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Lottery officials forsee $500 million Mega Millions jackpotsNews Story
California, the Golden State, will bring a lot of green to the Mega Millions Lottery jackpots when the state joins the multistate game next month. That's green as in greenbacks.Mega Millions Lottery officials expect jackpots, under the right circumstances, to reach a staggering half of a billion dollars, said Michigan Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters. With California in, the computer model says there is a high probability of a $500 million Mega Millions jackpot, Peters said. The largest Mega Mi
May 8, 2005, 7:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball roll to combined $785 million jackpotNews Story
2021 begins with two massive lottery jackpots ready to be won By Kate Northrop With many people aching to finally cast aside 2020 and breathe a sigh of relief, the United States' two biggest multi-state lottery games feature jackpots worth nearly $800 million combined that will instantly change the fortunes of whomever is lucky enough to win them. No one was able to match all six numbers for either the Mega Millions or Powerball drawings this week. As both jackpots sit near the $400 mil
Dec 31, 2020, 3:19 pm - Todd - Lottery News

How many jackpots have you won in a year
how many jackpots have you all won?
Mar 31, 2023, 2:28 am - msmillionaire - Lottery Discussion Forum

Both PB & MM are at minimum jackpotsReply
No, it isnt. I use to look at LP's handy dandy jackpot history graphs a couple of years ago and the average # of jackpots were around 12 in a year. So far, in the past 365 days, we've had only 8 PB jackpots and 7 MM jackpots. Worse, my state lotto has only had 3 jackpots in that time period. It also use to have 10-12 jackpots a year. So, you got your wish: It appears it is much harder to win and the jackpots are larger.
Apr 3, 2017, 1:51 pm - Redd55 - Jackpot Games Forum

Do some of you plan to spend less money playing the lottery in 2014?Reply
Probably wont play the MM as much because of the changes. The Powerball ...well....probably wont do that til it gets to 100M and heres why: Over the last 5 years(09-13) there have been 36 jackpots won over 100 M // 31 jackpots under 100 M. Since the $2 increase on 1/15/12: there have been more larger jackpots won(7) over $300 M as opposed going back through 2004 there were only 3 over 300 M(Hiles/Cotrell in 07 and Conagra group in 06 and Chaney/West in 05) 2013: 9 jackpots won
Jan 22, 2014, 11:39 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

PB lower odds = greater payout than MM??Reply
While Powerball's annuity jackpots start at $15 million and Mega Millions' annuity jackpots start at $12 million, their cash jackpots start at approximately the same value ($7 million average).
Sep 29, 2006, 6:39 pm - ryanm - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
It would certainly seem so.The predicted jackpots seem not to be tracking sales very well. The cash jackpots are now normally higher than promised. An estimate based on the predicted jackpots now advertised would seem to suggest that the lottery only expects 10 million in sales. This is obviously ridiculous.Another explanation would be that there has been a decision to under promise on early jackpots in hopes of raising the probabilities of large jackpots. The sales for the single drawing of
Dec 4, 2005, 5:19 pm - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

powerball matrixReply
I don't think you get it. The difference between 135 million and 180 million to win isn't very much per ticket but would be enough to get much higher jackpots. If 135 or 180 is too much that's what state lotteries are for. Eventually dwindling sales will force them to change. No one wants a game with crummy jackpots and high odds. Its either low jackpots and low odds (some state games), high jackpots and low odds (like the Quinto game right now) or very high jackpots with really bad odds.Even qu
Mar 2, 2005, 12:06 am - dvdiva - Lottery Discussion Forum

What happened to the jackpots on the left
You can't see the MM or PB jackpots anymore.
Feb 10, 2005, 9:52 am - CASH Only - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
You spoke my mind, for MM to be won at the 300M mark, not sure about the bigger jackpots advertising - maybe it's too early. Do people here believe the morons who carry a snowball into congress in February and claim that global warming is a hoax because it still snows on some cold winter days? Just as a February snowfall and the recent extremely hot days aren't indicators of the yearly average, those two jackpots are statistically unusual (although vastly more likely than a player winning b
Jun 29, 2025, 12:21 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum