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As the Lotto heads towards €10m, there's a billion dollar jackpot in the US

The cash for the new Powerball jackpot would amount to $806 million (€737m) before taxes.

File Photo THE NATIONAL LOTTERY is to introduce changes next month that will see the cost of playing increase. Two extra numbers will also be added to the selection grid, lengthening the odds for winning the jackpot. Customers will, from next month, have Mark Stedman / RollingNews.ie Mark Stedman / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

THERE WAS NO winner of the €9.7 million Lotto jackpot last night, but the prospect of it heading closer or beyond €10 million pales in comparison to the situation in the United States.

The National Lottery winning numbers last night were 2, 11, 14, 28, 29, 34, and the bonus number was 37, but no one clinched the jackpot.

There were two Match 5 plus Bonus winners who each won €164,650, and one winner of the Lotto Plus 2 top prize, worth €250,000.

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However, the rollover in the United States dwarfs this.

The jackpot for the Powerball lottery rose to a whopping $1.3 billion (€1.19bn) after organisers said there was no winner in the weekend draw.

The Powerball prize rocketed to $950 million on Saturday, fueling a frenzy of lotto ticket buying across the United States.

Powerball Jackpot Customers wait in line to buy Powerball lottery tickets in Hawthorne, California. Associated Press Associated Press

Numbers were drawn and announced just before 11pm local time (0359 GMT) — but hours later lottery officials said there was no winner.

According to the rules, the winner can choose to be paid the full jackpot in annual installments over 29 years, or take a lower one-off payment in cash.

The cash for the new jackpot would amount to $806 million (€737m) before taxes, according to the official Powerball site.

Over in the United Kingdon, there were two winners of the record £66 million (€87.7m) jackpot, BBC News reports.

Additional reporting © – AFP 2016

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    Mute Motherofdivinejebus
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:06 PM

    I met two Thai girls one night, they said “bring us both home, and it will be like you won the lotto”
    I did, and they were right,
    Got home, all stripped off,
    Six Balls…………..

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    Mute john g mcgrath
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:09 PM

    Tropic !!!!

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    Mute Joan Needham
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:28 AM

    €5 minimum to play the Irish lotto is too much!

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    Mute Ariana
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:43 AM

    It’s actually €4, you don’t have to play the plus draws.

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    Mute deeze nuts
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:25 AM

    Money can’t buy you Happyness,but you never see a sad person on a jet ski…..

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    Mute Simeon
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:58 AM

    The state sold the lotto off and the new private owners made it even harder to win. Let’s all give a fiver directly to a good charity this week instead of playing. It will do more good in the world and do us more good. Mine is going to Cork Penny Dinners.

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    Mute Peter
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:00 PM

    Once a month a chosen charity getting €5 from a lottery player would help a lot. As in we do that and skip the lotto that day.

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    Mute Tweety McTweeter
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:12 PM

    That €4 will buy 400 penny dinners by my calculations. Much better value than the lotto

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    Mute Diarmuid Lenihan
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:34 AM

    The new lotto go on about more ways to win, yeah more ways to win €3. You can keep it thanks.

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    Mute Gearóid Ó Briain
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:27 AM

    My maths teacher one said to me that “the lottery is a tax on the stupid”. How right he was.

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    Mute Alan McNamara
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:28 AM

    Not if you win it.

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    Mute Free comment ratings
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:33 AM

    He was very opinionated.

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    Mute AARO-SAURUS
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:38 AM

    I’m sure all of the previous winners are weeping into their 500 euro notes.

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    Mute Paul Tao
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:40 AM

    If you understand probability, you know that he’s right – it is a tax on the stupid.

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    Mute Paddy o'brian
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:43 AM

    8 million to 1 to win the top prize in our lotto, the lotto is a tax on people who don’t understand the workings of maths, imaging 8 million numbered golf balls dumped in a football field and you is asked to put down your bet and pick your six balls and hope to have the correct six outta 8 million? Think about it people before you literally throw your money away. We’re driven by greed and hopeless hope when we get the sniff of money

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    Mute Simon Williamson
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:53 AM

    Surely Paddy it’s pick the correct ONE golf ball, not 6, for this analogy to make sense?

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    Mute AARO-SAURUS
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:57 AM

    Ah sure who cares. Some people buy a bottle of wine, and literally gain nothing. I buy a lottery ticket every now and again. Everyone has their poison.

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    Mute cholly appleseed
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:00 PM

    Or the people that play the lotto know the odds but still see it as a bit of fun and pot luck, maybe I am just more optimistic. I suggest you get off your high horse

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    Mute John Smith
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:00 PM

    The lotto is a tax on the stupid but then again, so is drinking and smoking. I rarely ever do it but it’s just a bit of fun.

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    Mute Paddy o'brian
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:07 PM

    Incorrect, you must pick six winning numbers to take top prize

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    Mute cholly appleseed
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:15 PM

    Paddy clearly it was you didn’t listen much in math !!! If we go by your analogy of 8 million to 1 (it’s actually 10.7m to one) and there was 8 million golf balls, you’d only have to pick your own single golf ball to win the prize. Anyway according to you I’m stupid. I can only count to potato so what do I know

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    Mute John Pepper
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:47 PM

    Sorry Paddy he’s right.

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    Mute aoife kally
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:34 AM

    Lets hope they dont get Steve Harvey to read out the numbers

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    Mute Rob Cullen Dubcham
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:45 AM

    Can the U.S. Or UK lotto even be done in Ireland ??

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    Mute Suzie Sunshine
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:56 AM

    You can do the UK one here

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    Mute Peter
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:58 AM

    But can you claim it as a non UK resident?

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    Mute Motherofdivinejebus
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:05 PM

    Pretend your Saoirse Ronan if you win it

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    Mute Suzie Sunshine
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:05 PM

    Yes of course you can , it would be the same as going on holidays and buying a ticket over there and winning it .

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    Mute Rob Cullen Dubcham
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:23 PM

    Some folk are mad , you ask a question and get thumbs down !!!

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    Mute Peter
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:27 PM

    They could be using the thumbs as a Yes and No answer. Haha

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    Mute Peter
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:28 PM

    I thought in the terms and conditions of the Irish Lottery you had to be a resident to claim it. It’s good if you don’t have to be. There are legit websites to do foreign lotteries.

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    Mute Rob Cullen Dubcham
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:30 PM

    Possibly !!!

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    Mute Suzie Sunshine
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:37 PM

    Rob , if you were to worry about thumbs on here you’d never post anything !

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    Mute Paddy o'brian
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    Jan 10th 2016, 3:47 PM

    Your chances of winning top prize in Irish lotto is eigh million to one, what a rotten investment, ne ha

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    Mute how
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    Jan 10th 2016, 6:50 PM

    Used to do the lotto when it was big money but can’t bring myself to do it now since it involves spending a whole 5 euro .. Since you’re never gonna win anyway I’d rather waste €3 now and again on dreaming of winning €180 million in the euromillions than waste €5 a few times a year on dreaming of winning €10 million in the lotto … I’d rather put a few euro on a football accumulator trying to win a few €1000 than aiming for something with almost no chance and for which I have no sense of agency over my likelihood of winning

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    Mute Josephine Carroll
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:09 PM

    dont do irish lotto too expensive….does anyone know why winning streak going off the air again….someone not making enough money somewere along the line…..

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    Mute Peter
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    Jan 10th 2016, 11:58 AM

    Do you earn interest on the US one it you take it in installments?

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    Mute Doctor Tickled
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    Jan 10th 2016, 1:30 PM

    Here’s an example:

    Last nights powerball was 900 million dollars. If you agree to take it as an annuity then after tax you would receive around 500 million dollars over 30 years. If you take it as a lump sum it works out at about a 290 million dollar payout.

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    Mute Doctor Tickled
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    Jan 10th 2016, 1:36 PM

    Depending on what you do with the money you can gain interest on it yes

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    Mute cholly appleseed
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    Jan 10th 2016, 1:53 PM

    It really is a gloriously fantastic amount of money !!! Fun fact, up until 1975 Britain used to consider a billion as a million millions. I doubt their would be any billionaires then!! Now a billion is considered a one thousand millions

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    Mute theresa marie
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    Jan 10th 2016, 6:26 PM

    I’m not sure if that information is accurate. Last nights $900 has a cash value of $558, meaning if you choose the lump sum thats how much you will get because of the federal tax. Depending on what state you leave in, you can still pay state tax. If you choose the annual pay out, you will be taxed every year. Gambling money is considered income. If you win anything over $1200 in slots in Vegas, same way, you will be taxed. So the state and feds gain either way

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    Mute Daniel Wilson
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    Jan 10th 2016, 1:47 PM

    My lotto numbers are 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7. That sequence of numbers is equally as likely to come up as any other sequence.

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    Mute Barry Flanagan
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    Jan 10th 2016, 2:04 PM

    And if it does ever come up you’ll be sharing the jackpot with over 1000 people. Instead of €2 million you’ll get €2,000. These numbers are the most commonly played in every lottery internationally.

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    Mute AARO-SAURUS
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    Jan 10th 2016, 1:31 PM

    Won a two euro scratch card this one time. Needless to say, but I’m currently cruising around the Mediterranean on my yacht.

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    Mute Derek Durkin
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    Jan 10th 2016, 3:40 PM

    Things must be bad in the States if they’re having to distract them with a billion dollar lottery.

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    Mute Dorothy Kavanagh
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    Jan 10th 2016, 1:06 PM

    How can I buy a ticket to this?

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    Mute Ger
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    Jan 10th 2016, 1:40 PM

    Down your local travel agent and start with a ticket to the USA

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    Mute Dorothy Kavanagh
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    Jan 10th 2016, 9:16 PM

    Ah you’re so funny…I meant would it be possible online!

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    Mute Audrey Sterritt
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    Jan 10th 2016, 12:23 PM

    Send the Dail over to buy some tickets

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    Mute Jimmy Murphy
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    Jan 11th 2016, 1:23 AM

    I can live with the 10 million thanks.

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    Mute Marilyn Maroney
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    Jan 10th 2016, 9:41 PM

    Got my tickets ,$10.00 worth

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    Jan 11th 2016, 12:12 AM

    @motherofdevinejebus. I salute you. Two belters.

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    Mute theresa marie
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    Jan 10th 2016, 3:08 PM

    Give me some lucky numbers.

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    Mute Nigel Davis
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    Jan 10th 2016, 5:31 PM

    Some states,such as Nevada, don’t have lotteries, which leads to strange Scenes of people who drive miles and queue up to buy tickets.

    Nevadans Rush The California Border

    Elizabeth Watson woke up Friday feeling lucky, and good thing. The Las Vegan and her daughter Sandy Love planned to drive from Las Vegas to the Primm Valley Lotto Store, in neighboring California, for a shot at the record Powerball jackpot

    http://reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/long-odds-long-lines-dont-faze-powerball-jackpot-seekers-near-las-vegas

    I like the Massachusetts lottery, the revenue raised is distributed to local governments and they can spend it as they wish. It is also the only US lottery that offers subscriptions throughout the United States, including in the six states that don’t have state lotteries. If you live in the US, check them out.

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    Mute Nigel Davis
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    Jan 11th 2016, 3:24 PM

    PLAY BY DIRECT DEBIT

    you’ll never forget to buy a ticket or miss a big jackpot!

    Set up a Lotto Direct Debit and we’ll tell you if you’re a winner!

    Who knows, you may wake up as a millionaire

    https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/games/lp/lotto-direct-debit?icid=home:bd:5:sgp:lo:dd:pl:co

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    Mute John Burke
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    Jan 10th 2016, 3:19 PM

    It was 8 Million to 1 before it was sold down the river it’s now 12 or 12 1/2 million to 1, Bigger Better Lotto My A*se

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    Mute Nigel Davis
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    Jan 10th 2016, 5:41 PM

    Many people don’t know the meaning of the word, “TAX”.

    To be helpful, I am posting the definition below:

    tax
    taks/Submit
    Submit
    noun
    1.
    a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers’ income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.

    Please note: “compulsory contribution”!

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