PB vs MM

Reply #5

intel — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:59:01 GMT

True You are correct the odds are the same no matter how many people play .

Reply #4

Todd — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 04:47:09 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by intel on February 23, 2004 Yes in a way its both good and bad. The jackpot amount depends on the number of people playing the lottery the more the the bigger the jackpot.It also takes away the chance of us winning when you have more people playing.No, it doesn't take away any chance of winning. The odds of you winning are the same, no matter how many people are playing. The only effect of more people playing is extremely positive: the jackpot grows faster.

Reply #3

RJOh — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 04:26:52 GMT

Your odds of winning is a set number regardless of the number of players. If you are the only player and you don't have the winning numbers then you lose. The odds are that more players will produce more winners, but that old saying that playing numbers below 32 makes it more likely that a winner with those numbers will have to share the prize seems not to be true. I think any of the losers wouldn't have mind sharing a $230M prize.RJOh

Reply #2

RJOh — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 04:00:02 GMT

Also with all the additional players, players who only play when the jackpot is over $100M will not have to wait as long, which should make the game attractive to more players more often. RJOh

Reply #1

Todd — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 03:40:54 GMT

Repat,People have been making that argument in many different ways, but it's not true. When Texas first joined MM, there was a very vocal group of members that insisted that the number pool had to be increased in order to get any decent-sized jackpot. Their reasoning was that there were just too many people playing, and the jackpot would not roll over enough.Texas started selling Mega Millions tickets on Dec. 3, 2003.The results?In the first jackpot run, the Mega Millions jackpot was not hit u... [ More ]

PB vs MM

repat — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 02:53:13 GMT

With the participated of New York,New Jersey ang Texas to the MM,I'm affraid we won't have any over the so called 200 M jackpot any more,look at the $175000 number of winners in New york.Unless they change from 52 to 60 numbers.