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Texas Lottery Officials Halt Jackpot IncreaseNews Story
Texas Lottery officials won't boost the estimated top prize for Saturday's Lotto Texas drawing in the wake of accusations of inflated advertised jackpots.Lottery Post reported yesterday that the Texas Lottery has been accused of falsely inflating jackpots to drive ticket sales, leading to charges of false advertising.The Texas Lottery Commission says the estimated jackpot will remain at $8 million.A critic earlier sent a letter to Attorney General Greg Abbott accusing the commission of false adv
Jun 10, 2005, 12:53 am - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball Lottery States Vote to Change GameReply
There isn't a fluke happening with Powerball. The number of possible players and odds don't match up to generate large jackpots. Same is true in Mega. While mega has broken 100 million that would end if CA joined and the game didn't change. Jackpots of 300+ million are a big windfall for states selling tickets for participating states. That's what the games are there for. To make money for the states selling tickets. As a side benefit those whom like large jackpots get a small chance at winning
Apr 12, 2005, 2:02 pm - dvdiva - Lottery News

Powerball Lottery States Vote to Change GameReply
Quote: Originally posted by dvdiva on April 9, 2005 I haven't seen anywhere if they changed the lame rules regarding limits to record jackpots. Jag, I wouldn't worry about the whiners. Some people just don't get the concept of multi-state games and big jackpots. The difference between 120 and 146 or even 160 million isn't much. People who don't like odds above 100 million should stick to one state games. Leave the large jackpots to those who want a chance at them. It would be like me saying that
Apr 9, 2005, 2:22 am - JimmySand9 - Lottery News

Powerball Lottery States Vote to Change GameReply
I haven't seen anywhere if they changed the lame rules regarding limits to record jackpots. Jag, I wouldn't worry about the whiners. Some people just don't get the concept of multi-state games and big jackpots. The difference between 120 and 146 or even 160 million isn't much. People who don't like odds above 100 million should stick to one state games. Leave the large jackpots to those who want a chance at them. It would be like me saying that pick 3 should be banned. If you don't like a game l
Apr 9, 2005, 1:23 am - dvdiva - Lottery News

Streak of jackpot winners is bad luck for Powerball lottery salesReply
tg636: streaks of both winning and not winning go with the territory the states make money on even the lowest of jackpots.Todd: Sure, they make money, but less than what big multi-state games are supposed to make for a lotto game that has frequent winners, that's what your state's Pick 6 game is for. The big multi-state games are there to have big rollovers and big jackpots.I agree with tg636. On the other hand I also understand Todd's point, which is correct according to what a game like PB
Mar 17, 2005, 1:31 pm - Maverick - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpots will get bigger, quickerReply
The odds of record-setting jackpots in the Mega Millions lottery will improve tremendously after California joins the multistate game later this year. There have been three jackpots of more than $300 million in the United States -- two for Mega Millions, one for Powerball -- and Everett says a $400 million jackpot certainly is possible for Mega Millions with California on board.The probability of getting a high jackpot doesn't increase after a new state joins. Let's say the lottery only sells $
Feb 11, 2005, 9:34 pm - Zeno - Lottery News

Powerball/Mega Milions JackpotsReply
What on earth would the average lottery player even do with 300 million dollars or more? My guess would be that they'd just get themself into a world of problems. Personally, I could do very well on a lot less than even ten million dollars.If the purpose of games like PB and MM is to have super-sized jackpots, then it's a bit like a dog chasing its own tail. The purpose of the larger jackpots is to draw more players to the game, and having more players means that the jackpot will be hit more oft
Feb 5, 2005, 6:36 am - ayenowitall - Jackpot Games Forum

Details of lottery winner kin's death still sketchyReply
lowering the lottery jackpots is a good thing first all the money the lottery makes i never hear any good this money is doing for the senior citizens. but i do stand behind what i said yes i love to have 100 million but i feel even that is to much free money for anyone. i feel the lottery should never go over 50 million annuity, just give better odds i mean anyone who can not live off of 18.7 million cash pay out, does not deserve to win.you hear about people who won lottery who are broke, owein
Dec 22, 2004, 11:12 am - Guest - Lottery News

lottosouthReply
Quote: Originally posted by LOTTOMIKE on December 7, 2004lottosouth currently has huge multimillion dollar jackpots and consists of three states..georgia,virginia and kentucky...which of the states should be the next to join.....Huge multi-million dollar jackpots??? The LOTTO South jackpot usually doesn't grow to over ten million. That's hardly huge and it often doesn't even get that large. It's vary rare for the jackpot to become an overlay. Three states are already more than enough for a simpl
Dec 7, 2004, 1:55 am - ayenowitall - Lottery Discussion Forum

300 million dollar powerball jackpotReply
i think that with each game adding more states, it will get harder and harder for the jackpots to get over $300 million without the matricies being changed. nowadays, whenever the jackpot gets over $200 million, everyone plays. personally, i think powerball and mega millions should accomidate inflation and offer starting jackpots of $20 million. that way, the people will think that $20 or 30 million is nothing, and wait to play. that way, the jackpot will be able to get higher and higher, and pe
Oct 26, 2004, 10:34 pm - DoctorEw220 - Lottery Discussion Forum