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Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Lets face it, you know Mega Millions is now increasing their revenue with the jackpot at $800 million, For the same advertised jackpot MM's revenue per drawing at $5 per ticket dropped below the revenue per drawing at $2 per ticket a few drawings back. Revenue for Saturday's $800 million jackpot was a hair under 70% of the revenue for the last $800 million jackpot in August '24. Total revenue since the price increase is about 1% more than for the same time period in 2024, while revenue
Nov 6, 2025, 2:43 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Millionaire for Life multi-state game coming in 2026Reply
With odds of 22 million to 1 people will actually win this game. This, so far, appears to be a way better deal for 5 bucks than the idiotic new Mega Millions. 5 bucks for a game that people actually win should get sales going but let's just see how many draws per week they do. If it's 7 then that might be where they run into a problem on this one. Two or three draws per week might be better so players don't feel like they are getting milked. I'm looking forward to the details because
Oct 22, 2025, 9:35 am - Think - Lottery News

$1.8 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now second-largest ever as ticket sales surge across the USAReply
The probability that no one wins the jackpot thus causing a rollover is given by: Chat, AI \left(1 - \frac{1}{292{,}201{,}338}\right)^N Where N is the number of tickets sold. Using estimated ranges: If N 300 million: \left(1 - \frac{1}{292M}\right)^{300M} e^{-300M / 292M} e^{-1.03} 0.36 \; (36\%) So about a 35 40% chance of rollover under that assumption. If sales are even higher as they likely are rollover odds would reduce further.
Sep 5, 2025, 9:30 pm - Fbom - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
At least Measly Millions made some progress with an increase of $25M this time. OLD: Looking at the $2 MM run from 6/07/24 - 9/10/24 with only a starting jackpot of $20 Million , the jackpot after 18 draws was already at $405 Million . It took 27 draws to reach the $800M winning jackpot. Looking at the last $2 MM Billion dollar jackpot run from 9/13 - 12/27/24 starting jackpot of $20 Million, the jackpot after 18 draws was at $387 Million . At 27 draws it was $760M. It took 30 draws to
Aug 30, 2025, 7:51 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball reaches $643 million: highest lottery jackpot of 2025Reply
Maybe another billion is coming! There roughly a 1 in 3 chance it will roll past $1 billion (to perhaps $1.1 billion). Oopsie. I realized a while after posting that 1 in 3 seemed way too low with the advertised jackpot already at $815 million. I had updated some older info and accidentally included probabilities for two drawings that already rolled. The PB worksheet on the Texas lottery website is estimating coverage of combinations for the next five drawings as (starting with tomo
Aug 26, 2025, 4:24 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I'm just done with Mega Millions altogether. I played it since it was available in California, so a sample size that runs around 20ish years. The most I ever won was matching 3 numbers for probably around $10. $5 a ticket just became a barrier I wasn't willing to pass through. Whatever I would have normally spent just went to other draw games like California Fantasy 5 tickets instead. The actual jackpot total plays no part in my decision to buy a ticket or not. I also just get 1 ticket per
Aug 23, 2025, 10:30 am - GoodLuckDude - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The Mega Millions jackpot reached $166 million after 11 rolls. In the previous Mega Millions run, the jackpot reached $189 million after 11 rolls. This time around the cash value for drawing #12 is $75.2 million while PB is advertising a $482 million annuity. Last time around the cash value for drawing #12 was $82.7 million, which is only 10% more, and a much smaller difference than the annuity inflated by a higher interest rates suggests. Still a long ways off from the 11 roll record o
Aug 7, 2025, 2:27 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery money for educationReply
I believe that the government money goes to the physical plant, staff, teachers, food for breakfasts and lunches, and so on. The supplies mentioned are what the parents are supposed to supply their children with - notebooks, paper, pencils, rulers, etc. Some kids from less fortunate families would not have any of this if not for the donations. That is what the lists by teachers are for. The teachers are not making lists for desks, school buses, playground equipment, etc., but for the very basic
Aug 3, 2025, 12:28 am - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

South Carolina Lottery begins accepting debit card payments for ticket purchasesReply
And in Canada and United Kingdom zero Tax on all lottery win not even a federal tax In Canada, lottery winnings are not considered taxable income. This means that if you win the lottery in Canada, you get to keep the full amount of your winnings without having to pay any taxes on the prize itself. and in United Kingdom It is correct that lottery winnings are not subject to lottery tax in the United Kingdom. Here's why and what you need to be aware of regarding taxes and
Jul 6, 2025, 4:19 pm - Powerball765 - Lottery News

North Carolina Lottery launches Celebrate America Raffle to commemorate 250 yearsNews Story
Online-only raffle to honor 250-year milestone By Kate Northrop As the United States celebrates a quarter-millennium of independence, the North Carolina Lottery is joining the nationwide commemoration with a special Celebrate America Raffle, featuring prize amounts that honor the milestone. North Carolina lottery players can now participate in a patriotic celebration with the exclusive Celebrate America Raffle, honoring the United States' 250th anniversary with a limited number of co
May 28, 2026, 9:10 am - Todd - Lottery News