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1 BILLION MegaMillions Draw : 4am Irish time.

  • 19-10-2018 10:18pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 3,161 ✭✭✭Amazingfun


    Argh, love to have a punt on this but Lottoland seems to have a minimum bet of six , i.e 42 euros.

    Please correct me if I am wrong about this? I just wanted to get one ticket!

    https://www.lottoland.ie/megamillions
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  • Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭grinder23


    Amazingfun wrote: »
    Argh, love to have a punt on this but Lottoland seems to have a minimum bet of six , i.e 42 euros.

    Please correct me if I am wrong about this? I just wanted to get one ticket!

    https://www.lottoland.ie/megamillions

    One line costs €7


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,161 ✭✭✭Amazingfun


    I got a livechat and she fixed it for me thanks, kept charging me for 6 lines. Anyways, good luck to whoever is playing :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭ Amalia Faint Tv


    But the odds of winning this is nearly triple EuroMills at 302,575,350/1, so really can't see the point.
    x5 balls between 1-70 and the megaball 1-25, unless you have a visionboard for this, it's hard work.

    I wouldn't even play the regular EM's, just the Hotpick5 (at the very most) which is odds if about 2m/1.

    Also Lottoland aren't offical vendors, and have a reduction for tax deductions 'or something'.

    I.e. *Important: MegaMillions tiers 1 - 3 are subject to 38% reduction as per T&C's.
    Tier 1 bets are paid out as a 30 year annuity or discounted lump sum at Lottoland's election.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,161 ✭✭✭Amazingfun


    Ah yeah, it was a looooong shot alright but there was a lot of fun on Twitter with everyone playing and I wanted to join the fray!

    And I know you'll be shocked to hear I didn't win, got one number :P

    Btw, the Americans don't get the full Billion either, many posts suggested that after 39% plus tax I think it was (?) they'd only get about half.
    I only got the one ticket, but there were some mad posts of people clearing out a good chunk their of savings, etc, to play :confused:


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,161 ✭✭✭Amazingfun




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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭ Amalia Faint Tv


    Amazingfun wrote: »

    Ah $1.6bn sounds a lot, but it's only €1.38bn when converted to Euros at your nearest travel agent's desk. Then there's the tax thing (40% or something?). Not to mention the need to purchase at least three holdalls, and that hassle of purchasing an extra seat for the flight back for the swag.

    It actually made the RTE news today on the radiooo.

    Someone I know, who won the lotto back in the 80's would say, "you can't live on this sort of money, but it's a good start" :pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭Deub


    With lottoland, you don't actually play mega million. You are betting on the result.

    They have a FAQ: https://www.lottoland.ie/megamillions/help

    I would say good luck to get your money if you get the numbers right.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭The Tetrarch


    I would prefer to send money to an African prince to release my lucky inheritance.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭ Amalia Faint Tv


    The odds are indeed way out of any normal perception: 302,575,350/1

    Bear in mind this has been running and un-won since Spring time, in a country of 325m.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭Deub


    In theory, you could play all combinations possible and be sure to win. It would cost around a billion so that leaves you with 600 millions.
    The only problem is if someone else has the winning numbers as well.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,161 ✭✭✭Amazingfun


    I didn't bother with the draw this time, but one lucky winner in South Carolina has scooped the lot :)

    Better news for them is they are in one of only 8 States where winners can remain anon.

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/mega-millions-jackpot-winner-leaves-groups-that-pooled-thousands-of-dollars-of-tickets-left-out


  • Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Amazingfun wrote: »
    I didn't bother with the draw this time, but one lucky winner in South Carolina has scooped the lot :)

    Better news for them is they are in one of only 8 States where winners can remain anon.

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/mega-millions-jackpot-winner-leaves-groups-that-pooled-thousands-of-dollars-of-tickets-left-out

    How anonymous could you really stay if you suddenly become a billionaire :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭ Amalia Faint Tv


    How anonymous could you really stay if you suddenly become a billionaire :)

    Exactly, way too much hassle!

    There is a wee island off W.Cork for sale that would do for the summers, and just 7m or so. Stick a load of sharks around it, electric fences, and a dozen of the new Boston Dynamic running robots to encircle it checking for non-valid bio-metric visitors.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/property/you-can-own-a-157-acre-island-in-west-cork-for-a-cool-675-million-851514.html


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