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Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Even though Powerball is clearly winning this race, the Powerball jackpot is growing at much lower rates than its record runs. Lottery sales for the big national games are down. This is probably the main reason the Mega Millions game was recently changed. Many of the Powerball records were set when the draws were held twice a week. When they went to three draws per week, naturally sales per draw went down. The current Powerball jackpot at $426 million was reached after 27 rolls. But, the 27
Aug 3, 2025, 4:38 pm - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
There has been a lot of focus on how slowly the Mega Millions jackpot is growing. It appears many do not understand the jackpot has only been growing by the minimum $10 million per draw in order for sales to fully support the jackpot. It takes longer than usual because of the unusually large starting jackpot of $50 million. This is the largest starting jackpot of any lottery game in the whole world. There is no game anywhere in the world that has a starting jackpot that large. So naturally, it w
Jul 28, 2025, 11:12 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Revised the table to add cash value and invert drawing order and expand cells to correct totals. Drawing # Current Sales Previous sales Increase Current cash Previous Cash Increase 1 $24,514,050.00 $21,362,490.00 12.86% $23.10 $22.40 3.03% 2 $23,266,285.00 $21,702,465.00 6.72% $27.70 $26.90 2.89% 3 $22,933,880.00 $20,927,680.00 8.75% $32.30 $31.30 3.10% 4 $22,316,915.00 $21,971,200.00 1.55% $36.90 $35.80 2.98% 5 $23,932,560.00 $21,489,810.00 10.21% $41.90 $39.90 4.77
Nov 30, 2025, 8:21 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions constant $10 million increasesReply
A $2 prize (times whatever multiplier, so $4 to $20) for matching two white balls would add 18% to the value of all non-jackpot prizes in total. That's a lot for such a small win. More accurately a $2 prize for matching 2 white balls would reduce the money that goes to the jackpot by about 14.6%. That would reduce the current cash value of $67.9 million to $58 million. For those who believe the advertising it would reduce the current $150 million annuity to $128 million if they abandoned or
Aug 4, 2025, 3:19 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

620,000 Montana Lottery Montana Millionaire raffle tickets sell out in 6 hoursNews Story
Residents waiting in line as early as 4:30 a.m. to grab tickets before they're gone By Kate Northrop The Montana Lottery's annual Montana Millionaire raffle was sold out in six and a half hours this year, with some dedicated players lining up at stores as early as 4:30 a.m. to make sure they don't miss out. On the day of its launch, sales for the Montana Lottery's Montana Millionaire raffle were cut off by the time the afternoon rolled around. Tickets took longer than last year t
Nov 5, 2025, 8:31 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The sales per draw have been amazingly consistent over the last few draws and show no signs of increasing despite the relatively large size of the jackpot. It's not all that consistent, and it's much easier to see if you look at the change in revenue from each drawing (starting at $100 $110 million): $23,294,330 $436,660 up $22,952,415 -$341,915 down $24,492,395 $1,539,980 up $24,019,680 -$472,715 down $24,827,525 $807,845 up $25,383,490 $555,965 up $26,710
Oct 16, 2025, 3:35 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Zealand Lottery to change its Powerball game and simplify online spendingNews Story
Lottery officials want to see larger jackpots By Kate Northrop The New Zealand Lottery announced fundamental changes that will impact the flexibility players will have to spend on tickets online, with a potential increase in difficulty to winning the nation's flagship Powerball game in the coming years. Later this month, Lotto NZ will be introducing some major changes as part of its system upgrade, which includes a simplified spending limit, new customer-facing terminals in-store, an
Sep 15, 2025, 3:43 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery commemorates 40th anniversary with throwback ticket from 1985News Story
Iowa players can get a vintage taste of lottery wins By Kate Northrop To celebrate turning 40 this year, the Iowa Lottery released a special anniversary ticket that calls back to the original scratch-off game from 1985. The Iowa Lottery is commemorating its fourth decade with a new scratch-off game that allows players to get a vintage taste of what playing the lottery used to look like. Iowa players can stop by a lottery retailer to pick up a 2025 version of the Iowa Lottery's fi
Jun 18, 2025, 10:52 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul to retire after 23 years of leadershipReply
This is an answer to a prayer. Everyone in Tennessee is sick of her. She ruined the lottery with her random number generator, which is just another way to ensure there is no winners. Hopefully we can get someone that can restore honesty to the lottery. A lot of people quit playing the daily games because of it. Go back to the balls and watch the lottery sales rise.
Yesterday, 11:03 am - tnwinner - Lottery News

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
I'm not sure if 415,000 tickets sold is a good thing or not. it's good from the players standpoint of lower odds to win a million dollars, but whether or not the Florida Lottery will cut the number of winners from 10 down to a lower number due to lower sales is another thing altogether. I read the official rules but can't recall seeing anything about that. If this raffle loses money I can't see them being in a big hurry to have more of them. It must be a combination of things for the
May 16, 2026, 2:46 pm - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum