Mega Millions
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Nov 6, 2026
Johnny CongdonHOST
I joked earlier about lottery ticket.
Johnny CongdonHOST
I'm about to play a Mega Millions ticket, and I'm going to write this down at 7.58.
Johnny CongdonHOST
They will be a tackle eligible at some point in this game for Alabama.
Johnny CongdonHOST
I'm not saying it's going to be the crispy cream package all over.
Johnny CongdonHOST
Because you're going to see something different when you have an extra week to cook something up.
Johnny CongdonHOST
And I could see both offenses having an extra trick play, an ace up their sleeve, so to speak.
Johnny CongdonHOST
So that's my Super Mega Millions segment.
Johnny CongdonHOST
lottery ticket a tackle eligible fat guy touchdown in this game
Sam Stevi IIIPANELIST
supposed to go to education, if you remember, as each state brought in the lottery system.
Sam Stevi IIIPANELIST
I believe every single state said, spend the money, $2 a ticket, $1 a ticket, now $5 on Mega Millions, and we will donate whatever we take out of it to the schools.
Sam Stevi IIIPANELIST
And yet, I don't think the schools get, like... $7 of it.
Scott ParksHOST
With as much money as Americans spend on the lottery, and I'm not just talking about the Powerball, I'm talking all of it, because there's like 500,000 scratch tickets in every gas station I ever go into.
Scott ParksHOST
Yeah,
Dana WrightHOST
but the printed ones, I think at my quick trip where I go, I think there's five choices.
Dana WrightHOST
There's like Powerball, Mega Millions.
Dana WrightHOST
There's like a – Is there Missouri Moe or something? Well, so
WilcoxHOST
If the person chooses the lump sum option before taxes, it's $363.1 million.
WilcoxHOST
before taxes 847 million is the announced jackpot lump sum winner before taxes gets 363 and i've been talking about powerball and mega millions and lottery winners for probably my entire career on the radio which is way longer than i'd like to talk about and only in the last six months have i finally understood why those numbers are so vastly different And it's all ridiculous is the bottom line.
WilcoxHOST
Because the big number, the 847, which is how they bill it, is what the sum would be after 30 years if you chose the 30-year option.
WilcoxHOST
Today, they don't have 847 million.
17 MINS LATER
WilcoxHOST
Just misrepresenting what the actual number is drives me crazy.
WilcoxHOST
But anyway, they'll start that over.
WilcoxHOST
I guess the mega millions, though, is still going, still running.
ChelseaHOST
Half a million or half a billion.
Jaysha PatelCORRESPONDENT
And this appears to be the largest Powerball Powerball jackpot ever won in New Jersey and the second largest lottery jackpot in state history.
Jaysha PatelCORRESPONDENT
The biggest was back in March of 2024 when someone won more than a billion dollars from a Mega Millions ticket sold at a shop right in Neptune.
Jaysha PatelCORRESPONDENT
So back out here live.
Jaysha PatelCORRESPONDENT
Now the jackpot is resetting.
Sam Stevi IIIPANELIST
if you remember, as each state brought in the lottery system.
Sam Stevi IIIPANELIST
I believe every single state said, spend the money, $2 a ticket, $1 a ticket, now $5 on Mega Millions, and we will donate whatever we take out of it to the schools.
Sam Stevi IIIPANELIST
And yet, I don't think the schools get, like... $7 of it.
Scott ParksHOST
With as much money as Americans spend on the lottery, and I'm not just talking about the Powerball, I'm talking all of it, you know, because there's like 500,000 scratch tickets in every gas station I ever go into.
Scott ParksHOST
Yeah,
Dana WrightHOST
but the printed ones, I think, at my quick trip where I go, I think there's five choices.
Dana WrightHOST
There's like Powerball, Mega Millions, there's like a— Is there Missouri Moe or something? So
Sam Stevi IIIPANELIST
Powerball, Mega, and Cash for Life are all national.
Scott ParksHOST
go to education, if you remember, as each state brought in the lottery system.
Scott ParksHOST
I believe every single state said, spend the money, $2 a ticket, $1 a ticket, now $5 on Mega Millions, and we will donate whatever we take out of it to the schools.
Scott ParksHOST
And yet, I don't think the schools get, like... $7 of it.
Dana WrightHOST
With as much money as Americans spend on the lottery, and I'm not just talking about the Powerball, I'm talking all of it, you know, because there's like 500,000 scratch tickets in every gas station I ever go into.
Dana WrightHOST
Yeah,
Sam Stevi IIIPANELIST
but the printed ones, I think at my quick trip where I go, I think there's five choices.
Sam Stevi IIIPANELIST
There's like Powerball, Mega Millions.
Sam Stevi IIIPANELIST
There's like a – Is there Missouri Moe or something? Well,
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
If you're listening in New Jersey, it might be you.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
Friday's Mega Millions is $505 million.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
You can get these tickets at your local lottery retailer.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
Of course, at the Michigan Lottery app or at michiganlottery.com or at Meijer, where you get more of the things you want most.
Kelly BennettHOST
The Powerball jackpot for Saturday's drawing is $20 million.
Kelly BennettHOST
The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday night's drawing is $505 million.
Kelly BennettHOST
And the Mississippi Match 5 jackpot for the daily drawing is at $190,000.
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A Super Talk Mississippi media production.
speaker_2HOST
The cooperative gets the money, the corporate legal obligation is fulfilled, and the public record just ends.
speaker_1HOST
It's like, imagine you and your coworkers decide to go in on a Mega Millions lottery ticket.
speaker_2HOST
Okay.
speaker_1HOST
You all pool your money, you buy the ticket, and you win the jackpot.
Drew MulhollandCORRESPONDENT
Doable is a good way of putting it.
Drew MulhollandCORRESPONDENT
So the Powerball resets, but Mega Millions is still over half a billion on the line for tomorrow night's drawing.
Jeff BrownHOST
Yeah, and we also want to mention Mass Megabucks, which continues to climb from its own record-setting haul this summer.
Jeff BrownHOST
It's a modest $2.8 million, but I'd take that.
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