$189 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rolls again

Comment #38

jamella724 — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 11:17:06 GMT

Who could be the lucky winner for this huge jackpot prize?! I wonder when I am going to win this huge jackpot prize. I need to enhance my strategies to uplift my chances of winning.

Comment #37

keepitreal — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 04:32:15 GMT

There was one winner sold by the Maryland Lottery for the last drawing's $189,000,000 grand prize. I guess I was wrong. I was hoping someone from Michigan.

Comment #36

golfer1960 — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 04:06:59 GMT

At the local shelter

Comment #35

keepitreal — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 04:01:43 GMT

No one won. The jackpot over 200 millions for this Friday Mega Millions.

Comment #34

RJOh — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:57:27 GMT

Where does it begin for the homeless

Comment #33

mypiemaster — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:17:44 GMT

WORD!!! OldSchoolPa Charity begins at home.

Comment #32

golfer1960 — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:58:06 GMT

Wow Pa, that was deep. I loved it though.

Comment #31

MadGeniusDude — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:10:32 GMT

Comment #30

OldSchoolPa — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:47:18 GMT

Given the astronomical odds of winning, I understand that if one cannot afford to play every drawing, a seemingly logical tactic would be to jump in once the jackpot hits a certain level. Of course, if that person only can spend $5 per week on lottery, a more sensible strategy would be to play the mega jackpot games (PB/MM) once a week and throw the other $2 toward state lottery or daily games. But most of the people I observe that buy lottery tickets in the hood play multiple combos on pick 3 o... [ More ]

Comment #29

helpmewin — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:45:38 GMT

$189 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rolls again

here we go

Good Luck everyone

Comment #28

Piaceri — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:05:27 GMT

Woo Hoo! Dollar and a Dream! Go MM, go! Gonna get my tickets!

On the other hand... 2 tickets in Texas won 2nd prize.. both in North Texas. Hoping for a roll Tuesday because I'm driving to Dallas Friday for the State Fair. I'll be buying tickets while I'm in the luckier area.

Comment #27

noise-gate — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 04:37:47 GMT

Regarding the Lottery or most anything else in life...

No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it.

Fernando Pessoa

Comment #26

Jon D — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 04:22:14 GMT

I hate to state the obvious, but if you're going to try and come across like a know-it-all, you better get your numbers straight. You say 30 rollovers, more than half a year which is not equivalent, so I have to interpret what you meant. And again you say $20M per draw ... works out to a billion a year which is correct if you only count 1 draw per week, not two.(52 versus 104)

Anyway, with that aside, I never said anything about the new MM matrix being inspirational, where do you get that fro... [ More ]

Comment #25

Toronto — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 04:05:43 GMT

yawn

Comment #24

KY Floyd — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 03:48:45 GMT

MM used to have a few billion in sales, but the reason they're changing the game is that those days are gone. The current run took 14 drawings to reach a jackpot of $119 million (annuity, of course). At the current annuity to cash ratio that $119 million was just under $82 million cash. That represents sales of about 259 million tickets, which just happens to match the odds for the new format.

At $1 per ticket, it took them 7 weeks to generate just under $260 million in revenue. At that rate... [ More ]

Comment #23

En ReVal — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 03:34:18 GMT

I meant WIN, sorry

Comment #22

Prob988 — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 03:23:51 GMT

Yeah, I doubt it.

The game has been averaging sales of less than $20M per draw this year. That's before they make it worse. That works out to be about a billion per year on a system that is now going to be 1:250,000,000.

That's not a few billion per year. It's a couple of billion, which is pretty miserable for a population of the size living in areas where tickets are sold.

You expect a lot of big jackpots? Um...um...um...

What I said, in case you missed it, was that the PA lottery r... [ More ]

Comment #21

RJOh — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:40:33 GMT

Hope you're right, I plan to play at least 20 lines Tuesday and it's about time I won a jackpot.

Comment #20

dpoly1 — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:30:42 GMT

LOL

Comment #19

Jon D — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:13:49 GMT

You doubt it? So you're sticking with your prediction of 2 JP wins a year? Ummm...OK.

MM does a few billion a year in revenue, this is no small time state lotto 6/49 game. I'll bet they know a little bit more about the market reaction than you do. They did provide better overall odds of winning any prize, as well as increased megaplier. And the chances of winning the JP dollar for dollar, $2 on PB versus $2 on new MM, isn't much of a difference at all.

Any I don't think it's necessary to c... [ More ]

Comment #18

dallascowboyfan — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:08:56 GMT

$189 Million Woo Hoo

Comment #17

Thegreenpirate — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 22:36:49 GMT

I betcha Ohio gets it again because their is a pattern it goes in and out of Ohio and New Jersey and New York!!! It's Ohio watch and see

Comment #16

Todd — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:28:54 GMT

Ohio did it right away.

Comment #15

En ReVal — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:26:26 GMT

California will eventually when but it seems it can take a couple of years for a new state to win. I could be wrong

Comment #14

LottoGuyBC — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:07:22 GMT

I'll take some of that money

Comment #13

Erzulieredeyes — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 16:38:57 GMT

Wow... Mega Millions is really struggling. I hope they can turn this game back around and make it fun again to play with their new matrix. MM has always been my favorite, but I find myself lately playing the more expensive PB because of the larger and more frequent won jackpots.

Comment #12

noise-gate — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 16:12:15 GMT

Every picture tells a story..

l see California taking this one- then again, l could be wrong.

Comment #11

hearsetrax — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 15:52:51 GMT

Comment #10

Prob988 — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 15:52:28 GMT

I doubt it. One would need to be a fool to play a game with longer odds and no added value as regularly as one plays a game with shorter odds, even if the shorter odds were astronomical already.

Granted, there are lots of fools, something recent trends in lotterys demonstrate, but I expect this game to wither and die. It has certainly withered.

The Pennsylvania lottery tried exactly this approach with their lotto game, and as I recall, it spent close to a year rolling over continuously wit... [ More ]

Comment #9

dpoly1 — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 15:37:25 GMT

Good luck to all ............ but I hope it rolls right into the first Mega Millions Jackpot win for Pennsylvania!

Woo HOO big $$$$$$$$$$

Chirstmas in October LOL

Comment #8

bigbear29 — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:48:36 GMT

Yes, I agree with you 100%. They have shot themselves in the foot. I will be back to playing powerball.

Comment #7

Jon D — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:11:11 GMT

30 rollovers would not be the norm. Most likely is a reduction from 12 to 8 jackpots per year with the new MM matrix, with higher average jackpot values.

Comment #6

RedStang — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:48:24 GMT

Yea, I wonder what their plan is if there's 10-15 second place prizes at 5x and the jackpot is only 50mill.

Comment #5

Prob988 — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:39:05 GMT

The near destruction of the Megamillions game because of the $2 Powerball ticket - and the resulting jackpot fatigue - has certainly reduced the overall sales increase figures for the state lotteries, and, I think, may end up with them spinning their wheels.

There is no reason that the new matrix should be any better. There isn't a real increase in the $12 million starting jackpot, since it's merely being masked by changing the annuity scheme from 26 years to 30 years. What we might see is it... [ More ]

Comment #4

kapla — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:32:34 GMT

odds are already too high - don't need them getting any worse.

Comment #3

sully16 — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:21:54 GMT

Good luck everyone, feel a Michigan win coming on

Comment #2

helpmewin — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:28:08 GMT

Looking forwards to the new game and JP going up faster

Comment #1

mypiemaster — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:12:31 GMT

That's more like it. Keep rolling baby, until the implementation of the new matrix. Then watch the heavyweight fight between PB and the new and improved MM. That will be a joy to behold.

$189 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rolls again

Lottery Post — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:56:40 GMT

By Todd Northrop

It doesn't have the monster jackpot increases that Powerball has been experiencing lately, but the current Mega Millions jackpot run-up continues to offer the biggest jackpot in the world for yet another drawing.

After no lottery tickets matched all 5 numbers plus the Mega Ball Friday night, the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot was increased to an estimated $189 million.

Tuesday night we may see a very lucky mega-jackpot winner, or else the Mega Millions lottery game p... [ More ]