Mega Millions lottery jackpots will get bigger, quicker

Comment #11

mrmst — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:47:27 GMT

I agree that more players mean bigger rollovers, but more players also mean the jackpot will be won more frequently if the odds aren't changed. It's a simple numbers game.

Comment #10

CASH Only — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:07:51 GMT

More players mean bigger rollovers.

Comment #9

CASH Only — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:37:31 GMT

Both games should increase their jackpots.

Comment #8

ryanm — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 02:44:19 GMT

The Powerball jackpots seem to be hit more often than the Mega Millions jackpots lately.

Comment #7

dvdiva — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:05:49 GMT

The jackpots may grow faster than powerball (but not by much). The big problem is they get hit more often than powerball and that's before CA has joined.

Comment #6

Zeno — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:34:50 GMT

The odds of record-setting jackpots in the Mega Millions lottery will improve tremendously after California joins the multistate game later this year. There have been three jackpots of more than $300 million in the United States -- two for Mega Millions, one for Powerball -- and Everett says a $400 million jackpot certainly is possible for Mega Millions with California on board.The probability of getting a high jackpot doesn't increase after a new state joins. Let's say the lottery only sells... [ More ]

Comment #5

DoctorEw220 — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:30:01 GMT

both powerball and mega millions are seeing bigger rollovers. also, perhaps powerball should try increasing their starting jackpot as well.

Comment #4

CASH Only — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:52:37 GMT

Higher sales help increase the frequency of big jackpot runs.

Comment #3

Todd — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:36:27 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by dvdiva on February 10, 2005Odd they said the same thing after Texas joined. It's like if you repeat the same lie over and over they think it will become the truth.The big 363M pot they keep talking about was before New York, WA and TX joined (along with some other states)What are you talking about?! Texas cranked up the jackpots for MM, and now they grow faster than Powerball

Comment #2

tg636 — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:26:42 GMT

Have the jackpots for the first 10 drawings following a winner increased since Texas joined? Does anyone have statistics on that?Also, does the lottery release what percentage of the total possible number combinations are covered per drawing? It would be very interesting to see the average number of combinations covered with CA and TX in the game vs. before.

Comment #1

dvdiva — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:40:26 GMT

Odd they said the same thing after Texas joined. It's like if you repeat the same lie over and over they think it will become the truth.The big 363M pot they keep talking about was before New York, WA and TX joined (along with some other states

Mega Millions lottery jackpots will get bigger, quicker

Lottery Post — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:26:32 GMT

The odds of record-setting jackpots in the Mega Millions lottery will improve tremendously after California joins the multistate game later this year.The nation's most-populated state will bring an influx of new players and money that promises to boost the lottery's prize pool for players in all Mega Millions states. Jackpots will grow much faster and at much higher levels, said Carole Everett at the Mega Millions lottery's headquarters in Baltimore. The lottery is drawn in Atlanta.California w... [ More ]