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The $29.95 Non-BelieverzReply
Stats and the Mountain of Tickets Stats sat alone in a weathered old chair, With losing lotto slips piled high everywhere. No job to attend and no paycheck in sight, Yet he checked every drawing from morning till night. He had stacks in the kitchen, stacks under the bed, Stacks on the table where he rested his head. Each ticket a promise, each number a dream, Though the jackpots kept flowing downstream. Impossible odds? Stats would loudly proclaim. No, somebody'
May 29, 2026, 5:37 pm - Lottomeister - Lottery Discussion Forum

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
Man, I could write a book on this one. So I'll keep it brief... How do you expect the prize pool to grow faster when you're adding 20% more players ??? (Not really- see next item.) UK players will reject this based on the ticket cost and taxable (US portion) jackpots. This is just a test market to see if Powerball can sell a $5+ ticket ( 4= $5.44 US). Why in your own back yard when you can do it in someone else's? MegaMillions is paying the price of greed and Powerball is next.
Apr 15, 2026, 11:07 am - play4shekels - Lottery News

New Hampshire Lottery launches $30 scratch-off ticket offering record $3 million top prizeReply
Well put ..... For thirty dollars I can buy 10 to 15 powerball tickets for a cash value of 9 mil or six tickets of megamillions for a cash value of around 22 mil. Of course, it's a lot harder to win than the scratcher but that's another thing. Have a shaggy day! ShagE3 PS On another topic, tho lottery related .... What's with Ark and Del twice winning multistate mega lottery jackpots as of recent memory?
Apr 8, 2026, 10:32 pm - ShagE3 - Lottery News

Impact of "Free Money" on Lottery Spending
During the Covid Era and the ensuing Stimulus Checks, there was arguments that the free money was driving lottery sales and the massive jackpots that we saw. Fast forward 2026 - with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the Tax incentives - no taxes on over time and tips etc, and with the Tax season almost coming to an end, are we likely to see increased spending on the lottery from the Tax Refunds ? It's the first time in 3 years that I have had a tax refund, I am always paying extra taxe
Apr 8, 2026, 1:52 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

It looks as if the $5.00 MM ticket is doing poorly.Reply
It took 40 draws, 5 months, to generate an annuity jackpot still sub billion. This is the longest series of rollovers ever recorded for Mega Millions. The Texas lottery, using an estimated sales figures translated into what are presumably Poisson distribution calculations, indicated that the probability of forty rollovers was less than 35%. It follows if one does simple math that more than 40 rollovers would be required to reach annuity jackpots over a billion dollars, and thus is unlik
Mar 10, 2026, 4:24 pm - Prob988 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Michigan Weekly Breakdown — Fantasy 5 & Lotto 47 Trend Report (April 4-9)Reply
From some of the things I've read in the Lottery Master Guide book (LMG) authored by the late Gail Howard, on page 8 in the LMG it says: How Jackpots Are Built Lottery Officials Love when a Jackpot Rolls Over. Because it increases lottery ticket sales for the next drawing. And it brings in more revenue for the State. In the State of Michigan, from what I understand is... the lottery proceeds go into an Educational Fund to assist with the educational needs for grades K thru 12 in
Apr 22, 2026, 7:46 am - L J1 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Help Me Understand This 😭
From 2/22 when the new MFL game launched, Both the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots have been won twice - each. We have also had numerous 2nd prize winners for both of the above games. We are yet to have a jackpot or even a 2nd prize winner with MFL. On 4/22 it will be two months since the game launched. Does it mean we have fewer people playing MFL in the 31 states where it's available? The odds of winning are way lower than for both PB and MM, but yet they keep on producing
Apr 17, 2026, 10:52 am - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
In the UK the game is different 1) The ticket will cost 4 pounds or $5.00 at today's exchange rate 2) If you get (2) of the white ball numbers you get 8 pounds or $10.00 3) if you win the jackpot you can't get the cash option only the annuity (You can sell that annuity to an insurance company for NPV (Net Present Value) in a heartbeat. ) 4) In the US - lottery sales are $100 billion a year but only $10 billion in the UK. 5) US Powerball ticket prices in the UK will be the mos
Apr 15, 2026, 10:55 am - JohnGalt3 - Lottery News

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
I know Lotto Motto can appreciate what I'm about to write because he/she is located in Miami. I mostly play Florida Fantasy5 due to it's 376,992 to 1 odds. Fantasy5's jackpots aren't exactly life changing. Midday draws pay out roughly $45,000 before taxes to a single winner. The Evening Fantasy5 draw pays approximately $100,000 to a single jackpot winner. (Again, before taxes) If all Raffle tickets in their respective range are sold, the odds of winning are 1 in 100,000. If fewer Raffle
Mar 9, 2026, 6:42 pm - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Good new on the MEASLY MILLIONS front... The cash value ticked up a projected $100K for Friday 5/22/26. Perhaps it's a sign of Bigger, Faster jackpots that the participants were advised of. Good luck to all that are players of this game. ANNUITY CASH VALUE 14) $195,000,000 $86,300,000 15) $215,000,000 $95,200,000 * up $8.9 Million CASH 16) $232,000,000 $103,800,000 * up $8.6 Million CASH 17) $251,000,000 $112,300,000 * up $8.5 Million CASH 18) $277,000,000 $120,400,000 *
May 20, 2026, 10:19 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum