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Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
As always, thank you again Cape for running the numbers on the new game. Other than the $500 prize tier, the $1M prize looks terrible by comparison to current games. In addition to not changing the game name, the Florida lotto is not showing any creativity with this new $50 ticket. I suspect they'll pull the current 500X off the shelf now which may jeopardize that last $25M prize from being claimed. This feels like a trick out of the Illinois lottery play book.
Feb 22, 2026, 7:52 am - gatorsrok - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

my idea for a multi-state lotteryReply
My idea is to have a game that costs $1.00. The buy 5, get one free is similar to promotions that lotteries run, but make this a permanent part of the game. For those who don't mind spending $5 on a progressive draw game, they get an extra chance to win. $20 million isn't as much as hundreds of millions, but it's still life-changing. It's about the same as MM starting jackpot but without the absurdly low chances of winning. 1 in 18 million instead of 1 in 300 million. More frequent winners i
Dec 13, 2025, 9:56 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Was there Another $10 million scheduled rollover for the MM???. Is that number 9 ? They may want to consider just changing the game to an RNG, so they can save money and not prop up the rollovers for those that participate.
Apr 19, 2026, 5:44 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I think what winoneday meant was that it was bad luck for the house. In the long run, the average jackpot won will equal the expected value. In a game like this, a drawing every few days with odds of 1 in 300 million, the long run could be many years. In a short period of time, the players can be lucky which means the house (MUSL) is unlucky. Unlike other games like pick 3 or any table game or slot machine in a casino, where more jackpots are good for business because the long run for th
Mar 12, 2026, 2:56 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lucky For Life to Millionaire For Life - $5 TicketReply
I re-did the calculations and it's the typical draw game, in terms of payback %. But it is still far better than MM, in my opinion. Here's why: Probability of winning the top prize is just over 12 times better. $18 million (or the annuity of $1 million/year) is still life-changing money. M4L (Millionaire for Life) has no silly multipliers. You win exactly what it says on the prize chart for matching x number of balls. MM (and PB) is a progressive jackpot game, which is why it can
Jan 25, 2026, 12:00 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

$1.8 billion Powerball jackpot won by a single lottery ticket sold in ArkansasReply
Congratulations to the winner. I hope they do amazing things with the opportunity they have been blessed with. On a side note, I think the MUSL does a poor job of marketing the game as they really don't want people to play and or win often. Especially at low levels. 20M dollars (9.2M cash) is also life changing money. Anyone who wins that could take the cash, literally do NOTHING but invest in basic treasuries and still earn 17k dollars a month in perpetuity. Imagine spending 17k dollars and it
Dec 26, 2025, 5:17 pm - Cupcake2016 - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery Director Khalid R. Jones appointed as Mega Millions Lead DirectorReply
I read everyone comments and I actually agree with everyone who has different perspective on the price increase. And there's the problem, no one is playing the piece of crap new structure game. I never purchased a $5 ticket since it's new structure and I'll never will as long it stays at this price. I don't care if it reaches 2 Billion, NOPE because PB will probably between $400-$800 million levels if MM reaches those levels and I have a piece mind my $2 going towards jackpots that's more fair t
Dec 7, 2025, 5:31 pm - Wildbill78 - Lottery News

Illinois man's $1 million lottery win was inspired by a "sign" from fatherNews Story
Multiple uncanny events occur before experiencing life-changing win By Kate Northrop An Illinois man experienced a myriad of signs related to his late father before winning a $1 million prize on a lottery ticket. A $1 million win in the lottery awaited an Illinois man at the end of a series of spiritual coincidences that all reminded him of his late father. The Illinois resident named John, who went by the nickname Music Man when collecting his prize, told Illinois Lottery offici
Apr 16, 2026, 7:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

my idea for a multi-state lottery
1) Choose 6 numbers from 1 to 68. 2) Tickets cost $1. 3) Match all 6 to win the jackpot, which starts at $25 million. 4) 10 cents of each ticket gets added to the jackpot. 5) Match 5 of 6 to win the 2nd prize of $100,000. 6) Buy 5, get one free. For $5, you get 6 lines, which is either 6 QP or your playslip of 5 sets of 6 numbers plus one QP. 7) Both prizes are all cash (subject to taxes, of course, we can't get around that). No annuity BS. If you win $25 million and want
Dec 12, 2025, 9:28 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Virginia Lottery Director Khalid R. Jones appointed as Mega Millions Lead DirectorReply
Hopefully he's intelligent enough to decrease the game price Unlike a lot of people here he's intelligent enough to know that the lottery's only marketing concern is maximizing revenue, and the $5 tickets are probably doing that. I'm pretty certain they wouldn't be changing leadership if they were happy with the current set of changes Did you read the story? The lead directors serve terms of 1 year, and they're usually also holding the job of lead director for a state lottery. The
Dec 11, 2025, 3:34 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News