Good Waste Of $20

[PhillyB]

i'm gonna go do it before work. i thought each ticket was 20 bucks, not 20 tickets for a buck apiece. not bad.

thanks for the info. huddle pie party on me if i win B)

[Guest]

so is it just a dollar each, or do you have to do the super thing for an extra buck?

[Black]

so is it just a dollar each, or do you have to do the super thing for an extra buck?

Just a dollar. The extra money is for multipliers. So if you got all five numbers but not the Mega Ball, you win $250,000, but if you have multipliers you can win up to a million. The multipliers have no effect on the jackpot.

[x djdrew x]

at 640 million, i decided to get a few tickets for the hell of it. I don't ever play the lottery but you never have a chance if you don't buy a ticket, lol!

[charlotte49er]

I went out this morning at 7:00AM and got tickets for our gang. Then I had to go get groceries, so I got some for myself. (If I win, do you think they will go along with me telling them those were my tickets alone?)

I got them both way. With the Megaplier and regular.

The guy at FoodLion heard that people In New York City, are waiting in line an hour to get tickets. That's just crazy!

I posted ealier that there was a jackpot limit on if you caould take a lump sum. ( I believe that is with Power Ball.)

This is the largest lottery jackpot in world history. The cash option is $462 million, also a world record.

Mega Millions tickets cost $1 each. Players select five out of 56 numbers, then select one out of 46 for the Mega Ball number. Players can also pay an extra $1 for a Megaplier that multiplies winnings, excluding the jackpot, up to four times the original amount.

I just got wood!

[Brooklyn Bully]

Just WASTED $100 on tickets. Thank God I'm rich.

[charlotte49er]

Just WASTED $100 on tickets. Thank God I'm rich.

You have a long way to go to match these guys.

Ticket holders have about a one in 176 million chance of winning that $540 million Mega Millions jackpot, according to Larry Brown Sports, but some pro athletes are still trying to up their chances of supplementing their already sizable bank accounts. Washington Wizards rookie forward Chris Singleton tweeted that he was planning to spend $10,000 on tickets and that he's "dedicated to making more money." Of course he's only making a little less than $1.5 million this year so who can blame him for wanting more? Meanwhile, Oakland Raiders safety Michael Huff tweets that he spent $2,400 on the lottery in the hopes of supplementing his $32 million contract. C'mon, dudes, leave some for the rest!

http://now.msn.com/now-plus/0330-Mega-Millions-athletes.aspx

[PhillyB]

just bought lottery tickets for the first time in my life. my buddy and I tossed in 20 bucks each, with the agreement that we'll split any winnings.

[Brooklyn Bully]

You have a long way to go to match these guys.

Ticket holders have about a one in 176 million chance of winning that $540 million Mega Millions jackpot, according to Larry Brown Sports, but some pro athletes are still trying to up their chances of supplementing their already sizable bank accounts. Washington Wizards rookie forward Chris Singleton tweeted that he was planning to spend $10,000 on tickets and that he's "dedicated to making more money." Of course he's only making a little less than $1.5 million this year so who can blame him for wanting more? Meanwhile, Oakland Raiders safety Michael Huff tweets that he spent $2,400 on the lottery in the hopes of supplementing his $32 million contract. C'mon, dudes, leave some for the rest!

http://now.msn.com/n...s-athletes.aspx

For sure. If I had athlete money and played I'd buy more if I wanted to play. I only play the lottery once a year when the jackpot is massive. I guess $100 to me is like $10,000 to them haha.

[Proudiddy]

My wife is picking them up now. First time I've ever played as well. We're doing 10 randomly generated, 10 we pick ourselves. She said she heard something on the news this morning about the odds are greater for you to win if you pick your own numbers now because the jackpot is so high the chances of the winning ticket being randomly generated is much smaller... Doesn't make much sense to me, but whatever...

BTW, how are people in NY, DC, and Cali. playing the Mega Millions if it's NC's Lottery? Forgive me if that's a stupid question, but I thought you had to buy the tickets in NC to be eligible to win our lottery.

[Jangler]

44 states are playing MM.

[Jangler]

man 640m...you can split that with other winners and be fine. last nights cash five was over 600k, and there were three winners.

[Montsta]

technically if you had 176 million dollars laying around, you could buy every number combination and win and come out a little ahead after taxes..

Jerry Richardson, I need a loan....

But then if two or three other people hit too, you are fuged.

[Montsta]

My wife is picking them up now. First time I've ever played as well. We're doing 10 randomly generated, 10 we pick ourselves. She said she heard something on the news this morning about the odds are greater for you to win if you pick your own numbers now because the jackpot is so high the chances of the winning ticket being randomly generated is much smaller... Doesn't make much sense to me, but whatever...

BTW, how are people in NY, DC, and Cali. playing the Mega Millions if it's NC's Lottery? Forgive me if that's a stupid question, but I thought you had to buy the tickets in NC to be eligible to win our lottery.

Lol. MM isn't NC's lottery.

Like here in CA we have CA super lotto and then MM which is played with damn near every other state in America.