Triggers 14 additional $1 million prizes
By Todd Northrop
The Monopoly Millionaires' Club jackpot of $21 million was won in Friday night's drawing of the multi-state game by one ticket sold in New Jersey.
The fact that the jackpot was won triggered the award of an additional 14 $1 million winners.
One lucky player in New Jersey matched all five numbers plus one Property number in the Nov. 7 drawing, earning the ticketholder a Top Prize of $21 million. The lucky New Jersey ticket was purchased from Highland General Store, Inc. 111 Highland Lakes Rd., Highland Lakes in Sussex County.
The resulting Millionaires' Club drawing also netted million dollar winners in Arizona, Washington, D.C., three in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, three in New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas. Friday's winning Monopoly Millionaires' Club numbers were 1, 9, 11, 12, and 27, with Property Number 18, B&O Railroad.
The complete list of winning numbers and $1 million Millionaires' Club winning numbers can be found on Lottery Post's Lottery Results page, by clicking any state that participates in the Monopoly Millionaires' Club game.
Carole Hedinger, New Jersey Lottery Executive Director said, "How appropriate that New Jersey, home of the iconic Atlantic City locations upon which the Monopoly game was created, sold the first Monopoly Millionaires' Club lottery game Top Prize winning ticket. I look forward to placing the emblematic top hat on the winner's head when he or she comes into Lottery headquarters to claim the prize."
The Monopoly Millionaires' Club lottery game debuted October 19. Its unique play style features three ways to win $1 million. Players can win the Top Prize that is capped at $25 million. Once that Top Prize is won, a separate drawing that awards a minimum of 10 Millionaires' Club prizes of $1 million each is conducted. Each week the Top Prize is not won, the number of $1 million prizes increases.
Players will also have a shot at a $1 million prize on the upcoming national primetime Monopoly Millionaires' Club TV show, which will debut in February. The show will feature an audience of players who have been randomly selected after completing MONOPOLY-themed Property Sets by entering the webcodes from their tickets at www.playmmc.com.
Selected players will be flown to Las Vegas where the show will be taped, and will receive a five-day, four-night stay for two plus spending money in Las Vegas. Billy Gardell, star of "Mike & Molly," will serve as the host of the show.
The Monopoly Millionaires' Club lottery game drawings are Fridays at 11:15 p.m. Eastern Time and tickets are $5 each.
Monopoly Millionaires' Club draw tickets are available in 22 states plus Washington, D.C. More participating states are scheduled to be included within the next months.
Congrats to all of the lucky winners!
Yes indeed- just you wait until this game arrives on the West Coast, then talk of it being " rigged" will begin in earnest.
congrats to the NJ winner. Given that there are 23 states in this game,at this time, it's good news for the other winners as well.
It was good to see that someone won the jackpot without the thing rolling over a dozen times. On a side note, I am entering the webcodes for the Las Vegas show and I almost feel like the system is set up to keep you from getting a monopoly. I am one property away from a monopoly for each property set (excluding the utilities) and every time I buy a ticket I get a duplicate property and the bonus happens to be one of the property I already own.
I hope other people are having better luck with this aspect of the game.
Gatorsrok, there is extensive discussion of this aspect of the game in the Discussion section of the forums. LottoMetro did a great calculation of how much you'd need to spend, based on the odds, to accumulate a certain amount of entries into the game show drawing.
The one thing I can tell you is that the randomly-assigned properties on the actual tickets seem to be very close to the 1 in 28 odds you'd expect (you can derive that by looking at a winners' list from a participating state of who won with the property, vs. without it).
As far as the bonus property each ticket gets when the webcode is entered -- I have no idea. You'd assume it is the same 1 in 28 odds. But there's no way to prove it for sure. The good thing, if you decide to keep playing, is the properties themselves never expire until you form a "Monopoly" and get the corresponding number of entries into the drawing. Your duplicates (or more) will stay on your board indefinitely. But any entries you accumulate through the 11/25 deadline for the first game show draw will go into that draw, and not be carried over to the next drawing period.
That said, it certainly would be interesting to hear if others who have bought that many tickets are experiencing something similar to you.
Does anyone know if Monopoly will be added to the usamega page with mega millions and powerball? I have given up on this game after seeing what everybody else stated what would happen when the jackpot was won (the states that sell the most tickets would have the most $1 million winners which would be NY, CA, TX, FL)!!! Guess what you'll see when California joins??? I have 65 entries for the 1st drawing; got my fingers crossed. Otherwise, this sucker has been sucked out!!!
Canyon, if you don't want to reply to this, no worries. But out of curiosity, how many tickets did you buy to reach 65 entries?
(as for your question, I have no idea. I do think they need to improve the playmmc website to show a national winners' list, ala the MegaMillions and Powerball sites.)
Hello,
Try buying a ticket in a different area. I keep getting the same one but decided to buy one in an area I do not visit often. I got Marvin Gardens from a grocery store and Penn Ave.
I have 37 entries and have spent $55. I got 15 entries from my 1st initial property of Short Line. There are certain properties that trigger bonus entries.
En ReVal, I realize this should really be in the other thread, but since I am so new here I suspect I am still not allowed to post any links without my account getting zapped. In any case, based on the calculations contained in that thread -- you've done really well! You should only have about 22 or so entries total (including your nice 15 pt. Community Chest bonus) based on the number of tickets you've bought. 37 entries for buying only 11 tickets is great. Best of luck in the drawing.
(ps.. I don't think it matters where you buy the tickets, in terms of what random property you get)
Congrats to the lucky winners.
oh yeah. Got nothin' but love for the Garden State.
How ironic NJ won since the US board game version is based around Atlantic City.
The reason the states you listed (NY, CA, TX & FL) have the most winners is because they have the most people!
More people means more tickets are sold in those states, which means more winners in those states.
NY, CA, TX & FL are the top four states in the country in terms of population.
As of 2013 the top four states are:
CA has 38.3 million people
TX has 26.4 million
FL has 19.6 million
NY has 19.5 million
G5
I hope the winner was someone from Marven Gardens.
Does anyone have any idea when/if Monopoly is going to be added as a selectable option on the predictions page? I've been checking back regularly but still nothing...
I Went past that neighborhood just last week !
I know that those states have more people (maybe you should read my post again) but that besides the point. The point is all about numbers! People outside of these states should be clear and understand the numbers. The 2nd drawing for the $1 million winners could be 100 winners and the majority of those 100 winners will be in those 4 states. Half (50%) of the 14 $1 million winners were in 3 of those states! What do you think will happen when CA joins???
The last time I actually counted my tickets it was 13 and I believe I bought 2 more after that so I believe the total is 15. I haven't bought anymore and may only buy 1 a week possibly if any at all until I see how this drawing goes for the Vegas trip!
Half (50%) of the 14 $1 million winners were in 3 of those states!
Yes, NY and FL had 3 winners each, but they also also had the largest share of the ticket sales. The "third" state could've consisted of any one of 8 different states, so including that is moot. If anything, PA should be complaining because they had nearly 19% of sales in the winning drawing but walked away with just 1 winner.
NY, FL and PA combined had ~42% of sales for the cycle. TX sales are not as high (~8.5%) as you would expect for their population. But put those together and you get ~57% of winners going to states with ~50.3% of the sales. Not a significant deviation whatsoever, and certainly not worth the crying.
When California joins, they will have winners but at the same time the prize pool will grow larger and faster. It's not like they won't contribute; in fact, inherently they will put in more than they ever take out. The arguments and complaints against CA and larger states always winning is really getting old. All it takes is a glance at sales and grade-school understanding of probability to see that those with the most sales will end up with the most winners in the long run.
"What do you think will happen when CA joins???"
Those other states will sell a smaller percentage of winners.
It's really simple. Either you understand that the odds of your ticket being a winner have absolutely nothing to do with how many people live where, or you're just another idiot who doesn't understand simple probability.
Never mind, apparently you're not comprehending what I stated and you have to result to trying to insult someone's intelligence! I'm not referring to where anyone lives compared to their ticket being a winner! I'm not talking about "Either you understand that the odds of your ticket being a winner have absolutely nothing to do with how many people live where" what you've seen other people always mentioning! This is apparently over you head! Maybe you'll see when CA joins! Can't blame a person for trying! I'll leave this last try for you to hopefully understand. Forget it, you probably won't get that either! Some people you can't help! I'm done.
Apparently you don't understand what I was stating in the beginning! All those numbers/percentages/stats is missing the point!! I guess your Ph.D is clouding your mind!! This is why I don't normally post because you have people that think that their brain is so big but result to trying to insult someone's intelligence! Your Ph.D understanding of probability should know that. Never mind, you won't understand. You can't help everybody as I've already stated! Oh well.
Congrats NJ winners! amazing!
Congratulations to the unknown WINNER
If you know location doesn't affect your odds why would you think I'm trying to insult anyone? As for understanding you, maybe you should say something actually explains what your point is.
"I have given up on this game after seeing what everybody else stated what would happen when the jackpot was won (the states that sell the most tickets would have the most $1 million winners which would be NY, CA, TX, FL)!!!"
Why would the location of most winners have anything to do with your decision about whether or not to play?
I am not impressed with this Monopoly Game. Maybe it is an attempt to introduce a national lottery, after all the authorities not long ago suggested that a national lotto game would cost a minimum of $5, though we were assured that the Powerball and Megamillons, the current leading multi-lotto games are not going away. The lotto game I am holding out is Cash 4 Life which is currently played in only New York and New Jersey. Other states may join the game next year. The prospect of winning one-million-a-year for like and the second prize being $52,000 is very enticing in this game. I have looked at the New Jersey drawings and tallied against my hypothetical numbers. The prospects look much better in this game than in the current Monopoly Lotto Game. So my fingers are crossed since I have contacted the Arizona (where I currently hail from) authorities to introduce this lotto game next and I am more willing to take my chances on this game should it be introduced in Arizona.