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$1.7 BILLION: Powerball jackpot juggernaut keeps rollingReply
Unfortunately we playing each draw with our group and they all definitely made a commitment not to drop out or you can't get back in and we only increase it to $10 when it crosses a billion but playing $5 a ticket for years together every drawing regardless if it $20 million or 900 million. All 80 of us been at it for 15 years so I guess you can start to understand everyone conspiracy thoughts. I don't run the lottery pool I just contribute my $5 or $10 each draw. The most we ever won has been $
Sep 4, 2025, 11:07 pm - Wildbill78 - Lottery News

Powerball reaches $643 million: highest lottery jackpot of 2025Reply
Yep it's not even a top 25 jackpot per the cash value. What really matters is that the advertised annuity is #23 but the cash that a winner will almost certainly take is only #37. It's getting there, but as of now this one isn't a huge jackpot in terms of the biggest jackpots of the last few years. The 5% annual increase in payments makes the lump sum even less than it would be with constant annual payments. I'm surprised that you got that completely backwards. With fixed annual pa
Aug 21, 2025, 3:43 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
The price increase for MM started in April last year. One year later, no billion dollar jackpot or fast growth like they claimed. I honestly think Powerball will hurt their sales if they go through with this idea. I remember last year, multiple states reported a decline in Powerball ticket sales as well. It will be interesting to see what happens.
Apr 15, 2026, 12:16 pm - Kandiapple - Lottery News

Lotto Max game changes will go into effect this weekend, including bigger $90 million jackpotsNews Story
Guaranteed cash prizes to be awarded every drawing, but odds are harder By Kate Northrop This weekend the Canadian multi-province Lotto Max draw game gets its revamp, which promises jackpots capped at $90 million (US$64.7 million) and guaranteed $100,000 (US$71,940) cash prizes with every draw. Canadians will get the chance to try out the new iteration of the multi-province Lotto Max draw game on April 11, which will include a bigger jackpot cap at the cost of a higher ticket price.
Apr 10, 2026, 11:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.5 BILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot fuels rush for ticketsReply
Can't get anything past you, can I? Except sarcasm. Along with the lower interest rate and a magically increased cash value, the sales estimate was revised downward from $312 million to $288.5 million. The estimate for the funded annuity was also revised downward from 1.502B to 1.475B. The only reason the posted cash value was raised is because the previously posted cash value can't buy a big enough annuity to match what they've advertised. It's hardly the first time. For at least a cou
Dec 20, 2025, 12:42 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery Director Khalid R. Jones appointed as Mega Millions Lead DirectorReply
Hopefully he's intelligent enough to decrease the game price Unlike a lot of people here he's intelligent enough to know that the lottery's only marketing concern is maximizing revenue, and the $5 tickets are probably doing that. I'm pretty certain they wouldn't be changing leadership if they were happy with the current set of changes Did you read the story? The lead directors serve terms of 1 year, and they're usually also holding the job of lead director for a state lottery. The
Dec 11, 2025, 3:34 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery Director Khalid R. Jones appointed as Mega Millions Lead DirectorReply
I read everyone comments and I actually agree with everyone who has different perspective on the price increase. And there's the problem, no one is playing the piece of crap new structure game. I never purchased a $5 ticket since it's new structure and I'll never will as long it stays at this price. I don't care if it reaches 2 Billion, NOPE because PB will probably between $400-$800 million levels if MM reaches those levels and I have a piece mind my $2 going towards jackpots that's more fair t
Dec 7, 2025, 5:31 pm - Wildbill78 - Lottery News

Kentucky man wins $1.1 million online lottery jackpot while deer huntingReply
Powerball - Anyone notice how slow the jackpot is growing? Saturday's November 29th jackpot of $719 million is way less than the $850 million in September for the exact same 36th draw. September's increase from the 35th to 36th draw was $100,000,000 vs. only $38 million this time around. Really strange.
Nov 27, 2025, 8:27 am - JohnGalt3 - Lottery News

$1.3 BILLION: Powerball jackpot soars to 5th-largest in game historyReply
How are sales, will it roll over? I'm wondering if there's any chance that sales today have been lower than expected, because I was sure we'd see an updated jackpot this afternoon. Their own, and presumably conservative, sales estimate is for 112 million tickets which would add about $75 million cash and increase the annuity by $165 million. Saturday's drawing ended at about $544 million cash and $1.201 billion for the annuity. That means their sales estimate puts tomorrow's jackpot at $619
Sep 2, 2025, 7:42 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Powerball reaches $643 million: highest lottery jackpot of 2025Reply
I'm surprised that you got that completely backwards. With fixed annual payments the advertised annuity would be less than the inflated advertising value they get by keeping more money invested for a longer time. Of course advertising that smaller annuity would almost certainly reduce sales a bit, making both the cash and annuity even smaller after any given number of rolls. They tell us the graduated annuity makes sense because of inflation, but I feel very confident that that's strictly PR abo
Aug 21, 2025, 9:18 am - Tucker Black - Lottery News