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$2 mistake turns into $150,000 Pick 5 lottery prize for Maryland playerReply
A few times I have told the store clerk I will get one PB, no power play, just $2 Then they print a $3 ticket, I always take it, I tell them $1 won't ruin my retirement Congratulations on the win and the new furnace.
Sep 18, 2025, 2:48 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery player who waits for big jackpots rewarded with $100,000 in PowerballNews Story
Husband-and-wife team have different strategies when it comes to playing By Kate Northrop An Arkansas man who prefers to wait to buy lottery tickets until the jackpots grow high enough had his patience rewarded when his strategy won him a $100,000 prize in Powerball. One Arkansas man and his wife have opposite strategies when it comes to playing the lottery, and it was his lucky ticket that ended up winning a $100,000 Powerball prize this time. While his wife plays Powerball and
Sep 12, 2025, 8:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I do chuckle at the MM statement they put in their news release on 3/25/25: The game will feature bigger prizes at every non-jackpot prize tier, better odds to win the jackpot, better odds overall, larger starting jackpots, and faster-growing jackpots. Starting at $50 Million didn't seem to energize much needed sales to support that claim. Let's see if the sticker shock of 150% increase wears off after a year or as one poster put it, they have a few runs that go for 30 drawings or more .
Aug 21, 2025, 11:27 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Yep, just stopped at a Kwik Star in Waterloo IA and got an extra PB with the Power Play. I asked the Clerk how MM sales have been going. She says they hardly sell those anymore. This is a high customer traffic store. Lots of people not buying MM.
Aug 20, 2025, 1:19 pm - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

15 New Jersey "Night of Millionaires" Powerball winners claim prizes of $1 million and moreNews Story
From birthday luck to dream-inspired intuition: NJ winners share their joyful tales By Kate Northrop The New Jersey Lottery has been reporting a slew of winners skipping through their doors to claim prizes of $1 million and more after one Powerball drawing in April resulted in a Night of Millionaires. After the April 29 Powerball drawing produced 89 second-tier prize winners of at least $1 million, 15 out of 18 New Jersey lottery winners have claimed their winnings, each coming in w
Jun 3, 2026, 8:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Updated a little info on MM PB Powerball History Years Matrix Multiplier Price per Play/Line Jackpot Odds Jackpot Annuity Minimum Jackpot Maximum Jackpot Lower Tier Payouts Power Play 5 + 0 4 + 1 4 + 0 3 + 1 3 + 0 2 + 1 1 + 1 0 + 1 1992-04-22 to 1997-11-01 5/45 and 1/45 None $1.00 1 in 54,979,155 20 Year $2,000,000 $111,240,463 $100,000 $5,000 $100 $100 $7 $5 $2 $1 1997-11-05 to 2001-03-03 5/49 and 1/42 None $1.00 1 in 80,089,128 25 Year $10,000,000 $295,700,000 $100,000
Oct 12, 2025, 11:59 am - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

Michigan woman who played Lotto 47 since it launched decades ago wins $1.1 million jackpotReply
I called a few family members and my neighbor to tell them the big news. They say don't tell anyone if you win, but am sure the neighbor has to be a close friend, because they even told them the local store sold a winning ticket. Congratulations on the win. Now all you people that say you only need one line, well, I guess I need to up my game. Went to the store to get my PB ticket for Saturday, tried as hard as I could, but the only words that left my mouth were I will get one P
Apr 9, 2026, 8:13 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Powerball jackpot increased in longest-ever winless streakReply
Well I don't have to worry about moving anymore. . theres no place like home! ... theres no place like home!! .... there's no place like home!!! On another note ..... I did have the powerball ...... and I had the power play. Hey, if any of you are the winner .... do a lot of good ... and have a lot of fun doing it. Who knows .... if were lucky the 'pot will roll on to Wednesday but, all things come to an end so we'll see how this plays out Have a shaggy day! ShagE3
Dec 15, 2025, 11:40 pm - ShagE3 - Lottery News

MM $5, PB $2, Powerplay $1IReply
I'm looking at it as it's much more likely for a player to win on the gimmick considering the 292.2 million odds. Would you like to expand on that thought to see if it makes any sense? Powerplay doesn't do anything to improve your chances, much less make it much more likely. The chance of winning any prize at all is 1 in 24.87, or 4%. That means there's a 96% chance that instead of wasting $2 you've wasted $3, but while it's only half (again) as much as the regular $2 cost, that extra $1 gi
Sep 19, 2025, 11:40 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

$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