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Monopoly Millionaires gameReply
This is why the number of minimum MC winners is clearly advertised as estimated, whereas the $1 million is not. They're advertising the game as having at least 10 millionaires, and at this moment the NY lottery website says 12 Millionaires To Be Created! and that the jackpot is now $18 million. That seems to match what you said in the news thread: that the increases to 12, 14 and 16,, as well as the increases in the jackpot, happen with each subsequent drawing without a winner, rather than
Oct 28, 2014, 12:57 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

New multi-state lottery game launches SundayReply
The problem with that is by advertising dynamic odds, the odds would inherently change. If a player sees odds of 1 in 2 million and decides to buy a ticket then that would subsequently change the odds (and on and on). It opens up the lottery to liability with false advertising etc. Plus, it would have the same effect as the rolling jackpots. Players would just wait to play until the odds are good (much like they wait until the jackpot is big enough). For the lottery it is just simpler this way.
Oct 19, 2014, 5:55 pm - LottoMetro - Lottery News

What is the best way to win the lottery?Reply
jj, Your state hasn't been a MM state all that long. Fact. From Wikipedia: The 2010 expansion of Mega Millions and Powerball On October 13, 2009, the Mega Millions consortium and Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) reached an agreement in principle to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball in American lottery jurisdictions, with the two groups referred to as the Mega Power Lottery [6] by many users. [/B]The expansion occurred on January 31, 2010, as 23 Powerball member
Sep 6, 2014, 7:23 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Megamillions and Powerball GamesReply
SkyLine69, You're missing the point of this thread. Its purpose is to help you choose the Jackpot Game that best matches your comfort level. If you've run the simulator, you've seen that UNLESS you win a higher tiered prize, you are going to lose money over time - MOST LIKELY in excess of 80 cents on each dollar wagered. This is because most of the prize money is held back for the Jackpots. In terms of the 4 options in this poll, you must decide which is best for you based on whether you'r
Mar 23, 2014, 3:16 pm - jimmy4164 - Jackpot Games Forum

$353 MILLION: Red hot Mega Millions jackpot set for FridayReply
I'm sorry, but you guys are...wrong. it's taken 19 rollovers to get to $353 million. NINETEEN!! Compare the number of draws in previous years to get to a massive jackpot and the result is the opposite of what you're saying. The jackpots are larger because the price of Powerball went up and it became harder to win Mega Millions. People are only going crazy with ticket purchases when the jackpots get huge, not before that. In 2012 MM rolled 18 times before getting to $656 million. It took 14 fo
Mar 12, 2014, 1:00 pm - Teddi - Lottery News

Do you like the idea of their being only One winner for PB/MM jackpots?
Especially when the jackpot goes into the $350million and above? Personally: l don't mind a 2,3 way split. Consider the following Solo winners: Gloria, Pedro, Chan in San Jose- the mystery winner in Milpitas. What's so bad about splitting the jackpot? Thoughts? *Have a good Hump Day people.
Feb 26, 2014, 2:29 pm - noise-gate - Lottery Discussion Forum

You Will Never Win A Lottery Jackpot In Your Lifetime.Reply
Nationally, in the last 24 months, the Powerball game created 1,013 millionaires, an average of more than 500 millionaires each year, or nine millionaires per week. Guess these 1013 proved otherwise..... shoulder shrug Whew would have ever thought that ? I understand your point, but I believe Thrifty means just lottery jackpots and not secondary prizes. An average of 20 PB jackpot winners a year might be an exaggeration. Based on probability and without an extraordinary event like the fo
Feb 6, 2014, 1:31 am - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

How To Predict Future Lottery ResultsReply
RJOh, The Illinois lotto game is drawn three times a week......producing 11 jackpots for those years indicates it's definitley taking a back seat to the 5 + 1 games. In other words not getting as much play. For those two years I referred to I think we just had MM and not PB yet. The jackpots don't get as high as they used to be.......currently it's $9.5M and increases $250,000 when it rolls. _____________________________________ Re: Artist77, I've never known her as a troublemaker
Dec 30, 2013, 8:28 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

$425 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot raised on huge salesReply
people plz remb 550 is what they said it be little bit higher then that the great powerball jackpot run in may of this year was marketed at 1 time as The Powerball jackpot has soared to $550 million it then got upgraded to 600m marketed, the final total was 590m thro come draw so i think it will go higher then 550m, not sure if it be way over 600m, we have to wait and see thanks to cross selling in all states, we have created new class of monster jackpots, godzilla jackpots
Dec 14, 2013, 1:12 am - joshuacloak - Lottery News

$344 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot skyrocketsReply
I agree with most that say always take the cash. The annuity is mainly a gimmick to inflate the Jackpot for sales and marketing purposes...and it works! It may have made more sense in the old days, with state lottos and when jackpots were smaller. With a smaller jackpot under $10M, there is some tax advantage with smaller annual payments falling under the top tax bracket. But now with huge jackpots of a few hundred million, that disappears. I agree that it can seem scary when the jackpo
Dec 9, 2013, 11:34 am - Jon D - Lottery News