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The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
263272 tickets sold as of 5/21. Let's work this one from the back end. 640900 tickets need to be sold just to fund all prizes (so, does not includes costs incurred by the Lottery to set up the Raffle, or associated advertising, and does not include funding for education, which is the Lottery's raison d'etre.) 640900 minus 263272 leaves 377628 tickets needing to be sold by June 30, the last day to buy tickets (40 days from now.) 377628 divided by 40 equals an average of 9440 tickets need to
May 22, 2026, 3:45 pm - Sum Buddy - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery is not random it's predeterminedReply
I've always believed that state lotteries truly want winners, especially big jackpot winners. What does rigging a draw do for the state? Are the people that run the draws going to benefit from a rigged draw? How? Are they really going to get a hold of the money and buy mansions, and sports cars? Naw... State lotteries truly want winners because it's the best kind of advertising to get more people to buy tickets. They put out a press statement that a ticket purchased in Hicktown won $100 mil
Feb 5, 2026, 5:55 pm - rcbbuckeye - Lottery Discussion Forum

Buying MM or PB lottery ticketsReply
Tucker Black The house has minmums and maximums, the maximums exist so you can't turn four successful spins in a row into $5 million. The Horseshoe in Las vegas is famous for advertising 'no limit bet's but truth be known, if the table max is $10,000 and you want to bet more you'll have to bet more as your first bet with your own money. A lot of your ideas about gambling seem to be way more theorhetical than actual. here's one rule the house always has, if it's to the advantgae of the h
Dec 28, 2025, 11:04 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Here was my reasoning. If they advertise $794M, they get less excitement/sales than if they advertise $800. And the additional excitement alone brings the additional ca. $10M of sales that generated the $3M cash/$6M annuitized additional roll that bring you to $800M. Advertising less than $800M would have been a self-inflicted missed opportunity.
Nov 1, 2025, 9:02 am - positano - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions constant $10 million increases
I was curious about this today so posed a question on Google. The site I was led to (but can't find again) said that Mega Millions promised no steady increases of any set amount but yet it seems lately that $10 millioin is a given. False advertising?
Jul 30, 2025, 10:06 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I think the issue that SoCola is raising is not with the players that win, whether they feel the money is enough or now. I think the issue is that MM put forth a narrative of bigger jackpots in their advertising during the months before the change in price - well, maybe it's too early. We will wait and see.
Jun 28, 2025, 2:00 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Powerball to Mega millions Catch me if you can There is a clean 100M difference on the two advertised jackpots, lets see what MM is made of, if it can catch up to PB if no one wins PB in the race. For MM to be won at the 300M mark, not sure about the bigger jackpots advertising - maybe it's too early. Onward we go.
Jun 28, 2025, 1:51 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Answer Me This...Reply
One more 'one more thing'...... I firmly believe that The Florida Lottery knew well in advance of implementing the midday drawing that ticket sales would go down. By how much they'd go down was probably the only question they had on their minds. They also were very likely aware (probably advised by an advertising/marketing firm) that tampering with something that works very well could have very negative consequences in terms of ticket sales. (Like happened to Coca-Cola when they changed
Dec 18, 2025, 7:09 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Jackpot.com
Buyer beware!!! I just closed my account with them due to shady practices. I purchased two consecutive days tickets on the pick 4. The purchase was made 9/30 @8:04 am. One for midday for two draws and one for evening for two draws. The number was the date 1001. Much to my surprise the second evening drawing 10/01 was turned into a midday drawing without my consent. So here I thought I planned ahead and right there on their website they encourage you to make multi draw purchases so you never
Oct 2, 2025, 10:17 am - sydney333 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Mega Millions is advertising bigger jackpots because they know that in the long run, this sort of thing won't happen. But again, based on your very detailed analysis which I like, the jackpot has been won once, when statistically it was not to be won. Then it happened again. What happens once, can happen twice, when it happens twice, heaven knows it can happen three times and on and on. I think every time someone wins before it gets to 1 Billion the guys at MM get so mad The fo
Jun 28, 2025, 8:10 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum