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$355 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased

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Posted: March 5, 2007, 3:27 pm - IP Logged Bottom

That drawing was only for $42 million and had about $20 million in sales. It was to introduce Mega to California.

For Mega the only other drawings done at Times Square were on 7/2/04 for $290 million with 132 million in sales and no rollover and on 2/20/04 for $230 million with 112 million in sales and no rollover.

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Posted: March 5, 2007, 3:40 pm - IP Logged Bottom Top

Getting a bunch of tickets?  Here's a tip I just posted for how to check for winners:

http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/152263

 

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Posted: March 5, 2007, 3:43 pm - IP Logged Bottom Top

Has the winner already bought their ticket?  Will they buy it tomorrow at 3pm EST?  Or maybe an hour before the drawing?  Is it a single mother?  A group of factory workers?  A college student? 

So many possibilities....so many lives that could be changed....and it all comes down to one minute and 102 bouncing balls.  Does anyone else find this slightly comical and weird?

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Posted: March 5, 2007, 3:44 pm - IP Logged Bottom Top

Has the winner already bought their ticket?  Will they buy it tomorrow at 3pm EST?  Or maybe an hour before the drawing?  Is it a single mother?  A group of factory workers?  A college student? 

So many possibilities....so many lives that could be changed....and it all comes down to one minute and 102 bouncing balls.  Does anyone else find this slightly comical and weird?

No moreso than when Powerball was this high.

 

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Posted: March 5, 2007, 4:26 pm - IP Logged Bottom Top

I'm in it, cause you can't win it if you ain't in it !!!!!!!!!!

 

                               

              

 

 

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Posted: March 5, 2007, 6:16 pm - IP Logged Bottom Top

I'm in it, cause you can't win it if you ain't in it !!!!!!!!!!

The jackpot has grown so large that even my girlfriend who normaly would not play the lottery, is having me buy her a ticket. Good Luck to all.

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Posted: March 5, 2007, 7:42 pm - IP Logged Bottom Top

I went to the casino and won money to play mega-millions and powerball. I love irony, hope I hit or someone who has common sense and needs it.

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Posted: March 5, 2007, 11:30 pm - IP Logged Bottom Top

I went to the casino and won money to play mega-millions and powerball. I love irony, hope I hit or someone who has common sense and needs it.

Well if you're from Ohio, you may have a better chance than most based on past winnings. Of course, being from NY, I think it would be pretty exciting to have a winner from NY, especially since that's where the drawing will be.

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Posted: March 5, 2007, 11:35 pm - IP Logged Bottom Top

I can't wait for PowerBall to get this high againBig Smile.

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Posted: March 5, 2007, 11:37 pm - IP Logged Bottom Top

I don't like when the relocate the drawing because it can derail my best algorithms! For this reason I included 10 quick-picks from the Leprechaun News in Rutherford, nj because that's how someone won and it's known for the same store to sell two jackpot winners. Use whatever system you like for this drawing, fortune cookies, family members' ages, whatever.

I'm predicting the winners will be a group of people from a Supermarket, in either a suburb of Atlanta or Cleveland.

Now, what happens if no winner will they have it again in Times Square? Also the Mega ad banner I see always says "Jackpots up to 500 million" - which we've never seen it over 400, but what happens then, do they start some kind of rolldown to prevent a 500+ jackpot?

Even with the jackpot jumping to 355 I don't see ANY long lines of people for Mega. I think that in the past people would go to the nearest border town and it got crowded right there but nowadays a lot more states have it and people know how to go where there are no lines.

Look for the Bonus Ball to be 01/10/22/35/04. Maybe.