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$330 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot nears record highReply
KY Floyd Some things never change. I've spent years trying to eductate you about this, but maybe that's just not possible . And in all those years this board has grown to over 100,000, which means an awful lot of tickets played, an awful lot of odds reductions , and how many jackpots hit? Maybe you know the differmce between a fairy tale and a war story.
Jan 4, 2011, 7:07 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Pennsylvania: 1/1 - 1/31/2011Reply
You had the pairs right here cj!! GREAT JOB!!! I'm looking for some of the same tonight and something from your all odds and you have the 11 too ZarisMommy is looking for too!! I AGREE - TRIP SOMETHING....my store total didn't work, yet...but I'll still keep it in...888 - hey, if you turn that upsidedown...it's still the same lol
Jan 4, 2011, 4:01 pm - dr65 - Pick 3 Forum

$355 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot second-biggest of all timeReply
Pennsylvania needs the first Mega Millions Jackpot for the State tonite .......... ........... I will be happy to accept the very large EFT into my bank account! The odds are big .......... and I am small ............ but somebody's gunna win very big eventually!
Jan 4, 2011, 1:16 pm - dpoly1 - Lottery News

$355 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot second-biggest of all timeNews Story
By Todd Northrop What a week for Mega Millions multi-state lottery players! The lotteries have raised the official Mega Millions jackpot estimate for the second time in as many days to a knee-weakening $355 million for tonight's drawing. That's a $25 million increase just from yesterday. Likewise, the lump-sum cash option of tonight's jackpot is now $224.2 million an increase of $15.9 million from yesterday's estimate. And there's no telling how high the jackpot will become by the
Jan 4, 2011, 12:42 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$330 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot nears record highReply
Actually, that's exactly what it does. After purchasing your stated quantity of tickets, your odds would be 87,855,768 in 175,711,536. Simplifying the fraction yields 1 in 2. You seem to be caught up in the wow, it's hard to win syndrome. Yes, it is hard to win indeed. Buying several tickets does not make it easy to win. However, it is important not to confuse the mathematics about it with the reality that any way you express it, it is still very hard and rare to win.
Jan 4, 2011, 7:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

$330 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot nears record highReply
Please read my post, Guru101 is correct. You are both stating the same thing, in fact. Stating the odds as 13 in 175,711,536 is the same exact thing as saying 1 in 13,516,272 .
Jan 3, 2011, 10:51 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$500 winner - Georgia Lottery BLACKReply
Yes, that was excellent. I do some of that to an extent. I do have better luck in the slower stores where I can actually count the tickets in each book. If I hit on a winner, I try and wait for 3 tickets to be sold before I buy another, and then I will often buy them until I have another winner. I dig through the trash a bit, but I have yet to find a winner so far, although I have entered many a second chance game with those tickets. I do also gather intel on tickets that way. Most people will s
Jan 3, 2011, 4:28 am - CarHauler - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Texas Lottery ChangesReply
I suspect that's true. I wouldn't trust a clerk to enter numbers correctly, especially for a jackpot game. I was reluctant the one time I did it (for Pick 3) because they had no playslips. I even use a playslip to get a quick pick because I often choose the annual payments option, and the clerks sometimes ignore that and select cash value when I ask by voice. Checking around, other MM lotteries have changed their sites to reflect the Megaplier million-dollar change. Some of them changed t
Jan 1, 2011, 9:20 pm - Longarm - Lottery Discussion Forum

$290 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery rocket-rideReply
What system did you use to do 2 times worse than the overall odds of winning any prize? Was it the same one that you claimed to have spent $100 every drawing for the past 5 years and hadn't won a dime? https://www.lotterypost.com/news/225278
Jan 1, 2011, 3:16 pm - RJOh - Lottery News

$290 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery rocket-rideReply
CarHauler I have absolutely no idea why I haven't won the jackpot yet.... Here's an idea, read the odds on the back of the playslip.
Jan 1, 2011, 11:39 am - Coin Toss - Lottery News