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Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
While the revenue is being talked about and consideration is being given to what percent is being generated at a certain dollar value, people are also not including the starting point of $50 Million which, IMHO, is another bells and whistles gimmick in this new improved MM version from MUSL. Starting at $50M already puts you up 2+ draws on any previous jackpot, whether its the MM or the PB in the last decade plus. https://www.texaslottery.com/export/sites/lottery/Games/Mega_Millions/Estimat
Nov 6, 2025, 12:35 pm - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
You've really got me wondering how a shrink would describe somebody with way less than $10M (all of us here) that refers to a )$10M jackpot increase or a lottery with a progressive jackpot (starting at $50M currently $90M) as 'measly millions'. I'm Just saying...... Happy Easter to you too.
Apr 3, 2026, 6:42 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery PhobiasReply
Used to play Pick 3 almost every day for years. Once in a great while I added Pick 4, scratchers, MM, PB. If I played one draw my limit was $20 for the day. If I played both draws $35 for the day. Usually I just played one draw. Everyone knows how much they win, but do you know how much you actually spend? I didn't keep track until I decided to save all my losing tickets for a year starting Jan 1, then add them up the following Jan 1. I was like wow!! Do I really do that every year? So the next
Apr 19, 2026, 7:59 pm - grwurston - Lottery Discussion Forum

my idea for a multi-state lottery
1) Choose 6 numbers from 1 to 68. 2) Tickets cost $1. 3) Match all 6 to win the jackpot, which starts at $25 million. 4) 10 cents of each ticket gets added to the jackpot. 5) Match 5 of 6 to win the 2nd prize of $100,000. 6) Buy 5, get one free. For $5, you get 6 lines, which is either 6 QP or your playslip of 5 sets of 6 numbers plus one QP. 7) Both prizes are all cash (subject to taxes, of course, we can't get around that). No annuity BS. If you win $25 million and want
Dec 12, 2025, 9:28 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
On Page 3 of this thread I said, I will probably play when the CASH VALUE is at $500,000,000 + , referring to the new $5 MM ticket price. Now, the PB is playing their gormless games...SO....If this UK thing happens ?? I will most likely develop the same starting point--$500 Million CASH VALUE. PB leadership has shot themselves in the foot(IMHO) with their failing to restart the jackpot at $40 Million due to Covid mess in 2020-2022. That medical problem has been subsided now for 3+ years but the
Jun 2, 2026, 12:15 pm - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Is there any method or system that can an predict the first digit that will fall in Pick 3Reply
The following from page 9 of the document spells out how they select which ball sets are used for which live drawing: The back-up public witness will then be asked to make the random ball set selections. Seventeen (17) sets of ten (10) balls, each numbered 0-9, will be contained in cases labeled A1 through A17 (or the current ball set security codes in service). The back-up witness, by means of a random drawing utilizing the envelope containing seventeen cards designated A1 through A17 (or t
Mar 2, 2026, 12:08 pm - OhSoClose - 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

Are heads starting to roll?
The Michigan lottery commissioner abruptly resigned yesterday. There was a decline in revenue in 2024 and I'm wondering if 2025 revenue is either flat or declining. If so does it have anything to do with the Mega Millions? I'm sure the LP is digging into it and will have a story soon. Maybe it's just a coincidence that the resignation happened so quickly after the person at Mega Millions was changed?
Dec 9, 2025, 1:54 pm - Think - Lottery Discussion Forum

Would a pick 6 be viable?Reply
I thought Kicker was tied to one of the other Ohio games--wasn't sure which. Michigan and Virginia had Kicker games at one point as well, but both discontinued long ago. Virginia's, I remember, ended in the late 1990s. When I was first starting to follow the lottery, I wondered why states even had both a 3-ball and a 4-ball numbers game. Why not just a Pick-4 with the option of playing the front 3 or back 3? Or why not a Pick 6 with options for Pick 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6?
Aug 23, 2025, 12:18 am - Hermanus104 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
There has been a lot of focus on how slowly the Mega Millions jackpot is growing. It appears many do not understand the jackpot has only been growing by the minimum $10 million per draw in order for sales to fully support the jackpot. It takes longer than usual because of the unusually large starting jackpot of $50 million. This is the largest starting jackpot of any lottery game in the whole world. There is no game anywhere in the world that has a starting jackpot that large. So naturally, it w
Jul 28, 2025, 11:12 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum