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Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion after building for monthsReply
You couldn't wait to see that list of the all time top 25 jackpots again. The only one that matters now is the current one.
Dec 13, 2025, 8:22 am - billybucks - Lottery News

Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion after building for monthsNews Story
Powerball ticket sales ramping up as game seeks to create billionaire By Todd Northrop Arriving together with the year's holiday season, the current Powerball jackpot of $1 billion could make the winner into the ultimate real-life Santa Claus. The Powerball jackpot has been building for 41 consecutive drawings since the last winner on September 6 , when two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas split a $1.7874 billion jackpot the second-largest lottery jackpot in history. Both tickets h
Dec 12, 2025, 10:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

Impact of "Free Money" on Lottery SpendingReply
JustMaybe brings up a really good question. The data actually backs it up. During the stimulus check period (2020-2021), US lottery sales jumped roughly 20% year-over-year. That wasn't just bigger jackpots driving more tickets, the spike in sales started within days of each stimulus deposit hitting bank accounts. The timing was too consistent to be coincidence. There's a well-documented behavioral economics concept called mental accounting , people treat money differently depending on wh
Apr 10, 2026, 5:00 pm - RichW - Lottery Discussion Forum

Arkansas lottery winner of $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot comes forwardReply
For arguments sake let's say no one won pb last night .... and both jackpots rollover and over and over again ..... when would pb surpass mm on the road to a billion plus jackpot? Based on the recent runs that got big it would probably take about 7 weeks for PB to get bigger than MM, if they're about 210 and 270 at the same time. PB was at 207 on 10/06/25 and 5 weeks later it was at 490. MM was 277 on 8/29 and 5 weeks later it was 520. After 6 weeks they were at 570 and 575. After 7 weeks P
Jan 23, 2026, 11:46 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
American money going to foreign citizens. The article points out that According to MUSL, more than half of every $2 Powerball ticket stays in the jurisdiction where it is sold . That the state's share of the ticket price and all of the non-jackpot prizes that are paid by the state to somebody who bought a ticket in that state (roughly another 16% of the ticket price) stays in the state should be a no-brainer. With all of the states that offer PB, varying populations, and the small number of
Apr 19, 2026, 4:40 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

is it luckier to buy tickets on the rich side of town?Reply
This is a classic question in sociology and applied economics, and the answer is well-documented by demographic studies and market research in the United States (such as data from the Brookings Institution, the Tax Foundation, and various state lotteries). The direct answer is: people from all social classes play, but the financial impact, frequency, and motivation are profoundly different between the poorest and the wealthiest. Here is the breakdown of how lottery consumption
Jun 4, 2026, 2:56 pm - tokecap - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpotReply
The odds of winning are the same, but the odds of sharing the jackpot are higher.. It is like in NZ a lotto official said that there were usually about 3,000 tickets with 1,2,3,4,5,6 ... When picking your own numbers, people want a logical reason... Birthdays is another (so more likely to share prizes/ jackpots if the numbers are 1 - 31.
May 6, 2026, 2:59 am - kao1632 - Lottery News

Secrets of a lottery lawyer-Kurt Panouses interviewReply
Actually having two games and letting the players pick may be worse right now. That just leads to having a limited pool of player cash going to more games which leads to slower rolls and more player fatigue. The lottery market needs to sort itself out and cull the games that don't pull in much player dollars. I doubt that will happen anytime soon because the lotteries don't like paying out. That is why we keep getting more and more games that roll slower and have lower jackpots.
May 4, 2026, 9:43 pm - Think - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpotReply
Whatever Dude, you are probably one of the ones who are ALWAYS complaining about California always winning the jackpot. Now Kansas and Indiana split the jackpot with a bunch of other states getting 2nd and 3rd prize and YOU still complain. No one is forcing you to play the lottery, stop playing and quit complaining because people here do NOT want to hear it/read it. FYI, Indiana has won more Powerball jackpots than any other state, with 40 wins but NO one ever complains about that state. People
May 2, 2026, 9:06 am - winterhug - Lottery News

Fantasy 5 Group Balance Strategy: Why Spreading Numbers Across Decades Wins Big
I've been digging into Michigan Fantasy 5 draws lately, and one pattern jumps out, winning combos rarely clump in one decade like all teens or 20s. Historical data shows that most jackpots spread across groups: 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-39, hitting 3-4 groups on average. All from one group? Super rare, under 2% odds. Smart play: mix low-high with 2-3 odds/evens, aiming for sum 55-125 (avg 11-25 per number). Skipped this last week and whiffed; now wheeling balanced sets like 5-17-24-29-31 from smart
Apr 30, 2026, 11:19 pm - RichW - Jackpot Games Forum