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Texas Lottery Approves Mega Millions ChangesReply
Quote: Originally posted by fxdwg on March 14, 2005I am just one who is not fond of the big Jackpots but if they did change it. My gosh the odds are overwhelming now at 1:135 million to change it to 1:175 million wow I am sure that there would be some huge JPs. But my opinion is of little value as I am sure the lure of big JPs will win out which is OK. I am fortunate enough to live in an area that borders a Power ball state so I shall just put that extra into power ball rather than Mega Millions
Mar 15, 2005, 3:10 pm - ryanm - Lottery News

world lotteryReply
We don't trust the Indiana lottery, with prizes they size they are. Not the NY lottery. Here we're talking about prizes larger than the GNP of a lot of countries. Buying a ticket would get you lower odds than buying a raffle ticket for a giveaway junker when the carnival comes to town. I think I'd rather see something to rush the larger jackpots in the multi-state lotteries. I don't entirely trust those, but I'd see them as paragons of security and virtue compared to a multi-national with pr
Mar 12, 2005, 8:40 pm - Rip Snorter - Lottery Discussion Forum

Open Source Lottery SoftwareReply
One more screenshotScreen5Here is some documentation.The lottery software is mainly used to manage your numbers and look for patterns.You just start up the program and load the past drawings from the mega millions website using the import tool.Analyze the drawing results (right now mainly look at the numbers yourself and use ) but the analyze tool is still being worked on to make charts and graphs. Then use the lottery wheel or play slip to add your picks.Use the filters on the drawing history t
Mar 12, 2005, 3:01 pm - jsk2001 - Lottery Systems Forum

Mega BillionsReply
I think huge odds could be successful if you had two jackpots. California makes this possible for Mega Millions. You could have a rolling jackpot similar to the current one, odds of 1:135,000,000, and then another rolling jackpot with odds of 1:1,000,000,000 that would just roll on forever and ever. 70% of the jackpot money could go to the regular 1:135M odds, which, when California joins, could mean similar rolls to what we see now. Then 30% would go into the mega jackpot which would roll unt
Mar 10, 2005, 10:06 pm - JAG331 - Jackpot Games Forum

Someone hit mega - needs a fixReply
Quote: Originally posted by visiondude on March 8, 2005since i go by the if i am meant to, i will. if i am not, i won't ...i never pay any attention to the odds as they do not affect whether i win or lose. everytime i play, it becomes more of a 50 - 50 (1 in 2) chance that i will win...in fact, the way i feel about it is go ahead and stack the odds so deep against me that it is seems insurmountable. that way when i do win, it is even more apparent as to where' it came from. i say go
Mar 8, 2005, 10:26 pm - kbcherokee - Jackpot Games Forum

Someone hit mega - needs a fixReply
since i go by the if i am meant to, i will. if i am not, i won't ...i never pay any attention to the odds as they do not affect whether i win or lose. everytime i play, it becomes more of a 50 - 50 (1 in 2) chance that i will win...in fact, the way i feel about it is go ahead and stack the odds so deep against me that it is seems insurmountable. that way when i do win, it is even more apparent as to where' it came from. i say go ahead and make it a nice matrix reward for lower tier p
Mar 8, 2005, 9:23 pm - visiondude - Jackpot Games Forum

Someone hit mega - needs a fixReply
What is the ideal jackpot size number of drawings to go without a winner? In other words, what should MegaMillions be aiming for?I'm glad to have $200-300 million jackpots be an unusual dvent. Fun if it happens, but so what if it doesn't. For now, I think everyone who believes that that MM is won too often should stop risking a small $10-150 million jackpot will be won with their ticket and not buy any until it gets to $200 million. Quote: Originally posted by dvdiva on March 2, 2005Can barel
Mar 7, 2005, 1:34 pm - tg636 - Jackpot Games Forum

To INCREASE sales REDUCE the PB MatrixReply
Jag,Why the need to reduce the starting jackpot? My contention is that by making the changes I proposed that more players will play and that those that play now will spend more. Why isn't the Powerball Commission publishing data that shows they are losing money? I believe the reason is that they are not losing money and will not under my suggested changes. If I'm wrong, show me the money WON, and show me the money LOST.I fear that the greed mentality that plagues our culture equally plagues
Mar 6, 2005, 9:30 pm - Greg - Jackpot Games Forum

Someone hit mega - needs a fixReply
Quote: Originally posted by dvdiva on March 3, 2005 Not true. Powerball has broken 300 million twice. The big game once but never played that. I don't complain about jackpots if it matches the prize. Quinto's jackpot is now 4.8 million in cash equal to 1.86 times it's odds. For mega/powerball to match that odds ratio it would have to have a jackpot of 500 million. For a game where the odds are 135 million to one not even to hit it's odds as an annuity is a sign of a broken game. Something that t
Mar 3, 2005, 7:24 pm - DoctorEw220 - Jackpot Games Forum

Someone hit mega - needs a fixReply
Not true. Powerball has broken 300 million twice. The big game once but never played that. I don't complain about jackpots if it matches the prize. Quinto's jackpot is now 4.8 million in cash equal to 1.86 times it's odds. For mega/powerball to match that odds ratio it would have to have a jackpot of 500 million. For a game where the odds are 135 million to one not even to hit it's odds as an annuity is a sign of a broken game. Something that they should have fixed long ago.Looks like Megamillio
Mar 3, 2005, 1:58 am - dvdiva - Jackpot Games Forum