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New Millionaire for Life multi-state game coming in 2026News Story
New For Life game has been in the works for years, state lotteries confirm participation By Kate Northrop There's a new multi-state game called Millionaire for Life that is set to make its debut in some states in early 2026. The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is moving forward with a brand-new multi-state game called Millionaire for Life, which is intended to replace Cash4Life and Lucky for Life in several states. At the La Fleur's Lottery World Conference in Austin, Texa
Oct 22, 2025, 7:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.7 BILLION: Powerball jackpot juggernaut keeps rollingReply
I believe last time I checked with the guy running the pool on our total return up to end 2020 he said it was like $1200 To give you an idea of a reasonable minimum, the current odds (with some minor rounding) for the last two prizes are 1 in 92 and 1 in 38. If you've got 80 people spending $5 per drawing you're playing 600 tickets per week. Probability says you should expect to win 6 8th place and 15 9th place prizes each week. That's $84 per week, and $4368 for a year. For prizes with hig
Sep 6, 2025, 4:48 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Oregon Lottery proposes rules regulating courier services and preventing bulk ticket purchasesNews Story
Oregon welcomes anonymous claims and bans ticket reselling Bulk buying is the next target By Kate Northrop During a commission meeting on Friday, the Oregon Lottery Commission discussed rule proposals that would regulate courier services in the state by disallowing international ticket purchases and prevent bulk ticket purchases above a certain threshold. In light of a major bulk purchase event in Texas and rule proposals in other states , the Oregon Lottery proposed rule changes
Jul 29, 2025, 7:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

Winner of $877,800 Idaho Cash jackpot is infamous bulk buyerNews Story
Idaho legislation moves along bill to ban bulk lottery ticket purchases By Kate Northrop The Idaho Lottery's initial suspicions that a bulk purchaser was at play during a jackpot run that resulted in an $877,800 Idaho Cash win were correct when it was confirmed that an entity known for executing jackpot buyouts came forward to claim the prize. In response to restless national sentiment surrounding the nature of jackpot buyouts and a recent $877,800 Idaho Cash win, Idaho state legisla
Feb 25, 2026, 6:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Winner of $877,800 Idaho Cash jackpot is infamous bulk buyerReply
How is this any different than an investment group buying stocks to gain an advantage over time in the marketplace? Because anyone else can also buy the stock, and the investment group buying the stock doesn't reduce the value of shares owned by others. It's not rocket science. That's not true. Every ticket has the same chance of winning. In the case of the scratchers nobody else had a chance to buy the winning ticket. In the case of draw games the prize value is reduced if a bulk
Feb 28, 2026, 3:22 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

$1.7 BILLION: Will Powerball create a Christmas billionaire?Reply
Yeah, if this happens again next year ... I surmise there will be discussions about changing things up. Let's hope they don't go the mega millions route with $5 tickets. Maybe they could axe the Monday drawing .... Maybe they could offer 3 dollar tickets with pp included on every ticket Maybe they keep the 10 x pp and make it available @ 300 and under or available all at any jackpot amount Maybe maybe maybe Have a shaggy day ShagE3
Dec 23, 2025, 5:10 pm - ShagE3 - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery Director Khalid R. Jones appointed as Mega Millions Lead DirectorReply
The states are constantly leaning on those who run the lotteries to generate more revenue. I'm sure that's what led to them bumping up the cost and odds on the MM. States love it when jackpots are high and millions are pouring in each drawing because people who don't normally play are chasing the billion dollar payouts. I imagine a meeting after the last big jackpot got hit when the weekly revenues dropped back to normal levels. The question is asked how do we change things to get those big
Dec 7, 2025, 9:36 am - OhSoClose - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery has delivered $6.1B in prizes since 1985News Story
Iowa Lottery celebrates 40 years Sales of the first Iowa Lottery tickets began in 1985 with a kickoff celebration at the Iowa State Fair. Forty years later, state fairgoers broke the Guinness World Record for the most people 1,380 to scratch lottery cards simultaneously, demonstrating the lottery's journey from $1 scratch tickets to a multibillion-dollar enterprise. Since its launch was approved by the state Legislature and signed into law by then-Gov. Terry Branstad, the lottery has gen
Dec 5, 2025, 10:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

One Georgia ticket wins $983 million Mega Millions jackpotReply
That is just what I am doing. MM was won before it got to my target amount to begin purchasing. But, due to the price increase I would have bought 1 to 5 tickets only to have a chance in the draw. In the past at the 1 to 2 billion mark I have went for 50 tickets for $100 for a better chance, although not *much* better than 1 to 5 tickets, I know. I currently save the cost of 1 ticket per each bracket of 100 million cash value for both MM and PB games. When PB hits my target amount (not set
Nov 16, 2025, 2:42 am - IAmABadOne - Lottery News

Three $1 million winning Powerball lottery tickets sold at the same New York storeReply
Although it's theoretically possible for each ticket to have been a QP, that's so highly unlikely that it's just plain crazy to think that's what actually happened. The retailer probably sold only a few thousand PB tickets for that drawing. To make it simple let's call it 11,688 tickets, or 1 for every 1000 5+0 combinations. That makes the odds of one ticket winning a 5+0 prize 1 in 1000. The odds of 3 winning tickets is then 1 in 1 billion. Based on NY's total sales and the number of retai
Oct 29, 2025, 2:57 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News