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Florida Fantasy-5 PlayersReply
There was one winner of $161,707 in last nights FF5 drawing. That means yesterday's total take was approximately $528,000. That's for 24 hours of ticket sales, but I think the vast majority of those tickets were sold after 12 noon yesterday. The Florida Lottery probably knows exactly which hours of the day have the most FF5 sales, but I doubt they'd be interested in revealing that information. The winners pool was allocated $264,000 (half of $528,000) of which 62% was allocated to the lo
Mar 20, 2023, 8:19 am - GiveFive - Pick 5 Forum

$825 MILLION: Powerball jackpot raised due to surging ticket salesReply
As above, maybe the jackpot is high enough for Monday's sales to beat Saturday's, but I think there's a fair chance they could come up short again. If sales bring it to an even billion the chance of a rollover will be about 61%. Another rollover will mean strong sales for Wednesday, so 1.3 to 1.5 is probably very likely. That would mean sales of about 236 to 395 million tickets which corresponds to a 45 to 25% chance for another rollover. Anything can happen, but the most likely outcome is o
Oct 30, 2022, 2:18 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Small Jackpot increases
Just a few years ago a $400 million jackpot would increase over a $100 million after a draw wasn't won. The Mega Millions was at $410 last draw and only went up $30 million after nobody won. Are sales really down that much now? If sales are really down that much compared to years past, why aren't the lottery companies making changes to get more people playing again?
Jul 10, 2022, 7:56 pm - Poo Nanny - Lottery Discussion Forum

$1.725 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now 2nd-largest of all timeReply
Most in the press have rounded that number off to $1.73 billion. If it was a normal number 1.725 should get rounded up to 1.73 if that 3rd digit is a problem. In this case it's an advertisement, and even using the annuity that nobody's going to take they aren't planning on giving anybody 1.73 billion. I don't know about actual advertising, but the websites of a few states are calling it 1.72 billion. New Jersey's website lists it as 1.7 billion. Whether any of those lower numbers are the re
Oct 11, 2023, 7:38 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

$1.7 billion in combined jackpots, as USA multi-state lottery games peak togetherReply
If it is won tonight, it will be over $1billion once the final prize is determined. Strikes me as unlikely. The decision to post a revised cash value was made based on a 15% increase over the initial sales prediction. Reaching an even billion would have required an increase of 24% over the revision they made sometime on Friday when they had over 2 days of actual sales for predicting the final total. On the worksheet on the TX website the supported jackpot was reported as $982.35 million. MM
Mar 23, 2024, 1:56 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

$1.76 billion Powerball jackpot won by one ticket sold in CaliforniaReply
Lol that you're saying california has a higher population than China or India combined is totally nuts. If the lottery were rigged, it would be so california and Florida dont win. Sales would be better from other states if people didn't see those 2 winning all the time and the objective of the lottery is to increase sales. I don't believe the lottery is rigged so anyone in any particular place wins it, that doesn't benefit the lottery system in any way. I wouldn't be surprise
Oct 12, 2023, 10:58 am - SoCola - Lottery News

$1.725 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now 2nd-largest of all timeReply
The one castro won last year was 1.976 with cash of 929M If it goes til Saturday it will be about 1.922 with cash of 874M. Saturdays projected sales are 323M. When castro won it the sales were 550M It would have to roll til Monday to maybe beat last years. The sales numbers aren't even close tho.
Oct 11, 2023, 1:11 pm - SoCola - Lottery News

$1.25 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot set to deliver unimaginable wealthReply
Annuity up $100 million, cash up $34.2 million, cash:annuity ratio down to a bit under 49%. If it rolls (about 65% chance) the advertised jackpot will start at 1.55 billion if interest rates don't change again. Cash will be $659.5 million, based on the sales estimate. No telling if sales will be high enough, but if they are there's perhaps a 30% chance of two rolls and MM reclaiming the annuity jackpot record that PB has had since the first jackpot over $1 billion in 2016. If sales are a bit
Aug 4, 2023, 1:13 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

CA SuperLotto slow-build 6 monthsReply
CA SuperLotto Plus is idiotic. By regulation, the advertised annuity value has to increase by exactly 1 million dollars with every rollover, and the cash value is calculated from that number, regardless of sales . It works the opposite of every other annuitized jackpot lottery where sales dictate the cash value and the cash value dictates the annuity. The people who devised SLP's bizarre rollover rules probably thought it was a neat advertising strategy, but didn't realize nobody ever takes the
Jul 18, 2023, 7:38 pm - cottoneyedjoe - Lottery Discussion Forum

No More Self Pick Play Slips AcceptedReply
At this point based on the poll, about 1 / 3rd have seen this. Interesting that sales were down this last draw, too. The recent Lottery Post article says the sales were a miss. $900 MILLION: Powerball jackpot rises, but sales miss in last draw makes for small increase
Jul 16, 2023, 10:26 am - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum