I start out every month with $100 to $200 to play on all my gaming or gambling adventures.  Gone are the days of being a regular player of the big jackpot games.  I will stick to my state lotto game megabucks and play it more since both mega and powerball have gone to bad odds.  I figure it takes me just one time to get a 4 number hit with kicker to pay for a whole months worth of megabucks play.  So I think that from here on out I will be playing my state tickets and only play the big jackpot games when they are close to record jackpots.  Then only throw a few dollars at it but keep my budget for the state lotto.  I would not mind winning my state lotto jackpot and 4 or 5 hit is pari-mutuel so with kicker you can get a decent prize.  So good bye powerball and mega millions let the suckers play you.-weshar75