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Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Lottery sales for the big national games are down. This is probably the main reason the Mega Millions game was recently changed. Even on my worst days I'm not nearly stupid enough to think they wouldn't have tried messing with the game even if sales were still what they were 3 to 5 years ago, but the change was definitely an attempt to increase sales. So far the sales per drawing have been consistently higher than shortly before the change for the jackpots values we've seen, and sales f
Aug 4, 2025, 4:02 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Looks like there is greed on both ends of mega millions, the pots are not rising like they said they would. Charging $5.00 a draw will probably keep the new change going a while. You took some of the excitement away with the price increase pricing a lot of people out of course you knew that.
Aug 4, 2025, 2:13 am - opt99$ - Lottery Discussion Forum

Oregon Lottery proposes rules regulating courier services and preventing bulk ticket purchasesReply
It's because of the stupid 2X multiplier and the baseline starting jackpot. Eliminate the 2X multiplier and increase the starting baseline jackpot to $150M and you will see the new MM pop. The players are a lot smarter than the LOTTERY SUITS give them credit for. They need to see what they are paying for .
Jul 30, 2025, 1:05 pm - mypiemaster - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The Mega Millions jackpot increased by the minimum $10 million to $140 million. It is estimated the current jackpot is under funded from sales by about $0.3 million. This will be the last minimum $10 million jackpot increase. Going forward, the jackpot will be fully funded by sales. Nonetheless, there is no possibility for the Mega Millions jackpot to catch up to the Powerball jackpot. The Powerball jackpot is clearly winning this race.
Jul 30, 2025, 12:27 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
We are also skipping Mega Millions this week. Waiting for the jackpot to get a lot bigger. At least bigger than Powerball. My reasons are very different than MM's reasons, but I'm hoping that we'll see a ridiculously large jackpot in 3 months or so. By that time PB will either have been won or be well beyond the current record. Either way, at $5 per ticket for essentially the same odds I think it's foolish to buy a MM ticket unless it's substantially bigger than PB. Regardless of what PB is
Jul 26, 2025, 1:39 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The Mega Millions jackpot is growing slower than last time because it is being over shadowed by the much larger Powerball jackpot. And/or more of the people who aren't addicted are sitting it out for more general reasons about MM itself. The sales forecast for Friday are up about 5% over the previous Friday, so maybe we'll see another modest increase for Friday 8/1, too. Based on the last couple of increases we'll almost certainly see it advertised as 130 next Tuesday (funded at about 1
Jul 24, 2025, 12:23 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
YEUP, saved another $5 spot. Oh look, another $10M increase. Best of luck to all that participate.
Jul 9, 2025, 8:26 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Maryland: 7/1 - 7/31/2025Reply
But he saved us $50 each supposedly (talking point from the news). This is just 1 of many taxes they added, mostly business to business taxes. I live near both PA WV so might be able to go to those states to get things or services that are cheaper. Already playing Lotto America in WV in place of MM. From what I can see it appears to be from -- Blueprint for Maryland's Future, with a planned 10-year phase-in period. This includes substantial increases in the per-pupil foundation amount
Jul 8, 2025, 3:42 am - DELotteryPlyr - Pick 3 Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Can't expect folks to purchase a chance , when you increase the price by 150 % with bloviated promises of bigger 2nd tier prizes, easier winning opportunities and forced purchasing options. It's not the only game in town. But I do wish the participants much luck.
Jun 28, 2025, 10:57 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The Mega Millions jackpot is now $348 million. The jackpot increased by only $22 million. This was less than the previous increase of $24 million. The gap between the Mega Millions jackpot and the Powerball jackpot continues to grow. It increased by $2 million with this draw.
Jun 25, 2025, 12:16 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum