Powerball changing in October to generate bigger jackpots

Comment #96

haymaker — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 22:01:05 GMT

Same here, I was an occasional player and bought 6 advance draw last week over your way in Delaware

have 4 left and then I'm done w/ it.

If they ever get to that magic 1B JP I might buy 1 ticket.

Comment #95

DELotteryPlyr — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:47:20 GMT

I have ALL but stopped playing this game, this change will push me over the edge and stop completely.

Comment #94

seek14u — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 00:50:24 GMT

I think they are counting on people forgetting to cash the low value tickets - no big rush.

Guess I'm in the minority - I don't see the need in a mega-huge jackpot for one person. I'd be much more likely to play with lots of peeps winning realistic amounts: $100, $500, $1000, $10,000, $20,000, etc.

But if that happened, people wouldn't be losing the ticket or forgetting to catch it in. Each of these lower amounts can be important - it depends on your current status.... Buying meat, paying... [ More ]

Comment #93

TheOtherOne — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 14:49:53 GMT

This is atrocious. I'll be severely limiting my tickets now.

Have they released the payout grid yet?

If they at least increased the PB + 1 from $4 (same as just PB) then that's a start. That whole setup since the last change is crap.

And did a state actually leave the PB

Comment #92

veganlife125 — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:23:15 GMT

It was time to get the best lottery news article back to the top. Come on October

Comment #91

OneTrickpony — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 13:53:16 GMT

That sucking sound you hear is the Powerball game circling the drain. I never played PB regularly, but when they arrogantly increased the price to $2 per game, I quit playing all together (as did a lot of people). I predict that the worsening of the odds for a decent prize in this economy will be the straw that breaks the camel's back. I will continue to play our State lottery Cash5 simply because the odds for the top prize are much better (1 in 575,000) for $1 a game. Even if the payouts are sm... [ More ]

Comment #90

Goteki54 — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 23:44:15 GMT

It makes sense to increase the Matrix. I'm on board with it.

Comment #89

DC81 — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:26:52 GMT

They did and it failed so they went back to the drawing board to put the game at its current state.

I haven't seen sales numbers but I have to imagine MM's matrix change has spectacularly backfired by this point.

Comment #88

Bleudog101 — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:59:39 GMT

Had four numbers on Powerball QP; thought I'd be the first LP poster to win the million, just one # away. Normally play Powerplay and didn't...won a measly $100. Since I was @ work in the PICU I had nice thoughts of laying their phone down and walking off the job. But thought no, the sick kids need you today.

Comment #87

Teddi — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 01:28:17 GMT

Very well stated.

I suppose the biggest issue I have with this is it's been tried already and it hasn't worked but yet they are duplicating MM anyway. I didn't agree with the price hike, but at least that had the payoff of a higher starting point and higher rollover amounts.

But this new system has no advantage for players because we've already seen what happened with MM who all but promised players that their new crappier odds would result in fewer but consistently higher jackpots. They... [ More ]

Comment #86

golfer1960 — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 20:09:02 GMT

Hi Floyd, isn't it a shame that our politicians don't encourage growth and revenue when it comes to the private sector of our economy but when they are trying to squeeze more money from the public from gambling, they suddenly become capitalist instead of the socialist that they are.

Does that make any sense

Comment #85

HoLeeKau — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 14:19:47 GMT

I do play Hot Lotto, but right now the odds are better to win a million with Powerball than with Hot Lotto. I haven't compared the new odds for 5 + 0 on Powerball yet. If HL is comparable then I'll probably spend most of my extra money on HL instead.

Comment #84

KY Floyd — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 06:45:12 GMT

When you see it laid out in this fashion doesn't it seem unnecessary to change the game?

Not if you're a lottery official who has to answer to politicians. The only thing they can see is slower jackpot growth and revenue that's not growing fast enough. The lottery officials might not be as stupid as we think, but their primary goal in deciding if changes are required is probably giving the politicians the answers the politicians want, and that answer is sure, changing the game will increase... [ More ]

Comment #83

Suzy-Dittlenose — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 06:42:18 GMT

Since PB went to $2/ticket, I don't play until it reaches $100M or more. Then I buy five tickets.

Comment #82

Arrowhead — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 23:28:26 GMT

Idaho is part of the 'Hot Lotto' multi-state game.

The current JP is $1.1 mil. It was recently won at $9.85 mil.

Not MM or PB figures, I realize, but at least you have a hope and a prayer of winning something pretty significant.

Comment #81

Guru101 — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 23:17:27 GMT

I play Hoosier Lotto even at a million dollars.

Here are the 30 annuity payments for $1M, $2M, and $3M:

01) 17,830.10

02) 18,543.30

03) 19,285.04

04) 20,056.44

05) 20,858.69

06) 21,693.04

07) 22,560.76

08) 23,463.19

09) 24,401.72

10) 25,377.79

11) 26,392.90

12) 27,448.62

13) 28,546.56

14) 29,688.43

15) 30,875.96

16) 32,111.00

17) 33,395.44

18) 34,731.26

19) 36,120.51

20) 37,565.33

21) 39,067.94

22) 40,630.66

23) 42,255.89

Comment #80

golfer1960 — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:54:23 GMT

Didn't Powerball try this trick back in 2012?

They increased the numbers to be picked which raised the odds. They raised the price which raised my stress level. It's still not enough? Powerball has higher jackpots and more winners than Mega Millions and they still want to change it? I don't get it.

According to my calculations in 2012 there was 15 Powerball Jackpots won to 13 Mega Millions.

In 2013, there were 13 Powerball Jackpots won to 11 Mega Millions.

In 2014, there was 11 Power... [ More ]

Comment #79

jjtheprince — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:24:18 GMT

They had to change the matrix in order for the game to survive.

It's WAY TOO EASY for some to win and PB is in serious danger of going bankrupt. RJoh even noted that.

I STILL don't think it's going to be hard enough! Jack it up to 99 white balls

Comment #78

Stack47 — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 03:13:32 GMT

Having runs of 5 + 0 winners is why they raised the numbers to 69. The smaller volume lotteries will sleep better at night by raising the odds to 11.2 million to 1.

Comment #77

Prob988 — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:37:22 GMT

Well you have to hand it to the Powerball people, and their sense of unconventional marketing. First they double the price of a commodity, their ticket, while reducing its value. Then they act surprised when sales fall. In order to address the falling sales, they announce that they are going to reduce the value of the product even more.

They're definitely geniuses over there.

Overall, the general trend here, it it's representative, is that people are going to play less often. After five ye... [ More ]

Comment #76

temposhaman — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:20:26 GMT

yikes, pretty cut, but i'd still go for it :).

in my math, 2 50k ^.

Comment #75

HoLeeKau — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:12:20 GMT

Unfortunately my state's highest payout is $52K, taxes paid. I think that's around $67K gross, and the tickets cost $2 each. Not worth it

Comment #74

LottoMetro — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:53:00 GMT

Very original date was April. They even started the process of notifying retailers etc.

Then, if you recall (last year), Monopoly Millionaires' Club played out as a disaster. It was for THIS reason (regardless of what lottery officials may say publicly) that they decided to push back the launch to July so they could do more market research etc. and validate their plans before jumping in head-first. Basically, they got scared. The July date was then removed altogether, because surveys indicate... [ More ]

Comment #73

Saylorgirl — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:24:54 GMT

The problem with the Hoosier lottery it takes forever for it to even get to a reasonable amount. Increasing by only 200,000 or 300,000 a drawn doesn't make it worth paying. I don't jump in until it goes over 10,000,000 and that takes months to get there with a starting jackpot of only 1,000,000.

Comment #72

Arrowhead — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 23:48:23 GMT

National lotteries have become a sick joke and a fool's errand.

Sticking to state play---Ohio at $7 mil, Michigan (live few miles from state line and a carryout) at 11.750 or something. And not with odds that are worse than being hit by lightening 10 times in 10 hours.

Comment #71

Guru101 — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 23:16:18 GMT

Hoosier Lotto is the perfect game for me. 1 in 12 million to win a few million, which I'll spread over 30 years and live a comfortable lifestyle is way better than this PB and MM nonsense.

Comment #70

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 21:12:46 GMT

The cash payout for Tx lotto is 9.44 million for Saturday night. That's a pretty good chunk of change and I've got 2 tics on it. But the odds are 1 in 25,827,165.

I've got 1 tic on MM with megaplier. Second prize would be 2 million to 5 million with odds of 1 in 18,492,204. Either one is good enough to say goodbye to the furniture biz.

Comment #69

RJOh — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:58:47 GMT

Those odds are still lower than Texas Lotto.

The odds of winning a million dollars cash for both MM and PB are better than most state lotteries when they first start out. State lotteries usually start out with a million dollars annuity which has a cash value of a lesser amount with odds of 1:14M for a 6/49 game or worst until the jackpot have time to build up. I'm sure states would be happy if players chose their game instead of PB or MM but I doubt if that's going to happen.

Comment #68

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:58:44 GMT

It was originally scheduled for April but pushed back to October.

Comment #67

Lucky Loser — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:45:40 GMT

Oh, I definitely understand what they're trying to convey here but, is it not an increasing progression of failure at some point? I mean, I can respect players like yourself who are only looking for a cool second tier prize plus maybe the multiplier and you're as happy as a pig in a mud bath. However, by increasing the field, they can surely increase the second tier prize but it also makes it just that much harder to win it...it's still progressive. Sure, the difference in odds for a 2nd tier pr... [ More ]

Comment #66

NearNewBrit — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:13:34 GMT

I would like to know how this revision is going into place in October when it was previously rumored to be happening back in April. Was that rumor entirely false? Did they need more time to consider the change? What

Comment #65

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:03:06 GMT

Not too sure about that. It takes several draws before sales are enough to actually fund the jackpots.

They tried to address the crowd that wanted several millionaires that didn't believe anyone needs millions, only a million dollars . That didn't work out too well. One thing I've learned in retail is that people always say one thing and do the exact opposite.

Not trying to defend what they're doing, but totally understand. But then, I'm also one of those that plays every draw, and while I... [ More ]

Comment #64

Lucky Loser — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 17:54:11 GMT

Lately PB sales haven't been enough to exceed the guaranteed minimum jackpot before they are won, they're hoping that will change with the new matrix.

Point understood but prolly won't be accepted by the majority of players. It's an oxymoron, to me at least, with promoting the intent of more money via smaller prizes. BUT, increasing the main field of numbers WHICH STILL MAKES WINNING THOSE SAME SMALLER PRIZES JUST THAT MUCH HARDER. As always, they're dangling more $$$$ to be won by playe... [ More ]

Comment #63

haymaker — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 17:47:15 GMT

I spent the 4th at my backyard party,

no fireworks, but back in the woods...firearms make lots of noise. LOL

Comment #62

Saylorgirl — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 17:36:14 GMT

I agree 100% I am only playing for the jackpot1 Winning a couple of dollars doesn't make me feel like a winner ! LOL

Comment #61

RJOh — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:53:54 GMT

They know that and they also know when the jackpot gets large enough most of those players will say what an extra dollar or two? and buy a few more just before the drawing, that's what Gloria of Florida was doing when she stepped to the front of the line to buy her winning ticket.

Lately PB sales haven't been enough to exceed the guaranteed minimum jackpot before they are won, they're hoping that will change with the new matrix.

Comment #60

hearsetrax — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:31:25 GMT

Comment #59

mypiemaster — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:48:31 GMT

These jokers must think that we the players, are a bunch of suckers. They keep jacking up the odds and we keep playing regardless. Try playing your local p5 games. There is a lot of money to be made in p5 if you don't mind six figure jackpots. If you are hell-bent on playing only those monster seven figure and up jackpots, it stands to reason that these jokers are right when they call you SUCKERRRRR.

Comment #58

Lucky Loser — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:44:54 GMT

Yeah, I see this as another joke on the players...seriously. They're increasing the primary field of numbers to choose from by ANOTHER TEN and allow me to put this into very clear perspective. It's like ADDING ANOTHER PICK 3 FIELD (10 numbers) to an already very difficult game and I don't care how much they reduce the PB field....it's the MAIN FIELD that would get you those increased payouts. The PB number just puts some icing on the cake. No thanks, I'd rather have the actual basic cake with an... [ More ]

Comment #57

atoz — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:25:40 GMT

I totally agree with you stack....I dont see more winners in the lower level will entice people.... The way I play powerball or mega million anymore is I only buy one or two tickets but I put the multiplyer on them to hit the 5 out of 5 on the front end which would pay at least a million plus depending on which multiplyer hit.

Will I change my buying habit with them.... prolly not... I will still buy one or two...there is nothing there to entice me to buy more... I sure aint in it to pay 3 do... [ More ]

Comment #56

Stack47 — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:07:52 GMT

The proposed rule is intended to increase the odds of winning any prize while decreasing the odds to win the jackpot, said Robert Williams, executive director of the state Gaming Commission.

It's obvious the majority of PB players are purchasing 1 or 2 tickets hoping to win the jackpot or the secondary prize and I really doubt having slightly better odds of cashing $4 will entice them to purchase more tickets.

Comment #55

warrenghou — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 14:07:14 GMT

I'm sorry I was bitter with mega million when they did the same thing and I leaned on powerball so now I guess I have to just play cash 5 games cause making it harder to win jackpot is a 1%er move never wanting poor to get rich, jut giving us crumbs, so farewell to the jackpot games for me will go for the ones I can actually win

Comment #54

golfer1960 — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:20:58 GMT

I'm doing well haymaker thanks for asking. Fortunately I'm still employed full time despite Obamacare.

I didn't realize about DE being anonymous. I understand now.

Did you have a nice 4th of July? I was at the Oceanfest fireworks in Long Branch. A good time was had by all and the weather cooperated.

Live music all day, delicious fattening foods and girls walking around all day long in their underwear. God Bless America

Comment #53

Bleudog101 — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:10:20 GMT

Thanks Todd for posting this. I remember weeks ago stating this would happen in October, however the Massachusetts lottery did not have the new 'odds' posted in their letter to me. Maybe I'll curtail Powerball too.

Comment #52

jjtheprince — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:09:20 GMT

Good! These games are way too easy to win for some. Anything they can do to make them harder is awesome

Comment #51

CDanaT — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:06:46 GMT

Beautiful...going from 1/175 Mil to 1/292 Mil ??

Goal is to make it more difficult to win the jackpot -

sales have slumped since 2013

In N.Y.(2014) sales plummeted 44%

Nationwide sales declined nationally by 19% last year because there was no huge jackpot --Might call BS on that no huge jackpot

2014- 4 jackpots over 200 Million, 2013- 6 jackpots over 200 million, 2012 - 5 jackpots over 200 million, 2011 - 4 jackpots over 200 million, 2010 - 3 jackpots over 200 million

Attent... [ More ]

Comment #50

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:58:44 GMT

Your reasoning is why they came up with Monopoly Millionaire. To create more million dollar winners. We saw how that worked out.

I don't like the changes either, but the fact of the matter is that for MM and PB jackpot fatigue is a huge factor and people actually do play more when the jackpots get huge, which hasn't been happening very much.

I play every PB and MM draw. Sure, I would love to hit the jackpot, but I'm also playing for the second prize because they both offer the best shot at... [ More ]

Comment #49

haymaker — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:53:23 GMT

golfer1960, How ya been ?

I go to Delaware for the big $ games B/C it's anonymous, to far for you but it takes me 3 hrs. round trip.

Still play the Pic6 JC5 here in The Garden state

If you win 2 Mil or so no one will even notice, but big $, that's a different story.

Comment #48

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:03:31 GMT

For me I don't care that they made some of the smaller prizes easier to win. Most people I know, including me, don't play PB or MM for the lower prizes. The fact that they made it way harder to win the jackpot and second prize really sucks. I'm sure most players won't care, but this isn't going to encourage me to play more.

Comment #47

TnTicketlosers — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 08:30:28 GMT

This country dont need bigger jackpots,,,we need more winners,,,,dont you get it stupid people running these Lottery places geez.Give us a weekly raffle,more winners,we dont need 100 Million dollars to one person...

Comment #46

DC81 — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 08:28:56 GMT

I just saw this story and HAHAHAHA are they freaking kidding?! There's a reason I cut down significantly on buying Mega Millions tickets and it looks like I'll be cutting down even further with Powerball than I already have from their bump to $2. I haven't been keeping up for a good while but how has the MM odds raise worked out for them?

Oh and using the education reasoning, get bent. All the lottery has done for education is allowed states to take their own money out of it and move it el... [ More ]

Comment #45

RedStang — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 06:03:35 GMT

Right, it will be easier to hit just the pb but it will be really hard to match any numbers with it.

Comment #44

JeetKuneDoLotto — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 05:12:04 GMT

MUSL has put the touch of death on PB. They obviously don't know how to go with the flow. MUSL does not know how to be like water my friend.

Comment #43

golfer1960 — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 05:06:42 GMT

Haymaker? Did you know you can buy Powerball in NJ now? You don't have to drive to DE to get them.

Comment #42

Coin Toss — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 03:45:15 GMT

The difference between the current PB jackpot odds and the odds for the JP coming in October are 116,977,828.

That is one whole heck of a lot steeper odds than stated Pick 6 jackpot games.

But the MUSL knows that they could offer odds only a real chooch would play but people will still play them.

Comment #41

VenomV12 — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 03:17:30 GMT

They do this I will just stop playing unless the jackpots are just huge. MegaMillions told this same lie. On the old MegaMillions I frequently used to win something, even if it was a small amount, when they changed it, I have found that I barely ever win anything anymore. Realistically you are probably better off spending that same $2 on a scratch off ticket then the Powerball, even if the jackpot is much smaller.

Comment #40

Stack47 — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 03:10:21 GMT

The odds of winning $4? That will improve from 1 in 111 to 1 in 92.

As if 1 in 92 are good odds of a $2 ticket winning $4 (actual $2 win) is something special.

Comment #39

vtburke — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 01:53:09 GMT

Anyone who buys a powerball ticket after this is an idiot. They already charge 2x the price of Megamills. Odds improvement from 1/111 to 1/92 is no significant improvement. What a scam

Comment #38

One-Day — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 01:42:59 GMT

will increase to 1 in 292,201,338, up from 1 in 175,223,510.

Same thing to me. If you are lucky you are lucky no matter the odds. What they need to do is reduce the ticket to $1; then I'll buy Powerball. Megamillions all the way for me.

Comment #37

HoLeeKau — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:59:35 GMT

I'd be so much happier if they had made it harder to win the JP by increasing only the powerballs. A reduction in the number of white balls would be nice too. Make the 2nd prize odds better. I would think the increase in sales when the JP gets high would more than make up for a few more million dollar prizes.

Comment #36

weshar75 — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:18:11 GMT

Well I guess I will be buying my usual $3 tickets or $2 tickets for every drawing hoping for the million.-weshar75

Comment #35

psykomo — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:09:51 GMT

Powerball needs more change in October and change back 2 the $1.00 ticket price. If they really want 2 help D little people, please CHANGE back now

Comment #34

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 23:53:18 GMT

Stays at $2.

Comment #33

cjcpop2007 — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 23:52:09 GMT

Will each play of the Powerball go back to $1 or will it remain at $2

Comment #32

LottoMetro — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 23:46:29 GMT

This has actually been brought up (many) times in lottery conferences and so forth. But MUSL blames the larger playing population, not the price.

Comment #31

Prob988 — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 23:36:39 GMT

The lottery officials keep working harder and harder to help me save money by not buying tickets.

I play by expectation value and these continuous changes for the worst keep me from playing very much.

You would think with the disaster that the Megamillions approach is turning out to be, that they would have learned their lesson.

They may see a billion dollar jackpot some day, but it will take two years of continuous rollovers to reach it.

They're now seeing it take twenty and change... [ More ]

Comment #30

bobby623 — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:28:06 GMT

As far as I can tell, the criteria for winning a non-jackpot prize will remain the same as it is now.

There are 8 prize divisions(?)

5+0

4+1

4+0

3+1

3+0

2+1

1+1

0+1

At present, I'm told if I match 3 of the 5 numbers drawn from a field of 59 numbers I'll win $7.

However, if I match 3 of the 5 numbers drawn AND the PB, I'll win $100.

In October, to win the same basic prize, I'll have to match 3 of 5 from a field in 69 numbers.

I realize that there will be... [ More ]

Comment #29

LottoNXN — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:17:08 GMT

Powerball has lots its mojo I will definitely play more in state games than PB

Comment #28

veganlife125 — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:11:38 GMT

YeeHaa! It had to happen. Of course they should have raised it to 400million to 1 instead of 292million to 1 but its a step in the right direction.

Need a billion dollar pot!

Next up Megamillions ups the ante above 292million to 1. Like bugs bunny says Of course you know this means war

Comment #27

LottoNXN — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:10:48 GMT

I agree!! Powerball is becoming a toilet bowl and I won't ever play again

Comment #26

Cruzincat — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:54:20 GMT

I stopped playing when they changed it to $2/ticket and made it harder to hit the jackpot by 2x. I sometimes doubled up on MM instead.

If I want to play for smaller prizes, I can play daily Pick 3 or Pick 4 and win more often for more money. I play the big games only because they are life changers, if you should happen to win. If I don't win, at least I know that my losing tickets help fund someone else having a life changing moment.

Right now, 1 million would be life changing. When it ge... [ More ]

Comment #25

RJOh — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:43:37 GMT

NY went from 6/40-6/44-6/48-6/54- 6/59. Its all

OH had 6/40,6/44,6/47,6/49+1,6/100 before deciding 6/49 was just right.

Comment #24

LottoLucy — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:16:48 GMT

Will there still be a multiplier and is the second prize staying $1 million?

Is there a nice chart somewhere laying it all out?

I will stop being a regular player in October. The jackpot odds are too ridiculous now (haha as if 1 in 175 million isn't). I might have stayed if the second prize was multiplied like it is in megamillions but this new powerball game doesn't sound fun to me.

Comment #23

dr65 — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:05:04 GMT

$4 prize and an increased chance to win it? Keep it. I always hated PB. Didn't they just

change it? Decreased sales might have to do with no high JP but I think it s more like it's

just a bad game with rotten odds....which will be even more rotten....and rotten payouts.

$2 or $3 per play didn't help their cause either. I'm glad NY showed a drop of 44%, that's

a big state. Too bad they aren't taking the numbers seriously. The change is a joke.

Comment #22

darthfury78 — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:53:23 GMT

I realized from playing the lottery for the past year, I selected the wrong game to play.

Comment #21

flossdog — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:43:38 GMT

Get rid of the stupid game. It's a ripoff @ $2 a ticket. get 4/5 numbers right out of 59...WOW an amazing $100.

Play NY 5/39 get 4/5 = $400+. Do the math. Which would you prefer?

PB payouts are ridiculous same with Mega. I hit 4/5 on Mega last year and won a whopping $152. It's all BS payouts on these large games. The reason they keep upping the ante is because too many are winning.

NY went from 6/40-6/44-6/48-6/54- 6/59. Its all

Comment #20

KY Floyd — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:25:41 GMT

The odds of winning $4? That will improve from 1 in 111 to 1 in 92.

You mean we can expect to win back $4 every time we spend $184? I can't believe they're making us wait until October for a chance like that.

Comment #19

haymaker — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:15:07 GMT

This will backfire, most players are after the JP and couldn't care less about the lower prizes.

How many times do you hear about 2nd prize winners that didn't play the MP ?

And some don't even know there are lower prizes... the casual players that only buy when the JP is outsize,

isn't that who they're trying to attract ?

I was only playing when I could go to Delaware for tix. after the change when I do that it will be MM only.

MM having slightly better odds for half the pri... [ More ]

Comment #18

RJOh — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:58:19 GMT

Why shouldn't these state's be forced by their Governor to cease this irresponsible/hurtful behavior; instead of making each state's on-line gamblers pay for their chronic out of control spending?

Name one state that make gamblers participate in lotteries. Gamblers are victims of their own greed for something for nothing or very little. If the states weren't taking their money someone else would, there's always someone willing to take a gambler's money.

Comment #17

HaveABall — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:31:27 GMT

Well, this is bad news, the state's are running up too big of unmerited contract bills/wages/salaries/construction projects and materials! Why shouldn't these state's be forced by their Governor to cease this irresponsible/hurtful behavior; instead of making each state's on-line gamblers pay for their chronic out of control spending?

This year's Powerball balls re-arrangement also isn't being celebrated by me. After all, Powerball only had 11 jackpots won last year! This year will probably be... [ More ]

Comment #16

fbird — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:01:18 GMT

I guess these rocket scientist don't realize that the sales probably dropped due to the $2 per ticket they charge for powerball, when you can purchase a mega million for a dollar.

Comment #15

shadowlady — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 16:45:48 GMT

Right now, hubby and I don't buy Powerball until the jackpot gets over $100million. Maybe this change will get us to buy at lower jackpots......

Comment #14

Raven62 — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 16:27:02 GMT

Comment #13

Raven62 — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 16:26:25 GMT

Comment #12

THRIFTY — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 16:01:31 GMT

YOU WILL NEVER WIN A LOTTERY JACKPOT IN YOUR LIFETIME.

Comment #11

RJOh — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:36:02 GMT

I take it you're not trying to win a PB jackpot before it gets hard.

Comment #10

jarasan — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:23:16 GMT

Can't wait, how exciting, incredible, amazing, tremendous, etc. etc., NOT.

Comment #9

RJOh — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:16:52 GMT

Hope they don't kill the goose that lays their golden egg.

That was the point, the goose had stopped laying golden eggs, hopefully big jackpots will return with this change.

Comment #8

BellasBMWLucki — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:16:03 GMT

I thank you for sharing what i knew as well. So time will tell. I hope for more who play often win sooner than later.

Let's see first how it all works out. I am going to continue to procure uno... o dos...(one or two)if that. I am winning more doing what i do now with mi pick 3 and or pick 4 regularly at times. I spend more on P-Ball then i realize, only procure 1 sometimes even 2. However, MEGA is only a dollar so i will still play Mega mas en vida! lol adios. i hope you all enjoy your day a... [ More ]

Comment #7

Coin Toss — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:15:53 GMT

RedStamg,

The article states easier to win smaller prizes.

Comment #6

RJOh — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:12:48 GMT

They reduced the number of powerballs which improved your overall chances of winning a prize, that's how.

Comment #5

Gleno — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:11:44 GMT

If the Powerball sales plummeted by 19% before the changes ,

they are betting that we bite on the smaller prize increases ,

which do look attractive, will pick up the slack.

It might work.

Hope they don't kill the goose that lays their golden egg.

Comment #4

RedStang — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:51:44 GMT

How do the chances of winning improve by increasing the numbers.

Comment #3

ThatScaryChick — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:47:44 GMT

I didn't play much as it is and this doesn't really make me want to play more. I hope people get those big jackpots that they want though.

Comment #2

THRIFTY — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:42:15 GMT

0 IN 292,201,338 VERSUS 1 IN 292,201,338 TO WIN THE JACKPOT.

I play only to win the big jackpot, regardless of the odds. I only buy a ticket or two. There is not much difference between 1 or 100 in 292,201,338 but there is a huge difference between those odds and 0 in 292,201,338. In other words not much reason to buy several tickets, just one. RAY

Size of the USA population is 300 Million.

Comment #1

JADELottery — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:39:30 GMT

Oooo, this is gonna be Great.

We get to test our Power Mega Balls with Three Sum Math on a new matrix.

Powerball changing in October to generate bigger jackpots

Lottery Post — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:30:31 GMT

By Todd Northrop

The multi-state Powerball game will be changing in October, making it harder to win the jackpot, while at the same time making it easier to win a smaller prize.

With the state lotteries becoming reliant upon big multi-state jackpot games driving ticket sales, the long streak of Powerball jackpots being won before reaching historic levels has crimped state budgets. The October changes are designed to fix that problem by forcing the jackpot to be won less often.

After the... [ More ]