Powerball lottery jackpot up to $81M for Wed.

Comment #10

DC81 — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:37:50 GMT

Well, the average person doesn't look at nor care what the odds are so yeah, when it gets up to those big, attention grabbing jackpot levels everyone is going to want a chance. Just like when Mega Millions got up to 370M last year and sold 212M in tickets which bumped the final jackpot up another 20 million.

Comment #9

KY Floyd — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:07:23 GMT

I'd rather wait and win after they change the odds. The average jackpot should be bigger with the new odds, so chances are I'd win a bigger jackpot. $10 or $27 million this week would be nice, but $20 next month or $50 million next year would be even better.

That's the real reason the matrix is changing. Your chances of winning the jackpot are already wildly unrealistic, but you take your chance because it's so damn much money. More money means more people will take the chance, even if it is... [ More ]

Comment #8

ThatScaryChick — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:12:02 GMT

When the matrix changes, I will no longer play. The odds were high to begin with and now...it just seems pointless. I will focus my energies on games with better odds.

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JackpotWanna — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:07:36 GMT

Good Luck all

Comment #6

Phokas — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:30:29 GMT

I'm sure there are people out there who favor even higher astronomical odds just to see an unbelievably high jackpot reached. That's nice but it will only matter to the one or few people who actually win it. For the majority of players it will put winning the jackpot even more out of reach. Even lower prize amounts will be harder to win which makes playing less fun.

Comment #5

DC81 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:01:11 GMT

Yup, big increase that isn't even reflective of how many potentially new players there will be from Florida joining. They just wanted worse odds than MM so they can easily reclaim the jackpot record.

Do you think it'll make it to over 400 million the first time out or will it take a few months? It's going to be weird how Mega Millions will now have the better odds... Though that's not saying much. Has Mega Millions or the Big Game ever had better odds than Powerball before? I'm sure they h... [ More ]

Comment #4

Guru101 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:04:01 GMT

In January, when Florida joins Powerball. The starting jackpot will be $20,000,000. The odds will increase from 1 in 146,000,000 to 1 in 195,000,000. Have a ball trying to win that jackpot.

Comment #3

angel08 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:16:06 GMT

I hope I win before they change the game too

Comment #2

doubledee32 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:44 GMT

Higher odds?-Yikes when is this going to happen? as if thier not high enough already

Comment #1

Guru101 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:48:54 GMT

It sure would be nice for it to make it to $300M before the switch to higher odds. Of course, I hope I win it.

Powerball lottery jackpot up to $81M for Wed.

Lottery Post — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:42:01 GMT

The jackpot in America's Game continues to move, as the game itself moves closer to it's eventual overhaul.

In January the Powerball game matrix will be changed to 59 numbers in the primary ball set (up from 55), and 39 numbers for the Powerball (down from 42).

In the same month, Florida will join the Powerball game, to increase the total number of participating states to 30, plus the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Saturday evening did not witness the awarding of the gran... [ More ]