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Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
The Megamillions has rolled over. The cash value is $107.3M the annuity value is $189M. The cash value is higher than Powerball's and I doubt that Powerball will catch up again in this run. The previous jackpot reached a cash value of $92.9M As before, the lottery continues to rise as if it had skipped a drawing. The jackpot/sales were more consistent with a 12th drawing than a 11th drawing. I will therefore treat this upcoming drawing as a 13th drawing statistically rather than as if
Apr 8, 2006, 8:23 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Florida 60% payoutsReply
Cash, am I misunderstanding you? I once posted in response to this question that I check out the payouts every time someone claims a jackpot for MegaMoney and Lotto and they are usually 70-75% (for MegaMoney) and 55-65% (for Lotto) depending on the amount of tickets purchased. I've seen payouts for the Lotto as high as 67%, but never less than 50%..usually more. As John wrote above, the payouts are pari-mutuel including Fantasy 5 and are based upon the total revenues for that particular drawing
Apr 2, 2006, 3:13 pm - justxploring - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
The Megamillions has rolled over. The cash value is $78.9, the annuity value is $138. The cash value is now higher than Powerball's. The previous jackpot reached a cash value of $68.1M As before, the lottery continues to rise as if it had skipped a drawing. The jackpot/sales were more consistent with a 10th drawing than a 9th drawing. I will therefore treat this upcoming drawing as a 11th drawing statistically rather than as if it were a 10th - an ad hoc approach, that is nonetheless g
Apr 1, 2006, 7:30 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Kansas Lottery adds 'Hot Lotto' gameReply
Forget it LOTTOMIKE, Cash is on a kick to tie everything back to his/her fantasy non-existant hated games. It would be interesting to see what happens to Powerball if it went RNG. I would stop playing, but I doubt most people would. One other type of game I don't play, and this may seem a little picky. If the ball drawing is not televised (on TV, internet, etc.) then I will not play it. One game this applies to is Virginia's Cash 5 night game. If you watch the netcast of the drawings (che
Mar 31, 2006, 9:11 am - rdc137 - Lottery News

Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
The Megamillions has rolled over. The cash value is $67.7M, the annuity value is $117. The cash value is now higher than Powerball's. The previous jackpot reached a cash value of $57.1 As before, the lottery continues to rise as if it had skipped a drawing. The jackpot/sales were more consistent with a 9th drawing than a 8th drawing. I will therefore treat this upcoming drawing as a 10th drawing statistically rather than as if it were a 9th - an ad hoc approach. 10th drawing sales a
Mar 29, 2006, 6:38 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Michigan Long Out Hits -Stats-Reply
Im not really sure if you go by the dates alone, but it would be something like the number of days X 2 if there was two drawings every single day of the year. Of course, there are probably holidays and possible leap years and the such to account for. I really dont pay much mind to the dates but I do record them to make sure I have every drawing. Basically, I just give each drawing a game #, which is an ongoing count of all drawing in order of first to last...oldest to most recent. If your
Mar 13, 2006, 6:19 pm - Thoth - Lottery Discussion Forum

PI methodReply
Cashman87 I just noticed something...DC came out with 4 9 in two consec draws with 4 coming out first...so your rule says take the lows. However, with the 2nd drawing, it came out 497, so I would be more inclined to take HIGHS because there are 2 highs in that number. Just a thought... LOWS due in first drawing tomorrow: IDAHO HIGHS due in first drawing tomorrow: CALIFORNIA, WEST VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE
Mar 7, 2006, 11:41 pm - cps10 - Lottery Systems Forum

The final drawing for Lotto South...
The final drawing for Lotto South was yesterday and no one won the $4.5 million annuatized jackpot. The cash value of the final jackpot was $2.25 million. Lottery players won $654,544 and the remaining $1.6 million is going to be kept by the lottery commissions. Not a very good deal for the lottery players in Georgia, Virginia and Kentucky.
Feb 26, 2006, 2:00 am - LotteryPlayer - Jackpot Games Forum

If you are going to buy 46+ tickets.....Reply
No it wouldn't defeat the game. Because the normal player buys only 1 - 5 tickets. They don't spend $40+ on lottery tickets for a drawing. When they do, like in the lastest powerball drawing...they sell $160,000,000+ worth of tickets and it is won. That is what the lottery wants to happen. If people were spending $46+ per drawing that jackpot would be huge all of the time. But that isn't that way it works and the lottery knows that. Brad
Feb 24, 2006, 9:49 am - Bradly_60 - Jackpot Games Forum

Record Powerball lottery jackpot claimed by 8 meat plant workersReply
Does anyone know how much they spent on tickets for that drawing? It makes sense that any person or pool who spends $25 or $50 a drawing on tickets has a better chance than my 1 ticket, but they also lose more when they don't win big, which is 99.9% of the time. My feeling about the lottery is that it's not about maximizing my chance to win, it's keeping my losses at a minimum while still having fun. If a person spends $5 a drawing and I spend $1, at the end of one year I'm about $400 ahead of
Feb 23, 2006, 8:49 am - tg636 - Lottery News