Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $162 million

Comment #13

KY Floyd — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:31:02 GMT

I'm sure that some people simply prefer one game or the other and some think they have a better chance by playing both games, but I'm guessing that a lot of people who know the cash value is less than the advertised amount don't realize that the cash values are so different for the two games. Especially if you only play once in a while or don't pay attention to the details 195 sounds a lot bigger than 164.

Or maybe it depends on the headlines they read. I know of a website that announced tha... [ More ]

Comment #12

RJOh — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:56:25 GMT

I was asked by someone who knows I've done it before if I was driving over to Indiana to get in on the PB ~$200M drawing this weekend who looked surprised when I told him our local MM drawing was worth more. I will never understand how anyone can get more excited about an out of state PB jackpot of $195M(cash $92M) than a local MM jackpot of $162M(cash $93M). I guess some people like to play the game with the biggest jackpot numbers or they just prefer to have someone else pick up tickets for... [ More ]

Comment #11

Just6ntlc — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:09:46 GMT

Congratulations to the 2nd prize winners who played outside of CA. I hope it keeps rolling into new records. MM also has the bigger cash value at this point than PB.

Comment #10

SassyOhio — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:45:06 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by SassyOhio on April 6, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Todd on April 5, 2006 SassyOhio,

Did you check out www.megaplier.com? I think that will explain all for you.

No Todd I havent But I will now thanks! I havent gotten into all the other states that are involved in what Ohio plays. Just know what goes on in my state :( so thanks I will check it out!

Todd,

I checked out that link, That is the link that when I 1st came to this site I emailed to all my fr... [ More ]

Comment #9

SassyOhio — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:23:17 GMT

No Todd I havent But I will now thanks! I havent gotten into all the other states that are involved in what Ohio plays. Just know what goes on in my state :( so thanks I will check it out

Comment #8

luckyblackman — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:28:51 GMT

I like stories like this, and I always pray that i will win big one day

Comment #7

KY Floyd — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:20:55 GMT

Only Texas has the megaplier. All of the prizes except for the jackpot are handled by the individual states. California pays everything on a parimutuel basis, so what the winners get depends on how much money is in California's prize pool and how many people win. If the money in the prize pool for second place is 350 grand and 7 people happen to hit it then they'd each get 50 grand. If there isn't a second place winner for a few draws and then one ticket wins second place that person gets it all... [ More ]

Comment #6

Todd — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:10:38 GMT

SassyOhio,

Did you check out www.megaplier.com? I think that will explain all for you.

Comment #5

SassyOhio — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:52:52 GMT

OK, HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD UP..........!!!!!!!!! YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT SOME STATES THAT PLAY THE MM GET A MULTIPLIER????? OK NOW THAT IS SO WRONG!!! I PLAY THAT DANG KICKER EVERY WEEK ON ALLL OUR NUMBERS AND IT DONT DO NADDA!!!!!! OK TODD CAN I SIGN YOUR PETITION OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN DO YA THINK THAT WILL GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS?? AND THATS THE WAY THAT THEY WERE DOING IN THE PP TO TODD WITH THE POWER PLAY AND THE X10 HITTERS OF THE 250 K GOT 1 MILL... [ More ]

Comment #4

LOTTOMIKE — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:36:35 GMT

is texas still trying to get powerball in their state besides mega million

Comment #3

Todd — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:38:20 GMT

By the same token, some people in California have won second prize and got more than a million bucks.

Comment #2

Tang — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:16:13 GMT

I've got this strange feeling that some lucky person from Cali will when the MM jackpot

Comment #1

Uff Da! — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:48:48 GMT

Wouldn't it be frustrating to be in California and hit the second place, knowing those in a different state collected more than twice as much? I'd still be happy to get $111,078, though. Let's see: I could buy a new car and let the remainder generate an extra couple hundred dollars retirement income per month. Yeah, that would be all right.

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $162 million

Lottery Post — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:39:00 GMT

The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $162 million for Friday's drawing.

None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $138 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball.

There were eight second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 3 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Michigan, 2 from New York, and 1 from Virginia. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000.

The California second prize... [ More ]