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Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The Mega Millions jackpot has increased by $34 million to $714 million after 34 consecutive rolls and is the largest Mega Millions jackpot since December 2024. There is a 3.6% chance the jackpot will be won in the October 24 draw with projected sales of $54.4 million. The projected sales is the highest for this run. A new roll record was not set for this draw despite setting new roll records in the previous two draws. The 34 roll record is $750 million.
Oct 25, 2025, 5:45 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Why the 2 draws down about 5 and 10 million about 3 weeks ago? I think the good question that even the MM people might not have an answer to is why a few drawing had a bigger jump even though the jackpot wasn't very big yet. There's a suggestion that it's a result of the huge PB jackpot, but I only have some unsupported guesses about why the PB jackpot increased MM sales. I think the big drops were simply a correction to unusually high sales. Lets say the odds for each of the next fours
Oct 24, 2025, 11:42 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I assume the left column on your spreadsheet is sales. It drops $5 million and then $10 million.
Oct 20, 2025, 10:33 pm - jerryb*49 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Please explain what you are referring to. Are you talking about a reduction in sales, annuity value or cash value?
Oct 19, 2025, 3:01 pm - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

MM $5, PB $2, Powerplay $1IReply
I think it would be really stupid for Powerball to do the same thing and make their game terrible as well. How stupid it is depends on how stupid their target demographic is. So far, for any advertised jackpot at $5 per ticket MM is collecting more revenue than they did at $2 per ticket. If sales remain relatively modest even when it goes up another 200, 500 or 800 million they might lose out in the long run due to a higher percentage of drawings with sales of $20 to $50 million, but in the
Oct 4, 2025, 1:04 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

$1.8 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now second-largest ever as ticket sales surge across the USANews Story
Massive sales triggers jackpot increase to #2 all-time 4th-largest cash value in history By Todd Northrop Due to a ticket-buying frenzy for Saturday's Powerball drawing, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate to $1.8 billion, making it the second-largest lottery jackpot in world history. The all-important lump-sum cash value of the jackpot has been raised to $826.4 million, which is the fourth-largest lottery cash val
Sep 5, 2025, 11:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Texas lottery has it at 1.15 currently. Just to clarify, none of the places I checked, including the TX website, is advertising 1.15. The worksheet with the sales estimates OTOH, is now saying he supported annuity is 1.155, and the sales forecast has been bumped up from $133 million to $162 million. A roll (about a 75% chance) will see an advertised annuity of 1.3 and the worksheet is currently listing the supported jackpot as $1.323 billion. The supported jackpot estimate almost certainly
Sep 1, 2025, 1:12 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Oregon Lottery proposes rules regulating courier services and preventing bulk ticket purchasesReply
Out of state or international sales violates gaming regulations. Wagers for a state lottery have to be placed in that state.
Jul 30, 2025, 1:58 am - Tucker Black - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Yes, it's very telling the advertised jackpot increase is only $10 M after 8 rollovers. Do you understand how the game and its financing work? Both PB and MM have always started with artificially high jackpots that aren't fully funded, and never had more than the minimum increase until there's enough cash to fully fund the jackpot. The smaller jackpot of the old format was funded quickly. With the new format the jackpot would remain artificially high for more drawings with exactly the same
Jul 27, 2025, 5:17 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions Drawing IncreaseReply
Here you go Elmer Fudd..... portion of Mega Millions ticket sales revenue does go to the states that participate in the lottery. Here's how it generally works Mega Millions and Powerball: For these large, multi-state lotteries, 50% of the sales revenue goes into the prize pool to fund winnings. States' Share: The remaining 50% is allocated to participating states. A Mega Millions spokesperson told ABC News that this remaining 50% covers retailers' commissions, vendor fees, lottery admin
Jul 25, 2025, 1:33 am - Justing618 - Lottery Discussion Forum