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Powerball jackpot in the billions?Reply
Will PB? Probably not Will MM post October? Maybe MM will change in October and have worse odds and lower payouts than PB for the same price so it'll easily have a massive roll cycle like what happened last summer where it just rolled and rolled. It managed to achieve nearly 400 Million in cash using 1/259 Million odds, 15 megaballs and a $1 ticket. under the new changes that would easily have been 900 Million Cash which would generate a jackpot of $1.7 Billionish.
May 11, 2017, 7:19 pm - Kingofearth - Jackpot Games Forum

Wonka Golden Ticket 1 billion 2nd chanceReply
The Texas Willy Wonka Golden ticket the odds for $10,000 are 1 in 480,000. The odds for $1000 are 1 in 13,000. We don't have a $500 prize on that ticket. But I think the billion dollar chance is extremely remote. On a side note, scratchers are becoming so popular, maybe PB and MM should just change over to $100 scratch off tickets. Heck, Texas already has some $50 tickets.
May 8, 2017, 9:37 pm - rcbbuckeye - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Is Michigan RNG looting?Reply
Yes, payoffs are irrelevant in calculating the odds. However, the Daily Keno is a $1 game and the Poker lotto is a $2 game and they both have roughly 2,500,000 to one odds for their top prizes- $1 for 250k for Daily Keno or $2 for 100K for the Poker Lotto
Apr 27, 2017, 9:43 pm - Think - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions lottery tickets double to $2 starting in OctoberReply
Off topic, but to say Obama won the lottery in 2008 by becoming president and comparing it to simply playing the lottery is a bit misguided. The only way i could see you having a point is if like mega or power ball...is if a single individuals vote had made the difference and won the popular vote. With an election, there's many people playing for only 2 or 3 possible combinations. Democrat or republican. The odds almost reverse. 258 million people voting for 1 or 2 candidates. Sure one could
Apr 27, 2017, 4:12 pm - NeedyNotGreedy - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery tickets double to $2 starting in OctoberReply
On the contrary, many players do, which is a dilemma for lotteries overly reliant on PB and MM. More savvy lotteries are increasingly pushing in-state jackpot and regional numbers games, such as Cash4Life, etc. While most occasional, casual lottery players will play MM / PB with little regard to price nor a care in the world of the odds, regular players are the ones the lottery needs to bring in and retain day to day, week to week to keep the cash flowing in at a steady pace. The $1.5 billion
Apr 26, 2017, 5:24 pm - Ron5995 - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery tickets double to $2 starting in OctoberReply
I didnt play PB until 2 years ago because of the $2 price. But then i noticed in the winter/spring of 2015 people were hitting PN jackpots with a lot more frequency than MM. I think the average was about 1x a month which was enough to sell me. Now that all stopped when they messed with the odds. Now what attracted me to MM was the $1 price and they've done away with that, too. Not sure how PB and MM will differ except that MM odds will be worse and they will offer a slight increase in smaller pr
Apr 26, 2017, 12:20 am - Redd55 - Lottery News

Gail Howard systemsReply
The new version is pretty much the same in a different layout. It has a keysort in it, that that won't make much of a difference. The book is rather publicity for SL software than a book. The mathematics in the book can easily be done in Excel, or you even find it on wikipedia, ready to print. The program does show percentages, but if you can't use them, they won't help. If it was that easy, you wouldn't have to pick from lists to put numbers in a wheel system that you can't modify. - Basically,
Apr 19, 2017, 5:30 pm - Sunglasses - Lottery Systems Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
@ Markjo - That's fair, congratz on the $10k winner! I think I have an idea which store you got it from. @ Zzplay - I think you are spot on with Mark's big winner being the reason they allowed the game to continue. I do think they are aware of the activation/deactivation of top prizes, based on what we've seen from recent games. I also agree with you that the $25 ticket has been quiet. I think 2 $1M winners are overdue. If I were playing scratchoffs, this would be the game I would recom
Apr 1, 2017, 1:11 pm - Dracos - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Scratch off odds questionReply
From a purely mathematical standpoint, not factoring in variables (such as the prize was carelessly thrown away), your odds would be whatever the original odds were, divided by 6. Now, obviously there are a ton of other variables including the remains jackpot's range (which would be a close guesstimate) all the way up to how many partial books were destroyed? Or how many full books never sold? Only someone with a good bit of inside knowledge could help you with that. if you want to prese
Mar 23, 2017, 10:36 pm - Numb3rs1 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Why Powerball?Reply
It's easier to win 1 thru 68 than 1 thru 75: PB wins It's easier to win 1 thru 15 than 1 thru 26: Mega wins It's easier to win a 5/68 and a 5/75 than even a 6/45: both mega and power beat the Overall odds of the average 6 number state lottery. Overall odds: Sucks
Mar 19, 2017, 3:51 pm - NeedyNotGreedy - Jackpot Games Forum