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$1.7 BILLION: Will Powerball create a Christmas billionaire?Reply
I can't imagine that the actual increase for Wednesday won't be something bigger than the increase for Monday, and simply matching it would result in a final total of 1.745B. Last week sales for Wednesday were about 37% higher than sales for Monday jackpot, and the same 37% increase this time around would add about 73 million, so 1.815ish seems like a fairly safe bet. Now that they had about that same increase I'm even more surprised that we never saw a bump yesterday. I think they really m
Dec 25, 2025, 9:46 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

$1.7 BILLION: Will Powerball create a Christmas billionaire?Reply
PB will claim they set a new record if the annuity is more than the current $2.04 billion record, but to beat the $997.6 million cash value of that jackpot the annuity needs to be 2.17B, assuming the interest rate doesn't change. The PB worksheet posted on Monday afternoon suggests that a rollover on Wednesday will give us a Saturday jackpot of about $2.11 billion, but I'm not sure the people behind that estimate really have a better idea than anyone else. They came up over $60 million short on
Dec 23, 2025, 2:19 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

$1.3 BILLION: Powerball jackpot soars to 5th-largest in game historyReply
I didn't miss any memo. I have a spreadsheet for running the Poisson distribution, which of course, is an approximation. To calculate estimated sales, I simply load the last cash value, and subtract the previous cash value (generally off the Texas Lottery site) and use the cash/sales ratio to estimate sales . I make no warranty about the last time I checked the cash value, or the accuracy. You may do whatever you wish. I really don't care, but I would suggest that neither accuracy nor p
Sep 3, 2025, 7:22 pm - Prob988 - Lottery News

$1.3 BILLION: Powerball jackpot soars to 5th-largest in game historyReply
Powerball Sales for 09/01/25: $222,944,156 Powerball Sales for 08/30/25: $233,733,034 = the jackpot reached the psychological $1 Billion mark Powerball Sales for 08/27/25 $112,197,304 my pick: 1-2-3-4-5 / 6 = the system wouldn't know
Sep 2, 2025, 6:42 pm - TwoMillion - Lottery News

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

Lottery Post's guide to 2025 holiday raffles across the USANews Story
Annual holiday raffles getting bigger this year By Kate Northrop As the holiday season approaches, state lotteries throughout the U.S. are gearing up to launch their yearly raffles, which typically provide better chances of winning a million dollars than other game available year-round. And players are undoubtedly ready to line up for their tickets Montana's raffle tickets are selling out faster and faster, down to within mere hours after tickets go on sale. Whether players are looki
Oct 31, 2025, 9:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.8 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now second-largest ever as ticket sales surge across the USAReply
Betcha all you MM downers and naysayers will put down $5 - for a ticket next week We're not going to know who's playing, but players spent $49.89 million to buy about 9.998 million tickets for Friday's drawing. The forecast for Tuesday's drawing is $51.94 million and almost 10.4 million tickets. The last time MM offered a jackpot this big an advertised jackpot of $361 million resulted in players spending $33.75 million for almost 16.9 million tickets at $2 each. The run before that got sale
Sep 7, 2025, 2:02 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery alerts retailers to possible bulk buying attempt over $877,800 Idaho Cash jackpotNews Story
No evidence of couriers involved By Kate Northrop When an Idaho Cash lottery jackpot jumped up $126,000 overnight to $877,800 and was subsequently won, the Idaho Lottery had a suspicion a bulk buyer was at play. On Tuesday, Sept 30, the Idaho Lottery witnessed their Idaho Cash draw game jackpot reach a record level of $877,800, the highest prize the in-state draw game has ever seen. Based on sales figures, familiar signs from other similar recent activity , and reports from local Ida
Oct 18, 2025, 9:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Montana Lottery aims to prohibit bulk purchases after group takes gamble on $1.6 million jackpotReply
I don't agree with this. It's the lottery's job to shut down so-called bulk ticket retailers, not collect all this money and then deny payment. That's what Texas tried to do to a winner and she had to sue them to collect. Withholding payment to the woman in TX with no indication that her ticket was bought as part of a (still legal) effort to have the winning numbers as a result of an organized effort to methodically buy all of the combination was ill conceived, but it wasn't the lottery tha
Sep 22, 2025, 2:13 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

New Jersey Lottery proposes rules regulating courier services to allow them to operateNews Story
While other states ban, New Jersey aims to better incorporate couriers into the state lottery economy By Kate Northrop Last week, the New Jersey Lottery announced proposed rule changes that would regulate courier services and allow them to continue operating in the state. While other states ban or consider pushing out lottery courier services, New Jersey is looking for ways to adjust its rules that would effectively streamline courier operations and allow them to operate more efficie
Jun 14, 2025, 7:41 am - Todd - Lottery News