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Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Jackpot fever has not taken hold yet. The revised jackpot estimate (and the lowish estimates on the last few jackpots) suggests that it might be starting. Therefore, there is a very good possibility Powerball will break the record number of consecutive rolls. The current record stands at 40. The Powerball jackpot has to roll just 4 more times to break the record. The chance of 4 more rolls based on the current worksheet on the TX lottery website is 21%, but it's probably lower. I d
Aug 27, 2025, 4:16 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball reaches $643 million: highest lottery jackpot of 2025Reply
Maybe another billion is coming! There roughly a 1 in 3 chance it will roll past $1 billion (to perhaps $1.1 billion). Oopsie. I realized a while after posting that 1 in 3 seemed way too low with the advertised jackpot already at $815 million. I had updated some older info and accidentally included probabilities for two drawings that already rolled. The PB worksheet on the Texas lottery website is estimating coverage of combinations for the next five drawings as (starting with tomo
Aug 26, 2025, 4:24 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I'm just done with Mega Millions altogether. I played it since it was available in California, so a sample size that runs around 20ish years. The most I ever won was matching 3 numbers for probably around $10. $5 a ticket just became a barrier I wasn't willing to pass through. Whatever I would have normally spent just went to other draw games like California Fantasy 5 tickets instead. The actual jackpot total plays no part in my decision to buy a ticket or not. I also just get 1 ticket per
Aug 23, 2025, 10:30 am - GoodLuckDude - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Yet again, another store visit, this time back in MN. Had to stop there for gas while in Owatonna MN for work; picked up a PB for Saturday. Asked two Clerks how MM sales have been going. To My Unsurprise, sales are down, way down according to them. One said, Ever since they jacked it up to $5.00. Yep, sales down equates to revenue down. Seems they were wrong about the Faster Growing Jackpots.
Aug 21, 2025, 9:20 am - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Sounds like your pool is hitting, but just not the big numbers yet. Just out of curiosity, and *only* if you wish to say, how many folks are playing in your pool(s) now and what kind of money are you playing with each draw now? Again, only if you wish to say. I am still in savings mode while waiting for the rollovers to make a really big cash value amount before I commit to a big purchase (or be committed!) . As of the week ending yesterday 07/26/2025 I have 86 draws skipped and $321.00 save
Jul 27, 2025, 7:51 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I think when they sold us Faster growing jackpots they forgot to factor in what could actually happen i.e the jackpot being won sooner. Weird, isn't it? They talk a lot about the upside but not the downside. Revenue per draw is up a bit, but a fair chunk of the revenue goes to pay for the mandatory megaplier. That means the slightly greater revenue isn't enough to put more money towards the jackpot based on the ticket sales we've seen so far. Ticket sales are pretty close to half of wha
Jul 1, 2025, 4:03 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Mega Millions lost this race. MM had sales of just under $564 million from 4/22 through 6/27. PB had sales of just over $498 million. I'm pretty sure the folks running MM think they won. The average MM jackpot for that period was $176.25 million, and somebody won $348 million (actually a fairly modest cash value of $155.5 million). The average for PB was $102.6 million, but two players won jackpots of $178 and $216 million ($77 and $91 million, assuming they take the cash). PB gave away
Jun 29, 2025, 12:55 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
The last two jackpot wins were unusually low, statistically speaking. For the $348M win, there were 7 million tickets sold. 7 million tickets with a 1 in 290 million chance of winning means the probability that no one wins it is 97.6%. 2.4% chance that someone would win is pretty small but it can happen, and it did. For the $112M win, there were only 5.4 million tickets sold. 5.4 million tickets with a 1 in 290 million chance of winning means the probability that no one wins it is 98.2%
Jun 28, 2025, 5:36 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Jersey Lottery proposes rules regulating courier services to allow them to operateReply
Something you have to remember: Courier services charge for their service. That increases the price of a ticket. e.g. A US Powerball line costs me US$4 and a MM line costs $8.45. Are you willing to pay double every time you buy tickets just in case you win big ? I pay because that is my only option.. but I do limit buys to higher jackpots :) Your bank might have reporting responsibility locally. (Person X received Y dollars from lottery provider Z.) And.. avoiding paying state tax on a w
Jun 16, 2025, 5:53 pm - kao1632 - Lottery News

Texas Lottery Commission votes to ban lottery couriersReply
I totally agree. The objectives and goals of the courier services is unsavory and has absolutely nothing to do with playing to win like every other average player on an equal playing field. The argument that courier services provide a vital service to those who cant get to the stores is weak, inferior and petty as the same persons who cant get to the stores do in fact get to the stores by several other means and ways to fill the supplies for the support of life with far more important th
May 1, 2025, 12:18 am - Participant - Lottery News