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Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I see the Measly Millions rolled last night. Congrats to all the players that participated. Just some FYI for those that are dedicated souls to playing this game of chance. Rollovers ANNUITY CASH 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 ------ Projected Should jackpots that are advertised for 1/2 of a Billion Dollars be
May 13, 2026, 2:23 pm - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Help Me Understand This 😭Reply
Does it mean we have fewer people playing MFL in the 31 states where it's available? Very probably, but when random numbers are involved, you can never rule out random streaks of losing and winning. Am I looking at the games wrongly? As a player should the focus be on the odds of winning or how often people are winning regardless? Look at it this way - If somebody else wins the jackpot, are they going to send you a check? If not, you should focus on the odds of you winning.
Apr 17, 2026, 11:59 am - parlayman - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Inflation affects the cost of operating the game, Inflation also affects state budgets that are partially funded by lotteries. Inflation itself isn't a direct reason for the price increase. Decreasing lottery revenue and efforts to prop it up are the reason, so inflation is an indirect cause. Of course the flip side of that coin is that most players do account for the price/risk of a bet to some degree. Here's the revenue for the first 5 drawings of the last 3 MM runs (current run on le
Apr 7, 2026, 1:42 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

It looks as if the $5.00 MM ticket is doing poorly.Reply
While there are games that cost more than $5..... $10 scratchers, $20 scratchers, $50 scratchers, $20 raffle tickets, etc., the difference is that in those games, you have a vastly higher chance of winning a large amount of money. The problem with the new $5 MM is that they didn't change much of anything. It includes the multiplier for lower prizes (instead of giving you a choice to pay the extra $1). They included a 10X possibility but re-arranged the other multiplier odds to give you preci
Mar 14, 2026, 9:36 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Maine Lottery adopts rules to ban bulk ticket purchasesNews Story
Maine joins growing number of states defending against jackpot buyouts By Kate Northrop It's official bulk lottery ticket purchases are illegal in Maine, making it the latest state to adopt laws in defense against organized groups aiming to buy jackpots. The Maine Lottery has adopted new rules to ban bulk ticket purchases for any of its games. Maine has now become part of the growing number of lotteries across the country taking steps to curtail ticket buying behavior that inten
May 12, 2026, 7:16 am - Todd - Lottery News

I Found 8 Profitable To Play Scratchers
Can't post links yet because I'm a new account but I thought I'd share the results of my research here. I've been messing around with some AI coding and I built a site that automatically imports scratcher data from 25 states and then does an expected value calculation on each ticket. As some of you serious scratchers know, as tickets get sold and jackpots aren't claimed your odds of winning go up and they can actually get to the point where they're mathematically profitable to play on av
Apr 28, 2026, 3:35 pm - ScratchJack - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
Someone Above said if someone in Uk wins the lottery they can take the money and run away and not pay complete Federal tax later. And am thinking Now how can you run away in the first place when they gave you no Lump sum option only annuity. If you run away they freezes the rest of your Annuity Payments Ok when people win Powerball the top tax is like 37 percent. There are two ways to pay federal government. One way is the player pays 37 percent and the other way is l guess each sold t
Apr 18, 2026, 1:07 am - Powerball765 - Lottery News

Help Me Understand This 😭Reply
I actually am not focused on the jackpots, any win is a good win, and a jackpot win is an even better win. In that case, I think you will like this. Just for fun, I downloaded all the Millionaire for Life draw results to see if anything funny jumped out at me. Then I noticed something very peculiar (well, two very peculiar somethings) about the 3/15 - 3/18 draws. 03/15/2026; 01 ,21,29,46,50; Millionaire Ball: 1 03/16/2026; 02 ,16,30,41,49; Millionaire Ball: 4 03/17/2026; 0
Apr 17, 2026, 2:51 pm - parlayman - Lottery Discussion Forum

Data Analyst looking for a Syndicate Partner (Monte Carlo Simulations for AU Saturday Lotto) &#12820
Hi everyone, I ve been following this forum for a while and I love the analytical approach many of you take. I m a data enthusiast For the past few months, I've been building Python-based Monte Carlo simulations analyzing 7+ years of draw data (specifically focusing on Australia Saturday Lotto and EuroMillions). My system doesn't predict the future (we all know the lottery is random), but it heavily filters combinations based on: Active Trends (Hot clusters in the last 15 draws).
Mar 13, 2026, 1:06 pm - ibrahim1 - Lottery Systems Forum

Data Analyst looking for a Syndicate Partner (Monte Carlo Simulations for AU Saturday Lotto) &#12820
Hi everyone, I ve been following this forum for a while and I love the analytical approach many of you take. I m a data enthusiast For the past few months, I've been building Python-based Monte Carlo simulations analyzing 7+ years of draw data (specifically focusing on Australia Saturday Lotto and EuroMillions). My system doesn't predict the future (we all know the lottery is random), but it heavily filters combinations based on: Active Trends (Hot clusters in the last 15 draws).
Mar 13, 2026, 1:05 pm - ibrahim1 - Mathematics Forum