Three winning tickets sold in record $656 million U.S. lottery

3 Winners from Illinois, Kansas, and Maryland in Largest Mega Millions lottery jackpot in U.S. history – an incredible $656 million shared

 

The identities have remained been remained quiet so far, lottery officials said on Saturday.

 

There was a call that alerted Denise Metzger, manager of a Motomart convenience store, to news from lottery officials that her store had sold a winning ticket. This was a small farming community in Red Bud. This city of Red Bud is in southern Illinois, with less than 4,000 residents.
 
"I screamed, I woke my husband up," said Metzger, whose retail outlet will receive $500,000 for selling a winning ticket.
 
The Mega Millions lottery created a frenzy from coast to coast, with long lines rushing to spend money to get tickets before the cut off time on Friday night. Everyone wanted a chance at record breaking jackpot. In all, there was $1.5 billion dollars put into this jackpot combined from the beginning till the winning ticket was received.
 
They are saying they believe at least 2 winners’ won from tickets that were quick picks. This just means that all six numbers of the Mega Millions lottery computer selected the lucky numbers announced at the drawing Friday night in Atlanta.  The numbers picked were: 2-4-23-38-46 and Mega Ball 23.
 
The winning Lottery tickets were purchased at a 7-Eleven store in Milford Mill, Maryland, near Baltimore, and the Motomart convenience store in Red Bud. Noone knows where the winning ticket in Kansas was sold, but they did say it was in the most populated northeastern part of the state.
 
Winners can receive a one-time payment or take it in 26 annual installment payments. Most people take the one time installment, but we’ll need to see what these three winners want to receive.
 
Each of the three tickets is worth more than $213 million before taxes for the 26 year payout. Each winner will take home in one lump sum of about $105.1 million after taxes.
 
No matter who wins the jackpot, one certain winner is the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The tax-collecting agency subjects lottery winnings of more than $5,000 to a 25-percent federal withholding tax.
 
Everyone in town went to the store Metzger said within hours of the announcement to check their tickets, but no winner has came to cash in the winning ticket, she said.
 
If the person wants to remain anonymous, it will be difficult for them to do because the Illinois lottery officials are required to eventually list his or her identity in public records.
 
The winning Maryland ticket was a single quick-pick ticket sold on Friday at the 7-Eleven franchise in Milford Mill, Everett said.
 
"They are shocked they are getting the $100,000 bonus," Everett said of Ethiopian immigrants Abera and Mimi Tessema, who have owned the 7-Eleven for 10 years and learned they would get a winning seller's bonus.
 
In addition to the three jackpot winners, there were three tickets that matched the Mega Ball number to win $1 million each and 158 tickets that picked five of the six chosen numbers to win $250,000 each, said Kelly Cripe, spokeswoman for the Texas Lottery, which oversaw the Mega Millions game.
 
It is always nice when the Mega Millions jackpot goes over $300 million since the second largest Mega Millions jackpot was $390 million in 2007, which was split between two ticket holders in Georgia and New Jersey.
About half the lottery money goes back to ticket holders in the form of winnings, 35 percent to state governments and 15 percent to retailer commissions and lottery operating expenses.
 
It shows that money is one thing people love to go crazy t see if they won the highest jackpot in Mega Millions history. Do people love the smell of money or do people want to fall in love? What a question. Which would you take if you had the opportunity, 213 million dollars or fall in love? If you haven’t won the Mega Millions then win your own lottery by falling in love on a free online dating website http://HeartsBond.com

Peyton Manning makes plenty of visits, but no decisions

Now that Peyton Manning is released from the Indianapolis Colts, what team do you think he should go? He has a few options where he could go to benefit him and the team such as the Dolphins, Titans, Broncos and Cardinals that would like to get the former Colts quarterback. This is one of the biggest stories of the NFL offseason.

 

Peyton Manning has been busy working on finding his new employer after his release by the Indianapolis Colts last week. The Miami Herald stated that Peyton met with Miami Dolphins Coach Joe Philbin, offensive coordinator Mike Sherman and other team officials Monday in Indy.
Peyton Manning visited the Denver Broncos on Friday and the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Peyton also intends to meet with Tennessee Titans Coach Mike Munchak.  Manning’s father Archie was  a teammate with Mike Munchak in the 1980s on the Houston Oilers. ESPN reported that Manning’s friend Steve Hutchinson (guard) may be recruited. One team that needed a quarterback was the Washington Redskins, but they decided to spend on  draft picks to get Robert Griffin III instead of spending money on Manning. Many believe this was the best choice for them in the future.
 
Peyton Manning has been throwing the football with a former teammate Brandon Stokley. Manning hasn’t been throwing the ball on his visits to potential teams he may go to but Brandon Stokley stated, “I’ll put whatever reputation I have on the line behind that guy right now,” Stokley told the Denver Post's Mike Klis. “He looks great.”
Peyton Manning didn’t have to throw the football around when he went for his meetings and many of the teams are wanting him. He has won trophies and the Super Bowl ring but that came four surgeries ago and he missed the entire 2011 season. He will also be turning 36 in a few weeks. Peyton will most likely be signing with a team as early as this week and presumably, the winning suitor will ask for some demonstration before actually having him signing a deal eventhough the teams have the word of Manning’s surgeon that the surgeries were successful.
 
One team is most likely having difficulty right now is the Miami Dolphins because they seem to be going all in on Manning because they passed on the chance to sign Drew Brees in 2006 because he had shoulder surgery. The Dolphins are definitely thinking about what they lost there and don’t want to make another mistake like that one. Manning has been cleared to play and medical experts stated they aren’t concerned with him reinjuring his neck due to Wellington K. Hsu, a spine surgeon stated the single-level anterior fusion “is probably stronger now than it was before the surgery because he has a solid, bony fusion.”
 

Let’s see who will be showing Peyton Manning the love to give him the opportunity to play again. He is well respected and loved by many throughout the nation. No matter where Peyton goes, he will be loved by everyone around him.

 

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Philip Milnamow