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Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I don't look at the worksheets enough to notice usually but they increased the annuity and the estimated sales but the cash is still listed the same as before at $498. Any idea why? I think they're underestimating the sales tonight and they're going to be closer to matching saturdays sales of 230 but that's just based off of what I'm seeing locally. There seems a lot more excitement going on. The guy in front of me came in for a sandwich asked how much pb tickets are and how to buy th
Sep 1, 2025, 1:27 pm - SoCola - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Will get a MM ticket for Friday. The first annuity payment is over 2M, I can live with that Good luck to me, since no one else plays MM
Aug 27, 2025, 4:18 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I plan to get in when the Annuity is $500M as long as PB is ahead. But should PB reset to $20M, I may give MM a shot once a week though it's not at $500M. I feel at that $500M, my $5 contribution will be valid, but at the same time do acknowledge that all games can be won at whatever amount and that there is no magical number when the chances to win are better. Good luck to all.
Aug 11, 2025, 4:09 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
We find it interesting that back in 2020 Powerball went from a $40 Million starting jackpot to a $20 Million starting jackpot, but yet, seems to be doing pretty well building up to that Billion Dollar prize with a $2.00 a Line Play and the Optional Added $1.00 Power Play . Powerball History Years Matrix Multiplier Price Jackpot Odds Jackpot Annuity Minimum Jackpot Maximum Jackpot Lower Tier Payouts Power Play 5 + 0 4 + 1 4 + 0 3 + 1 3 + 0 2 + 1 1 + 1 0 + 1 1992-04-22 to 1
Aug 26, 2025, 3:04 pm - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

Secrets of a lottery lawyer-Kurt Panouses interviewReply
Watch the video. Pretty simple to understand. Reading is fundamental. 1. A state only allowed anonymous claiming for $10 million plus wins and the jp was under that amount. 2. A young guy in his 20s decided to take the yearly annuity of 350k. 3. The attorney argued that based on the expected lifespan of this young person, the total annuities would easily exceed $10 million over his expected lifespan. THUS HE WAS ALLOWED TO CLAIM ANONYMOUSLY. A very creative legal argument that worke
May 3, 2026, 7:15 pm - Artist77 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Since the Powerball jackpot was just won, again it is highly unlikely it will catch up to the Mega Millions jackpot. I'm fairly sure PB can catch up, but it will take a long time. The last time they each got past a $900 million annuity PB took just over 3 months (9/8 to 12/10) to reach 930. MM (with 2/3 as many drawings per week) took 4 1/2 months (7/1 to 11/14) to reach 980. PB took 40 rollovers to get there and MM took 39. For those that still don't understand why MM starts with a series
May 3, 2026, 2:39 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

would you play a multi country lottery?Reply
Yes I would under the following conditions. 1. Keep the ticket cost at $2 2. Remove the annuity nonsense and only have cash value 3. Like most countries in Europe - give zero $$$ to Uncle Sam as taxes. Mmh, I see a 5 Billion jackpot, unless they have the must win when it gets to a certain amount and the money distributed across second or third and fourth etc, like they do in some countries
Jan 8, 2026, 11:50 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I wonder if more people are waiting for the jackpot to reach $1 Billion especially with the price increase. I don't know if people are waiting for an even billion, but they're definitely waiting longer. The increase if nobody wins tonight is from 843 to 900, but it would have been 843 894 if the interest rate hadn't gone (back) up a bit. The cash increase is $23.6 million. The last 2 times MM got to 900ish the annuity increases were 815 893 (3/19/24) and 760 862 and then 862 1 billion (12/2
Nov 7, 2025, 5:23 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I hear ya MsBee.... I always thought it was nice having 2 options at the same price to have the jackpots rise at noticable rates. The MM is a big yawn and isn't creating the interest that it used to just 10 months ago. Look at the increase for the run for the last Billion dollar jackpot that happened last December 27,2024: https://www.texaslottery.com/export/sites/lottery/Documents/jackpotestimates/mm20241227.pdf It got to the $619M Annuity on Tuesday and the next draw skyrocketed to $6
Oct 15, 2025, 1:28 pm - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Updated a little info on MM PB Powerball History Years Matrix Multiplier Price per Play/Line Jackpot Odds Jackpot Annuity Minimum Jackpot Maximum Jackpot Lower Tier Payouts Power Play 5 + 0 4 + 1 4 + 0 3 + 1 3 + 0 2 + 1 1 + 1 0 + 1 1992-04-22 to 1997-11-01 5/45 and 1/45 None $1.00 1 in 54,979,155 20 Year $2,000,000 $111,240,463 $100,000 $5,000 $100 $100 $7 $5 $2 $1 1997-11-05 to 2001-03-03 5/49 and 1/42 None $1.00 1 in 80,089,128 25 Year $10,000,000 $295,700,000 $100,000
Oct 12, 2025, 11:59 am - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum