-19-22-23 36
5-18-20-27-32 23
10-16-29-38-44 25

[alby]

If I win this tonight expect the line to move in the ECU game next saturday

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by alby

If I win this tonight expect the line to move in the ECU game next saturday

I got a lifetime seat for you at my luxury box at Heinz Field, if I win Alby

[Seanie Mac]

i wonder how much it would cost to do every possible combination? if u have 10 mil siuttin around it might be worth ur time ur guarenteed to win

[Bobtheicon]

The Total number of ways to win Divided By the possible number of outcomes.

I believe in order to win the jackpot, you would need to purchase over 145 Million tickets; then hope that you are the only one who wins or its not worth it.

[Seanie Mac]

k nvm not worth it lmao

[Seanie Mac]

place im movin into, they dont like allow pets which is rediculous. so i need to win so i can get a nice big house and keep my cat. if not, gonna have to like put him down, and it kinda saddens me right now

[Bobtheicon]

Lol - Fluffy's life is riding on the Powerball jackpot

[Seanie Mac]

his name is shadow, and basically, yea lol

[Seanie Mac]

its 91 mil up front

im keeping 30 mil
30 mil to my mom dad and sister
5 mil to my 4 closest friends
5 mil to make a wish charity
6 mil spread out to everyone else who needs it

[Kramer]

To help make the decision of lump sum or annuity,

the following table indicate the value of a $1,000,000 annuity paid out over 20, 25, or 30 years and at various interest rates from 3% to 15%.
As a practical example suppose you are deciding whether to take the annuity or lump sum on a lottery jackpot.
The lump sum option is half the total of the annuity payments.



The value of the lump sum is $500,000. A U.S. lottery annuities are paid over 20 years.
At an interest rate of 8.8% a $1,000,000 annuity has a value of $503,752. At 9.0% the value is $497,506. Using linear interpolation we find that at an interest rate of 8.88% the value is very close to $500,000. 8.88% is much more than the interest rate of most safe investments so for this reason I would suggest opting for the annuity.

The maximum tax rate of 39.6% will also apply to most of the jackpot if taken in a lump sum, as opposed to more of the payments falling in lower tax brackets if paid as an annuity.





1. Lottery Annuity Values
Interest Rate 20 Year 25 Year 30 Year
3.0% $766190 $717422 $672948
3.2% $753673 $703055 $657153
3.4% $741475 $689134 $641930
3.6% $729585 $675641 $627255
3.8% $717996 $662561 $613105
4.0% $706697 $649879 $599457
4.2% $695680 $637579 $586290
4.4% $684936 $625650 $573583
4.6% $674458 $614076 $561317
4.8% $664237 $602845 $549474
5.0% $654266 $591946 $538036
5.2% $644537 $581365 $526986
5.4% $635043 $571092 $516308
5.6% $625778 $561116 $505986
5.8% $616734 $551427 $496008
6.0% $607906 $542014 $486357
6.2% $599286 $532868 $477022
6.4% $590870 $523980 $467990
6.6% $582650 $515340 $459248
6.8% $574622 $506941 $450784
7.0% $566780 $498773 $442589
7.2% $559118 $490830 $434651
7.4% $551633 $483103 $426961
7.6% $544317 $475586 $419508
7.8% $537168 $468270 $412284
8.0% $530180 $461150 $405280
8.2% $523349 $454219 $398488
8.4% $516670 $447471 $391898
8.6% $510139 $440900 $385505
8.8% $503752 $434499 $379300
9.0% $497506 $428264 $373276
9.2% $491396 $422189 $367427
9.4% $485418 $416269 $361746
9.6% $479570 $410499 $356228
9.8% $473847 $404874 $350865
10.0% $468246 $399390 $345654
10.2% $462764 $394041 $340587
10.4% $457398 $388825 $335660
10.6% $452145 $383736 $330868
10.8% $447001 $378771 $326206
11.0% $441965 $373925 $321670
11.2% $437032 $369196 $317255
11.4% $432201 $364580 $312958
11.6% $427468 $360073 $308773
11.8% $422832 $355671 $304697
12.0% $418289 $351373 $300727
12.2% $413837 $347174 $296858
12.4% $409475 $343071 $293088
12.6% $405199 $339062 $289413
12.8% $401007 $335145 $285830
13.0% $396898 $331315 $282336
13.2% $392870 $327572 $278928
13.4% $388919 $323911 $275603
13.6% $385045 $320332 $272359
13.8% $381246 $316830 $269192
14.0% $377518 $313405 $266101
14.2% $373862 $310055 $263083
14.4% $370275 $306776 $260136
14.6% $366755 $303567 $257257
14.8% $363301 $300426 $254444
15.0% $359912 $297351 $251696


One factor to consider would be age :

If you’re in your 20's or 30's annuity would be best option.

If you are in 50's or 60's , then what are the odds of living another
30 years and receiving all the payments ?