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Did you try your luck at the $275 million Mega Millions jackpot last night? Lots of New Yorkers did, but you certainly didn't match all the numbers because no tickets matched the winning combination of 14-21-33-35-51 and the Mega Ball of 43. You know what that means? The estimated jackpot on Tuesday will be a whopping $340 million. That's almost enough to make Gothamist take a stab at winning!
While there were 2,624,669 winners last night, only 14 people came thisclose to winning the big prize. Those 14 people matched 5 numbers, but not the Mega Ball - they still walked away with $250,000. Another 136 people won $10,000. The last winner in the 12-state drawing, which includes New York and New Jersey, was on January 9th. Your odds of winning the jackpot? Only about 1 in 176 million.
If you won the jackpot, what would you do with the money? For a good example of someone trying to turn his winnings into more, there's Brad Duke. He won a $220 million Powerball jackpot and is hoping to turn his lump sum (via Kottke) of $85 million into $1 billion in 15 years.
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I had two matching numbers! Not the right ones for the lousy $2 prize, however...
I didn't get any numbers. Yes, I know it's a tax on poor people and that you're more likely to be struck by lightning multiple times. But still! Sigh.
No, Smitty, it's a tax on stupid people. Nobody compels the poor to buy lottery tickets. I'm sure there are plenty of poor people that don't buy lottery tickets and hang out in casinos.
the lottery is also played more often by poor people.
it's a tax on people bad at math
Shit ! I think I might have to play $[5] on it . That's some dough right their !