Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $31 million

Comment #12

libra926 — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:22:14 GMT

HAPPY SATURDAY EVERYONE...3/11/2006

WOWOWOWO!!!!!!....you two have really planned things out, down to the last digit...

But I have one 'quick pick' ???....

What happens if you're both wrong and both lose

Comment #11

KY Floyd — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:22:41 GMT

Here's an idea. Since you want to claim your winnings as soon as the last ball is drawn and I'm willing to wait a month or so while I get squared away. You can have the record jackpot in late April, but you have to loan me 100 grand. I'll pay you back 2 months later, along with 3% interest, when I collect my record jackpot in early July. I've always thought it would be fitting to win on Independence Day, anyway.

BTW, there's something else we agree on. Maybe a couple of things, depending on... [ More ]

Comment #10

Chewie — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:44:16 GMT

You can win in May, no problem. I'll just have to settle for whatever amount it reaches in April.

Comment #9

KY Floyd — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:43:23 GMT

We obviously have different ideas about some stuff, but the fact that we're both here means we've also got some ideas in common. I guess you're just going to have to live with it.

I'm especially gratified that one of the things you agree with is that I'll be collecting in May. How do you feel about also crossing your fingers? Personally, I'm not big on prayer, but I'm sure it won't hurt either.

Comment #8

Chewie — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 23:52:21 GMT

KY: I'm planning on collecting 30 cents from each of those tickets in early May.

You are scaring me. I have agreed with you too many times

Comment #7

KY Floyd — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:36:23 GMT

In a previous post I picked the first drawing in May. It was somewhat arbitrary, but based on past rollovers I figured that would be one or two rolls past the current record (MM last November, 315 advertised, and about 184 cash). Already being one roll ahead of where I would have expected, and based on the larger rollovers in the last big one compared to November, I'd be very happy to take the record one or two draws sooner, in late April.

I'm assuming that you have the dates off by one draw... [ More ]

Comment #6

Just6ntlc — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:53:02 GMT

Although sales drop in the last draw, I think MM will pick it up again.

Comment #5

libra926 — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 22:02:13 GMT

3/8/2006

it's just nice to watch it rise............like my popcorn........

Comment #4

fxsterling — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:15:09 GMT

The week end of April 21st and 22nd MM PB and Euromillions could be a BILLION THATS A BILLION

Comment #3

Bradly_60 — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:46:19 GMT

in early May ....haha

The way the jackpots are going it should be in the middle of April. Lets see if we can predict the next jackpots.

3-10: $45

3-14: $60

3-17: $75

3-21: $90

3-24: $115

3-28: $140

3-31: $170

4-4: $200

4-7: $225

4-11: $260

4-14: $300

Brad

Comment #2

KY Floyd — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:46:03 GMT

Right now both PB and MM are at levels they'd typically be at if they'd had one more roll than they've actually had. I think that they'll both return to the same sort of rollover amounts we've seen in the recent past within the next roll or two, and that when the jackpots are claimed they'll still just be about one roll ahead of usual. The appeal of the recent jackpots seems to have carried over and made a lot of people decide to buy tickets at a lower threshold than usual, but I'm extremely sk... [ More ]

Comment #1

Bradly_60 — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:30:52 GMT

Well sales dropped from the previous drawing but matched the jackpot level. Sales were almost $18,000,000 which is still higher than normal. We should start seeing larger rolls a lot more frequently now.

Brad

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $31 million

Lottery Post — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:24:00 GMT

The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has grown to $31 million.

The rollover occurred because none of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $18 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.

There were two second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from Maryland and 1 from New York. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000.

Also, 26 players matched four of the five lotto... [ More ]