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Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
California prizes are hard to figure out. I know that one won a lot less than normal because the state sold only about 1 million tickets, and the odds of a second place win is 1 in 11 million. 1/11th of $1 million is half of what was actually awarded, and I think that is because the 3rd place prize of $50,000 had no winners, so the prize pool for that one was given to the 2nd place prize. Had one person won the $1 million prize and one person won the $50,000 prize, they each would have gotte
Sep 18, 2025, 8:38 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions constant $10 million increasesReply
I did the math. 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. The purpose of a lottery with huge prizes is to award large amounts to a few people. Spreading wins out to a large number of bets is more like a penny slot machine. If it were up to me, I would delete the small prizes of =$10 and funnel that money into the higher prizes up to 2nd prize.
Aug 4, 2025, 12:51 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Fall 2026 Powerball changesReply
While there are no current, nationwide changes announced for the core Powerball game itself in 2026, many states are expected to replace the game Lucky for Life with a new multi-state game called Millionaire for Life . New Millionaire for Life Game The new game, expected to have its first drawing on February 22, 2026, will launch in several states (including Connecticut, Montana, South Dakota, Colorado, North Dakota, and Ohio) and will have different rules and prize structures compared
Dec 26, 2025, 10:18 am - Justing618 - Lottery Discussion Forum

$1.1 BILLION: Powerball jackpot increased in longest-ever winless streakReply
In response to Barramundi Yeah but the ticket isn't really yours until 1. You sign it 2. You present it to a lottery official right ? wrong ? I mean if it was from the day of the winning and you waited 6 months to claim it we all know the lottery doesn't award you interest on your winnings right? Just thinking out loud, that's all Have a shaggy day ShagE3
Dec 15, 2025, 7:18 pm - ShagE3 - Lottery News

Montana Lottery aims to prohibit bulk purchases after group takes gamble on $1.6 million jackpotReply
It would also grant the Lottery the ability to deny a claim for a winning lottery or sports wager ticket if it was found to have been purchased in relation to a bulk transaction. I don't agree with this. It's the lottery's job to shut down so-called bulk ticket retailers, not collect all this money and then deny payment. That's what Texas tried to do to a winner and she had to sue them to collect. If they want to make their lottery unattractive to bulk ticket purchasers when the jackpot
Sep 19, 2025, 6:38 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery News

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
OK, so for each of the three interim drawings, $704,500 in prizes are awarded. That makes a grand total of $ 2,113,500 in prizes for all three interim periods. The grand prize drawing will award a minimum of (10) $1,000,000 prizes, for a total of $10,000,000 in prizes in the Grand Prize drawing. So all told a total of $12,113,500 in prize money to be awarded. Now divide $12,113,500 by 20, and you have the number of tickets that need to be sold to fund the prizes. So 605,675 twenty
Apr 3, 2026, 12:55 pm - Sum Buddy - 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

Ten years later, Florida Lottery Millionaire Raffle is backNews Story
A whopping 2,000,000 tickets for sale and over $22.8 million in cash prizes By Kate Northrop After a ten-year hiatus, the Florida Lottery has brought back its Millionaire Raffle, giving players in the state the best odds at winning $1 million. The Florida Lottery's Millionaire Raffle has made a return after taking a ten-year break, and it's brought with it several cash prizes and multiple drawings. At $20 per ticket, players can enter for a chance to win $1 million, and there's a
Mar 11, 2026, 9:23 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mississippi Lottery debuts state's first $30 scratch-off ticketNews Story
Bigger payouts in the state's most expensive lottery game By Kate Northrop Last week, the Mississippi Lottery launched its first-ever $30 scratch-off ticket the most a player can pay for a single ticket in the state. The Mississippi Lottery's $30 scratch-off ticket just hit the shelves last week, ready to offer players a chance for bigger prizes in exchange for a heftier price tag. The game is called Millionaire Maker, and it offers ten top prizes of $1 million with base prizes o
Jan 12, 2026, 1:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
There is only one set of winning numbers drawn and each set played is an attempt to match that set. Suppose you only bought one ticket but they drew two sets of numbers? What would that do to the odds? I didn't say each additional ticket cuts the odds in half. That's another part of his inability to understand 3rd grade fractions. He seems to think that we're saying that 2/100ths is twice as much as 1/100th (and might even understand that much) but also thinks that we're saying 2 x
Mar 31, 2026, 12:43 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum