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How big do you think MM will get?Reply
I haven't seen any bumps to the announced jackpot, and therefore we can expect that sales will be around $120 million for this draw, with a Poisson (random distribution) rollover probability of about 50%.The largest jackpot ever, 5/9/00, $363M, came after a $220M jackpot, and produced 2 winners after $195.6M in sales. (Note that the odds were, if memory serves me well, around 1 in 90M then). Because of all the changes, we cannot say what the sales would be after a rollover here, but if they we
Sep 16, 2005, 11:17 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Very little lottery researchReply
Well of course they do it to raise money. It's called a voluntary tax . They never have said otherwise (unless you believe their commercials, and one should never believe a commercial) The govt never does something like this unless they get their payoff. If they weren't making money, they would discontinue the games. This is not, and never was, about the govt wanting to make any of the people wealthy.As far as the odds, they don't jack them up because they don't have to do so. The odds are al
Sep 12, 2005, 7:23 am - Badger - Lottery Discussion Forum

Smash the MM odds...it is easy!
I have been writing letters to editors and to the Mega Millions websight here is the response I got from MM-------------Dear Player,Thank you. I've passed this information on to our Online Games manager.Lottery PR Department>>> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.com> >>>The Mega Millions (and powerball) game has a MAJOR FLAW!If you buy 46 easy pick tickets your odds are 175,711,536 to 46However if you buy the same set of 5 numbers with each mega ball(1,2,3,4,5-1 thru 1
Aug 20, 2005, 10:24 am - Think - Jackpot Games Forum

July's new scratchers for TNReply
Ok I've got the dirt on the new tickets. For the $10 BIG money (correction not bucks)... Top Prize $250,000. Odds are horrible for a TN $10 ticket. 1:3.1! I've played a $5 ticket with better odds than that. Weak TN. Really Weak!For $2 Fire and Ice... Odds 1:3.8. Top Prize $30,000. $2 24K odds 1:4.1 and top prize $24,000 When I said I wanted a $10 game with numbers instead of fruits I wanted the same odds. Oh well. I guess I'll wait for Jumbo Jumbo bucks.
Jul 5, 2005, 12:55 pm - Tnplayer805 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

LotteryReply
In a large jackpot game, the odds are heavily skewed against the secondary prizes so that the top prize grows larger and attracts more player. Under those conditions, the profitability of the system also depends on how well capitalized you are. You know that the odds of the largest prize is perhaps 130 million to 1. If your system can improve your odds by 100-fold, the odds are still 1.3 million to 1. If you're capitalized as such that you can invest $ 450 per drawing, the odds are you'll ge
Jun 7, 2005, 9:00 pm - lchoro - Lottery Discussion Forum

Someone hit mega - needs a fixReply
Quote: Originally posted by dvdiva on March 3, 2005 Not true. Powerball has broken 300 million twice. The big game once but never played that. I don't complain about jackpots if it matches the prize. Quinto's jackpot is now 4.8 million in cash equal to 1.86 times it's odds. For mega/powerball to match that odds ratio it would have to have a jackpot of 500 million. For a game where the odds are 135 million to one not even to hit it's odds as an annuity is a sign of a broken game. Something that t
Mar 3, 2005, 7:24 pm - DoctorEw220 - Jackpot Games Forum

Someone hit mega - needs a fixReply
Not true. Powerball has broken 300 million twice. The big game once but never played that. I don't complain about jackpots if it matches the prize. Quinto's jackpot is now 4.8 million in cash equal to 1.86 times it's odds. For mega/powerball to match that odds ratio it would have to have a jackpot of 500 million. For a game where the odds are 135 million to one not even to hit it's odds as an annuity is a sign of a broken game. Something that they should have fixed long ago.Looks like Megamillio
Mar 3, 2005, 1:58 am - dvdiva - 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

Boxing numbers, how is it done?.....Reply
Quote: Originally posted by Maverick on February 20, 2005Is there such a thing as a best play type to play? ... like straight, box, pair play, combination play, etc... Thanx.Depends what you mean by best . On the back of the playslip you fill out, the odds for each type play should be shown. Each play has different odds. Those are the odds against you. Like hitting a straight with any one combination is a one in 1,000 chance. That pays off the most money to you for your bet. Basically,
Feb 21, 2005, 7:28 am - Badger - Lottery Discussion Forum

Boxing numbers, how is it done?.....Reply
Quote: Originally posted by Wolfpack24 on February 21, 2005I had a friend tell me some people know ways to increase their odds on playing the right numbers.its very simple. if a 7 hasnt appeared in 23 days, then they are highly increasing their odds by playing the combos with a 7. if a 7 is drawn the next day, the odds that they will hit are MUCH better. also some people track odd and even digits, high and low digits. consecutive numbers, doubles, triples, pure numbers. you can track anything i
Feb 21, 2005, 4:01 am - Justin - Lottery Discussion Forum