Just find a bunch of people who want to start their own business and fund them at least 50/50 and then just get all free and immediate services and collect some profit. Probably pay an accountant (although I am one as well) so none of these folks have to do their own books. They can just run the ...

I know there is an annuity or lump sum choice. If I take the annuity, do they send a check/deposit every day, every week, every month or just one huge payment every year? I cannot find any info like this for Nebraska. Maybe that is what annuity literally means?

I’ve been redeeming Ohio lottery points and have enough to get $15 in free tickets each month. What would you buy if it were all free and you wanted the best return balanced with the best odds? Today I got a Powerball, Lucky For Life and Classic Lotto ticket. Previously I was getting a Powerball,...

If your cash was 300 mil after tax, would you buy prebuilt or would you build your own home on your own land? How many houses would you have? I think I would have 3 in the US (east coast, middle America and west coast) and 1 abroad somewhere. I don't think I would build my own home...plenty ...

If you were made redundant and had a 3 month notice period before your time was up, and you won the lottery in that time, would you just quit to stiff them with a staffing issue they can’t fix in that time? Or would you take every penny you could to make them pay and give the redundancy away once...

Someone in earlier thread mentioned, that Cash option right away is much better than Annuity option because inflation eats away every year. Granted that's a good thought, but : If you chose Cash option, where would you park those Millions / Billions ? Banks only secure upto FDIC limits. Buyi...

This was once a prize in Texas but it no longer exists. I’m sure other states have it or similar. What would you do with this type of money? Would you feel rich? Would you still work? Would you tell anyone or keep your mouth shut?

How is this multiplier fair?????? As everyone knows, we have a built in multipier, with powerplay X different for each ticket. I find this so unfair, just look at the below winners of match five from NY -

Say you won last night's draw. What are next steps? Do you go and claim the prize and they deposit the funds into your designated bank account for you? Or what's the logistics?

Why would I pay the $10 dollars for two mega millions ticket when I can get 5 powerball tickets for the same price, especially when the mega millions jackpot isn’t really that impressive?

They say Mega Millions price has gone up to give players better odds but I find it suspicious no one has won a jackpot,a million dollars or even the smaller 5 figure prizes It’s only been smaller prize amounts

Under the old game, the Multiplier was announced during the drawing. In the new game it is randomly assigned/printed on your ticket. If you buy two separate numbers on the same ticket, each will have its own Multiplier randomly assigned. I'm committed to a regular number and used to buy 10...

Does anyone actually know exactly the process that happens when you walk in to the lotto office to claim a really big prize? Is there a lot of paperwork? Do you really get a check for say a 100 million and you have to walk it to the bank later? South Carolina said you get a check ? Seems out dat...

I get we all say what we would do, but for the people who actually win anything enough to do something other than buy a snickers bar, what have you actually done with your winnings?

The price increase in megamillions is to increase profit. I am a regular player and was playing 2 numbers every drawing with multiplier for $12a week. That same combo just went up to 20 bucks so I cut down to just one number and got a lousy 2 multiplyer. If my ticket hits 5 it's 2 mil but som...

I will start; got some gas on Sunday - saw some shiny new $1m games (tax free) - got 2 of them. What do you know - they both were winners $15 & $200. Flipping stocked; saved the cash as pocket money and walked out a very happy boy. Didn't change my life - but made my day and week better!

I only buy them for stocking stuffers or birthdays, and then it's only the $1 ones. But I see them in $30, $40 and $50 denominations and I gotta wonder what are the odds on winning? And how much? It just seems crazy to spend that much on one ticket.

This was my first win ever with the Derby. 🐎 is the racing draw that I usually play for least two races, $2 each, so I paid $4 today and won. It hasn’t posted online just yet so I can’t see all the results. But when I scanned it. It showed a win. Nice surprise! But always hoping for more that wil...

I'm on a bit of a lottery stream of consciousness today, so bear with me. Right now Powerball and mega millions are both at $54 million. Now that a mega millions ticket is $5 I'm very curious to see how much faster the mega millions jackpot rises versus Powerball. Normally the prize reall...

A much as risks is much higher playing MM and Powerball. I'm sticking the local games. Tri-State, Lucky for Life, Gimme5, Pick 3 or 4. Payouts maybe not as big but the odds of winning are much higher. My go to is Lucky for Life which should be $277k a year after taxes. Wouldn't mad it.

I personally won’t be buying today but I’m really interested in how much the jackpot will jump. I feel like many players aren’t going to pay outside of their routine contribution and just accept the reduction of their ticket count. My guess is the overall pot will still be at or around the same...

Hundreds of millions sound awesome for sure, though I'd be just fine with the "small" state lottery jackpot that no one cares about because it's not worth it. (I've actually heard someone say that.) This would be life changing enough, easier to fly under the radar, all witho...

Curious to know: A) stop buying completely B) only when the jackpot exceeds X amount C) No Change in buying habits. D) still buy but spend less. I'm in the A category. Feel free to add anything else.

With the MM ticket increase to $5, a 150% increase in price, MM leadership is trying to increase overall sales but having more and more headline grabbing jackpots, regularly reaching over $1 billion. They are aware that sales will drop as a result of this, but are banking on enough people still p...

I've been playing Mega Millions fairly regularly since it came to my state. Was I disappointed when they went from one dollar per line to two? Sure, but still, that's pretty cheap entertainment, all things considered. But today I found out the price went up to $5/ line! That's just...