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Now it's officialReply
Your odds of winning are exactly the same as anyone else playing. If you don't play until the prize is big your odds get longer because more people are also playing for the big money.Hopefully the money you play is money you'd flit away on some other frivolity anyway and not your rent or food money. Btw 175 grand ain't nothing to sneeze at either. At least a quarter of a million people win something each drawing other than the jackpot.
May 15, 2002, 3:59 pm - megamillionaire - Lottery Discussion Forum

Now it's officialReply
The lottery corporation should include a extraordinary amount in the Big Game Mega Millions jackpot to compensate welfare loss of original 7 states Big Game Player!We have $25 Mil annuity anyway the Friday drawing (BGMM's 1st draw). Jackpot unchaged, longer odds. Welfare loss form players to lottery corporation. We suffer a longer odds for our game!We need efficiency and competition, not such math game!
May 15, 2002, 11:17 am - Gamma Ray - Lottery Discussion Forum

Re: Question about Mega MillionsReply
Did the authorities consider have the BG and BG-MM sell at the same time?Suggestd Jackpot OddS:BG: 1/50*49*48*47*46(36)BG-MM: 1/50*49*48*48*47*46(36)(36)So both the BG and BG-MM advocates can play at the same time with different odds and jackpot at the same thime!Is it possible? Please participate!
Apr 17, 2002, 1:31 pm - Gamma Ray - Lottery Discussion Forum

Approximately 175 million Big Game tickets sold
That's based on the fact that there were 5,646,904 total winners, and the odds of winning are about 1:31. Multiplying the numbers of winners by the odds (31) equals approx. 175 million tickets sold.That's a lot of tickets.-Todd
Apr 17, 2002, 10:44 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

I SMELL RIGGINGReply
go ahead and match the odds so you too can win. you make it sounds simple. match the odds bwahahahahha!
Apr 17, 2002, 10:39 am - AMGBM - Lottery Discussion Forum

ODDs of winning big ball are 1 in 62, butReply
Of the 76,275,360 possible combinations there are 1,221,759 combinations that have the bonus ball but none of the other 5 winning numbers, thus the odds of l,221,759 divided by 76,275,360 which equals 1/62. Since there is only one combinations that have all five numbers and the bonus ball it's odds is 1 divided by 76,275,360.RJOh
Apr 16, 2002, 1:43 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

Could The Big Game Jackpot Be Waiting For OhioReply
With over 100 million combinations sold, I'm susprised no ticket won last night. The jackpot would have to roll over nine more times for that to happen and even with odds of 1:76M, that not likey to happen. Ohio jackpot is 75M (cash 33M) with odds of 1:14M and nobody won that either.RJOh
Apr 13, 2002, 12:39 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

80 MIL avg. ???Reply
MUSL's current plan is to double everything in PowerBall (except the odds). This achieves a similar effect as doubling the odds.Check out their latest plan as detailed in an online survey. (see URL below)
Apr 10, 2002, 8:00 pm - Abe - Lottery Discussion Forum

80 MIL avg. ???Reply
Rob,After reading that same material I thought that it's really going to be tough to justify buying any amount of tickets for the smaller jackpots. I wonder if having such high odds might actually work to slow the progression of a jackpot from the 10 or 30 million range to the 80 or 100 plus range. I think alot of people who are willing to slap 5 or 10 bucks down for a 30 million jackpot might hold off and wait because of the larger odds. Just a thought
Apr 10, 2002, 3:33 pm - someday22 - Lottery Discussion Forum

OFFICIAL: New BG odds 1:135 million!!Reply
Does anyone have any thoughts on whether a lottery game where the odds are already astronomical needs to madeeven more astronomical? Would it be awful if they actuallyhad a winner every week or two, instead of 1 person winningan absurdly huge amount of money? Yes, I know the statesmake more with huge jackpots but this sounds like too much -too much money in the jackpot, too small odds of winning,too greedy for both states and players. Count me out if they do this.
Apr 3, 2002, 9:37 am - Guest - Lottery Discussion Forum