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do you quick pick or choose your own numbers?Reply
I am a number picker, but I also consider myself a smart person. That is why when I see statistics that indicate the majority of JACKPOT winning tickets are quick picks, I can't argue with throwing a few more dollars on QPs than own picks, even when those QPs seem ludicrous...like when a QP contains 2 or 3 of the numbers just drawn in the previous drawing...or the repeat Powerball or Mega Ball number (but then again, Mega Millions had a string where 41 was drawn 3 consecutive times and Powerbal
Mar 26, 2007, 9:50 am - OldSchoolPa - Lottery Discussion Forum

The vastness of the odds for a jackpot win...
I read online that the odds on a Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot win, is between 142 million and 176 million. To expect to win even ONCE in your lifetime, playing twice a week, no less, one would have to play for 435 thousand years, to hit in ONCE. Clearly, the odds of winning by buying a ticket are almost equal to the odds of winning by finding an unsigned QP ticket on the street and pocketing it from the unlucky stranger gambler that bought it and lost it, and winning with that! You simply
Mar 23, 2007, 3:21 pm - letitride$ - Jackpot Games Forum

N.J. man hits jackpot: He's engaged to lottery winners' daughterNews Story
N.J. man will wed the daughter of a New Jersey couple who won half the record $390 million Mega Millions jackpot. A Titusville, New Jersey, man has close ties with a New Jersey couple who claimed half of the record $390 million Mega Millions jackpot Monday. Tyler Sampson, a 1996 graduate of Titusville High School and owner of investment properties in the city, is engaged to the daughter of lottery winners Elaine and Harold Messner, sources said. The woman's name was not available for pub
Mar 22, 2007, 11:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

I wonder if the Powerball will reach epic proportions?Reply
PowerBall is hit more because of 2 reasons: 1. The odds of winning PowerBall's jackpot is 1 : 146,107,962 compared to 1 : 175,711,536 for Mega Millions jackpot. 2. A lot more states play PowerBall than Mega Millions.
Mar 9, 2007, 6:30 pm - Guru101 - Jackpot Games Forum

Mega Millions - How many tickets do you have ?
I hit a $20 scratch ticket earlier today for $200.00, so thanks to an extra buck or two, I have 35 chances on the MM tonite. How many are you buying ?? Good luck !!!!!
Mar 6, 2007, 7:02 pm - DoubleDown - Jackpot Games Forum

Long odds don't bother 'Mega' fansNews Story
Charles Millard wasn't under any illusion. My chance is a zillion to one, the 60-year-old Johnson City man said on Monday as he bought a ticket for tonight's historic $355 million Mega Millions drawing. Still, across the Greater Binghamton region, players such as Millard lined up Monday at convenience stores and newsstands for a chance to win the largest pot in New York Lottery history, even though they acknowledged their odds were as long as Binghamton being named the sunshine capital o
Mar 6, 2007, 7:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

would you play if.....Reply
It depends on the amout of the lowest jackpot amount. Me personally, I don't play anything but the Mega Millions (and powerball once in a while) because the lowest jackpot is just enough for me to retire on. The NJ Pick 6 Lottery game is too small and to me, not worth the aggravation. That jackpot is only $2 million (Annuity value) and that would be quickly reduced to less than a million after taxes and cash value. If they lowered the Mega Millions Jackpot to anything less than what it i
Mar 3, 2007, 11:39 pm - MegaWinner - Lottery Discussion Forum

Do You Buy Lottery Tickets Right After The Drawing?
I just found out that it is possible to buy Mega Millions tickets right after the drawing (about 10:30 Central Standard Time). The ticket is printed with the previous jackpot. Does anybody else do this, even though the Jackpot is still unknown until 1:00 A.M? It is great for me, because my state doesn't sell Mega Millions.
Mar 3, 2007, 1:51 am - future boy - Lottery Discussion Forum

2 million dollar Supercomputer?Reply
Mega Millions and Power ball use bingo/keno type balls and machines so there are no encrypted codes, RNGs, or formulas to decipher and crack. Using the 5/56 and 1/46 matrix, Mega Millions has around 200 draws. Do you realize that it would take 38,000 drawings to create a data base that just represented 1% of all the possibilities? And that doesn't include the mega ball. Is that enough data for even a supercomputer to project the winning mega or power ball?
Feb 27, 2007, 5:40 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lotteries long for 'jackpot fever'Reply
I think that people are so desensitized to money as a result of media exposure to celebrity life, that 100 million just isn't as appealing as 300, or better yet, 400. Would I like to win 100 million dollars, you bet, but I would spend more on playing if the jackpot was over 300 million. And it doesn't seem to be helping that the Mega Millions and Powerball Lotteries have rarely seen large mega jackpots in the last year. I think people aren't playing because people are winning when jackpots are
Feb 13, 2007, 3:21 pm - MissNYC - Lottery News