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Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Looks to me like we'll have the minimum rollovers through 130 and then probably a hair better than 140, followed by 156ish for drawing # 11. Last time around they advertised 154 for drawing # 10, so this time it's running about 1 drawing behind the last run. But wait, there's more. Interest rates are up a bit, so the cash values are a bit farther behind. The last time around the advertised $154 million annuity was worth $69 million. Based on the current rates for Tuesday's drawing a $154 mil
Jul 19, 2025, 8:03 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

N.C. woman takes $8 million lottery prize as $400,000 a year annuityReply
Am very Proud of her Decision $400,000 per year for 20 years is like being on Vacation for 20 years. If you are happy with your annuity then take it. It won't stop you from making investments just that never use your money to fund any investment lol congratulations
Jul 10, 2025, 12:05 pm - Powerball765 - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Hmm, divide the Annuity by the Cash and we get a ratio. Multiply by 100% and we get the Annuity to Cash Ratio %. In the previous $2.00 run things look normal. Now with the $5.00 run we get this peculiar run... Interesting...
Jun 11, 2025, 8:41 pm - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

Millionaire for Life multi-state lottery game to replace Cash4Life and Lucky for Life in FebruaryReply
I haven't paid any attention to this game nut I just saw it on the NY lottery's home page for the first time. Obviously everybody gets to decide whether or not they want to play, but here are a couple of thoughts. The first is largely about playing this or playing PB (or MM) when the jackpot is still small. Generally, at least 8 to 10 million people (5 to 7 isn't unusual for Monday drawings) spend $2 when the annuity is $20 to $30 million (even if you die before the drawing) and the cash val
Feb 23, 2026, 3:50 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
In the UK the game is different 1) The ticket will cost 4 pounds or $5.00 at today's exchange rate 2) If you get (2) of the white ball numbers you get 8 pounds or $10.00 3) if you win the jackpot you can't get the cash option only the annuity (You can sell that annuity to an insurance company for NPV (Net Present Value) in a heartbeat. ) 4) In the US - lottery sales are $100 billion a year but only $10 billion in the UK. 5) US Powerball ticket prices in the UK will be the mos
Apr 15, 2026, 10:55 am - JohnGalt3 - Lottery News

Lucky For Life to Millionaire For Life - $5 TicketReply
The difference between Lucky for Life $2 and Millionaire for Life $5 is nothing like the difference between old MM $2 and new MM $5. New MM $5 is a horrible game. It's not just the price of $5, it's what you get for that five bucks. Lucky for Life $2 has a 1 in 30 million chance of winning the top prize. Millionaire for Life improves that to 1 in 23 million. The ticket costs 2.5 times as much but the top prize is more than 2.5 times as much... 2.74 times as much as an annuity, or 3.13 ti
Jan 18, 2026, 5:47 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

$1.25 BILLION: Epic Powerball winless streak marches onReply
Interesting that cash and annuity are both #11 at the moment. The annuity will almost certainly move up to at least the #10 spot and has a reasonable chance to move up as high as #7. There's a good chance for the cash value to move up one spot, but pretty much zero chance of moving up to #9. What percentage of possible ticket combinations will be sold for Wednesday s draw? Their first forecast is for 23.2% but it's going to be higher than that. I don't know if they'd bump the jackpot to
Dec 16, 2025, 1:49 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
The Annuity for tonights Measly Millions draw is at $754,000,000 . (Rollover # 35 ) The following is where tonights draw falls on all time record Annuity jackpots : #17) Powerball : $758.7 Million , Aug. 23, 2017 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Massachusetts winner #18) Powerball : $754.6 Million , Feb. 6, 2023 (33 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Washington winner ** Mega Mlns: $754 Million , Oct. 31,2025 (35 rollovers, starting at $50 million) - PENDING
Oct 31, 2025, 11:02 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

MM $5, PB $2, Powerplay $1IReply
None of the other games charge $5 to pretend to be something they are not! Would it make you happy if pick 3 was $5 and had a $1,000,000,000,000 annuity jackpot that had 50 quintillion to 1 odds of hitting and paid the annuity out at a dime a year for ten trillion years? and a second prize of $10,000,000 with 672 trillion to 1 odds of hitting? I'm sure the state lottery commissions would love to have you as a customer on that ticket too! It looks to me like you are not c
Oct 1, 2025, 3:28 pm - Think - Lottery Discussion Forum

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