Can't wait until it goes to $5 and the jkpot can hit $3bil, thatz when lotto pools will really be needed

only had the Mega ball this time

This are the Most Ridiculous Winning Numbers have ever seen in my Life

56, 66, 67,68,69 

OMG 😆 and Nobody won 🏆 

Imagine being that close to hitting $760M but ending up with $225k instead in CA? Much worse if the Mega ball for those two ended up being a number or two away.

"This are the Most Ridiculous Winning Numbers have ever seen in my Life

56, 66, 67,68,69 "

They'll make "scent$" to ya , afta you see MY Posted Ticketz..It'll show intentional manipulation...

Yea that was a QP rendition at its finest

I thought those numbers were crazy too. At least nobody won so it can go higher. There were a bunch of people in line yesterday at a store I frequent getting tickets. Will probably be that way over the next couple of days.

I normally buy 1 ticket for every $100million of cash. I will just go ahead and buy 4 today since I know it will get that high by Friday.

Goodbye 1995 Honda Accord.  Hello 2025 Acura NSX

Yeah, early this morning I thought what a paltry sum those two winners receive.   Better than nothing I guess.

Todd, thanks so much for the research into these jackpots.

No doubt she'll jump up again before Friday night.

Now for the morning laugh.   Had contacted GA lottery to come to their 'headquarters' in Atlanta and got off Piedmont station where it was nearby.   Well it wasn't much of anything.   A corner office on the second floor.   You could buy tickets there and quite a few folks on benches to collect their winnings.

they got it setup for one winner again you watch

You need to visit the one in Duluth, always busy but u can't purchase tickets there

been gone from ATL for over 15 yrs and didn't know you can't buy there anymore

the advertised annuity value could be $8096578650875096540684590684085 for all anyone cares. the only number players look at is the cash value.

  Exactly. There is no need on here to list that ridiculous top 25 of all time either. I fail to see the significance of past jackpots in relation to the current one. What is someone going to say I wanted to win the 14th highest but had to settle for the 18th. I am a little disappointed in that I won it this week instead of a couple of draws later so I could be higher on that list.

I totally agree with you and I am pretty sure those 5 winners were all QP plays.

I don't see anyone choosing 66-67-68-69 voluntarily on their ticket.

The argument has always been, "you need to spread your numbers" 🤔

considering how much the ratio of annuity to cash value fluctuates, and how every almost winner takes the cash instead of annuity, i do not see any value in the ranking of annuities. might as well rank invisible pink unicorns. the cash value ranking list is the only one that is interesting and has practical meaning.

C'mon 56,66,67,68,69. I went to school for statistics. I call BS. That like flipping a quarter 100 times and 99 times it falls on tails and only 1 on heads. You guys will say something wrong with that quarter.🤣🤣🤣 Well their go your answer! Something is very fishy how those numbers came out. True random wouldn't come out in that order. That looks very planned out with that typical distribution. Now Mega wants to go to $5 as well in 2025. 🧐 Ummmmm  be very careful lottery players. They getting very greedy off our hopes and dreams. Play at your own risk. I feel something not right 🤔 But hey you have to be in it to win it regardless of my thoughts so I'll wait on the sidelines until you folks put it pass a billion and I'll continue to play these scratch offs in the meantime 🤷🏾‍♂️

* Just goes to show, there is no such thing as " hot numbers" when playing the lottery.

Only had the 56 & the 18.............Spent $4 and won $4...

It seems as though we had the Powerball do this about 7-10 years ago.....I believe it had 3 single digit numbers, then skipped a number.....Something along the lines of 5--6--7 then 9 and another number + the PB......It would be interesting to have the stats folks on here pull up the last time we had 4 in a row. I sure don't recall it happening before.

Exactly! What's the odds of that? And I remember when powerball had there problems. But I see how quickly people forget.  They need to weight the balls and load them into the machine live. So everyone can see. The game draws the balls from the bottom. So if you put certain heavier balls in . You can make you own outcome. And I would also like to know. How much do these games skim even before the game is drawn? And where does the money from the "cash penalty " go. And why did they raise the percentage of the cash penalty without telling anyone. And when is the bonus drawn?

Many play 1-5 and a power ball number probably 6. Some do play the last 5 numbers also which is why the multiple 2nd prize winners on numbers that are seemingly not picked by most.

I do not understand people claiming various lotteries are a scam and crooked but still play the games.

All numbers have an equal chance of being picked and the numbered balls are not self aware of being a consecutive number or not. There was a Virginia Bank a Million game where 5 or 6 consecutive numbers were picked. It does happen on occasion. The odds of winning are the same in each game. I have had statistics classes as well and consecutive numbers have no more or less value than any other number.

Maybe you should ask for a refund and try a different school.

 True random as the name suggests is completely random. A pseudo random on the other hand is designed to specifically avoid these situations which is why you don't see the same song queued up when you're shuffling your music on an app.

 Randomness is the only thing that made last night's numbers possible and the two tickets with same numbers being drawn at the same store for the $395M Mega jackpot. This isn't the first time numbers had been drawn in sequence and is why you see same numbers drawn back to back in Pick 3 & 4s in state lotteries. 

If you think adding "I went to school for statistics" adds credibility to your ignorant statements then you're sorely mistaken.

You really think they'd skim a few millions and risk govt audits instead of keeping the cash cow going?

I don't know about the Mega but PB preparation always had individual balls weighed and X-ray'd and less than a handful of ppl know which one of the three machines is going to be used.

 There's dozens of states involved and you can't get them to keep their mouths shut if there's a huge scam underneath. States like WY that had never had a jackpot would've rioted. 

The odds of 1,2,3,4,5,,6 is the same as any other combination. It's why you see the odds mentioned as 1 in 302.5 million and not 1 in a million for these set of numbers and 1 in a 100 million for these set of numbers. 
Only a fixed percentage of the sales go to towards logistics and other expenses out of sales and it's the reason you saw a bump before the drawing since it's crossed that threshold. You can request all that info yourself if you know where to go instead of creating another conspiracy theory.

In spite of that there were 5 match 5 winners, including one in Louisiana.

"That looks very planned out with that typical distribution"

That'z bcuz it wuzz planned, afta their Mainframe saw MY Numberz..

And again, I turned MY phone off,.. So, they couldn't track my wheaaboutz..!!.. Again the 1st number?.. In the 50'z.. Coincidence? NOOOPE..

Hit 3 outa 5 last night and I got the megaplier too ..   $40 ain't bad . ... I didn't spend a dime on my 4 tickets that I purchased cuz I won $12 the draw before ..

I went for 5 tickets for Friday ... $15 

That leaves $25 for my liverwurst sandwiches and beverages for everybody on the board.  Let's all enjoy a nice lunch together .... well meet at Todd and Kate's compound in the bahamas new year.

the odds of 56-66-67-68-69 + 18 are the same as 3-4-37-46-59 + 12, and the same as 1-2-3-4-5 + 20, and the same as 25-30-33-42-53 + 21, and the same as 19-22-24-37-40 + 2, and the same as 34-44-57-61-62 + 5.

Good luck to everyone!

I did not mean skimming as they where doing it illegally. I meant it in whats there cut? And I guarantee if someone read the fine print in there probably novel size stack of rules. There not held liable for any problems or mishaps! Lotterys in some other countries weigh and load the balls on live TV.  So there's no what ifs!

Whatever the address is on GA lotto site for GA is where we went.   Really was hoping, beyond hope that the Mega Millions ball machine was visible.   Knew that was a long shot with security and all the and probably not even located there.

Believe me I'm usually not so lucky ..   enjoying a good week with MM and hoping it will extend exponentially on Friday.

P.U. !!!

Hoo Kut Da Cheez?

"i do not see any value in the ranking of annuities. "

The only possible point I can see is to make it even more obvious when the annuity is even more misleading than usual. This one is $2.5 million less than the next biggest cash prize, but it's being advertised as $237 million more. There's no way that would be legal if a private company  was doing it.

"the last time we had 4 in a row "

I don't know when, or if, it happened before but with the current matrix the chances are about 1 in 180,642. I'm not sure how many MM drawing have happened, but as a ball park figure there's about  a 1.5% chance it happened once before this and less than 0.1% chance it happened twice.

"What's the odds of that? " "whats there cut? "

If only there was some way to find out.

"where does the money from the "cash penalty " go"

Is that your way of saying you don't have clue how annuities work?

"In spite of that there were 5 match 5 winners "

Based on sales volume, about 11% of  possible combinations would have been covered. That means that, as an average, we could expect each 5+0 combination to have been played  2.85 times. A bunch wouldn't have been played at all and some would have been played 10 times. There was nothing unusual about the results.

Some have an odd notion of what a "normal" draw of winning numbers "should be".

The numbers drawn were simply one of 302,575,350 possible.

Here's a QP that a bought  a few years ago so it happens.

You just never know, they might come in.

Looks like Illinois has on-line purchasing available too?      Now to get your Powerball via IL lotto to offer Double Play!

  I've seen 3,4,5,6 and 8,9,10,11 come up in my state lotto. Of course there are less numbers in the matrix but it can easily happen.

You should wrap your entire body in several layers of foil just to be on the safe side.

The enduring mystery.

Your chances of winning the jackpot on the Mega-Millions is the same as not playing Mega-Millions.

Name of this Lottery should be changed to "Mega-Losser" . Where losers come to play and flush their money away.

Speaking of the Virginia Lottery, they still have over 233,000 unsold raffle tickets and twelve days to go.

Ques:  Would you rather win a $billion$ or enjoy a delectable liverwurst sandwich with lettuce tomato red onion Swiss cheese and Dijon mustard on rye bread and 3 gherkin pickles and sweet potato chips in the middle of a Cat 5 hurricane on the day your spouse filed for divorce?

Ques:  Would you rather win one hundred grand on a scratch ticket or get elected mayor of Chicago?

Ques:  Would you rather win 5 mil on your state lotto game if it meant that God would make you completely bald for life?

Ques:  Would you rather be bald for life or get a chance to personally shake the hand of Todd and Kate our fearless leaders?

Some questions to ponder at the end of 2024.

P.U.: Hoo Kut Da Cheeze?

Not sure what you mean by "true random", but if you are talking about the order of the number listing from  "lowest to highest" as shown in the article, watch the video of the actual drawing and see that the order was "68, 67, 56, 69, 66", a random draw.  Since the number change on 10-31-2017, there have been 745 drawings including this one, and this is the only draw that has had 4 consecutive numbers.

Ignoring the mega ball, the odds of Mega Millions having exactly 4 or exactly 5 consecutive white ball numbers are 1 in 2778. That's not astronomical.

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