Mega Millions to adjust starting jackpot amount, eliminate minimum increases

Comment #56

noise-gate — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:20:50 GMT

l say what l mean, and mean what l say. Terry Benedict- right? * Ocean's Eleven. Yes

Comment #55

Stat$talker — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:40:53 GMT

Huummm..

What makes you say so?...I've never posted such exact specifications on anything... and I'm definitely not into ANYONE'S fetishes.!

Like I always say,.. You need not be a Jazz Musician, or a Rocket Scientist to see that PB,MM are in trouble...

You see members posts , Hell, nobody's happy with their 1 sided deals..!!

I fail to understand the trick you refer to me of having..

I say what I mean, and mean what I say..

I don't sugar-coat chit, to make it easier for anyone... [ More ]

Comment #54

noise-gate — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 18:39:45 GMT

You keep this up Stat, and next you going to tell the forum that the jackpot was won by a guy in his 70's who likes vodka, has a parrot loves seeing women in short skirts wearing stiletto heels.

Comment #53

One-Day — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 18:07:00 GMT

I'm done Playing Powerball until they either decrease the ticket price or the Jackpot gets to over a $100 million. Same thing I will do with the Megamillions soon.

Comment #52

Lucklives — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:30:36 GMT

Now all THEY HAVE TO DO is ADJUST THE PRICE ($1) AND LOWER THE ODDS! Powerball and MegaMillions CAN'T HAVE IT any other way

They must adjust.

Comment #51

Bleudog101 — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 20:02:21 GMT

Well sorry you don't have a case with them!

About three years ago, my Season Ticket for Megabucks Doubler rules changed. They sent out an letter stating if you wanted a refund on the remaining plays you simply let them know you wanted a refund. Didn't bother and didn't win LOL

Comment #50

Stack47 — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 19:44:33 GMT

The rules won't take effect until the jackpot resets and even than you will have to win the jackpot and take the annuity to have a case.

Comment #49

LottoLucy — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 19:05:37 GMT

I bought advance draws through my state lottery, under the old rules, for both games. They are good until the middle of May. The state should step up and offer me a refund since they've significantly changed the game parameters.

I don't plan on buying any more tickets of either game at that price point.

Comment #48

Stat$talker — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 19:01:30 GMT

naaah, they won't sucker me in... Hell , I'm the LAST player they want to win it... with what I know... no jackpot would be safe afterwards..!!

They're gonna miss our money,

when no players play,

They're gonna miss the money

They're gonna miss our Lovin,

They're gonna miss our money

They're gonna miss our love

Whoa u whoa u whoa.....

-Lou Rawls ( You're Gonna Miss My Love

Comment #47

Euro Lottery — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 18:21:14 GMT

Most likely, it is not worth predicting control of winnings from the PB and further from MM. In any case, it is not predictable how many purchased lines will win. I quite often became convinced of this during the Euromillions drawing with a minimum starting jackpot...

Comment #46

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:14:54 GMT

Maybe it will be won in the next draw, or two, or?

If you guarantee it, you should be buying a boatload of tickets.

Comment #45

VenomV12 — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:53:17 GMT

It does seem a little suspicious that right after they announced they would halve the starting jackpot it gets won. Hmm.

Comment #44

Stat$talker — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 08:13:44 GMT

I knew PB wouldn't keep up that last jackpot too long... They essentially HAD to give it away to relieve themselves of the high financial burden , with dwindling funds coming in...just to get to the new $20 Million reset starting point...then to adjust each drawing as THEY see fit...!!

Proof that they're controlling when , where it's won...

With less people playing, does it not strike you strange that at a relatively low jackpot, all of a sudden, it's won..? Especially considering how hard... [ More ]

Comment #43

VenomV12 — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 05:45:23 GMT

Tired of the high ticket prices of the Megamillions and Powerball and crappy odds when they added more numbers, now they are both lowering their jackpots I am about ready to be done with them. People need to stop buying their games and force them back to the old $1 tickets with the better odds. Now the Powerball has been won it's down to $20 million and I think it's time to skip it.

Comment #42

Stack47 — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 02:09:39 GMT

You're right it's a waste of time and space trying to explain PB and MM advertised jackpots are based on the cash value.

Comment #41

Stack47 — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 02:03:09 GMT

FYI, the last time a starting jackpot was won was on 07/22/2016 when 16 million $1 tickets were sold and you're whining about them lowering the advertised jackpot. And that was when there were 258,890,000 possible combos at $1 a ticket and not the 302,575,350 combos at $2 a ticket today.

You have no point just a bunch of

Comment #40

Stat$talker — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 22:34:47 GMT

Because as usual... he complains about not seeing the point of the Forest, because there's too many Trees...!! (for him

Comment #39

noise-gate — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:24:58 GMT

Why oh why are you attempting to educate the informed

Comment #38

Stack47 — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:57:39 GMT

Ok,.. So it's obvious again, that you don't SEE the difference in $40 Million, vs $20 Million resetjackpots..

Friday's advertised MM jackpot was $121 million and with only 8.35 million tickets sold there was only a 2.7% of somebody winning the jackpot. And if they did, considering what the World is now going through, it's plain stupid to get a 29 year annuity.

We know that the increases has always reflected ticket sales from draw to draw..!!

Because the with the exceptions of the st... [ More ]

Comment #37

Stat$talker — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 05:12:52 GMT

Ok,.. So it's obvious again, that you don't SEE the difference in $40 Million, vs $20 Million reset jackpots.. but still at $2. per ticket..that's THEIR deal. We know that the increases has always reflected ticket sales from draw to draw..!!

Oh and here's a suggestion!!... If you win a MM or PB jackpot, ..allow me to be your Financial Advisor..

Comment #36

Stack47 — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 03:42:43 GMT

Don't see any deals MM or PB are asking players to accept by lowering their estimated jackpots. Especially considering almost every jackpot winner takes the cash. Basically you're complaining about something that could effect hardly any lottery players.

Now if they lower the secondary prize payoffs........But that didn't happen.

Comment #35

Stack47 — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 03:33:19 GMT

I have a debit/credit card for almost all my Online purchases and use it to deposit money into KY Lottery fun club too. Try to keep it under $100 so if something happens I won't lose very much. The KY Lottery allows up to three bank accounts for deposits and one for withdrawals. I believe there are about ten Online instant games that have jackpots over $100,000.

Comment #34

noise-gate — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:25:44 GMT

l respectfully disagree Stat- common sense tells us that the lottery does NOT lower their price for a ticket. They will juggle with the odds, but not the price. The other thing to consider is, how often is the jp won? They not stupid to think that people will not show up to the party, there may be less people buying tickets, but buy they will. But hey, l hear you.

Comment #33

Bleudog101 — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:07:26 GMT

Here in KY they have the credit card, not debit, information so all I have to do is click on the amount of deposit. No charges whatsoever. Our lotto machines don't take cards. If memory serves me correctly Ohio machines didn't care and I know Arizona only takes debit cards.

We can play scratchers on line, called instant games. They are not the same ones for sale in the stores though. Perhaps part of the package deal, no Pick 3 or Pick on-line (that is true), but maybe the same for instant tic... [ More ]

Comment #32

Sarge0202 — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:00:10 GMT

Was the second credit card a debit card? I thought we can only use those. My debit card, tied to my checking account, is what I use. I would think using you regular credit card for this would be consider a cash withdrawal with extra charges.

Wish we could do scratchers online....

Comment #31

hlamb — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 02:47:54 GMT

You're exactly right about the reason for the drop in gas prices. Saudi Arabia and Russia spatting, but also the stock market.

Comment #30

weshar75 — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 02:24:49 GMT

If powerball and mega millions merge because of this I want $2 tickets and twice a week because when I play multi-state games I expect to see a big jackpot not a litttle one that is what Oregon megabucks is for. So if you want $1 tickets you still expect small jackpots and I want jackpots regularly passing $500 million if they merge to see one winner. That is why I play multi-state games for one $3 ticket to play for a big jackpot.-weshar75

Comment #29

Stat$talker — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 21:00:05 GMT

But, what I believe they should do doesn't mean squat to them.

Quite the contrary... What you and I and others players think, does matter to them , if enough of us stop playing .. insufficient revenue coming in gets the same serious attention, whether it's from player discrepancies, or a Pandemic..or anything else..playing the Lottery isn't an essential business...

What is essential to them, is our steady flow of money into the State's coffers..!!

They insure themselves not to take a l... [ More ]

Comment #28

Stat$talker — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 17:39:52 GMT

It's not the amount of any particular jackpot setting...

It's the commensurate price in comparison to what we've been paying as opposed to what they convertly slippin by players now...

All we want, is to get a slice of pie, for a fair price of a slice of pie... Not get charged for 2 and 1/2 slices of pie, when were only getting 1...

The fact that the Lottery is overlooking the crucial hand in hand of supply and demand , says that they are arrogant, greedy, desperate, hoping that playe... [ More ]

Comment #27

rcbbuckeye — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 17:16:17 GMT

I dropped MM a few weeks ago, and for the first time in months, years?, didn't play PB. Just Tx Lotto, and Tx 2 Step.

Why, well, I'm not working, and while I'm not dropping my play completely, I am cutting way back. Not really so much because of the changes PB and MM are making. I generally played those games with the idea that I would be quite happy with second prize. Retirement $$ at my age. Even so, I still believe it would be best for them to combine the 2 games into one game and drop the... [ More ]

Comment #26

Stat$talker — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 14:55:31 GMT

noise-gate..I believe you are putting the cart BEFORE the horse..!!

It's the lottery that's begging we players to accept such a chitty deal...

As, I've posted before, We players don't share in their profits, so they shouldn't expect us to want to share in their losses! ... They're not following Supply vs Demand rules..Gas prices have gone down , since people aren't driving as much now...so..!!

IMO ... there will be those that won't see anything wrong with paying the same price for a lo... [ More ]

Comment #25

pawint — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 11:23:31 GMT

Yep. It will happen. Some people just like to milk things until they are forced to accept reality. This is now the reality they needed to see.

Comment #24

welington — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 04:28:19 GMT

What are the odds they will combine mega millions and Powerball. I can't see either game surviving with such low jackpots and high ticket prices

Comment #23

HaveABall — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 03:01:43 GMT

In Illinois we residents can purchase these lottery tickets online without an upcharge. The first credit card I tried to use didn't allow though. However, the second credit card I entered did allow it. Cheers, fellow gamblers.

Comment #22

jplayer33 — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 02:07:58 GMT

Thanks for the great information. I'll stay tuned to see what happens if ticket sales continue to drop. I usually only played when the jackpot was super high anyway, mainly because it took a lot of losers to fund that ONE jackpot winning ticket. I always suspected that the QP option was programmed to not create duplicate tickets that had the same combination of numbers and same Powerball. That was one way to make sure there were rarely if ever multiple winners unless they were a group pooling th... [ More ]

Comment #21

Ranett — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 01:20:46 GMT

Well I haven't been playing lately so won't worry about blinking.

Comment #20

noise-gate — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 23:31:25 GMT

..which begs the question, if you played won, would you tell the powers that be l will not accept $20mil, l want the full $40 mil or you can keep the money!

Who do you think will BLINK first

Comment #19

pawint — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 23:02:19 GMT

I believe they increased the jackpot (40M) and increased the price to play ($2). Now they want to decrease the jackpot (20M)but keep the price to play $2. Kinda half done

Comment #18

noise-gate — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 22:27:50 GMT

TBH: When it comes to playing the lottery, we are all beggars beggars can't be choosers. If we win $20mil, we don't complain, we take it shut our mouths. There is no science to it, no evolution. It's all about having the right mental attitude.

Comment #17

noise-gate — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 22:00:10 GMT

At this point, l don't really care how much it creeps up the monetary ladder- if l hit either jp, l am out of here. The same goes for our State lottery- l hit it l am gone, in all honesty, l can hardly wait. That low hanging fruit will do just fine.

Comment #16

PHIL85 — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 20:15:56 GMT

The best option is to combine Mega-millions and Powerball into a single game. $1 per ticket and drawings twice a week.

If you have all players wagering on a single game the jackpot grows bigger, faster. Everyone is a winner.

Comment #15

KY Floyd — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 19:34:16 GMT

they need to adjust the ticket price downward to match the lower jackpot.

I'm pretty sure that if they adjust the ticket price it's going to automatically adjust the jackpot by a corresponding amount. The result is that unless the reduced price results in a significant increase in ticket sales the reduced price means the jackpots will get even smaller. Anyone who's been paying attention knows that PB and MM have proved over the past few years that the higher ticket price results in bigger ja... [ More ]

Comment #14

DELotteryPlyr — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 18:33:24 GMT

Just noticed that MM only increased by $6 mill .... sales are definitively down.

Comment #13

Stat$talker — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 17:25:19 GMT

That's smart...

Comment #12

Bleudog101 — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 17:22:45 GMT

Three dollars.

With money saved from no casinos am buying more stock Monday with drugs proving successful against COVID-19...this one is $2.79/share

Comment #11

Stat$talker — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 17:14:55 GMT

It cost you how much to play tho?

I'm not playing neither game unless they drop the ticket price...or up the reset jackpot as before...

If we player don't share in their profits, they shouldn't expect us to want to share in their losses..!!

PB, MM... come up with an incentive, like other businesses...

Comment #10

Bleudog101 — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 10:49:32 GMT

As the old Jack Nicholson film goes 'Something's gotta give'; time for changing something that perhaps would benefit the players.

Playing on-line won $8 on MM last night.

Comment #9

Stack47 — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 03:35:46 GMT

Compared to past similar PB jackpots, sales are about half and MM is about 20% lower. IMO they should advertise the cash value and use the annuity an collecting option. Most players take the cash in both games.

Comment #8

noise-gate — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 00:53:11 GMT

Does lotterypost walls have ears? We were just discussing or whispering really on whether MM had made a move on their part to match PB's change of heart, and what do you know- they going after the stepchild. Couldn't leave well enough alone, Unbelievable..

Comment #7

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 23:35:13 GMT

You can check the draw sales report on Tx Lottery's website. Over the past 6 draws sales have ranged from about 377K to a little over 400K. So, sales haven't been above normal. When jackpots get to 500K and more is when sales really jump.

As for me, I never miss buying a ticket.

Comment #6

Bleudog101 — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:52:34 GMT

The writing was on the wall after PB decided to say thank you loyal players and they (MM) followed in their footsteps.

Comment #5

Todd — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:34:01 GMT

I agree, if this unprecedented situation causes people to rediscover their in-state games, that's a great thing.

Comment #4

Big Joey — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:03:22 GMT

In Texas, it seems that people are flocking to the Two Step game. There has been 5 winners out of the last 6 drawings.

Comment #3

jplayer33 — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 21:54:34 GMT

In the interest of fairness and transparency, shouldn't Mega Millions and Powerball tell us how much sales have dropped over the last few weeks so that we can know that these changes are realistic. They are always ready to crow during big jackpots about weekly, daily and even hourly sales. Now we hear nothing. On another note, they should also drop the price now that they are lowering the jackpots while the odds of winning the same.

Comment #2

Raven62 — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 20:40:31 GMT

Life After MegaMillions

Comment #1

SaraAnnRapp — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 20:08:11 GMT

Just to echo what everyone has been saying in other threads, they need to adjust the ticket price downward to match the lower jackpot. Call me spoiled but I'm not interested in paying $3 a pop (Megaplier added) for a jackpot of $20M. I will simply spend that money on lower tier state lottery games or nothing at all.

Mega Millions to adjust starting jackpot amount, eliminate minimum increases

Lottery Post — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 19:33:15 GMT

The Mega Millions Consortium announced today that in response to flagging sales due to the COVID-19 response, the multi-state lottery game's starting jackpot has been lowered and the amounts of subsequent starting jackpots and jackpot increases will be determined on a drawing-by-drawing basis.

The advertised Mega Millions jackpot for tonight's drawing is a guaranteed $121 million. If the jackpot is won, it will reset to a guaranteed $20 million for the next drawing on Tuesday. If there is no... [ More ]