Maybe 4 or five years ago, I read a very long article on Megabucks in
the Sunday RJ. The odds of the top line hit was reported at around
50,000,000. The drop between top line hits was reported as l6%. The
winner is paid over twenty years. IGT buys an annuity with some of
the drop to pay it. If the winner takes the lump sum, he/she can
expect to collect about a third of the number after taxes. Okay math-
heads, have fun with this one. I conveniently left my calculator
somewhere.