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Mega Millions vs Ohio 6/49Reply
I don't know why this hadn't occured to me sooner, but when PB goes to the 30 year Annuity, they most likely will have a larger annuity value for less cash. This could be a good thing, since the Jackpots are mostly advertised based on their Annuity value. And the higher the jackpot the more casual players they will draw.
Sep 15, 2002, 5:21 pm - smd173 - Jackpot Games Forum

Mega Millions vs Ohio 6/49Reply
RJOh: The 5,952,380 or so amount for Mega Millions was for the starting $10 million jackpot LAST Tuesday (9/10). The cash value percentage of the Mega Millions annuity is virtually the same as Powerball's. (Never mind PB soon will go to 30 annual payments.) The Ohio Lottery needs to be much more reasonable about the cash value percentage of the Ohio 6/49 annuity; otherwise, the right thing to do would be to make Ohio Lotto an ALL-CASH game (since Ohio itself cannot produce mega-jackpots).
Sep 15, 2002, 10:32 am - CASH Only - Jackpot Games Forum

9/11 & PowerballReply
EZMoney: I think MUSL has a huge war chest, er, reserve fund for paying lower tier prizes. AFAIK, Powerball jackpots are based ENTIRELY on sales.
Sep 8, 2002, 12:18 pm - CASH Only - Jackpot Games Forum

OhioSuperLotoPlus picks for 08/31/02Reply
RJOh: I was hoping you'd be spending less money on the Ohio 6/49 by now. Hopefully MM jackpots will increase even faster starting Wednesday since Washington state begins selling MM tickets then!
Aug 31, 2002, 2:21 pm - CASH Only - Jackpot Games Forum

How much money is enough!?Reply
I think what you are seeing with the big jackpots make big linups thing is the psychology of a chance at that big $$ jackpot, slim as it may be, overpowering the realism that you're [probably/usually/always] just throwing your money away.Most of the people in those linups normally don't buy tickets until the WTF mindset kicks in [Oh WTF, it's just a buck!].Jackpot Winning Lottery Software
Aug 29, 2002, 12:23 pm - lottocheatah - Lottery Discussion Forum

Rich for LifeReply
My .02 worthFrom lottoways out of Illinois.I play the scratch offs but not as much as I use to.Reason being is one day I started reading all the odds of winning on the back of the tickets.It was amazing .On some of the $ 500.00 $1,000 winning odds,it was better to play the pick three (1000 to 1) or even the pk4 at 10,000 to 1.I could see the odds being high on the larger jackpots, but even to win a smaller pot was just about imposible.So, I now play the pk3 more and scartch offs less.Check ou
Aug 25, 2002, 6:46 pm - Lottoways - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

i'm new to thisReply
Every once in a while i travel to oregon to play powerball. I see your point though, with big jackpots in MM why bother going anymore.
Aug 18, 2002, 4:58 pm - gogo13 - Lottery Discussion Forum

anyone uses Gail Howard's systemReply
I use Gail Howard's cash 5 wheeling system.(The one that wheels 21 numbers).I've had several small (3 number hits) but not the BIG jackpots yet!!! I'm going to keep at it,who knows,I just might get lucky one day.Good luck to you.
Aug 13, 2002, 8:25 pm - BlueDot - Lottery Discussion Forum

quick pick vs selected numbers
I was wondering what the percentages of winners were who won the big jackpots with quick picks vs those who selected their own numbers. Does anyone happen to know this? Just curious.....thanks.
Aug 12, 2002, 6:34 am - wishin - Lottery Discussion Forum

When do you get the money?Reply
With Jackpots it usually will take around 4 weeks. That is what i heard anyway. I don't know if there is any merit to that but it makes sense.
Jul 30, 2002, 7:59 pm - Bradly_60 - Lottery Discussion Forum