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Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Seems odd to me. Odds where dropped a smige. Ticket price has almost tripled. Less people are playing. And lower jackpots are being won. ......
Jun 30, 2025, 9:59 pm - Justing618 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I was thinking the same thing this morning as I was checking numbers. @ Bigger faster jackpots. They should have just kept the same price point. And added a Thursday draw. To me the jackpot seems to be moving at a snails pace.
Jun 28, 2025, 3:45 pm - Justing618 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
The bigger jackpots aren't happening as advertised with the $5. They've been won 112M and 348M since the change. In 2024 they were won at 1.1B 552M 800M 1.3B Not only are they being won as far smaller jackpots than before they also seem slower.
Jun 28, 2025, 1:16 am - SoCola - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The cash value of the Mega Millions jackpot is $155.5 million. The jackpot joins the list of the top 100 US lottery jackpots in position 97. It is slowly making its way to number 1.
Jun 25, 2025, 11:15 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The difference between the two jackpots is $201 million. Previously, the difference was $200 million. An increase of $1 million.
Jun 18, 2025, 9:56 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Impact of "Free Money" on Lottery SpendingReply
JustMaybe brings up a really good question. The data actually backs it up. During the stimulus check period (2020-2021), US lottery sales jumped roughly 20% year-over-year. That wasn't just bigger jackpots driving more tickets, the spike in sales started within days of each stimulus deposit hitting bank accounts. The timing was too consistent to be coincidence. There's a well-documented behavioral economics concept called mental accounting , people treat money differently depending on wh
Apr 10, 2026, 5:00 pm - RichW - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I suspected that although people are upset about the price increase for Mega Millions tickets, if the jackpot reaches $1 Billion, almost every lottery player will buy at least one MM ticket. One thing that's absolutely certain is that every one of the people who said they'll never play at $5 per ticket is a lottery player, and lottery players play lotteries. Sales are starting to grow and it's probably not because of the people who aren't really lottery players but buy the rare ticket when
Oct 29, 2025, 2:28 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I don't think it has ever been unusual for the first draw or two to be underfunded, but they need to offer some minimum amount or even the addicts might stop playing. MM is gambling that $50 million is the minimum advertised jackpot that will get enough people playing, while posing a minimum risk of paying a jackpot before it's fully funded. The most recent example I see is when MM was hit on the first drawing a couple of years ago. Total sales of $19,255,000 only funded $13,759,894 of the start
Jul 3, 2025, 10:13 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

is it luckier to buy tickets on the rich side of town?Reply
This is a classic question in sociology and applied economics, and the answer is well-documented by demographic studies and market research in the United States (such as data from the Brookings Institution, the Tax Foundation, and various state lotteries). The direct answer is: people from all social classes play, but the financial impact, frequency, and motivation are profoundly different between the poorest and the wealthiest. Here is the breakdown of how lottery consumption
Jun 4, 2026, 2:56 pm - tokecap - Lottery Discussion Forum

Secrets of a lottery lawyer-Kurt Panouses interviewReply
Actually having two games and letting the players pick may be worse right now. That just leads to having a limited pool of player cash going to more games which leads to slower rolls and more player fatigue. The lottery market needs to sort itself out and cull the games that don't pull in much player dollars. I doubt that will happen anytime soon because the lotteries don't like paying out. That is why we keep getting more and more games that roll slower and have lower jackpots.
May 4, 2026, 9:43 pm - Think - Lottery Discussion Forum