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It looks as if the $5.00 MM ticket is doing poorly.Reply
If the lotteries only put half of what they take in into the prize pool (info you can look up) you're way off.
Mar 28, 2026, 12:34 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

ideal lottery pool sizeReply
I chose just me. I don't need any lottery drama like what happened with Philip Tsostos when he won the lottery and his coworkers sued him each for a cut of his winnings because they had participated in a lottery pool with him. Philip claimed he bought a separate lottery ticket aside from the pool's ticket and claimed that his solo lottery ticket was the one that won not the lottery pool ticket. It was a huge mess. He won his lawsuit case but this is a cautionary tale on why lottery pools can be
Mar 13, 2026, 7:17 am - Lotto Motto - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Good luck when that time comes If I was to ever manage a pool, I would take contributions even when we are not playing, that way when it's time to play, we have a bigger war chest and members don't feel the strain of contributing. I know that would be a logistical nightmare keeping track of all the contributions. I doubt I would want to manage that unless it's a very small pool of say 10 friends.
May 25, 2026, 9:31 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

ideal lottery pool sizeReply
I enjoy belonging to a pool since it gives me far more chances to win the lottery than I ever could get playing on my own. I never want to organize one though. I do not want the responsibility nor do I want to hunt people down for payments. The one thing I really like about the one I currently belong to is the fact I do not have to worry about how big it gets since I can buy multiple shares. This way I can control how much I am trying to win. It seems an ideal way to organize a pool.
Mar 17, 2026, 8:42 pm - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

ideal lottery pool sizeReply
Right now am in this weird pool. We never seem to agree what to buy, when to buy, how to buy and how, if we win the jackpot, we are going to split the winnings. And it's just me in the pool. Can you imagine if it's more people than that
Mar 13, 2026, 6:40 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Covering Designs - MM and PBReply
This is a mathematical covering design (or lottery wheel) that reduces the total number pool of Powerball/Mega Millions into just 350 combinations of 12-number sets . This specific optimization guarantees a 100% catch-rate for a 3-match and a 50% probability of hitting a 4-match , significantly lowering the cost while maintaining high efficiency.
Jun 4, 2026, 12:51 pm - tokecap - Mathematics Forum

New Jersey Pick 6 jackpot-winning ticket worth $5.9 million expiring in three weeksReply
Ticket expires May 22 at the Eisenhower Exxon in Roseland, Essex County - winning numbers 20-21-30-31-42-44 from that May 22, 2025, drawing. There's also a $50k Powerball from the same day unclaimed at D'Latinos in West New York, so double the urgency for NJ players to dig out old tickets. Hate seeing these roll back into the prize pool, especially with the app making checks so easy now.
May 4, 2026, 10:01 pm - RichW - Lottery News

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
Tucker, thank you for the very concise explanation. I agree with you 100%. Unfortunately, the people that already did not believe what you wrote will probably not be convinced. They do not want to admit they were once mistaken. Improving the odds is exactly why I only buy tickets as a member of a pool. I never buy a ticket on my own. Yes, I could win a pick 3 game but winning $500 is not very exciting for me. Winning the Mega Millions or Powerball games is nearly impossible when buying y
Mar 29, 2026, 3:57 pm - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

It looks as if the $5.00 MM ticket is doing poorly.Reply
Another thing that's not rocket science. They're not in the red, but when the winner chooses the cash value of $27.1 million there's only going to be about $12 million in the prize pool. The non-jackpot prizes require about 22% of sales revenue, so that's about $9.5 million of the $42.7 million they took in for the two drawings. Add the $27.1 million and they get to pay out about $36.6 million. That's roughly 85% of revenue, and about $15 million more than they planned.
Mar 27, 2026, 7:25 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

ideal lottery pool sizeReply
Just me. One time I tried to join a very small lottery pool (total two people) but the other person forgot to purchase the ticket before the cut-off time.
Mar 13, 2026, 3:28 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum