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$1.3 BILLION: Powerball jackpot soars to 5th-largest in game historyReply
I didn't miss any memo. I have a spreadsheet for running the Poisson distribution, which of course, is an approximation. To calculate estimated sales, I simply load the last cash value, and subtract the previous cash value (generally off the Texas Lottery site) and use the cash/sales ratio to estimate sales . I make no warranty about the last time I checked the cash value, or the accuracy. You may do whatever you wish. I really don't care, but I would suggest that neither accuracy nor p
Sep 3, 2025, 7:22 pm - Prob988 - Lottery News

$1.3 BILLION: Powerball jackpot soars to 5th-largest in game historyReply
Powerball Sales for 09/01/25: $222,944,156 Powerball Sales for 08/30/25: $233,733,034 = the jackpot reached the psychological $1 Billion mark Powerball Sales for 08/27/25 $112,197,304 my pick: 1-2-3-4-5 / 6 = the system wouldn't know
Sep 2, 2025, 6:42 pm - TwoMillion - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I don't look at the worksheets enough to notice usually but they increased the annuity and the estimated sales but the cash is still listed the same as before at $498. Any idea why? I think they're underestimating the sales tonight and they're going to be closer to matching saturdays sales of 230 but that's just based off of what I'm seeing locally. There seems a lot more excitement going on. The guy in front of me came in for a sandwich asked how much pb tickets are and how to buy th
Sep 1, 2025, 1:27 pm - SoCola - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions constant $10 million increasesReply
I don't see the problem with back to back draws. I see two problems. One is that players would have a maximum of about 22 hours to get out and buy a ticket, assuming they want to wait to find out the results before buying a ticket for the next drawing. It may be closer to half that if lottery sales aren't allowed through the entire night. The other problem is the lottery's side of the same limited purchase period. Less time to buy tickets will almost certainly reduce sales, and the entire p
Aug 19, 2025, 11:51 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Millionaire for Life multi-state game coming in 2026News Story
New For Life game has been in the works for years, state lotteries confirm participation By Kate Northrop There's a new multi-state game called Millionaire for Life that is set to make its debut in some states in early 2026. The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is moving forward with a brand-new multi-state game called Millionaire for Life, which is intended to replace Cash4Life and Lucky for Life in several states. At the La Fleur's Lottery World Conference in Austin, Texa
Oct 22, 2025, 7:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery Post's guide to 2025 holiday raffles across the USANews Story
Annual holiday raffles getting bigger this year By Kate Northrop As the holiday season approaches, state lotteries throughout the U.S. are gearing up to launch their yearly raffles, which typically provide better chances of winning a million dollars than other game available year-round. And players are undoubtedly ready to line up for their tickets Montana's raffle tickets are selling out faster and faster, down to within mere hours after tickets go on sale. Whether players are looki
Oct 31, 2025, 9:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and PowerballReply
I dont think they care about a bunch of pissed off boomers putting their money elsewhere. There is no elsewhere for players to put their money, and I think they think the whiners are idiots who don't understand what's happening. PB and MM are managed separately, but they both funnel money from lottery players to state treasuries and aren't competing against each other. It's like thinking the people selling Coke are upset about people not buying Coke because they prefer to spend their money
Sep 9, 2025, 3:58 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

$1.8 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now second-largest ever as ticket sales surge across the USAReply
Betcha all you MM downers and naysayers will put down $5 - for a ticket next week We're not going to know who's playing, but players spent $49.89 million to buy about 9.998 million tickets for Friday's drawing. The forecast for Tuesday's drawing is $51.94 million and almost 10.4 million tickets. The last time MM offered a jackpot this big an advertised jackpot of $361 million resulted in players spending $33.75 million for almost 16.9 million tickets at $2 each. The run before that got sale
Sep 7, 2025, 2:02 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I don't think it has ever been unusual for the first draw or two to be underfunded, but they need to offer some minimum amount or even the addicts might stop playing. MM is gambling that $50 million is the minimum advertised jackpot that will get enough people playing, while posing a minimum risk of paying a jackpot before it's fully funded. The most recent example I see is when MM was hit on the first drawing a couple of years ago. Total sales of $19,255,000 only funded $13,759,894 of the start
Jul 3, 2025, 10:13 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

MM and PB jackpot increases.Reply
MM went up $25M and PB$ 13.7M yet MM is the one that gets criticized for smaller increases. MM is offering a bit more than twice as much money, not counting the larger non-jackpot prizes. M is also putting about twice as much money toward the jackpot for each ticket thanks to the $5 price. Powerball has a lot more regular players who are not addicts. Maybe. Ignoring the current run because initial sales are always bigger than normal after a run that reaches $1 billion or more, the
Oct 16, 2025, 2:58 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum