Early talks for a joint Powerball-British lottery game

Comment #39

dvdiva — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:36:27 GMT

If they keep printing money that could be the cash prize not the annuity value.

Comment #38

truecritic — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:55:29 GMT

Not particularly.

I just get upset when it isn't me - doesn't bother me if some winner is on the moon or anywhere else.

Comment #37

dpoly1 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:22:15 GMT

I can't imagine people being exited over merging with a lottery outside of the US.

People get upset when the winner isn't in their State much less another country.

Comment #36

wizeguy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:40:29 GMT

Ssh

Comment #35

RJOh — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:25:48 GMT

Since lottery jackpots are advertised at their projected 25-30 years annuity value rather than their cash value, some probably could be advertised as a $1,000,000,000 jackpot now if their values were based on a 100 year annuity.

Comment #34

Kidzmom — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:55:26 GMT

I started a blog back a while ago 1 billion dollar Powerball ... and ppl on there did not seem to think the jackpot would ever grow that big.. Now if we merge with the British games that could now be a reality. I hope it don't happen though because the game would be even harder to win and there would be extremely too many people in it..sort of like that El-Gordo game.

KM

Comment #33

Think — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:44:43 GMT

There is probability and then there is reality with rigging and corruption and mistakes and whatnot.

Comment #32

Think — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:25:42 GMT

If you beleive the population argument then the jackpots should keep going to Places like

LA, SF, NY, and CHI but that just simply doesn't happen.

Comapre Georgia where the winners are from all over that state not just from Metro Atlanta to Michigan where the winners were all from the Metro Detroit area until Michigan decided to send a bunch to Party World in Commstock park.

Compare Georgia to Illinois. Why is Illinois doing so poorly? If I lived in Illinois I would want them to w... [ More ]

Comment #31

truecritic — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:47:38 GMT

Most people I know would not play any game after awhile if no jackpots are paid out anywhere near their area.

Heck the Mega Millions has been on for comming on 13 years and the closest win to here has been about 400 miles away.

You could move about 400 miles south-east and start buying tickets again if you think that helps your chances.

Comment #30

KY Floyd — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:36:26 GMT

It sounds like most of the people you know don't understand probability. The only way to have big payouts is to have odds that are overwhelmingly against you, and those odds are the only factor in your chances of winning. Where the winners have been located has absolutely nothing to do with your chances of winning. As for an inevitable drop , even if everybody you know stops playing, the bubble hasn't burst. Sales go up and down with various factors, but so far increased odds doesn't seem to be... [ More ]

Comment #29

louise black — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:51:31 GMT

now i would like to say i think it would be a bad idea to consolidat the lottery international we have a hard enough time trying win with 13 states involved already. My answer is no! no! let keep it in the state. final

Comment #28

louise black — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:19:02 GMT

i think until luck is on your side you can just keep trying blindly

Comment #27

Think — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:02:28 GMT

I wrote-

Heck the Mega Millions has been on for comming on 13 years and the closest win to here has been about 400 miles away.

I take it you have cursor hypnosis RJ

Comment #26

RJOh — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:41:39 GMT

Judging by the population of each state as reported on the LottoReport website, California, New York and Texas should be the biggest winners. New York buy more MM tickets per person than any of the other states.

California - 35,893,799

Georgia - 8,829,383

Illinois - 12,713,634

Maryland - 5,558,058

Massachusetts - 6,416,505

Michigan - 10,112,620

New Jersey - 8,698,879

New York - 19,227,088

Ohio - 11,459,011

Texas - 23,899,000

Virginia - 7,459,827

Washington - 6... [ More ]

Comment #25

maringoman — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:31:05 GMT

I'll tell you this, Massachusetts has only won one jackpot since 2003 december, when I first moved here. I guess someone can say we've been winning jack.

Ohio and NY and Michigan to me are the jackpot states. And Georgia too.

Comment #24

savagegoose — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:44:11 GMT

I hope they add australia to the pool as well, not that we're big spenders but we could sure use some one elses money to boost the economy.

Comment #23

RJOh — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:08:09 GMT

Of the 13 MM jackpots won in 2008, 3 were won in Michigan. There are 12 MegaMillions states, you can't expect all the winners to be from Michigan.

10/03/08 - $43M

06/13/08 - $50M

04/01/08 - $135M

Comment #22

ambelamba — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:41:13 GMT

I heard a similar news from Korean websites. Camelot is planning for a worldwide lottery game and the jackpot amount will start from at least 500 million dollars. And they plan to make the odd really hard to beat so multi-billion-dollar jackpot will not be uncommon.

Actually, I don't want to play that kind of lottery. Winning a jackpot will put me on some major international kidnapping scheme. The winner's identity must be kept secret no matter what.

Comment #21

Think — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:49:09 GMT

I was really pondering the bubble aspect of it from the inevitable drop in ticket sales when people realize how few and far between the jackpots are in their area. Most people I know would not play any game after awhile if no jackpots are paid out anywhere near their area.

Heck the Mega Millions has been on for comming on 13 years and the closest win to here has been about 400 miles away. Even the second prizes are few and far between. There have been two awarded around here so that is 6 1... [ More ]

Comment #20

KY Floyd — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:02:45 GMT

The states don't lose anything by adding a multi-state lottery, or an international one, if one should come along. The state collects their 50% right off the top, before putting a dime into the prize pool. The worst that happens is that the jackpot is won in another state, and the state doesn't collect any tax on the winnings. That's balanced against the taxes they collect on money spent in another state when the winning ticket is sold in the state. Even if they never sell a jackpot winner, all... [ More ]

Comment #19

maringoman — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:55:23 GMT

What would the jackpots be like? $500M? I don't think politicians would like that too much. A man or woman with that kind of money without any dirt on them for leverage? are you kidding me? We'll see, won't we

Comment #18

LckyLary — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:47:58 GMT

I support the combining of Mega and Powerball, but not if it means a tougher matrix, unless perhaps there is a way to win 5 or 10 MILL with similar odds to a regular Lotto game, and if the regular Lotto games are dumped because nobody plays them as much. I would like not having to travel to PA to play although once in a while it's fun. We should be able to play via online whatever the new game is. When a matrix changes it needs to make some of the lesser prizes easier even if the big jackpot is... [ More ]

Comment #17

Think — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:31:31 GMT

A tech bubble, a credit bubble, what next? A lottery bubble?

I cant see why the individual states would want to ruin their lotteries further with all the money flowing out of state in those jackpots. They would be gambling with their own income via tax dollars. It could be years before anybody in their state won a jackpot and they would get to collect any taxes on it! Why would the states want that??

They are looking for a more steady stream of taxes.

Comment #16

BaristaExpress — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:09:06 GMT

Comment #15

Tenaj — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:32:01 GMT

I agree with MaddMike51. That was the first thing I thought about. Too many people in it already.

Comment #14

MaddMike51 — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:23:09 GMT

Now you are dreaming.The United States isn't going to walk away from tax dollars....to many politicians on the take for that to happen.

Comment #13

diamondpalace — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:35:56 GMT

Very exciting. World wide game. Since each countries have their own rules, the US will continue to Tax the winners from the states, You live under our rooft you go by our rules mentality. We'll see how all this will work out.

Comment #12

mjwinsmith — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:13:46 GMT

It won't work in the U.S., for reasons already given and remember, the U.S. restricts playing on-line which is another DUMB idea. Hey the U.S. already screwed up the world economy, it's better it stayed out of it anyway until it can get it's financial house in order.

Comment #11

chasingadream — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:03:06 GMT

The folks that run PB hate / strongly dislike some of the leaders of the MM consortium - and vice versa. The egos involved are enormous.

WOW! I did not realize this.......I always kinda figured them to be like Coke and Pepsi. Yeah one might not like the other but without competition where would the other stand.......very interesting

Comment #10

Coin Toss — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:04:56 GMT

I agree with MaddMike51 above.

But just in case PB linked up with a British lottery, wouldn't it be nice if somehow, British rules were applied all the way around, i.e. NO TAXES on the winnings.

Comment #9

MaddMike51 — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:29:14 GMT

I hope they don't combine Powerball with any lottery.They'd just end up changing the matrix again..and not for the good.Hell,its damn near impossible to win as it is now.

Comment #8

pumpi76 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:42:24 GMT

Whatever size they create it it will continue to be a lottery and not a LOTTO STOCK EXCHANGE , which would have been better...

As usual, mankind or a section of mankind with its ego come out short and fail to see a vision, thinking the sun revolves around the earth...

And want to know something, they think i am saying this out of revenge when i am saying it for their own good and for the goodness of Mankind...

How nice it will have been a Gigantic Continental Lotto Stock Exchange giving... [ More ]

Comment #7

pumpi76 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:28:10 GMT

it will be computerized...It has to be...

Comment #6

pumpi76 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:50:34 GMT

I wonder what will happen to Megamillions if they join...Is this mean that half the states of the USA you will be able to play the global lottery and the other half you only play megamillions...

Another question, didn't a british pount was worth like 2 dollars or 1.9 dollars...?

I wonder what will happen when it climbs...: D

my question is will it generate enough money for all the countries involved...

I just hope is a combination game and not a permutation game because if it is a pe... [ More ]

Comment #5

RJOh — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:22:00 GMT

I don't see such a game happening in this country. The U.S. and other countries have very different ideas about how to run lotteries. Some countries keep half of sales as their share for running the games and don't tax the winners where in the U.S. the states keeps half of sales for running the games and along with the Federal government tax the winners for 30% of his winnings. I can't see U.S. politicians allowing states to contribute to a jackpot where they might not be able to tax the winners... [ More ]

Comment #4

gocart1 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:56:50 GMT

I think its kind of funny that ,i always dream of hitting pb or mm just to buy my own airplane so that i could fly to England to buy euromillion tickets and win that also.

Well....now that i've come back down to earth,i just wonder what the odds will be in winning game of that size...

Comment #3

Drivedabizness — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:39:28 GMT

There may have been talks but not by anyone with any influence.

The folks that run PB hate / strongly dislike some of the leaders of the MM consortium - and vice versa. The egos involved are enormous.

BTW - for many of the members, MM is a much stronger product than PB would be.

Comment #2

JADELottery — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:34:49 GMT

Pick 6 of 99 and Pick 2 of 100.... I'm ready for it!!! Mmmmwwwaaahahah.

Odds 1 in a 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ... bring it on

Comment #1

chasingadream — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:28:42 GMT

this will be very interesting to see how it plays out. I definitly think I would be playing this game but I can't see the tickets costing only a dollar with the currency exchange.

Powerball is moving towards the future of gambling. What in the world is MegaMillions doing?!? I remember there were some talks between PB and MM about having a national lottery but after a few months it just kinda faded away. Kudos to PB

Early talks for a joint Powerball-British lottery game

Lottery Post — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:57:14 GMT

Will Powerball marry up with the British lottery or even Euro Millions, creating the largest lottery jackpots on the face of the earth?

Maybe. But Charles Strutt, director of the 32-member Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs Powerball from offices in Iowa, said it was still too early to tell.

According to Ed Van Petten, Kansas Lottery director and a former chairman of the multi-state Powerball group, talk of a world lottery game has been around since 2000.

They've been back at... [ More ]