New multi-state lottery game launches Sunday

Oct 17, 2014, 11:12 am (131 comments)

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By Todd Northrop

A new mutli-state lottery game featuring more but smaller jackpots will debut this weekend in some U.S. states.

The Monopoly Millionaires' Club game has $5 tickets that will be sold starting Sunday in 23 states. The game will have a niche audience that won't compete with Powerball and Mega Millions, the two other national games, according to Rebecca Hargrove, chairwoman of the new game and president and CEO of the Tennessee Lottery.

"If you look at Powerball and Mega Millions, those are truly jackpot-driven games," she said. "This is a completely different game. This is driven by the number of millionaires that will be created when that top prize is hit."

Monopoly Millionaires' Club will be drawn once per week on Friday evenings. The game features a maximum jackpot of $25 million, which sets it apart from multi-state games that have jackpots that continue to roll into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

"We've heard for years, 'Why should one person win $100 million? Why don't 100 people win $1 million apiece?' So that's exactly what we're creating," Hargrove said.

For all its differences, Monopoly Millionaires' Club has some similarities to Powerball and Mega Millions. All three have a set of numbers that need to be matched. With Monopoly Millionaires' Club, that's five numbers between 1 and 52, and a number representing a "property" — inspired by the board game — will range from 1 to 28.

The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in about 72 million. Powerball odds are one in about 175 million and Mega Millions is about 1 in 258 million, Hargrove said.

The concept for a $5 game has been in the works for years, said Terry Rich, president of the North American Lottery Group and CEO of the Iowa Lottery.

"Many times when we do research people ask us, 'Why not give away a lot of million dollar prizes?'" Rich said. "And I think that's where this game began."

Last year alone, lottery sales totaled about $68 billion.

That revenue gets divided three ways: about 60 percent goes to prize winners, 15 percent to retailers and operating expenses and 25 percent — or $17 billion — to help states fund everything from education to housing.

"I think that local states are looking more and more for ways to raise revenues and lottery has been a very popular way to do that," Rich said.

The two-pronged game also offers a chance to win trip to Las Vegas to appear on a new television show that offers a top prize of $1 million.

While the jackpot for the draw portion of the game will never climb as high as it generally does in Powerball or Mega Millions, the structure of the game is likely to produce more $1 million winners.

If someone is lucky enough to match all six numbers (one of which will always be computer generated), other randomly selected players will automatically win a $1 million prize. The catch is that $1 million prizes are only awarded if there's a jackpot winner.

Jackpots begin at $15 million and will roll over to $18 million, $21 million and finally $25 million in subsequent drawings without a jackpot winner, spokeswoman Judy Drucker said.

The number of randomly chosen $1 million winners will also depend on the size of the jackpot. If the jackpot is $15 million — 10 will be selected; at $18 million, 12 are chosen; at $21 million, 14 people will win $1 million.

If someone hits the maximum $25 million jackpot, 16 additional $1 million payouts will be awarded, lottery officials said.

The other element of the game is a shot to appear on a new "Monopoly Millionaires' Club" television show that will begin airing in early 2015. Players will collect "properties" that are displayed on each ticket. When ticket buyers complete a "Monopoly," they can go online and enter the sweepstakes for a five-day, four-night trip for two to Las Vegas to join the show's studio audience of other players.

At least three players from each state will win the Vegas vacation each week, according to lottery officials. The remainder of the 125 players and 125 audience members will be chosen based on ticket sales in each state.

The series will be hosted by comedian and actor Billy Gardell.

Tickets will go on sale on Sunday, October 19, with the first scheduled drawing held on Friday, October 24. Subsequent drawings will be held every Friday at 11:15 p.m. Eastern Time (8:15 p.m. Pacific).

The odds of winning the top prize are 72,770,880 to 1; the odds of winning any of the smaller prizes are 1 in 10.

"Players are always looking for something different," said Carolyn Hapeman, spokeswoman for the New York Gaming Commission. "Any product has to evolve. Our jackpot games have to evolve."

Multistate lotteries began in the 1980s with Lotto America, which became Powerball, said Rich.

Powerball and rival Mega Millions signed a cross-selling agreement in January 2010 that saw 23 state lotteries adding Mega Millions and Powerball picking up 10 Mega Millions members.

Monopoly Millionaires will be "the first where we started out as a big group together," Rich said.

Another nine states are tentatively expected to join Monopoly Millionaires' Club in coming months, including Ohio, California, and Wisconsin, Rich said.

Meanwhile, smaller multi-state lotteries are mushrooming across the nation, such as Iowa and Minnesota's All or Nothing game, which started in January, and New Jersey's Cash for Life, which New York is joining on Oct. 20. Lucky for Life, which began in Connecticut and expanded to five other New England states in 2012, expects to be available in at least 14 more states by spring.

"The games perform a little better with a bigger population base," said Minnesota Lottery Director Ed Van Petten, adding that three more states have asked to sign onto All or Nothing. "With more players, you have more grand prize winners, which makes for better advertising for you and makes the game more kind of in their face."

Participating states launching October 19

  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kentucky
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Washington D.C.

States expected to launch post October 19

  • California
  • Idaho
  • Kansas
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin

VIDEO: How to play Monopoly Millionaires' Club

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Goteki54's avatarGoteki54

The lottery here in Maryland has been marketing this game a lot over the past few weeks. I'll probably give it a try, since it's a new style game.

emerald64's avataremerald64

..will def give this one a shot....sounds alluring ..hey maybe itll be this one that i win millions on !..im in! gotta keep tryin .. lol ;)

Genome

Hope Massachusetts gets that game sometime. I will definitely drive up to the NH border to get a ticket next week.

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by Genome on Oct 17, 2014

Hope Massachusetts gets that game sometime. I will definitely drive up to the NH border to get a ticket next week.

Last I heard they were still discussing it. What's keeping them is the fee that all the lotteries have to pay on an annual basis. Because this is a licensed property I think it is higher than other games. Other states have similar issues or their legislature mandates a minimum/maximum payout that the game does not meet. And many are taking a "wait and see" stance so they don't risk joining an unprofitable game.

maringoman's avatarmaringoman

When you build, they will come... There was a time when a $5 a ticket cost seemed impossible and yet now we're there. Good luck to those playing.

dallascowboyfan's avatardallascowboyfan

Don't see Oklahoma on the listBang Head and they(OLC) wonder why lottery sales are down Mad

HaveABall's avatarHaveABall

Maybe I would play if it was limited to only: $3/ticket, 10 Midwestern states as members ... otherwise too many way-overpopulated states, who's on-line lottery ticket buyers already dominate Powerball and Mega Millions, would be selling the top prize collecting tickets.  And to the lump-sum winner (I hope it's not an annuity prize adversized), taxes will still probably be about 48% from the amount won.  Thus, difficult to obtain the ideal $4M Net walk-away amount with (people forget about half taxes being deducted when they say that a $1M or $2M jackpot prize would be enough for them during these surprise phone surveys!

Lastly, I don't want to deliver a huge portion of my time and cleverness participating in a second, live game in Las Vagas!

What?

NearNewBrit

The game is Monopoly, patterned on the streets of Atlantic City, and they have the grand ol' tube-time in Las Vegas.

There's a slap in the face.  Boxing

ThatScaryChick's avatarThatScaryChick

I really have no desire to play this game, but it's not being offered in my state yet.

music*'s avatarmusic*

Smile Monopoly in Las Vegas !  Shake the dice well & Good Luck. Party 

     I can't forget David Lee Edwards (rip) and his trip to Las Vegas after he won and before he collected the winning lottery check.

IPlayWeekly's avatarIPlayWeekly

I'll pass, I have no interest

Stack47

Quote: Originally posted by ThatScaryChick on Oct 17, 2014

I really have no desire to play this game, but it's not being offered in my state yet.

It's being offered in my state (KY), but for some reason they are reluctant to show a pay table.

Matches Prize Odds of winning
2 numbers; no Property $5 1 in 16.62
Property only $7 1 in 47.44
1 number plus Property $10 1 in 81.60
3 numbers; no Property $20 1 in 249.33
2 numbers plus Property $25 1 in 448.79
3 numbers plus Property $250 1 in 6,731.81
4 numbers; no Property $500 1 in 11,469.01
4 numbers plus Property $20,000 1 in 309,663.32
5 numbers; no Property $100,000 1 in 2,695,217.78
5 numbers plus Property Jackpot 1 in 72,770,880.00
Millionaire Club Number* $1,000,000 Varies with Sales

Found this table and it looks like each ticket will get a specific 12-digit number (three sets of four digits, preceded by a two-letter code representing the game member) and apparently when the jackpot is won, they will draw from those numbers and the winners get $1 million. Each ticket has a five 5-digit numbers/letters that will be used for a chance to appear on the game show in Las Vegas.

There is similar game called Lotto Max and for some reason the article I read with the pay table expected me to know that game, but I think I now understand it. The overall odds are 1 in 10 which is terrible for a $5 ticket.

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by dallascowboyfan on Oct 17, 2014

Don't see Oklahoma on the listBang Head and they(OLC) wonder why lottery sales are down Mad

Sorry, Oklahoma is out due to the legislative payout mandates Unhappy

TnTicketlosers's avatarTnTicketlosers

I will be playing very often on this game....

powerplayer's avatarpowerplayer

How come CT is getting ass out on this? They got NY NJ NH everything around me but CT....go figure!!!

 

PP

gvpazkn's avatargvpazkn

Monopoly is here in New Mexico and I will definitely give it a shot. The drawing is held just once a week, so the $5 investment/week will be well worth a shot at $1 million.

Piaceri

I'll probably try it a couple times just to get into the excitement of a new game.

 

Have they stated if the jackpot is annuity or cash payout? I can't seem to find that anywhere.

TnTicketlosers's avatarTnTicketlosers

Well since I read thr finr print of who was in charge of this game I de-vote my buying on this game,,,never will buy it.

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by Piaceri on Oct 17, 2014

I'll probably try it a couple times just to get into the excitement of a new game.

 

Have they stated if the jackpot is annuity or cash payout? I can't seem to find that anywhere.

Have they stated if the jackpot is annuity or cash payout? I can't seem to find that anywhere.

The advertised amount is an annuity but there is a cash option too....same as Mega Millions (5% graduated, 30-year). All $1 million prizes are cash.

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Yes i always like to try New Games Smiley

mediabrat's avatarmediabrat

"Meanwhile, smaller multi-state lotteries are mushrooming across the nation, such as Iowa and Minnesota's All or Nothing game, which started in January, and New Jersey's Cash for Life, which New York is joining on Oct. 20. Lucky for Life, which began in Connecticut and expanded to five other New England states in 2012, expects to be available in at least 14 more states by spring."

Say whaaaaaaaat???  Confused  Skeptical

RedStang's avatarRedStang

will debut this weekend in some U.S. states.

This is a odd way to start. Bobby Patel said i couldn't buy a ticket until Tuesday which i thought was strange until his cousin Michael Patel confirmed it.

Good catch Mediabrat.

ThatScaryChick's avatarThatScaryChick

Quote: Originally posted by mediabrat on Oct 18, 2014

"Meanwhile, smaller multi-state lotteries are mushrooming across the nation, such as Iowa and Minnesota's All or Nothing game, which started in January, and New Jersey's Cash for Life, which New York is joining on Oct. 20. Lucky for Life, which began in Connecticut and expanded to five other New England states in 2012, expects to be available in at least 14 more states by spring."

Say whaaaaaaaat???  Confused  Skeptical

I had no idea they were doing that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_For_Life. Apparently Idaho is joining in. Now this is something I might be interested in playing. Thanks for the heads up.

"On January 25, 2015, Lucky for Life, which began as a Connecticut-only game six years prior, is expected to become available in other regions of the United States.[citation needed] It is expected to grow to 21 lotteries on that date. New participants are to include Arkansas, Idaho, Texas, and the District of Columbia."

Atomic Dog's avatarAtomic Dog

Like all similar Pick 5 games, this too, is like playing the slots.  You cannot gain a statistical advantage over the house.

Also, like all similar Pick 5 games, buying one set of numbers is about the same as buying 100 set of numbers.

You have to play to win though.  Be smart!  Buy your $5.00 ticket and hope that fate is on your side.

Good Luck!

Teddi's avatarTeddi

Does anyone know what the odds of winning the Florida lottery are? If the odds are similar to this, I'll never play the monopoly game. $5 per ticket seems excessive when there's a cap of $25 million.

sully16's avatarsully16

I'll give it a try, more Million dollar winners sounds good to me.

RJOh's avatarRJOh

The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in about 72 million. Powerball odds are one in about 175 million and Mega Millions is about 1 in 258 million, Hargrove said.

The odds of winning the top prize per dollar spent aren't really that much different.

majestic1070's avatarmajestic1070

Maybe if it was $2 but $5 is a ripoff.

jarasan's avatarjarasan

Quote: Originally posted by majestic1070 on Oct 18, 2014

Maybe if it was $2 but $5 is a ripoff.

Yup $2 would be about right.  All you math majors out there.......................$5 for 1 in 75M  vs. 1$ for 1 in 175M oh but I forget that for $3  you have better odds in Mega  and for $5 Mega you have better than twice the $5 on monopoly.  Save those tickets. 

What?

RJOh's avatarRJOh

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Oct 18, 2014

The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in about 72 million. Powerball odds are one in about 175 million and Mega Millions is about 1 in 258 million, Hargrove said.

The odds of winning the top prize per dollar spent aren't really that much different.

Odds of winning top prize at 1/72M for $5 = odds  of 1/360M per dollar spent
Odds of winning top prize at 1/175M for $2 = odds of 1/350M per dollar spent
Odds of winning top prize at 1/258M for $1 = odds of 1/258M per dollar spent

I'm guessing Hargrove figures players don't mind spending more as long as they are getting less. Unhappy

jarasan's avatarjarasan

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Oct 18, 2014

Odds of winning top prize at 1/72M for $5 = odds  of 1/360M per dollar spent
Odds of winning top prize at 1/175M for $2 = odds of 1/350M per dollar spent
Odds of winning top prize at 1/258M for $1 = odds of 1/258M per dollar spent

I'm guessing Hargrove figures players don't mind spending more as long as they are getting less. Unhappy

I don't think I want to debate whatever,  but you have to spend $5 to get a ticket for Monopoly you can't buy a $1 dollar Monopoly ticket so the point is moot per dollar spent.  To buy a Mega ticket you need only $1,  you can buy 5 Megas for $5 and it gives you better odds if you were going to spend $5 on Monopoly for one ticket.  You get a 75% better chance roughly per $5 spent on mega. (no calculator).

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by jarasan on Oct 18, 2014

I don't think I want to debate whatever,  but you have to spend $5 to get a ticket for Monopoly you can't buy a $1 dollar Monopoly ticket so the point is moot per dollar spent.  To buy a Mega ticket you need only $1,  you can buy 5 Megas for $5 and it gives you better odds if you were going to spend $5 on Monopoly for one ticket.  You get a 75% better chance roughly per $5 spent on mega. (no calculator).

Comparing by odds is not a very good comparison. It doesn't do you much good to have a 75% chance of winning if you only win 1 dollar. Instead, you should divide the prizes by cost and compare the probability-weighted payoffs (EV). People think EV is useless but mathematically speaking it is the most accurate comparison.

With that being said, the new game really IS awful for the cost, but if the Millionaires' Club prizes get into the hundreds then the game will be a far better bet than many state games. For instances, with 200 prizes, the odds per dollar for winning $1 million would be better than any Cash 5 in the country. That doesn't even factor in the other prizes. As I said, it's not really an objective comparison to just look at the odds or the cost or the prizes...you have to look at everything together.

Tis the reason I don't care about the cost of a ticket on the face and tend to only buy $20 or higher games. Their payback percentages are significantly higher, which means in the long run I will fare better than buying $1 and $2 games.

Gleno's avatarGleno

Great concept for smaller jackpots but won't be spending $5.00 to buy one ticket. No Pity!

Stack47

Quote: Originally posted by jarasan on Oct 18, 2014

I don't think I want to debate whatever,  but you have to spend $5 to get a ticket for Monopoly you can't buy a $1 dollar Monopoly ticket so the point is moot per dollar spent.  To buy a Mega ticket you need only $1,  you can buy 5 Megas for $5 and it gives you better odds if you were going to spend $5 on Monopoly for one ticket.  You get a 75% better chance roughly per $5 spent on mega. (no calculator).

IMO, the difference is the extra millionaire drawings making this game more of a player preference than which game has the better odds. Do you think when the more populated states win more $1 million prizes someone on LP will say they are cheating?

jarasan's avatarjarasan

Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Oct 18, 2014

IMO, the difference is the extra millionaire drawings making this game more of a player preference than which game has the better odds. Do you think when the more populated states win more $1 million prizes someone on LP will say they are cheating?

Million dollar prizes after the irs, state, and local taxes are left with $660,000 for most of us....... minus any unpaid child support,  back taxes,  tickets,  etc...for others.  You have to wait 2 weeks for that money.  Is it ball dropped????????? Or computerized?????

Oogle

KY Floyd's avatarKY Floyd

"you can't buy a $1 dollar Monopoly ticket so the point is moot per dollar spent."

So compare the odds if you're going to spend $5. For $5:

  • You could have a 1 in 87.5 million chance of winning tonight's $100 million PB jackpot, and either have a dollar left over or get powerplay on one of the two games you've played
  • You could have a 1 in 51.6 million chance of winning the current $200 million MM jackpot
  • You could have a 1 in 72 million chance of winning no more than $25 million.

"the extra millionaire drawings making this game more of a player preference than which game has the better odds."

Sure, if your preference is to just play a game without paying any attention at all to the odds. If you do pay attention, what are the odds of winning that $1 million? On average, if they sell 24 million tickets there's a 1 in 3 chance of a jackpot winner. If they pick 12 tickets for the $1 million prize that's 1 in 2 million. That  gives you a 1 in 6 million chance of winning $1 million. With a $5 ticket. Spending that $5 on MM will get you a 1 in 3.7 million chance of winning $1 million.  $5 for a pair of PB tickets with powerplay on one of them will give you a 1 in 1.03 million chance of winning $1 or $2 million.

jarasan's avatarjarasan

Quote: Originally posted by KY Floyd on Oct 18, 2014

"you can't buy a $1 dollar Monopoly ticket so the point is moot per dollar spent."

So compare the odds if you're going to spend $5. For $5:

  • You could have a 1 in 87.5 million chance of winning tonight's $100 million PB jackpot, and either have a dollar left over or get powerplay on one of the two games you've played
  • You could have a 1 in 51.6 million chance of winning the current $200 million MM jackpot
  • You could have a 1 in 72 million chance of winning no more than $25 million.

"the extra millionaire drawings making this game more of a player preference than which game has the better odds."

Sure, if your preference is to just play a game without paying any attention at all to the odds. If you do pay attention, what are the odds of winning that $1 million? On average, if they sell 24 million tickets there's a 1 in 3 chance of a jackpot winner. If they pick 12 tickets for the $1 million prize that's 1 in 2 million. That  gives you a 1 in 6 million chance of winning $1 million. With a $5 ticket. Spending that $5 on MM will get you a 1 in 3.7 million chance of winning $1 million.  $5 for a pair of PB tickets with powerplay on one of them will give you a 1 in 1.03 million chance of winning $1 or $2 million.

Absolutely! Hurray!

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by KY Floyd on Oct 18, 2014

"you can't buy a $1 dollar Monopoly ticket so the point is moot per dollar spent."

So compare the odds if you're going to spend $5. For $5:

  • You could have a 1 in 87.5 million chance of winning tonight's $100 million PB jackpot, and either have a dollar left over or get powerplay on one of the two games you've played
  • You could have a 1 in 51.6 million chance of winning the current $200 million MM jackpot
  • You could have a 1 in 72 million chance of winning no more than $25 million.

"the extra millionaire drawings making this game more of a player preference than which game has the better odds."

Sure, if your preference is to just play a game without paying any attention at all to the odds. If you do pay attention, what are the odds of winning that $1 million? On average, if they sell 24 million tickets there's a 1 in 3 chance of a jackpot winner. If they pick 12 tickets for the $1 million prize that's 1 in 2 million. That  gives you a 1 in 6 million chance of winning $1 million. With a $5 ticket. Spending that $5 on MM will get you a 1 in 3.7 million chance of winning $1 million.  $5 for a pair of PB tickets with powerplay on one of them will give you a 1 in 1.03 million chance of winning $1 or $2 million.

Your estimate of tickets sold to $1 million prizes available is highly underestimated. If they sold 24 million tickets the number of Club prizes would be greater than 10 or 12 (closer to 23-24). Right now they're projecting less than 5 million tickets sold for each of the first 10 drawings.

I think your odds on the PB prize are off.....if the odds for one are 1 in 5,153,633 then a pair of tickets would be about 1 in 2,576,817. Or did you count the ability to win $2 million as two tickets?

Comparing specifically the $1 million prize, the draw which reaches about 110-111 MMC prizes (consequently MUSL's simulated hit average) would give odds better than Mega Millions and the one with about 150 prizes would give odds better than Powerball. So between 15 and 18 draws of waiting. This is based on their own sales projections of course. Beyond that we get into the realm where rare draws of many many prizes occur and the odds could be quite good for the money.

I don't know the odds of getting on the game show and then winning the $1 million there but that should be considered as well.

qutgnt


This lottery is a bit of a step in the right direction with the payback percentage increasing to 60%. It plays more like a scratch off. Remember though that on a per dollar basis this jackpot is HARDER to hit vs mega or powerball as the odds are over 70 million to one. Which makes per dollar odds of 350+ million to one. The proper way to play this game is to quite frankly save your bullets for when it hits 25 million as you want to maximize your chance of coming home with a million. Instead of playing ten per week or hundred per week save it for 40 at end of month or 400 at end of month.  Sadly Illinois will not be offering this but once it gets to 25 million it will be worth a drive to Indiana to put 100 on it.

faber98

don't think people on here are all that excited about winning only a million dollars maximum for playing a 5.00 ticket. they will accept winning 1 million as the 2nd tier prize in the other big games but this one will struggle after the novelty wears off as 5.00 a line is just too much. also not a lot of interest in flying to vegas to sit in a studio audience for a remote chance to win more. people just don't want to do that. have you tried to fly lately. surly, untrained security forcing you to undress, taking your temperature for ebola, and if someone throws up on a plane you are forced to deal with it until inexperienced glams in haz-mat suits board the plane to clean it up. so that part of the prize isn't that appealing. also that lucky for life game (2.00) isn't selling all that well either. so don't wish for that one to be available in your state as players are too old to reap a lot of cash from that one. they've ruined PB and MEGA by increasing the amount of numbers in the matrix deeming it nearly impossible to hit. i've noticed the bloom is off the rose for excitement regarding the growing jackpots for those once extremely popular games. still probably your best bargain to at least get a 2nd tier million prize. they are over-saturating the market for these lottery games (ridiculous amount of scratch off tickets available everywhere, including a kings ransom 30.00 ticket in this state) now, they want to drain all your cash from your pocket and want to force you to buy overpriced health insurance. how much money do they think less affluent people have?

TnTicketlosers's avatarTnTicketlosers

Good post faber,Im going to Georgia Saturday ,it's the only way I find to any luck in my life.I look forward to my husband saying,ready to take a trip,I know what he means,I start screaming ,when when....he is off work this coming weekend,I cant wait...you talk about the excitment we have.I love Georgia scratch offs.

Todd's avatarTodd

Quote: Originally posted by KY Floyd on Oct 18, 2014

"you can't buy a $1 dollar Monopoly ticket so the point is moot per dollar spent."

So compare the odds if you're going to spend $5. For $5:

  • You could have a 1 in 87.5 million chance of winning tonight's $100 million PB jackpot, and either have a dollar left over or get powerplay on one of the two games you've played
  • You could have a 1 in 51.6 million chance of winning the current $200 million MM jackpot
  • You could have a 1 in 72 million chance of winning no more than $25 million.

"the extra millionaire drawings making this game more of a player preference than which game has the better odds."

Sure, if your preference is to just play a game without paying any attention at all to the odds. If you do pay attention, what are the odds of winning that $1 million? On average, if they sell 24 million tickets there's a 1 in 3 chance of a jackpot winner. If they pick 12 tickets for the $1 million prize that's 1 in 2 million. That  gives you a 1 in 6 million chance of winning $1 million. With a $5 ticket. Spending that $5 on MM will get you a 1 in 3.7 million chance of winning $1 million.  $5 for a pair of PB tickets with powerplay on one of them will give you a 1 in 1.03 million chance of winning $1 or $2 million.

If all you are looking at is the top prize, then this is valid.  However, this game is not designed to just have an over-the-top jackpot.  It is in response to a ton of people saying they want a game in which MANY people win SMALLER prizes.

I know this personally because I get e-mails just about every day from people saying they want such a game.  During big Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot runs I can sometimes receive a dozen e-mails a day from people complaining about the big jackpot going to just one winner.

To these people I say don't play Mega Millions or Powerball then.  Play a game that delivers smaller prizes more often.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS GAME IS.

This game should not even be compared to Mega Millions or Powerball.  It is completely different.  The only similarity is that all three games are played in many states.  Apart from that, they are really different.  It is a new style of game with several ways to play and win.  So I think it's going to need to time in the market before people can judge it "good" or "bad".

jjtheprince

$5 for a chance to win a jackpot that amounts to chump change?

No thanks.

Gleno's avatarGleno

Info from the betting slip: 

Match 5 of 5 and property number,Top Prize  based on a pari-mutuel basis, odds  1: 72,770,880 

Match 5 of 5, prize of  $100,00  odds  1: 2,695,218.

Match 4 of 5 + property number,  prize of $20,00, odds  1:309,663

Match 4 0f 5, prize $500, odds 1: 11,469

Match 3 of 5 and property number, prize $250.00, odds 1: 6,732

Match 2 of 5 and property number, prize $25.00 ,odds 1:449

Match 3 of 5, prize $20.00, odds 1:249

Match 1 of 5 and property number, prize $10.00, odds 1: 82

Match property number,prize $7.00, odds 1:47

Match 2 of 5, prize $5.00, odds 1:17

Match Millionaires' Club number ( only applicable if Top Prize is Won) prize $1,000,000, odds varies with sales

"The overall Odds of winning are 1:10.0025 rounded to whole numbers 

We get to select 5 numbers from 1-52 or quick pick. Your Property name and number will be automatically generated from 1-28.

Each ticket includes:

  1. Your draw numbers and property name and number
  2. Your Millionaire's Club number
  3. Your Entry Webcode  for a chance to be a contestant on the TV show"

You have the option to select an Annuity or Lump Sum Cash. The annuity option can be changed to a lump sum cash option but an lump sum option cannot be changed to an annuity. A choice of neither option will be deemed a choice for the Annuity Option." 

 Good Luck and have fun playing.

Coffee

RedStang's avatarRedStang

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Oct 18, 2014

Odds of winning top prize at 1/72M for $5 = odds  of 1/360M per dollar spent
Odds of winning top prize at 1/175M for $2 = odds of 1/350M per dollar spent
Odds of winning top prize at 1/258M for $1 = odds of 1/258M per dollar spent

I'm guessing Hargrove figures players don't mind spending more as long as they are getting less. Unhappy

If these are for the Top prize, what are the odds for the second chance raffle when someone wins the TP. With two chances, each play should really only cost $2.50.

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by RedStang on Oct 19, 2014

If these are for the Top prize, what are the odds for the second chance raffle when someone wins the TP. With two chances, each play should really only cost $2.50.

Because winning a club prize is conditional on the top prize being hit, it varies by sales. The formula is a little sophisticated but basically you calculate the probability of any winner(s) given the number of tickets sold and divide the result of tickets divided by prizes by that value to get the odds. For example, with $20 million in sales (4 million tickets) and 10 second-prizes, the probability of the top prize being hit would be about 5.35%, which gives $1 million prize odds of 1 in 7,478,920 (4,000,000/10 = 400,000/0.0535 = 7,476,635.51; note rounding errors due to actual % not being exactly 5.35%). This value fluctuates based on sales but mostly based on the number of second-prizes. The reason is that even if 72.3 million tickets are sold, due to duplicates the probability of a winner is actually less than 1.

I may put up a graph showing the relationship between prizes and tickets sold.

Gleno's avatarGleno

Sunday 10/19/14  2:04 PM

Forgot to mention that we need to enter the Webcode prior to claiming a prize. "Tickets cannot be returned"

May reconsider my original thought about not wanting to pay $5.00 a ticket...

 

Wink

RJOh's avatarRJOh

Quote: Originally posted by RedStang on Oct 19, 2014

If these are for the Top prize, what are the odds for the second chance raffle when someone wins the TP. With two chances, each play should really only cost $2.50.

I would be surprised if the website of states offering this game doesn't put up some guesstimations of those odds.  Surely they wouldn't expect their average players to calculate those odds on their own.

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Oct 19, 2014

I would be surprised if the website of states offering this game doesn't put up some guesstimations of those odds.  Surely they wouldn't expect their average players to calculate those odds on their own.

The problem with that is by advertising dynamic odds, the odds would inherently change. If a player sees odds of 1 in 2 million and decides to buy a ticket then that would subsequently change the odds (and on and on). It opens up the lottery to liability with false advertising etc. Plus, it would have the same effect as the rolling jackpots. Players would just wait to play until the odds are good (much like they wait until the jackpot is "big" enough). For the lottery it is just simpler this way. Originally they lumped the odds as equivalent to winning the jackpot but they either read my concerns(s) or someone pointed out that that wasn't true.

Here's a [rough] graph I put together quickly showing how the odds change with the increase in club prizes:

As I alluded earlier, it is not as simple as dividing the tickets sold by the number of prizes. The probability of a jackpot winner and hence the probability of getting the opportunity to participate in the second drawing are directly related to the number of tickets sold. Of course, it should be expected that MORE than 5 million tickets would be sold if 100+ prizes were available but I kept it constant to avoid a 3D plot. The lottery expects the "50/50 chance" hit point to be about 77 prizes.

Seeing this chart, some players (like me) may get the idea of sitting out until the odds are in favor (+EV); however, based on my calculations this will only occur less than 5% of the time (maybe once a year at most) and is basically akin to sitting out for larger jackpots in MM and PB.

KY Floyd's avatarKY Floyd

"Your estimate of tickets sold to $1 million prizes available is highly underestimated. If they sold 24 million tickets the number of Club prizes would be greater than 10 or 12 (closer to 23-24). "

The number of $1 million winners will depend on how big the jackpot is. At the maximum jackpot of $25 million there will be 16 $1 million winners. That's the maximum possible number of $1 million winners. As far as how many tickets are sold, that's gong to vary, but the fewer they sell the less likely that anyone will win $1 million. If they only sell 5 million tickets there's only a 1 in 14 chance that anyone will win $1 million, so the odds for a single ticket are 1 in 14 * 5 million tickets / # of $1 million winners.  With a possible range of 10 to 16 $1 million winners that means the odds range from 1 in 7 million to 1 in 4.48 million.

Increasing the number of tickets sold increases the chance of  jackpot winner, and therefore $1 million winners, but each ticket has a reduced chance of being one of those $1 million winners. Instead of 10 to 16 out of 5 million it may be 10 to 16 out of 36 million. That's a range of 1 in 3.6 to 1 in 2.25 million * the 50% chance that they even have that drawing. Overall odds: 1 in 4.5 to 1 in 7.2 million.

In the long run we should expect one jackpot winner for every 72 million tickets sold, since that's what the odds are. I've seen  nothing about when the jackpot will be increased, but I'm confident it won't increase with every drawing, but will be keyed to sales (and therefore the ability to fund the jackpot). That means I'm not really sure what te average number of $1 million prizes will be, but let's call it 14. 14 out of 72 million tickets is 1 in 5.15 million.

"I think your odds on the PB prize are off"

Yeah, I had a brain fart and divided by 5 instead of 2. Your odds of 1 in 2.6 million are correct, but still better than the new game.

"Of course, it should be expected that MORE than 5 million tickets would be sold if 100+ prizes were available"

100 prizes for 10 million tickets would mean odds of 1 in 100,000 IF there was a jackpot winner. That would be really good odds, and would mean that each $1 million prize only generated sales revenue of 1/2 million dollars. Great game for the players, but something the lottery isn't normally stupid enough to offer. The maximum of 16 $1 million prizes is based on balancing the draw of offering a lot of $1 million prizes with the requirement to fund them. FWIW, that kind of potential (though unlikely) exposure is why the All or Nothing game had to be changed.

 

"If all you are looking at is the top prize, then this is valid.  However, this game is not designed to just have an over-the-top jackpot.  It is in response to a ton of people saying they want a game in which MANY people win SMALLER prizes."

Everything I see about "smaller prizes" is people saying that 100 people should win $1 million instead of 1 person winning $100milion. That's pretty much what the president of the North American Lottery Group is quoted as saying" "Many times when we do research people ask us, 'Why not give away a lot of million dollar prizes?'"

If people want to win even smaller prizes maybe somebody should tell them about scratchers.

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by KY Floyd on Oct 19, 2014

"Your estimate of tickets sold to $1 million prizes available is highly underestimated. If they sold 24 million tickets the number of Club prizes would be greater than 10 or 12 (closer to 23-24). "

The number of $1 million winners will depend on how big the jackpot is. At the maximum jackpot of $25 million there will be 16 $1 million winners. That's the maximum possible number of $1 million winners. As far as how many tickets are sold, that's gong to vary, but the fewer they sell the less likely that anyone will win $1 million. If they only sell 5 million tickets there's only a 1 in 14 chance that anyone will win $1 million, so the odds for a single ticket are 1 in 14 * 5 million tickets / # of $1 million winners.  With a possible range of 10 to 16 $1 million winners that means the odds range from 1 in 7 million to 1 in 4.48 million.

Increasing the number of tickets sold increases the chance of  jackpot winner, and therefore $1 million winners, but each ticket has a reduced chance of being one of those $1 million winners. Instead of 10 to 16 out of 5 million it may be 10 to 16 out of 36 million. That's a range of 1 in 3.6 to 1 in 2.25 million * the 50% chance that they even have that drawing. Overall odds: 1 in 4.5 to 1 in 7.2 million.

In the long run we should expect one jackpot winner for every 72 million tickets sold, since that's what the odds are. I've seen  nothing about when the jackpot will be increased, but I'm confident it won't increase with every drawing, but will be keyed to sales (and therefore the ability to fund the jackpot). That means I'm not really sure what te average number of $1 million prizes will be, but let's call it 14. 14 out of 72 million tickets is 1 in 5.15 million.

"I think your odds on the PB prize are off"

Yeah, I had a brain fart and divided by 5 instead of 2. Your odds of 1 in 2.6 million are correct, but still better than the new game.

"Of course, it should be expected that MORE than 5 million tickets would be sold if 100+ prizes were available"

100 prizes for 10 million tickets would mean odds of 1 in 100,000 IF there was a jackpot winner. That would be really good odds, and would mean that each $1 million prize only generated sales revenue of 1/2 million dollars. Great game for the players, but something the lottery isn't normally stupid enough to offer. The maximum of 16 $1 million prizes is based on balancing the draw of offering a lot of $1 million prizes with the requirement to fund them. FWIW, that kind of potential (though unlikely) exposure is why the All or Nothing game had to be changed.

 

"If all you are looking at is the top prize, then this is valid.  However, this game is not designed to just have an over-the-top jackpot.  It is in response to a ton of people saying they want a game in which MANY people win SMALLER prizes."

Everything I see about "smaller prizes" is people saying that 100 people should win $1 million instead of 1 person winning $100milion. That's pretty much what the president of the North American Lottery Group is quoted as saying" "Many times when we do research people ask us, 'Why not give away a lot of million dollar prizes?'"

If people want to win even smaller prizes maybe somebody should tell them about scratchers.

The maximum of 16 $1 million prizes is based on balancing the draw of offering a lot of $1 million prizes with the requirement to fund them.

There is no maximum on the number of $1 million prizes. Haven't you read the press releases touting the possibility of "hundreds of millionaires in a single drawing"? My info comes direct from the lottery's internal sources (MUSL). Or am I misunderstanding you? Once the jackpot is maxed out, the prize pool shifts exclusively to $1 million prizes. There IS a minimum number of increases per draw, which is 2. There is also a semi-set rollover for the jackpot so that its max is reached within 4 drawings. Those two reasons are why the article here mentions 10, 12, 14, 16 along with the jackpot amounts.

There's nothing stupid about offering 100 prizes of $1 million because it is the result of many draw rollovers....just like big jackpots. The lottery doesn't lose.

I don't think anybody would play a game with a $15 million cash jackpot but only a whopping 16 second-place millionaires ALL the time LOL

atoz

Quote: Originally posted by LottoMetro on Oct 19, 2014

The maximum of 16 $1 million prizes is based on balancing the draw of offering a lot of $1 million prizes with the requirement to fund them.

There is no maximum on the number of $1 million prizes. Haven't you read the press releases touting the possibility of "hundreds of millionaires in a single drawing"? My info comes direct from the lottery's internal sources (MUSL). Or am I misunderstanding you? Once the jackpot is maxed out, the prize pool shifts exclusively to $1 million prizes. There IS a minimum number of increases per draw, which is 2. There is also a semi-set rollover for the jackpot so that its max is reached within 4 drawings. Those two reasons are why the article here mentions 10, 12, 14, 16 along with the jackpot amounts.

There's nothing stupid about offering 100 prizes of $1 million because it is the result of many draw rollovers....just like big jackpots. The lottery doesn't lose.

I don't think anybody would play a game with a $15 million cash jackpot but only a whopping 16 second-place millionaires ALL the time LOL

referring to your last sentence....I would, to me thats better odds than the other big pots.  I think what the problem is with all the negative response to this game is you got a bunch of losers that have no positive attitude.  what else can i say.

I read all these post and all were not negative but the negative ones gave their certain reasons why they not playing which is fine, everyone is entitled to their opinon.  But I am starting to suspect a lot cant afford to spend  5 bucks and blame it on the odds....the odds are betting than PB or MM

Grammy3

Lottery is out pricing tickets. I will not be playing

Think's avatarThink

Quote: Originally posted by jarasan on Oct 18, 2014

Million dollar prizes after the irs, state, and local taxes are left with $660,000 for most of us....... minus any unpaid child support,  back taxes,  tickets,  etc...for others.  You have to wait 2 weeks for that money.  Is it ball dropped????????? Or computerized?????

Oogle

Ha!  You are forgetting the 3.8% extra tax that kicks in at $200,000 or $250,000 to pay for Obamacare.

You would get about $560,000 in Michigan before  local income taxes and before the 3.8% Obama tax.

gatorsrok

To answer a question that some people asked...the jackpot prize is a graduated annuity over 30 years or lump sum of a reduced amount - per the Florida lottery website: http://www.flalottery.com/mmc-howToPlay.do (look under "How to Win").  The rules/payouts will be the same for all states.

I'll play for a few drawings, but honestly, the top prize being paid over 30 years as a graduated annuity is not a that great especially if there is more than winner.  Then the top prize is split among all top prize winners.  Also, the $1 million winners do not pay out if a top prize is not won. 

I have not seen a computation on how they increase the number of $1 million winners between each rollover but I hope it is a lot more than 2 more $1 million winners per rollover.  If they are awarding 20-30 additional $1 million winners each drawing, I may keep playing.

I'll give them credit for adding the gameshow portion to the game, but I think I'd prefer if they saved the money and added more $1 million winners. 

Like others pointed out, the best time to play will probably be when the jackpot maxes out at $25 million because then the $1 million prizes kick in no matter what.

Good luck to everyone who gives it a go.

RJOh's avatarRJOh

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Oct 18, 2014

Odds of winning top prize at 1/72M for $5 = odds  of 1/360M per dollar spent
Odds of winning top prize at 1/175M for $2 = odds of 1/350M per dollar spent
Odds of winning top prize at 1/258M for $1 = odds of 1/258M per dollar spent

I'm guessing Hargrove figures players don't mind spending more as long as they are getting less. Unhappy

It will be interesting to see how well it does in Ohio if it ever comes there.
Odds of winning top prize in its Classic Lotto which starts at $1M are 1/14M = odds of 1/14M per dollar spent.
$5 will buy five chances at those odds.

jarasan's avatarjarasan

If the lottery TRULY wanted to make a game that gave more prizes they would make it like a classic $1/$2 lotto 6/6 with true pari-mutuel payouts for all greater than 3 match tiers for each drawing and having the jackpot grow slower.   Of course the state/states making the percentages work for profit making it possible to fund the children's schools,  right?

As far as losers & winners go,  there will be many more losers than winners in this new Monopoly game.  For eg. for the $20,000 prize....odds are 1:309,663 cost = $5 per play (no options),, compared to MD bonus match 5 top prize $50,000 odds are 1;191,919 cost = $2 for 3lines and 1: 575757 cost = $1 for 1 line.   Right now MD is paying taxes and doubling prizes on Doubler tickets on BM5.   For $6 you can get better than 1 : 64,000 odds on BM5 for a $100K doubler prize taxes paid.

 

 

Idea

dr65's avatardr65

Nice they made the ticket convenient to purchase 4 draws at an easy $20. Roll Eyes I don't like the quick pick portion or

the prize structure. I'll play a few times at the start and a few times when the jp is high. As far as being a game

I'll look forward to each week..I'll stick with Cash 5 here in PA or Treasure Hunt. I do like Match 6 too, 3 lines for

$2 and multi ways to win.

Gl all in whatever you choose.

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on Oct 19, 2014

If all you are looking at is the top prize, then this is valid.  However, this game is not designed to just have an over-the-top jackpot.  It is in response to a ton of people saying they want a game in which MANY people win SMALLER prizes.

I know this personally because I get e-mails just about every day from people saying they want such a game.  During big Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot runs I can sometimes receive a dozen e-mails a day from people complaining about the big jackpot going to just one winner.

To these people I say don't play Mega Millions or Powerball then.  Play a game that delivers smaller prizes more often.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS GAME IS.

This game should not even be compared to Mega Millions or Powerball.  It is completely different.  The only similarity is that all three games are played in many states.  Apart from that, they are really different.  It is a new style of game with several ways to play and win.  So I think it's going to need to time in the market before people can judge it "good" or "bad".

Your chances of developing a gambling addiction are greater by spending $1 on the lottery versus $5 or $10.

You will be playing the lottery more often, because it will be easier to spend $1 versus $5 or $10 on the lottery.

I do not mind spending $5 for a lottery game that allows me to win the small prizes more often. Winning small prizes more often allows you to play for free. Powerball and Mega Millions small prizes are so hard to win that playing those games very often is insane.

LOTTERY PLAYERS ARE FORGETTING THAT MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES' CLUB OFFERS 9 OTHER WAYS OF WINNING PRIZES. I LOVE THE IDEA OF MATCHING 2 NUMBERS AND GETTING MY $5 BACK.

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by jjtheprince on Oct 19, 2014

$5 for a chance to win a jackpot that amounts to chump change?

No thanks.

PLAYING THE LOTTERY LESS OFTEN IS THE BEST STRATEGY TO WIN A LOTTERY JACKPOT SOMEDAY.

Your chances of developing a gambling addiction are greater by spending $1 on the lottery versus $5 or $10.

You will be playing the lottery more often, because it will be easier to spend $1 versus $5 or $10 on the lottery.

I do not mind spending $5 for a lottery game that allows me to win the smaller prizes more often.

Winning the smaller prizes more often allows you to play for free.

Powerball and Mega Millions smaller prizes are so hard to win that playing those games more often is insane.

LOTTERY PLAYERS ARE FORGETTING THAT MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES' CLUB OFFERS 9 OTHER WAYS OF WINNING PRIZES. I LOVE THE IDEA OF MATCHING 2 NUMBERS AND GETTING MY $5 BACK.

Number 23

What a joke this game is. Based on a $1 play the odds of winning top prize is 1 in 363,854,400. They are guaranteeing more millionaires. "The number of randomly chosen $1 million winners will also depend on the size of the jackpot. If the jackpot is $15 million — 10 will be selected; at $18 million, 12 are chosen; at $21 million, 14 people will win $1 million".  "If someone hits the maximum $25 million jackpot, 16 additional $1 million payouts will be awarded, lottery officials said".So for the first draw on Friday 10 new millionaires will be created. How are they confident that over 2 million tickets will be sold from now till Friday. It was around this time of last year when the Multi State Lottery announced the Multi-State Raffle. That only lasted one draw. I believe this game will default based on promises of millionaires per draw. It wont be able to fund itself and I think players will eventually lose total interest on it.

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Quote: Originally posted by dr65 on Oct 20, 2014

Nice they made the ticket convenient to purchase 4 draws at an easy $20. Roll Eyes I don't like the quick pick portion or

the prize structure. I'll play a few times at the start and a few times when the jp is high. As far as being a game

I'll look forward to each week..I'll stick with Cash 5 here in PA or Treasure Hunt. I do like Match 6 too, 3 lines for

$2 and multi ways to win.

Gl all in whatever you choose.

I Agree! $20.00 -$25.00 a week won't break the bank

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Quote: Originally posted by Number 23 on Oct 20, 2014

What a joke this game is. Based on a $1 play the odds of winning top prize is 1 in 363,854,400. They are guaranteeing more millionaires. "The number of randomly chosen $1 million winners will also depend on the size of the jackpot. If the jackpot is $15 million — 10 will be selected; at $18 million, 12 are chosen; at $21 million, 14 people will win $1 million".  "If someone hits the maximum $25 million jackpot, 16 additional $1 million payouts will be awarded, lottery officials said".So for the first draw on Friday 10 new millionaires will be created. How are they confident that over 2 million tickets will be sold from now till Friday. It was around this time of last year when the Multi State Lottery announced the Multi-State Raffle. That only lasted one draw. I believe this game will default based on promises of millionaires per draw. It wont be able to fund itself and I think players will eventually lose total interest on it.

so what you saying are you in or out

Number 23

Quote: Originally posted by helpmewin on Oct 20, 2014

so what you saying are you in or out

OUT!!!

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by gvpazkn on Oct 17, 2014

Monopoly is here in New Mexico and I will definitely give it a shot. The drawing is held just once a week, so the $5 investment/week will be well worth a shot at $1 million.

You are a smart lottery player. Spending $5 to win $1 million makes economic sense. You might hit the jackpot while trying to win the smallers prizes. I will be happy winning a $15 Million or $25 million jackpot.

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by Gleno on Oct 18, 2014

Great concept for smaller jackpots but won't be spending $5.00 to buy one ticket. No Pity!

You will save $5 by not playing. I am donating $5 to this game to help schools.LOL

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by qutgnt on Oct 19, 2014


This lottery is a bit of a step in the right direction with the payback percentage increasing to 60%. It plays more like a scratch off. Remember though that on a per dollar basis this jackpot is HARDER to hit vs mega or powerball as the odds are over 70 million to one. Which makes per dollar odds of 350+ million to one. The proper way to play this game is to quite frankly save your bullets for when it hits 25 million as you want to maximize your chance of coming home with a million. Instead of playing ten per week or hundred per week save it for 40 at end of month or 400 at end of month.  Sadly Illinois will not be offering this but once it gets to 25 million it will be worth a drive to Indiana to put 100 on it.

I have seen lottery players spending $5, $10, $20, $30 and $50 everyday on Instant Scratch Off Games.

Monopoly Millionaires' Club $5 ticket will not scare lottery games big spenders.

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by faber98 on Oct 19, 2014

don't think people on here are all that excited about winning only a million dollars maximum for playing a 5.00 ticket. they will accept winning 1 million as the 2nd tier prize in the other big games but this one will struggle after the novelty wears off as 5.00 a line is just too much. also not a lot of interest in flying to vegas to sit in a studio audience for a remote chance to win more. people just don't want to do that. have you tried to fly lately. surly, untrained security forcing you to undress, taking your temperature for ebola, and if someone throws up on a plane you are forced to deal with it until inexperienced glams in haz-mat suits board the plane to clean it up. so that part of the prize isn't that appealing. also that lucky for life game (2.00) isn't selling all that well either. so don't wish for that one to be available in your state as players are too old to reap a lot of cash from that one. they've ruined PB and MEGA by increasing the amount of numbers in the matrix deeming it nearly impossible to hit. i've noticed the bloom is off the rose for excitement regarding the growing jackpots for those once extremely popular games. still probably your best bargain to at least get a 2nd tier million prize. they are over-saturating the market for these lottery games (ridiculous amount of scratch off tickets available everywhere, including a kings ransom 30.00 ticket in this state) now, they want to drain all your cash from your pocket and want to force you to buy overpriced health insurance. how much money do they think less affluent people have?

"Don't worry about market saturation. Like Atlantic City as Americans savings and earnings dwindle the rake becomes less and less until finally the gamblers have no money left and the casinos close down. The same will happen with lotteries as more and more Americans go broke less and less money will be spent on lotteries and they will gradually fade away. This is why they keep creating new lotteries the politicians haven't scraped all America's savings into their hands, but that day is coming close. You'll know it is at hand when government agencies do like big business and start eliminating full time jobs and start hiring part timers who don't get health or retirement benefits." Unkwon Author.

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by atoz on Oct 19, 2014

referring to your last sentence....I would, to me thats better odds than the other big pots.  I think what the problem is with all the negative response to this game is you got a bunch of losers that have no positive attitude.  what else can i say.

I read all these post and all were not negative but the negative ones gave their certain reasons why they not playing which is fine, everyone is entitled to their opinon.  But I am starting to suspect a lot cant afford to spend  5 bucks and blame it on the odds....the odds are betting than PB or MM

Lottery players can afford to spend $5 everyday on the lottery $1,825 yearly.

Lottery lottery players do not mind spending money on Instant Scratch Games that cost $5, $10, $20, $30 and $50.

Lottery players will be spending $5, $10, $15, $20 and more on Monopoly Millionaires' Club.

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by dr65 on Oct 20, 2014

Nice they made the ticket convenient to purchase 4 draws at an easy $20. Roll Eyes I don't like the quick pick portion or

the prize structure. I'll play a few times at the start and a few times when the jp is high. As far as being a game

I'll look forward to each week..I'll stick with Cash 5 here in PA or Treasure Hunt. I do like Match 6 too, 3 lines for

$2 and multi ways to win.

Gl all in whatever you choose.

You will be spending $1,040 yearly on MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES' CLUB.GOOD LUCK.Patriot

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by Number 23 on Oct 20, 2014

OUT!!!

YOU WILL NEVER QUIT PLAYING THE LOTTERY IN YOUR LIFETIME.

Spend the $5 and enjoy the feeling of winning.LOL

Tatototman65's avatarTatototman65

As a die hard Monopoly fan, it's a shame I won't be buying a single ticket.

Smile

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by helpmewin on Oct 20, 2014

I Agree! $20.00 -$25.00 a week won't break the bank

YOU ARE A MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES' CLUB MEMBER.

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by Tatototman65 on Oct 20, 2014

As a die hard Monopoly fan, it's a shame I won't be buying a single ticket.

Smile

BUY A MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES' CLUB TICKET SOMEDAY. IT IS OKAY TO DREAM!

Tatototman65's avatarTatototman65

Quote: Originally posted by jarasan on Oct 18, 2014

Million dollar prizes after the irs, state, and local taxes are left with $660,000 for most of us....... minus any unpaid child support,  back taxes,  tickets,  etc...for others.  You have to wait 2 weeks for that money.  Is it ball dropped????????? Or computerized?????

Oogle

You posted-
"Is it ball dropped????????? Or computerized?????"

My response
Every part of this game is computerized. It starts with the randomly computerized property number (easy pick players won't care), to the the actual drawing, to the millionaires club drawing, as well as the 2nd chance drawing. Below is a link where I found the 'computerized' drawing information from.

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/279345

Since I don't support computerized drawings, this is the worst game out there for me as well as players like me. I haven't forgotten about the Tennessee and Arizona computerized 'glitches.'

Tennessee- https://www.lotterypost.com/news/161364

Arizona- https://www.lotterypost.com/news/265143

Smile

JamesMelony

No point for me to play. Computerized draws mean we can't see the code and how "random" it is. Cost of the ticket would be fine if the odds were better overall. Right now even the second place prize has worse odds than some other draw games. I might play once the odds get better for second place, but there will have to be quite a big increase in odds to play for second place. Wait for a few draws to happen before you throw money into this game as there will be a better chance for second place then.

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by Tatototman65 on Oct 20, 2014

You posted-
"Is it ball dropped????????? Or computerized?????"

My response
Every part of this game is computerized. It starts with the randomly computerized property number (easy pick players won't care), to the the actual drawing, to the millionaires club drawing, as well as the 2nd chance drawing. Below is a link where I found the 'computerized' drawing information from.

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/279345

Since I don't support computerized drawings, this is the worst game out there for me as well as players like me. I haven't forgotten about the Tennessee and Arizona computerized 'glitches.'

Tennessee- https://www.lotterypost.com/news/161364

Arizona- https://www.lotterypost.com/news/265143

Smile

LOTTERY GAMES ARE NOT RANDOM.

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Oct 20, 2014

I have seen lottery players spending $5, $10, $20, $30 and $50 everyday on Instant Scratch Off Games.

Monopoly Millionaires' Club $5 ticket will not scare lottery games big spenders.

I Agree! i know a Lady live down the street buys $500.00 Rolls every week

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Oct 20, 2014

YOU ARE A MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES' CLUB MEMBER.

Yes Nod

Stack47

Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Oct 20, 2014

I have seen lottery players spending $5, $10, $20, $30 and $50 everyday on Instant Scratch Off Games.

Monopoly Millionaires' Club $5 ticket will not scare lottery games big spenders.

It's a raffle game where $20 a month gets four chances on an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas and win a possible top prize of $1 million. And get 4 chances of winning the jackpot or winning one of the at least 10 chances of winning a $1 million.

If it's about which game gives the best chance of $20 winning $1 million, the odds are irrelevant and the players will make those choices.

Todd's avatarTodd

I just picked up a few Monopoly tickets this evening, and the tickets have an interesting note on the front.  It says:

ATTN: Cashed tickets cannot be returned.  Enter your webcode prior to claiming a prize.

That's a good point:  you need to be sure and enter the webcode printed on the ticket on the playmmc.com website before claiming a prize you may have won in the drawing.

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

I got me 2 QP AND I'm gonna also try the numbers they have on their website Video what is the odds of them hitting? Green laugh

14- 18- 19- 48- 51 (unknown)

4- 11- 24- 28- 32  (unknown)

 

 

Good Luck everyoneDance

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by Tatototman65 on Oct 20, 2014

You posted-
"Is it ball dropped????????? Or computerized?????"

My response
Every part of this game is computerized. It starts with the randomly computerized property number (easy pick players won't care), to the the actual drawing, to the millionaires club drawing, as well as the 2nd chance drawing. Below is a link where I found the 'computerized' drawing information from.

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/279345

Since I don't support computerized drawings, this is the worst game out there for me as well as players like me. I haven't forgotten about the Tennessee and Arizona computerized 'glitches.'

Tennessee- https://www.lotterypost.com/news/161364

Arizona- https://www.lotterypost.com/news/265143

Smile

BTW it uses the same exact RNG as Powerball's Power Play, Hot Lotto, 2 by 2, Wild Card, and All or Nothing.

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on Oct 20, 2014

I just picked up a few Monopoly tickets this evening, and the tickets have an interesting note on the front.  It says:

ATTN: Cashed tickets cannot be returned.  Enter your webcode prior to claiming a prize.

That's a good point:  you need to be sure and enter the webcode printed on the ticket on the playmmc.com website before claiming a prize you may have won in the drawing.

Would you go to LAS VEGAS, if you are chosen as a contestant in Monopoly Millionaires' Club game show?

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Well i just entered 2 tickets playing the game and i got all the railroads Total 32 drawing entries  Hurray!

Tatototman65's avatarTatototman65

Quote: Originally posted by LottoMetro on Oct 20, 2014

BTW it uses the same exact RNG as Powerball's Power Play, Hot Lotto, 2 by 2, Wild Card, and All or Nothing.

I know nothing about Hot Lotto, 2 by 2, Wild Card, or All or Nothing, but for Powerball's Power Play the RNG hardly seems that random at all (to me). For the last 40 draws the Power Play has been (2) 20/40 times, with (5) having been chosen ONLY 5/40 times.

Smile

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by helpmewin on Oct 20, 2014

I got me 2 QP AND I'm gonna also try the numbers they have on their website Video what is the odds of them hitting? Green laugh

14- 18- 19- 48- 51 (unknown)

4- 11- 24- 28- 32  (unknown)

 

 

Good Luck everyoneDance

You spent $10 for 2 chances to win $15 Million.Mega Millions and Powerball officials must be going crazy.Good Luck.

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Oct 20, 2014

You spent $10 for 2 chances to win $15 Million.Mega Millions and Powerball officials must be going crazy.Good Luck.

Yes Nod Yes Sir i plan to get 5 Tickets per week wish me LuckBanana

PS:there is another number on the other website 23- 26- 38- 42-51 (unknown)<-----property number LOL

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by Tatototman65 on Oct 20, 2014

I know nothing about Hot Lotto, 2 by 2, Wild Card, or All or Nothing, but for Powerball's Power Play the RNG hardly seems that random at all (to me). For the last 40 draws the Power Play has been (2) 20/40 times, with (5) having been chosen ONLY 5/40 times.

Smile

That's because Power Play does not have an equal pool of the multiplier numbers. There are more 2's than 5's to draw from etc.

Multiplier Odds
5X 1 in 10
4X 1 in 10
3X 1 in 3.33
2X 1 in 2
Tatototman65's avatarTatototman65

Quote: Originally posted by LottoMetro on Oct 20, 2014

That's because Power Play does not have an equal pool of the multiplier numbers. There are more 2's than 5's to draw from etc.

Multiplier Odds
5X 1 in 10
4X 1 in 10
3X 1 in 3.33
2X 1 in 2

Thanks, I didn't know this until now.

Smile

atoz

Is power ball done by RNG now.....what about MEga million is it RNG or ping pong balls.

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on Oct 20, 2014

I just picked up a few Monopoly tickets this evening, and the tickets have an interesting note on the front.  It says:

ATTN: Cashed tickets cannot be returned.  Enter your webcode prior to claiming a prize.

That's a good point:  you need to be sure and enter the webcode printed on the ticket on the playmmc.com website before claiming a prize you may have won in the drawing.

Lep Good Luck Lep

En ReVal

I purchased a ticket here in Texas and was given the B&O Railroad plus 15 game entries.  The only way how I can see this as a good game, when nobody hits the top prize for a month or two.  When this happens, there could be over 50 $1 million tickets per game until it is one.  If it takes 3 months for someone to hit the top prize, it is being advertised as several hundred $1 million winners.

 

We will see

rcbbuckeye's avatarrcbbuckeye

Quote: Originally posted by atoz on Oct 20, 2014

Is power ball done by RNG now.....what about MEga million is it RNG or ping pong balls.

The only RNG aspect with PB and MM is the selection of the powerplay number, and megaplier number. The 5 main numbers and the powerball number and megaball number are mechanically drawn.

Gleno's avatarGleno

Instead of trying the new Monopoly Game opted for Mega Millions at $1.00 a game. Only need one to be in it.

Gleno's avatarGleno

Quote: Originally posted by Number 23 on Oct 20, 2014

What a joke this game is. Based on a $1 play the odds of winning top prize is 1 in 363,854,400. They are guaranteeing more millionaires. "The number of randomly chosen $1 million winners will also depend on the size of the jackpot. If the jackpot is $15 million — 10 will be selected; at $18 million, 12 are chosen; at $21 million, 14 people will win $1 million".  "If someone hits the maximum $25 million jackpot, 16 additional $1 million payouts will be awarded, lottery officials said".So for the first draw on Friday 10 new millionaires will be created. How are they confident that over 2 million tickets will be sold from now till Friday. It was around this time of last year when the Multi State Lottery announced the Multi-State Raffle. That only lasted one draw. I believe this game will default based on promises of millionaires per draw. It wont be able to fund itself and I think players will eventually lose total interest on it.

You  just might be right on your analysis of this game. Only time will tell.

Wink

HaveABall's avatarHaveABall

Quote: Originally posted by Gleno on Oct 20, 2014

Instead of trying the new Monopoly Game opted for Mega Millions at $1.00 a game. Only need one to be in it.

In comparison, that is a $1, twice a week habit vs. a $5, once a week habit.

numberpulse

Whats is this they have? a property number? Does that work like a bonus number or something?

I might play this if the ticket was less than $5. I might also likely play it if the results weren't computerized either.

maringoman's avatarmaringoman

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on Oct 19, 2014

If all you are looking at is the top prize, then this is valid.  However, this game is not designed to just have an over-the-top jackpot.  It is in response to a ton of people saying they want a game in which MANY people win SMALLER prizes.

I know this personally because I get e-mails just about every day from people saying they want such a game.  During big Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot runs I can sometimes receive a dozen e-mails a day from people complaining about the big jackpot going to just one winner.

To these people I say don't play Mega Millions or Powerball then.  Play a game that delivers smaller prizes more often.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS GAME IS.

This game should not even be compared to Mega Millions or Powerball.  It is completely different.  The only similarity is that all three games are played in many states.  Apart from that, they are really different.  It is a new style of game with several ways to play and win.  So I think it's going to need to time in the market before people can judge it "good" or "bad".

Perhaps it's time to downgrade the lotteries that have added this computerized drawing game to reflect the true position of things in the State Lottery Report Card.

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by Gleno on Oct 20, 2014

Instead of trying the new Monopoly Game opted for Mega Millions at $1.00 a game. Only need one to be in it.

You have a 99% chance of losing that $1 by playing Mega Millions.

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by HaveABall on Oct 21, 2014

In comparison, that is a $1, twice a week habit vs. a $5, once a week habit.

Playing the lottery everyday does not increases your chances of winning a lottery jackpot Someday. How about spending $5 monthly? How about spending $5 yearly on the lottery? Buy a lottery ticket someday. It is okay to dream.

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by numberpulse on Oct 21, 2014

Whats is this they have? a property number? Does that work like a bonus number or something?

I might play this if the ticket was less than $5. I might also likely play it if the results weren't computerized either.

Spend $5 once, and do not play again until next year. What do you think?

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by maringoman on Oct 21, 2014

Perhaps it's time to downgrade the lotteries that have added this computerized drawing game to reflect the true position of things in the State Lottery Report Card.

Americans are so hooked on the lottery that your cries will never be heard. USA lottery generates $70 Billion per year on revenues.Computarized drawings or Balls drop drawings, the lottery always picks the winners and losers.

maringoman's avatarmaringoman

Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Oct 21, 2014

Americans are so hooked on the lottery that your cries will never be heard. USA lottery generates $70 Billion per year on revenues.Computarized drawings or Balls drop drawings, the lottery always picks the winners and losers.

No cries whatsoever. Lottery is sold to adults so it's assumed they know what they're doing. My comment was meant to remind admin to update his report on lottery report card.

As far as lottery addiction I think it's a good thing because income taxes and sales taxes would be sky high if the lottery revenues in their billions didn't exist.

THRIFTY's avatarTHRIFTY

Quote: Originally posted by maringoman on Oct 21, 2014

No cries whatsoever. Lottery is sold to adults so it's assumed they know what they're doing. My comment was meant to remind admin to update his report on lottery report card.

As far as lottery addiction I think it's a good thing because income taxes and sales taxes would be sky high if the lottery revenues in their billions didn't exist.

Did you buy a Monopoly Millionaires's Club $5 Ticket? I donated $5 to it; I hope that they spend it on kids education like the lottery promised.

Patriot

veganlife125's avatarveganlife125

"We've heard for years, 'Why should one person win $100 million?  Why don't 100 people win $1 million a piece?'  So that's exactly what we're creating,"  Hargrove said.

The reason that won't happen is because you can't fund it.

"Many times when we do research people ask us, 'why not give away a lot of million dollar prizes?"  Rich said.  "And i think that's where this game began."

Mega Millions & Powerball already gives away alot of million dollar prizes each year.  In fact most draws have million dollar winners with no jackpot winner.  It's the majority of people playing that are after the jackpot that fund the million dollar winners.

The 414 MegaMillions jackpot that ran from December 20th, 2013 till March 18th, 2014 funded 50 million dollar winners.  That's 50 million dollar winners in 3 months!  Many won more because of the multiplier.  You figure Powerball does about the same so we are talking 300 to 400 million dollar winners each year combined.  Whats the problem?  Some envious people worried about a lucky few collecting a 9 figure check?  This kind of rhetoric works when your asking for a vote but not when asking for $5 haha! Big Grin

maringoman's avatarmaringoman

Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Oct 21, 2014

Did you buy a Monopoly Millionaires's Club $5 Ticket? I donated $5 to it; I hope that they spend it on kids education like the lottery promised.

Patriot

I'm not getting a ticket because MA is not in it. If I happened to be in a state that carries the game then I could buy one ticket to satisfy my curiosity. The game costs too much and worst of all is that it's computerized. Good luck sir. Thumbs Up

RJOh's avatarRJOh

Quote: Originally posted by maringoman on Oct 21, 2014

I'm not getting a ticket because MA is not in it. If I happened to be in a state that carries the game then I could buy one ticket to satisfy my curiosity. The game costs too much and worst of all is that it's computerized. Good luck sir. Thumbs Up

Same here in Ohio but my curiosity will be satisfied by reading what happened in the other states that have it.  I'll be surprised if this game is still around a year from now.

Long Odds

Because I'm dense I need clarification. If no one wins the top prize, then no one wins the $1,000,000 prizes. Is this accurate? If yes, there could conceivably be many drawings with no winners at all? How does this create more winners? Am I missing something?

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by Long Odds on Oct 21, 2014

Because I'm dense I need clarification. If no one wins the top prize, then no one wins the $1,000,000 prizes. Is this accurate? If yes, there could conceivably be many drawings with no winners at all? How does this create more winners? Am I missing something?

Correct.

This creates more winners because the number of available $1 million prizes increases every draw there isn't a top prize winner. It's just like rolling jackpots except with $1 million prizes. Once the top prize hits the cap ($25 million), all new funds in the jackpot pool go to additional prizes. Conceivably, the more drawings that roll, the more millionaires, which means a cold cycle could result in over 100 millionaires being created in a single drawing. These are guaranteed prizes.

The game is indeed complex and somewhat confusing even for savvy players and I think this could possibly hurt it in the short-term. It also gives new meaning to "you have to be in it to win it." Lower prizes aside, your $5 is only worthwhile if the drawing has a top prize winner(s).

Teddi's avatarTeddi

Quote: Originally posted by LottoMetro on Oct 21, 2014

Correct.

This creates more winners because the number of available $1 million prizes increases every draw there isn't a top prize winner. It's just like rolling jackpots except with $1 million prizes. Once the top prize hits the cap ($25 million), all new funds in the jackpot pool go to additional prizes. Conceivably, the more drawings that roll, the more millionaires, which means a cold cycle could result in over 100 millionaires being created in a single drawing. These are guaranteed prizes.

The game is indeed complex and somewhat confusing even for savvy players and I think this could possibly hurt it in the short-term. It also gives new meaning to "you have to be in it to win it." Lower prizes aside, your $5 is only worthwhile if the drawing has a top prize winner(s).

I feel like I'm dense too. If they're going to rollover the number of million dollar winners anyway, why wait until there's a jackpot winner? If a person matches the numbers, just give them that money. You're spending $5 on a ticket which has zero chance of winning unless someone claims the jackpot? 

For that matter, if the only point is to create more small millionaires, why even have a jackpot? Or why have it as high as $25million? That's higher than the starting jackpot for Mega Millions.

Well two good things about this game: 1. all those whiners can't complain about a multi-state game only catering to a small number of people winning huge amounts of money. 2. So many new millionaires will give E! a chance to come with new episodes of 'Curse of the Lottery'. They'll be a lot more lawsuits and a lot more stories about people blowing all their winnings. Can't wait.

Gambler4Life's avatarGambler4Life

Got my ticket yesterday. Feeling like dice in a gambler's hand--LUCKY!

Gambler4Life's avatarGambler4Life

Likewise.

Gambler4Life's avatarGambler4Life

Thankfully, there are no state taxes in Texas!

Gambler4Life's avatarGambler4Life

I'm in Texas & my property is B&O, too.

Gambler4Life's avatarGambler4Life

When in doubt--gamble.

LottoMetro's avatarLottoMetro

Quote: Originally posted by Teddi on Oct 21, 2014

I feel like I'm dense too. If they're going to rollover the number of million dollar winners anyway, why wait until there's a jackpot winner? If a person matches the numbers, just give them that money. You're spending $5 on a ticket which has zero chance of winning unless someone claims the jackpot? 

For that matter, if the only point is to create more small millionaires, why even have a jackpot? Or why have it as high as $25million? That's higher than the starting jackpot for Mega Millions.

Well two good things about this game: 1. all those whiners can't complain about a multi-state game only catering to a small number of people winning huge amounts of money. 2. So many new millionaires will give E! a chance to come with new episodes of 'Curse of the Lottery'. They'll be a lot more lawsuits and a lot more stories about people blowing all their winnings. Can't wait.

The difference is that you don't have to match any numbers to win the $1 million prizes. All the tickets are basically thrown together and they choose X number of winners from them. So unlike PB/MM, where you may or may not have second prize winners, these ones are guaranteed.

Your concerns have been echoed before. I don't see the point of having a jackpot either but obviously it serves as a trigger for the million dollar prizes. I also don't see why they couldn't have just tweaked the structure(s) for PB or MM to have the same millionaire feature. My suspicion is that they just wanted to use the opportunity to leap into the realm of $5 draw tickets, which have a higher profit margin. I predict that in 5 years we will have a $10 ticket too.

Gambler4Life's avatarGambler4Life

Good luck!! When in doubt, gamble.

RedStang's avatarRedStang

Played two games on one play-slip and the raffle numbers were four apart. Guess their selling a bunch of tics. Entered 1 ticket and won 16 entries including all 4 RRs. Surprised you can't play the game separately.

rcbbuckeye's avatarrcbbuckeye

Quote: Originally posted by veganlife125 on Oct 21, 2014

"We've heard for years, 'Why should one person win $100 million?  Why don't 100 people win $1 million a piece?'  So that's exactly what we're creating,"  Hargrove said.

The reason that won't happen is because you can't fund it.

"Many times when we do research people ask us, 'why not give away a lot of million dollar prizes?"  Rich said.  "And i think that's where this game began."

Mega Millions & Powerball already gives away alot of million dollar prizes each year.  In fact most draws have million dollar winners with no jackpot winner.  It's the majority of people playing that are after the jackpot that fund the million dollar winners.

The 414 MegaMillions jackpot that ran from December 20th, 2013 till March 18th, 2014 funded 50 million dollar winners.  That's 50 million dollar winners in 3 months!  Many won more because of the multiplier.  You figure Powerball does about the same so we are talking 300 to 400 million dollar winners each year combined.  Whats the problem?  Some envious people worried about a lucky few collecting a 9 figure check?  This kind of rhetoric works when your asking for a vote but not when asking for $5 haha! Big Grin

While I hope to win the jackpot, I would also be ecstatic to win the million dollar second prize. You are right, there are million dollar winners every MM and PB draw. For $2 I have a shot at up to $5 million in MM.

Long Odds

Quote: Originally posted by LottoMetro on Oct 21, 2014

Correct.

This creates more winners because the number of available $1 million prizes increases every draw there isn't a top prize winner. It's just like rolling jackpots except with $1 million prizes. Once the top prize hits the cap ($25 million), all new funds in the jackpot pool go to additional prizes. Conceivably, the more drawings that roll, the more millionaires, which means a cold cycle could result in over 100 millionaires being created in a single drawing. These are guaranteed prizes.

The game is indeed complex and somewhat confusing even for savvy players and I think this could possibly hurt it in the short-term. It also gives new meaning to "you have to be in it to win it." Lower prizes aside, your $5 is only worthwhile if the drawing has a top prize winner(s).

Thanks, LottoMetro.

IMHO they got it wrong. If there is no top prize winner, I believe that should trigger the opportunity for players to win the million dollar prize not vice versa so at least there is a million dollar winner possibility. I think they will go many drawings with no top winners so for $5 play, I get the chance to win a $100,000 max prize on any given drawing- very poor payout for dollar risked. I can play the NYS take 5 drawing for $1 for chance to win $65,000+/- top prize with much better odds. I don't think you're getting enough bang for the $5 ticket cost. Count me out. good luck to everyone that plays.

GiveFive's avatarGiveFive

To say this is a tricky/complicated game is an understatement.

I watched the video posted in the Jackpot Games forum in the Monopoly Millionaires Club thread that shows how the game show will work/be played.

If I'm right, to win a million on the TV show, you must first win the most money playing the various games, and then be willing to risk it all for a chance at winning the million dollars. If you're the person that is willing to risk all of what you previously won, and it's the highest amount won by all contestants, then you will play for the one million top prize.  If you're the contestant that is selected to play for the million, to actually win it, you must land on GO on the Monopoly game board.   All I can say is, wow.

As for me personally, I'm not interested in going on the game show, and if I buy a ticket, I doubt I'd bother to register online so as to enter the webcode on my ticket.  What can I say?  I'm an Old Fool!  G5

savagegoose's avatarsavagegoose

$5 is way too much.

mightwin's avatarmightwin

 There have been over 270 2nd place prizes for powerball so far this year. Which means over 270 "millionaires" have won. So there have been way more winners than just the  jackpots that have been won. I'm sure the same goes for mega. But I guess spending 5 dollars to have more millionaire winners sounds like a dream come true to some....lol

Stack47

Quote: Originally posted by veganlife125 on Oct 21, 2014

"We've heard for years, 'Why should one person win $100 million?  Why don't 100 people win $1 million a piece?'  So that's exactly what we're creating,"  Hargrove said.

The reason that won't happen is because you can't fund it.

"Many times when we do research people ask us, 'why not give away a lot of million dollar prizes?"  Rich said.  "And i think that's where this game began."

Mega Millions & Powerball already gives away alot of million dollar prizes each year.  In fact most draws have million dollar winners with no jackpot winner.  It's the majority of people playing that are after the jackpot that fund the million dollar winners.

The 414 MegaMillions jackpot that ran from December 20th, 2013 till March 18th, 2014 funded 50 million dollar winners.  That's 50 million dollar winners in 3 months!  Many won more because of the multiplier.  You figure Powerball does about the same so we are talking 300 to 400 million dollar winners each year combined.  Whats the problem?  Some envious people worried about a lucky few collecting a 9 figure check?  This kind of rhetoric works when your asking for a vote but not when asking for $5 haha! Big Grin

"You figure Powerball does about the same so we are talking 300 to 400 million dollar winners each year combined."

Those 50 millionaires won their prizes during a three month run that included six drawings with sales over $40 million and ended with a $414 million jackpot. Since then every drawing had sales under $40 million. The probability of a MM ticket matching 5 + 0 is one ticket in 18,492,204 and 33 of the 60 drawings since 3/12 had sales less than $18 million.

Do you have the actual number of MM  5 + 0 winners or the total sales for this year so we could estimate how many?

"This kind of rhetoric works when your asking for a vote but not when asking for $5 haha!"

Which state is forcing players to buy Monopoly tickets?

weshar75's avatarweshar75

Oregon has powerball and mega millions but we do not have this new game and I hope that we do not get it either.  I think $2 for mega millions and $3 for powerball is enough of my money to play or when I get really crazy $6 for powerball and $4 for mega millions.  But usually it is $2 and $3 route for me.-weshar75

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atoz

Quote: Originally posted by weshar75 on Oct 23, 2014

Oregon has powerball and mega millions but we do not have this new game and I hope that we do not get it either.  I think $2 for mega millions and $3 for powerball is enough of my money to play or when I get really crazy $6 for powerball and $4 for mega millions.  But usually it is $2 and $3 route for me.-weshar75

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I just dont understand people sometimes.  So you hope Oregon doesnt get the new game because you dont like it.  So what if you dont like it....dont play it....no one forcing you too.  But I am sure there would be many in Oregon that would like to have it and play it.

Tami333's avatarTami333

Quote: Originally posted by Gambler4Life on Oct 22, 2014

Got my ticket yesterday. Feeling like dice in a gambler's hand--LUCKY!

I feel lucky too since the majority does not want to play, but we need more players to build the Jackpot!  My property is (02) Baltic Avenue (The cheapest lot, ha ha!).  I might buy one more ticket Friday, rolling the dice for Boardwalk & Park Place.

savagegoose's avatarsavagegoose

Quote: Originally posted by savagegoose on Oct 22, 2014

$5 is way too much.

i should  have replied $5 is way for too much for a ticket with almost "no chance of winning $1M."   they should tweek it for the 2nd prize to be paying 1 million also and $5 would be a dammed  good deal

 

a 2nd  prize payin 1 mill would still be   millionaires    that maybe the odds could be 1 in 5 mill. surely the top prize would still be hard too win and jackpots would still be built. i really dont feel 500k then tax, as your only chance at 1 mill  when the jackpot goes off,  and paying $5 a week for  membership is any club i want to be in

dr65's avatardr65

Quote: Originally posted by savagegoose on Oct 22, 2014

$5 is way too much.

I know but I got 2 picks...I wanted to give it a try.

My properties are Pacific Avenue and Virginia Avenue.

EDIT -

ok just read that when you have all properties and when a full set is entered on the website, then you
are in the running (earning entries) for a chance at a 5day/4night trip plus hotel..etc.
You have to win the trip to be able to possibly be a contestant on the game show.

Tami333's avatarTami333

Friday, October 24 Results

7 - 12 - 17 - 38 - 44

Property#  9 - States Avenue

Congrats to any winners! 

(Don't forget as Todd mentioned, if you won a prize you need to enter your Webcode before cashing in your ticket.  I have the brown & cyan set completed and 6 Game show entries just from the purchase of 3 tickets.  I only won $5 on tonight's draw, EP matched 2 of 5)

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