Posted on 10/20/2018 3:13:40 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
3+megaball would be $200 × megaplier if you play that extra $1.
More like $567 million after 37% federal tax rate. 6-10% less if you live in a state with income tax, and a little less than that if you live in city or county that also has an income tax..
I kive in Washington so no state income tax...
I came close. I had 1 number on 2 lines.....
The rules should be a hundred winners. You would get more people to play. Oh and another rule is that politicians cannot steal the money out of the school budget because some lottery money is coming in. They do this now in california.
Played a $1 scratch off with three co-workers one time...just for fun...won $2.00. Bought one more and lost that. Still broke even!
Should I even think of buying a ticket, much less thinking of (my)winning single-ticket numbers as a FR-Peer? Sum or yearly?
Wow! I could hardly believe my eyes at first. Still you should know better than us over here. Thanks for the tip. My life has been plagued by bureaucratic rules from day one!
Trust board = me, wife, our lawyer, our two sons.
"The Mega Millions jackpot was finally won on Tuesday night, and a single lucky ticket holder in South Carolina can claim a tremendous lottery jackpot – $1.537 billion ($878 million cash)......."
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