MM sets a new record

Reply #64

twisted — Tue, 25 May 2004 16:12:43 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Jake649 on May 25, 2004The Mega Millions jackpot is not growing as fast as before and is well behind record levels. This is partly due to the fact that the two Mega Millions states with the largest population also have the largest US state lottery jackpots.The Lotto Texas jackpot is at $65 million and the New York Lotto jackpot is at $58 million. When these jackpots are won and if the Mega Millions jackpot has not been won, then the Mega Millions jackpot will start gr... [ More ]

Reply #63

Jake649 — Tue, 25 May 2004 13:02:02 GMT

The Mega Millions jackpot is not growing as fast as before and is well behind record levels. This is partly due to the fact that the two Mega Millions states with the largest population also have the largest US state lottery jackpots.The Lotto Texas jackpot is at $65 million and the New York Lotto jackpot is at $58 million. When these jackpots are won and if the Mega Millions jackpot has not been won, then the Mega Millions jackpot will start growing at a much higher rate.Still looking forward t... [ More ]

Reply #62

Jake649 — Wed, 05 May 2004 12:40:23 GMT

Another Mega Millions record.The Mega Millions lottery set a new 7-roll record for the May 7 draw with its $66 million jackpot. The previous 7-roll record was $63 million. This surpasses the Powerball 7-roll record of $65.6 million.Good luck,Jake

Reply #61

Jake649 — Sat, 01 May 2004 11:37:03 GMT

Another Mega Millions record.The Mega Millions lottery set a new 6-roll record for the May 4 draw with its $55 million jackpot. The previous 6-roll record was $53 million. The Powerball 6-roll record is $56.5 million.Good luck,Jake

Reply #60

starchild_45 — Sat, 01 May 2004 06:21:33 GMT

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Reply #59

Jake649 — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 12:28:26 GMT

Another Mega Millions record.The Mega Millions lottery set a new 5-roll record for the April 30 draw with its $45 million jackpot. The previous 5-roll record was $43 million. The Powerball 5-roll record is $46.8 million.Good luck,Jake

Reply #58

prob987 — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:49:43 GMT

I am surprised that this record has been set. Three MM states, all of them key population centers for MM, New Jersey, Texas, and New York, had higher local jackpots.Nonetheless it is true.

Reply #57

fja — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:49:57 GMT

I was wondering if that was a new record, it seemed high enough...

Reply #56

Jake649 — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:39:46 GMT

Another Mega Millions record.The Mega Millions lottery set a new 3-roll record for the April 23 draw with its $28 million jackpot. The previous 3-roll record was $27 million. The Powerball 3-roll record is $30 million.Good luck,Jake

Reply #55

Jake649 — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 09:32:29 GMT

Another Mega Millions record.The Mega Millions lottery set a new 10-roll record for the April 9 draw with its $105 million jackpot. The previous 10-roll record was $102 million. The Powerball 10-roll record is $101.8 million.The Powerball has higher records for jackpot rolls of 1 through to 8 and 15. Mega Millions has higher records for jackpot rolls 9 through to 14. The maximum number of rolls for Mega Millions is 15 and Powerball (under its new format) has reached a maximum of 17 rolls. Both t... [ More ]

Reply #54

plnwebguy — Sun, 04 Apr 2004 03:02:29 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by twisted on April 03, 2004Quote: Originally posted by plnwebguy on April 03, 2004If you look at % increases though, PB is higher. It jumped from $31m to $39m or a 25% jump, and MM went from $75m to $90m, which is a 20% jump.plnwebguyI dont think you can compare the annuity rollover amounts because MM has a 26 years annuity (and hence its cash option is always higher) compared to 29 years for PB. Also you cant compare rollover amounts when the jackpots are at differen... [ More ]

Reply #53

prob987 — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 23:02:15 GMT

Reply #52

twisted — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 22:35:20 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by plnwebguy on April 03, 2004If you look at % increases though, PB is higher. It jumped from $31m to $39m or a 25% jump, and MM went from $75m to $90m, which is a 20% jump.plnwebguyI dont think you can compare the annuity rollover amounts because MM has a 26 years annuity (and hence its cash option is always higher) compared to 29 years for PB. Also you cant compare rollover amounts when the jackpots are at different amounts. Because if you look at MM's jump from $12... [ More ]

Reply #51

plnwebguy — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 20:52:11 GMT

MM may be benefitting from some big state lottery jackpots (and vice versa) in some of it's states. New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Texas all have lotteries over $19 million - people are probably buying tickets for both their state lotteries and MM in those states. The only high one in PB is Oregon and it's at $14 million. Everyone else who's part of PB is under $10m - which I think most people in those states probably only buy PB tickets and after it reaches a certain level such as over $50m... [ More ]

Reply #50

twisted — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 16:17:15 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on April 03, 2004I think we can say that Mega Millions is the dominant lottery at this point, right?I agree Todd. If you dont look at the annuity rolls and just look at the cash rollovers, MM is always doing better, meaning it is attracting more players and hence more money.

Reply #49

prob987 — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 15:50:29 GMT

I think that'd be a fair statement

Reply #48

Todd — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 15:02:09 GMT

I think we can say that Mega Millions is the dominant lottery at this point, right

Reply #47

Jake649 — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 10:52:15 GMT

Another Mega Millions record.The Mega Millions lottery set a new 9-roll record for the April 6 draw with its $90 million jackpot. The previous 9-roll record was $85 million. The Powerball 9-roll record is $86.3 million.Good luck,Jake

Reply #46

Jake649 — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:29:56 GMT

Another Mega Millions record.The Mega Millions lottery set a new 8-roll record for the April 2 draw with its $75 million jackpot. The previous 8-roll record was $73 million. The Powerball 8-roll record is $75.8 million.Good luck,Jake

Reply #45

Jake649 — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 10:24:36 GMT

Another Mega Millions record.The Mega Millions lottery set a new 7-roll record for the March 30 draw with its $63 million jackpot. The previous 7-roll record was $60 million. The Powerball 7-roll record is $65.6 million.Good luck,Jake

Reply #44

Jake649 — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:27:18 GMT

Another Mega Millions record.The Mega Millions lottery set a new 6-roll record for the March 26 draw with its $53 million jackpot. The previous 6-roll record was $51 million. The Powerball 6-roll record is $56.5 million.Good luck,Jake

Reply #43

Jake649 — Sat, 20 Mar 2004 15:14:35 GMT

Another Mega Millions record.The Mega Millions lottery set a new 5-roll record for the March 23 draw with its $43 million jackpot. The previous 5-roll record was $42 million. The Powerball 5-roll record is $46.8 million.Good luck,Jake

Reply #42

twisted — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:30:10 GMT

Its a steady source of income but not a consistent source of income. If you check out the rollovers in 2000 and 2001, they are considerably higher when the jackpot got above $100,000,000 (even when lower). But in 2002, 2003, the rollovers were not as high when the jackpot was above $100,000,000. If I have a better job where I'm making more money, sure I would like to buy a couple of extra tickets to try to increase my chances of winning. So if the economy is better, it does increase the sale... [ More ]

Reply #41

RJOh — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 20:08:42 GMT

Lottery tickets and liquor are two things that will sell no matter the shape of the economy, that the reason states control their sales, they are a steady source of income.RJOh

Reply #40

twisted — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:19:28 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Jake649 on March 17, 2004Mega Millions does it again.It set a new 4-roll record for the March 19 draw with its $36 million jackpot. The previous 4-roll record was $35 million. The Powerball 4-roll record is $38.6 million.I predict that Mega Millions will continue to set records until the jackpot is won because sales in Texas (the last state to join Mega Millions) are starting to take off.Even though Texas has the largest population (22 milion) of all the Mega Millions... [ More ]

Reply #39

prob987 — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:17:16 GMT

Thanks Jake for the info.

Reply #38

Jake649 — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:03:58 GMT

Mega Millions does it again.It set a new 4-roll record for the March 19 draw with its $36 million jackpot. The previous 4-roll record was $35 million. The Powerball 4-roll record is $38.6 million.I predict that Mega Millions will continue to set records until the jackpot is won because sales in Texas (the last state to join Mega Millions) are starting to take off.Even though Texas has the largest population (22 milion) of all the Mega Millions states, its sales lagged behind many of the other st... [ More ]

Reply #37

Jake649 — Sat, 13 Mar 2004 12:09:39 GMT

prob987,Yes, you are correct, the $27 million Mega Millions jackpot is a new record. The previous record was $26 million. The Powerball 3-roll record is $30 million.Good luck,Jake

Reply #36

prob987 — Sat, 13 Mar 2004 06:46:08 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Jake649 on January 11, 2004Mega Millions set a new 3-roll record for the Jan 13 draw with its $26 million jackpot. The previous record was $25 million set on July 30, 2002.The Powerball 3-roll record is $30 million set on Jan 8, 2003. The current 3-roll Powerball jackpot almost tied the record at $29 million.Good luck,JakeIt would seem Jake, that this 3 roll $27 million jackpot is yet another record.

Reply #35

Jake649 — Sat, 06 Mar 2004 20:22:08 GMT

Mega Millions does it again.It set a new 1-roll record for the Mar 9 draw with its $13 million jackpot. Up till now, the jackpot after one roll has always been set to $12 million. The $13 million jackpot is surprising since it was not set to $13 million on the recent Feb 27 draw, just after the record $239 million jackpot.The Powerball 1-roll record is $14.5 million.Good luck,Jake

Reply #34

Jake649 — Sun, 22 Feb 2004 20:11:50 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Jake649 on February 14, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by Bug on February 07, 2004 Jake649, What is the greatest number of 2nd prize winners that we have seen in Mega Millions? Throw in the greatest number of first prize winners too, if you have them? Thanks. According to my records, the largest number of 2nd prize winners was 42 on June 20, 2003 when the jackpot was a record $183 million. The winning numbers were low which probably influenced the number of winners.Th... [ More ]

Reply #33

Jake649 — Wed, 18 Feb 2004 11:48:25 GMT

Mega Millions does it again.It set a new 14-roll record for the Feb 20 draw with its $215 million jackpot. The previous 14-roll record was $165 million set on July 16, 2002. The previous record is surpassed by $50 million!This is also the largest Mega Millions jackpot. The previous record jackpot was $183 million.The Powerball 14-roll record is $170 million set on Dec 27, 2003.Good luck,Jake

Reply #32

Jake649 — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 12:00:42 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Bug on February 07, 2004 Jake649, What is the greatest number of 2nd prize winners that we have seen in Mega Millions? Throw in the greatest number of first prize winners too, if you have them? Thanks. Bug,According to my records, the largest number of 2nd prize winners was 42 on June 20, 2003 when the jackpot was a record $183 million. The winning numbers were low which probably influenced the number of winners.The largest number of jackpot winners was 3 on Nov 11,

Reply #31

prob987 — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:49:35 GMT

Thanks for the update Jake. I find this information very interesting.

Reply #30

Jake649 — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:46:16 GMT

Mega Millions set three new records since my last post.It set a new 11-roll record for the Feb 10 draw with its $121 million jackpot.The previous 11-roll record was $108 million. The Powerball 11-roll record is $116.1 million.It set a new 12-roll record for the Feb 13 draw with its $150 million jackpot.The previous 12-roll record was $125 million. The Powerball 12-roll record is $135 million.It set a new 13-roll record for the Feb 17 draw with its $177 million jackpot.The previous 13-roll record... [ More ]

Reply #29

fja — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 15:03:24 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Bug on February 07, 2004 Jake649, What is the greatest number of 2nd prize winners that we have seen in Mega Millions? Throw in the greatest number of first prize winners too, if you have them? Thanks. as far as I can Tell the greatest number of second tier prizes in megamillions is 42 on 6/20/03, however right before it became megamillions the highest number of second tier prizes, was 77 on 4/16/02. The greatest number of first prize winners I think i... [ More ]

Reply #28

prob987 — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 14:32:50 GMT

The new jackpot is also a new record at $121 million dollars. The old record was $105 million set on 8/27/02.

Reply #27

Bug — Sun, 08 Feb 2004 00:33:23 GMT

Jake649, What is the greatest number of 2nd prize winners that we have seen in Mega Millions? Throw in the greatest number of first prize winners too, if you have them? Thanks.

Reply #26

prob987 — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 01:26:11 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Jake649 on February 04, 2004 This is an indication that the Mega Millions lottery will start averaging larger jackpots than Powerball.Good luck,JakeWhen you look at cash value, the Powerball seems to be lagging the MegaMillions since the addition of Texas.Good luck to all.

Reply #25

Jake649 — Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:38:59 GMT

Mega Millions is on a real roll.It set a new 10-roll record for the Feb 6 draw with its $102 million jackpot.The previous 10-roll record was $90 million set on August 23, 2002.The Powerball 10-roll record is $101.8 million set on Feb 1, 2003.This is only the second occurrance where the Mega Millions roll record is larger than thePowerball record. The Mega Millions 13-roll record is $162 million where the Powerball13-roll record is $143 million. The $162 million record was set the last time the

Reply #24

prob987 — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 14:41:21 GMT

It will be interesting to see tonight what will happen to the MegaMillions jackpot if it rolls over. The new MegaMillions state of Texas has been carrying a large jackpot that was recently won, $70,000,000. I think more Texas players will switch to MM now that the Texas jackpot is only $4,000,000, and we'll really see MegaMillions grow quickly.

Reply #23

6of6 — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:26:46 GMT

I do drive

Reply #22

prob987 — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 02:04:17 GMT

310 05/09/00 1-2-12-33-37 4 $363,000,000.00 2 Riverview,MI LakeZurich,IL $133,000,000.001930905/05/00 6-8-16-30-32 26$230,000,000.00 0$80,000,000.00 1830805/02/00 3-33-36-42-43 13$150,000,000.00 0$40,000,000.00 1730704/28/00 5-28-29-32-49 29$110,000,000.00 0$30,000,000.00 1630604/25/00 1-12-17-22-41 12$80,000,000.00 0$14,000,000.00 1530504/21/00 14-15-34-42-44 8$66,000,000.00 0$10,000,000.00 1430404/18/00 26-42-48-49-50 27$56,000,... [ More ]

Reply #21

Jake649 — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 01:46:30 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by prob987 on January 31, 2004 You know what's amazing? It took 15 rolls to get here (to $80 million) back in 2000 when the Jackpot was on its way to a record $363 million. That jackpot had 19 rolls. prob987,According to my records, that record jackpot of $363 million was reached in 18 rolls and at 15 rolls the jackpot reached $110 million. It was called The Big Game lottery (the precursor to Mega Millions). The highest number of Big Game rolls is 19 and the jackpot re... [ More ]

Reply #20

prob987 — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 01:31:11 GMT

You know what's amazing? It took 15 rolls to get here (to $80 million) back in 2000 when the Jackpot was on its way to a record $363 million. That jackpot had 19 rolls.

Reply #19

Jake649 — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:13:10 GMT

Mega Millions does it again. It set a new 9-roll record for the Feb 3 draw with its $85 million jackpot. The previous 9-roll record was $78 million set on August 20, 2002.The Powerball 9-roll record is $86.3 million set on Jan 29, 2003.Good luck,Jake

Reply #18

starchild_45 — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 22:56:56 GMT

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Reply #17

fja — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:52:37 GMT

Megamillions has averaged 1 winner every 8.5 rollsIts average jackpot size is 65.5 million

Reply #16

Jake649 — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 12:39:53 GMT

Mega Millions does it again. It set a new 8-roll record for the Jan 30 draw with its $73 million jackpot. The previous 8-roll record was $68 million set on August 16, 2002.The Powerball 8-roll record is $75.8 million set on Jan 25, 2003.Good luck,Jake

Reply #15

RJOh — Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:15:27 GMT

With MegaBall and PowerBall having similar cash values, less out of state players have a reason to play, especially those from states that have one of the multi-state games. So each game jackpot will increase at the similar rates until one is won.RJOh

Reply #14

Bug — Mon, 26 Jan 2004 21:47:12 GMT

Yep, it finally caught up and overtook the PowerBall. Has that ever happened before? Maybe, but it doesn't seem like it.

Reply #13

prob987 — Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:45:44 GMT

Although the annuitized powerball Jackpot is bigger, the cash value of the MegaMillions is higher.Check it out. It's the cash value that counts.

Reply #12

Jake649 — Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:31:40 GMT

Mega Millions does it again. It set a new 7-roll record for the Jan 27 draw with its $60 million jackpot. The previous 7-roll record was $58 million set on August 13, 2002.The Powerball 7-roll record is $65.6 million set on Jan 22, 2003.Good luck,Jake

Reply #11

goose — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 06:49:30 GMT

lets wait till it rolls to 100 million before we make a shot

Reply #10

Jake649 — Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:30:15 GMT

Mega Millions does it again. It set a new 6-roll record for the Jan 23 draw with its $51 million jackpot. The previous 6-roll record was $50 million set on August 9, 2002.The Powerball 6-roll record is $56.5 million set on Jan 18, 2003.Good luck,Jake

Reply #9

6of6 — Wed, 21 Jan 2004 01:01:26 GMT

I love it when mm, pb and fl are gettin good value at the same time, kinda rare when all three together see nice jackpot figures.........considering I have tickets for all three............I love it ,six chances at a good jackpot per week. keepin my fingers crossed.............

Reply #8

Bug — Sun, 18 Jan 2004 03:12:09 GMT

Still neck and neck at 25 million cash value.

Reply #7

Jake649 — Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:01:37 GMT

Mega Millions does it again. It set a new 5-roll record for the Jan 20 draw with its $42 million jackpot. The previous record was $40 million set on August 6, 2002.The Powerball 5-roll record is $46.8 million set on Jan 15, 2003.Good luck,Jake

Reply #6

fja — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:23:49 GMT

looks like powerball didnt get

Reply #5

Bug — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 04:41:46 GMT

CanonBall, they're neck and neck at the cash value.

Reply #4

fja — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:02:33 GMT

That would be almost a 10 million dollar roll-over for powerball. Think that will happen

Reply #3

Jake649 — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:48:03 GMT

Mega Millions does it again. It set a new 4-roll record for the Jan 16 draw with its $35 million jackpot. The previous record was $33 million set on August 2, 2002.The Powerball 4-roll record is $38.6 million set on Jan 12, 2003.Good luck,Jake

Reply #2

Bug — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 20:35:36 GMT

Good work on the stats. I thought we we're going to have a little bigger rollover, but since we broke a record, I'm happy. Keep'm coming.

Reply #1

piket31 — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 15:27:07 GMT

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MM sets a new record

Jake649 — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 15:14:21 GMT

Mega Millions set a new 3-roll record for the Jan 13 draw with its $26 million jackpot. The previous record was $25 million set on July 30, 2002.The Powerball 3-roll record is $30 million set on Jan 8, 2003. The current 3-roll Powerball jackpot almost tied the record at $29 million.Good luck,Jake