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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

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Measley Millions Annuity increases during the 7/01 - Present run: @ $5 ticket Jackpot starting at $50 Million 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 +10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 18 + 18 + 19 + 24 + 25 + 34 + 22 + 23 + 19 + 23 + 28 + 23 + 23 + 23 + 27 ( roll 28 ) 28th roll = $547M/ $251.7 M Cash * The lone $34 Million increase on 9/05/25 was also at the same time that the PB had the 1.8 Billion jackpot won on 9/06/25 Source https://www.texaslottery.com/export/sites/lottery/Documen
Oct 6, 2025, 8:04 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Here is further evidence Powerball is still winning the race. ... After 5 Mega Millions draws .. PB has fairly consistently grown faster than MM, including under the $2 per ticket format, because of the 3rd weekly drawing, with short variations when MM has a really big jackpot. The consensus seems to be that Sunday drawing are unlikely, so MM has to work with just the 2 drawings per week. The differences you're comparing are advertised jackpots of 358 vs 20 and 474 vs 145. Over those drawin
Oct 2, 2025, 2:05 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Sorry my friend....Coming up with a reasonable projection for the $5 cost value will be a wild guess(at best) if and when the traditional frenzy would start. There has been no run to reach the $1B mark for a gauge. Past practice has shown, in my opinion, that the frenzy starts roughly around the $735- $750M point($2 ticket). If this jackpot gets up to that point ? I think the advertised annuity jackpot is going to have to be another $75 million higher, somewhere around $815 - $840 range for the
Sep 22, 2025, 11:15 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I guess they would have liked paying 70% in taxes like back in 1980. Since I'm not a moron, I'd love to have paid taxes in the 70% bracket. To do that I'd have needed taxable income of more than $215,400, which is equivalent to about 844k today. Also because I'm not a moron I know that I'd only have paid 70% on the taxable income in excess of that 844k (in today's dollars). Still, even if I'd had to pay 70% on all of that, I'd still have had the equivalent of 253k after taxes, plus whatever
Sep 4, 2025, 7:37 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Mega Millions History Years Matrix Multiplier Price Jackpot Odds Jackpot Annuity Minimum Jackpot Maximum Jackpot Lower Tier Payouts Megaplier 5 + 0 4 + 1 4 + 0 3 + 1 3 + 0 2 + 1 1 + 1 0 + 1 1996-09-06 to 1999-01-12 5/50 and 1/25 None $1.00 1 in 52,969,000 20 Year $5,000,000 $77,000,000 $150,000 $5,000 $150 $100 $5 $5 $2 $1 1999-01-15 to 2002-05-14 5/50 and 1/36 None $1.00 1 in 76,275,360 20 Year $5,000,000 $363,000,000 $175,000 $5,000 $150 $150 $7 $10 $3 $2 2002-05-17 to
Jun 5, 2025, 4:50 pm - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

Wisconsin truck driver lands $1 million "big one" in the lottery while on route in VirginiaNews Story
A lucky occurrence hundreds of miles from home By Kate Northrop A truck driver from Wisconsin was on his regular route through Virginia when he stopped and landed the big one a $1 million prize in the lottery. A Wisconsin truck driver's route was anything but regular last week when he won a $1 million lottery prize during a routine stop. Driving through Virginia is very familiar to Patrick Golz, who frequents the state while working as a truck driver. One day, he stopped for gas
Apr 14, 2025, 9:34 am - Todd - Lottery News

Missouri man avoids trashing lottery ticket after reading news story about $1M Powerball prizeNews Story
News story saves million-dollar ticket from the garbage By Kate Northrop A Missouri man saved his million-dollar winning lottery ticket from the trash after reading about a $1 million Powerball ticket in the news. A news story jogged the memory of one Missouri man who nearly threw out a $1 million winning Powerball lottery ticket. The Missouri lottery player, who chose to remain anonymous, had entirely forgotten about the Powerball ticket he purchased at FastLane on Highway 6 in
Nov 15, 2024, 6:55 am - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball drawing for $223 million lottery jackpot will not be broadcast due to Hurricane HeleneNews Story
Drawing location will move to backup site in Iowa By Kate Northrop Tonight's Powerball drawing for the $223 million lottery jackpot will not take place at the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee as usual, nor will it be broadcast live due to Hurricane Helene. With the closure of the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee, tonight's Powerball and Double Play drawings will take place at a backup site in Johnston, Iowa. The drawings will still occur at the usual 10:59 p.m
Sep 25, 2024, 5:02 pm - Kate - Lottery News

Massachusetts man wins six $25,000 a Year for Life prizes in one Lucky for Life drawingNews Story
Lucky for six lifetimes By Kate Northrop Most lottery players would be fortunate enough to walk away with one Lucky for Life prize of $25,000 a year for life, but a Massachusetts man was lucky enough to manifest that coveted prize six times over. Raymond Roberts Sr. of Fall River won the second-tier Lucky for Life prize of $25,000 a year for life six times in the same drawing. On Wed., Dec. 14, Roberts matched the first five numbers on his six tickets to earn him the multi-state
Dec 19, 2022, 3:38 pm - Todd - Lottery News