I'd love to see this roll over into the 400's! The lines were long yesterday, so I can imagine what we are in for next week!

 Good Luck everyone!!!!

With MM and PB tickets selling in almost every state now, I thought long lines were a thing of the past.  When I stopped at a local gas station tonight to buy my MM tickets I was the only customer.

Me too! I love the excitment of a large jackpot....I do dislike when the jackpot gets up to over 200 million and those people who never play and laugh when you play all the sudden want an office pool.....and the lines in the store are longer with people who don't know how to fill in a playslip or what a QP is........

Todd- I appreciate how the Usa Mega site is updated in a timely manner. I figured that someone would have hit the jackpot Friday but with  odds at 1 in 176 million it could rollover for several more drawings. It is likely that with  the jackpot being well over 200 million that some person or group will win before the end of March. That being said I hope that someone from the LP family wins and in particular I hope that person is me. I don't have to be the sole winner but it would be nice to have one of the winning tickets. I know that it is a longshot but you have NO SHOT if you don't have a ticket. "You have to be in it 2 win it!" Good luck everyone

            "You make a living by what you get, You make a LIFE by what you give!"

                                                                            Sir Winston Churchill   

the real excitment is if it rolls 1 more time.

its 244m, maybe it will go up a few more  million by the time draw ready,    as this is the Time they start low balling us

but they have the data sells numbers  form mega run Just like this run  from just  over 2 months, so now i think they have a clue as not to lowball it to Much.  and have a Clue as to get real close first time around.

anyway, if it rolls, going form 244m to the 360+ million range, or 220+ cash is must likly

it could even break  380m range, but their 1 major  issue, that 380m roll  had 4 Days to sell!, if we roll again,  it only be 3 days of sells before the draw, 

, and next draw about 360m to 370m, with cash being somewhere around 220m to 230m cash

sure making it one of largest jackpots overall,    any  who said we won't have  to many high jackpots with 41 states, Ha?

also  am just waiting to say houston we have left off if it rolls again.

however if it  somehow rolls 2 times, we have 4 days of selling    with everyone and their dog buying  high 400+ million jackpot as they market it

, we easy Pass 500m mark,    our first half a billion..........    thro the odds are not its favor at that point

we can sure roll 1 more time must likly, thro the 300m range has proven the sells are off the charts with 41 states, and it has a low chance of rolling past it

ether way, enjoy the dreams of what we could buy if any of us Won this large jackpot,     it takes a full month and half of rolls just to get to this current level, or 14th draw.

also  i like it when people who Don'y play , Start Playing,    we need ever player we can get to set new records

, once they understand how games work, check their numbers online, etc,      maybe just maybe, they come back around ever more so often in the future

, cease they now  tryed it already,  and be more likly to buy a ticket, thro once lotto fever gone, ya, not many keep playing LOL

Well, after the next draw lottery fever starts - if nobody wins of course.  With proper media coverage all those posted jackpots won't be even close to actual jackpot value. And if no winner next two draws - it will shoot well beyond half a billion.

My first comment on Lottery Post! How's everybody doing? Been playing the big jackpot games Mega Millions and Powerball since a few drawings right before Powerball came to NJ (hope that makes sense)! 

Good luck everyone and I hope someone shares the good news on Lottery Post when they win it all!

Welcome to Lottery post CrazyHazyYay,

Welcome to LP. Good Luck to you.

I was counting on putting about $80 million in by bank account after last nites drawing .............................. but now I will purchase a ticket for about $101 million after taxes ............ I guess I will take it if I win but it is too much ..................... YEA RIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to the LP CrazyHazy....Good luck to you also.

I hate to disappoint you dpoly1 but I have multiple accounts set up to handle the $109 million I expect to receive after 1) all six numbers match on my ticket, 2) I claim the jackpot win under a trust I have established, 3) Uncle Obama...oops, I mean Uncle Sam takes his cut, and 4) Papa "Raise My Taxes" Quinn gets his cut (that will be the last taxes Illinois get from me as I will move south after the big win...no longer want to fund those inflated public pensions...yep, I am a hardworking privately employed citizen).

Well, I know that your odds are not increased by buying more than $1 worth of tickets, but I think I am going to employ a strategy that seems to have worked well (luckily so) for many of the past jackpot winners...I am going to wheel about $500 worth of tickets for this next drawing...so that way if the several lines of the six numbers I select are spot on, I am guaranteed to win and not just come away with $250,000.  Wish me luck.  Good luck OldSchoolPa.....oh and when I win the lottery, I am going to visit my Mom...really I am (hey, it worked for someone so don't knock it!).  Oh and I am going to also purchase those $500 worth of MegaMillion tickets as a pool....right now my pool has 3 people in it....ME, MYSELF, and I (oops, I guess technically it is 4 since I am married, but since she doesn't believe in playing the lottery, is she technically still in my "pool"?)!!!!!

I really don't notice too much of a "frenzy" anymore when the MegaMillions and PowerBall jackpots get large. Now that they're both sold in pretty much all lottery states, the jackpots grow faster and are won more often. It's just a more commonplace occurence that people don't get so excited about. None of the people who I work around ever want to start pools anymore either. (I wouldn't join a pool anyway.)

I honestly can't recall the last time I had to stand in line to buy lottery tickets except when I happened to be behind people buying gas, beer, cigarettes, doughnuts, energy drinks and such. I think any long lines are more likely to form at lottery retailers that happen to be in towns that border non-lottery states, but that's just my guess.

Personally, I play MegaMillions and PowerBall whether the jackpot value is the minimum twelve or fifteen million dollars respectively, or an amount of hundreds of millions of dollars. Any of the jackpots would put me in a much better spot than I'm in now. Larger, longer jackpot runs only mean that fewer jackpots are being won. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see that as a good thing for players. The vast majority of us would be in pretty good shape if we could just win one of those starting jackpots.

here  in conn where I am no lines very sweet, hope to hit, so good luck to all

"The cash value — the most important factor for many jackpot-watchers — stands at a staggering $155.7 million."

That cash value won't be the only thing staggering when I win.

(Actually, I'd probably be staggering anyway but it's nice to have a valid excuse for a change)

I hear what you're saying, but the facts don't fit.  In the 14 months since PB and MM started the cross-selling arrangement, the MM jackpot has been over $200 million in only three jackpot run-ups.  And Powerball has been over $200 million in only three jackpot run-ups as well.

Plus, it has been almost a year since Powerball was over $200 million.  (The last time was June 2, 2010.)

Actually, the facts do fit.

I spoke of larger jackpots as opposed to the smaller starting minimums and lower roll-overs.  I wasn't talking about record jackpots or even necessarily over $200 million.

I stated that the jackpots now grow faster and are won more often. That is indeed the case.

Oh, I thought you were commenting on the subject of this news story and the current Mega Millions jackpot, which is $244 million when you said, " It's just a more commonplace occurence that people don't get so excited about."

So you were commenting on OTHER Mega Millions jackpots that aren't so large.  Thanks for clearing that up.

What is your evidence that they are growing larger faster now, as opposed to before January, 2010 (when the cross-selling arrangement began)?  Can you tell me how 14 consecutive drawings to reach this point is different than in the past?  Can you also show how they are getting hit more often?  I believe I have shown in the past year how they are NOT getting hit more often.

LOL!  rdgrnr would that be from the shock? or the Whiskey??  If your posts are any indication I think your Press Conference for your win would be hillarious!

PLAYING A SINGLE LINE QUICK PICK.

Welcome to LP...and good luck to the both of US!!!

todd made a intresting point, lets take a look at lastest draw vs odd pre cross selling draw rollover amounts per draw

for this draw, we have on our  14th draw coming up

tuesday march 22, 2011  244m , cash of 155.7   

to be fair to odd sales data, i should take  highest 14th draw before cross selling begin

 Whats this? 252 in 14 draws vs current 244, and we have more states!

however, this same draw had a 15th draw,  and it went to  336m form 256m, 

yet  looks compare it this recent high one, that i remb so well , Sky rocketed in its last roll before its death by 2 lucky as beep players

recent one, it started lower, yet Rolled much higher,   only when lotto fever sets in do the added states Help A ton.

soon as media on it,  41 states selling MM go into buying frenze that is pure Epic in scale,

thats a 86 million cash Jump VS  51 cash jump on old rollover without added states, and it had a higher number to begin with , so no doubts can be , cross selling pay off big time

 only  evidence ofc  is of lotto fever of 41 states making it Jump much faster At high jackpots levels of 200+ tl

not many people play when jackpot low, its just how it is,   more players are always going to help out sure , but only when everyone buying

now to get back to planing my wicked vacation of my dreams as a backup Plan incase am"cursed" with a lottery win , a curse i glady take LOL

also
    tlc doing their  lottery changed my  life show

, 7 hours worth of it to be spot on, come sunday 20th,  am planning to rematch Mega-Mansion Millionaires One,

sense they had a major nice home and a even a hired chef cook for them  LOL, with 100 m atfer tax's, i could so for see my self getting hired Help LOL

Plus i think i start up my own mini zoo in a back yard, when you can hire people to look atfer all the pets,  hell i need to reseach is it allowed to have a pet beaver,i love the engineers of wild kindom, smart little devils

 That is why I always buy a ticket no matter the jackpot amount.  And I still buy an extra ticket even when the jackpot was just hit (unfortunately by someone else ).  That is also why I now routinely play my state lottery...I would be just as fine with $3.5 million cash as I would with $109 million cash...the only difference is that the interest the $109 million would generate each year would afford me a much higher standard of living than $3.5 million, but seriously, I do not see myself spending over 5 percent of any jackpot amount I might be lucky to win.  So the only reason I am ever really happy that a jackpot rolled over is when I look at my tickets and find they did not match...so just another chance to win an increasing amount even though I would be fine with $7 or $9 million (starting cash value of MegaMillions and Powerball respectively).  So tonight I am rooting for my numbers to match in Illinois' Lotto drawing and Powerball!

1QP ALL YOU NEED IS A DOLLAR AND A DREAM.

They say it will radically change someone's life...but chances are likely for another rollover.

I am actually rooting more for my six numbers to roll in the lottery drawings (at any given time, not just because the jackpot is over a certain amount) than I will ever root for any NCAA college basketball team during March Madness.  Although I don't make it a practice to watch the televised drawings, I have effectively avoided watching any of the NCAA basketball tournament.  Something about the hypocrisy surrounding the NCAA...if I were a politician, that is one organization I would have the IRS look into revoking tax-exempt status...then I would disband the IRS.  If the govt is looking to fill holes in their budget coffers, the NCAA is a multi-billion dollar per year revenue source...and although I am not an accountant, I do know that when you tax billions, you can end up with millions for government programs.  And I know this would not be unpopular with the general American public...the NCAA is the biggest scam outside of Bernie Madoff.

"players across the United States will vie for a Mega-jackpot Tuesday that promises to radically change one lucky winner's life."

This statement isn't really true. It's possible for more than one person to pick the same set of  numbers and the jackpot would be spilt among the people who correctly matched all five white balls + the mega ball.

THE LOTTERY COMPUTER ALWAYS PICK THE WINNING COMBINATION.Certain DEMOGRAPHIC AREAS AT STATES AND LOCAL LEVELS WIN MORE THAN OTHERS.That is why i have decided to play 1 QP .IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER IT IS QP OR SELF PICK.THE LOTTERY MACHINES ALREADY KNOW WHEN AND WHERE.