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Balancing Odds and Cost 😁Reply
For the value, PB at $4 for my 1 ticket is better because you get to add the multiplier and the double play as opt in add ons, not forced. Even for a week... $10 for MM, one line, one draw, two drawings $12 for PB , one line, two draws, three drawings $35 for M4L, one line, one draw, seven drawings I am sticking with the PB. I did like the old cash 4 life at $2, could care less about the M4L, I don't even bother tracking the history.
Apr 25, 2026, 8:09 pm - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Thanks for the LFL reminder - my sleep issues have left me kind of groggy today and I was only thinking about PB MM for 2025-2026. I have not played LFL for over six and a half years. Back then my Cubicle Neighbor and I used to pair up on that game along with PB MM. After thinking about it, while I am getting the LFL ticket tomorrow I may as well get a Rolling Cash 5 ticket too as it is up to 140K after starting at 100K. I think you are so right, it would be great to end 2025 as a milli
Dec 30, 2025, 9:28 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I am going with the prediction of no rollover for the drawing tonight. Why? Because of the one MM ticket that I got for my birthday...! What could possibly go wrong with that other than the multiplier was a 2X that does not count toward the jackpot...? Kate: Please feel free to get a jump on this one and begin preparing a really nice winners story about a Lottery Post user achieving victory over Mega Millions. Best wishes and good luck to everyone else for the second place priz
Oct 10, 2025, 12:17 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
The problem is not that the prize itself is too small. The problem is that $165M/290M = 57 cents. I am not paying five dollars for a prize worth 57 cents (minus taxes) plus lower prizes worth $1.25 with a multiplier gimmick I don't want. I jumped in the Powerball frenzy on the last drawing because I figured it's now or never (and I was right, it was won). The $2 ticket price was worth 800 million dollars, even considering the chances someone else would win. That's why I bought 100 ticket
Sep 9, 2025, 9:50 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Hooray for you! I like reading the writings of a wise person! I haven't touched MM since the price hike either. But, I will buy a *very* few tickets when/if MM reaches some breathtaking cash value. Why? Because you do have to be in the game to win the game, no other reason. Till then I am taking the funds that I would have spent on MM ($5 tickets) and dedicating them to PB. I think of that as a sort of punishment for MM and a bonus for PB because of what MM did with the price hike and fo
Aug 22, 2025, 11:51 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
We Disimulated a Powerball last night for $4.00 on our $10.00 bet. We posted a set of 50 Disimulated Powerball numbers on the LP Predictions Board. The first 5 postings were our plays last night; might change it up a bit in our selections. Gonna go for it Monday; maybe kick in an extra power play $1.00 for the win. We love being able to choose and play the multiplier. Good Luck everyone.
Aug 17, 2025, 12:14 pm - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Oo, gee... $166 Million jackpot by the 12th draw with the $5.00 price tag. On average back when it was $2.00 and the option to add $1.00 for the multiplier, it would have been around $209 Million by the 12th draw. Seems to us, the $43 Million short fall may have disappeared in to that inflationary $50 Million starting jackpot. Got my PB J winning tickets for tonight. Good Luck.
Aug 6, 2025, 10:18 am - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
The cash value is only running at 10% of what it would be when it was at $2.00 a line. 90% of all other cash jackpots were much higher by this time in the jackpot run. This may be reflective of this poll where nearly 60% are not playing. Has nothing to do with the price of the game. Cash v. Annuity value only depends on the expected return of US 30-yr bonds. The lottery starts with the actual funds they have (=cash value) and then advertise the annuity multiplying the cash value
Aug 1, 2025, 12:52 pm - positano - Lottery Discussion Forum

Balancing Odds and Cost 😁Reply
A lot of players talk about or are thinking about value when buying a lottery ticket. That's fine if that's important to a player. As for me personally, because of the ridiculous odds against players, I don't give value any thought at all. When I buy tickets all I'm thinking about is What could/would I do with it if I won a big pile of money? I know and accept the fact that I'll probably never actually have the pleasure of making that decision. My attitude is if I don't win, it's no bi
Apr 26, 2026, 9:38 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lucky For Life to Millionaire For Life - $5 TicketReply
The difference between Lucky for Life $2 and Millionaire for Life $5 is nothing like the difference between old MM $2 and new MM $5. New MM $5 is a horrible game. It's not just the price of $5, it's what you get for that five bucks. Lucky for Life $2 has a 1 in 30 million chance of winning the top prize. Millionaire for Life improves that to 1 in 23 million. The ticket costs 2.5 times as much but the top prize is more than 2.5 times as much... 2.74 times as much as an annuity, or 3.13 ti
Jan 18, 2026, 5:47 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum