$940 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot ready to make another billionaire

Comment #44

billybucks — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 05:02:26 GMT

The problem with that is that it is out of your control if you get the five main numbers. You have to pick a power ball number and yes I would root against not getting it and take the million gleefully.

Comment #43

hearsetrax — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 11:30:01 GMT

well here we go again ....

Comment #42

TheMeatman2005 — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 10:14:23 GMT

No matter how big the jackpot gets or how high the odds of winning are, I still buy a ticket because.....You never know!

You have to be in it to win it!

Bring it on baby

Comment #41

KY Floyd — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 07:23:20 GMT

Do you really think they revised their sales estimate to sell about about another $4 million worth of tickets and it's just a wild coincidence that the new annuity factor resulted in an annuity amount that's exactly what they advertised from the start?

The same thing has happened several times recently. They make a sales forecast, advertise a cash value and an annuity based on the cash value and annuity factor, and then a bit later they post a different annuity factor with a new cash value t... [ More ]

Comment #40

Suzy-Dittlenose — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 05:39:14 GMT

No winner for Friday. Tuesday's jackpot is $1.1 billion. Now I will spend $100.

Comment #39

EnReval — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 05:23:23 GMT

Possibly 1.3 on Tuesday

Comment #38

CDanaT — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 04:50:52 GMT

Had the 20 and 63 on 1 ticket and the 3 on the 2nd ticket.........Oh well, the tickets were free... Hope the rest you did well

Comment #37

Denise1691 — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 22:26:09 GMT

It wore me out also EnReval. I stayed up just about all night, and decided I have got to go to bed. When I woke up, the draw still had not taken place.

Comment #36

CDanaT — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 20:36:23 GMT

Ever have one of those days when you are going into a store to grab a ticket or 2 for the upcoming draw and something tells you grab a particular scratch-off ?

Well....... After work last night, I stop into a Race Trac gas station to fill up and get my 5 tix for the Lotto America draw on Sat and let me grab a couple of MM individual QP's while I am here as well.. The clerk was walking back to her register and this $20 Christmas ticket is doing its mindspeak stuff telling me I needed to get... [ More ]

Comment #35

Todd — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:35:57 GMT

Although the annuity jackpot amount was not updated today, the cash value was increased from $483.5 million to $486 million . Still the 8th-largest cash value in US lottery history.

Comment #34

Denise1691 — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 15:53:41 GMT

The Powerball draw for the $2B plus was painful. I finally went to bed that night around 4:00 a.m. When I wake up around 9:00 a.m., the draw still had not happened. I said to myself, this is ridiculous. What is going on

Comment #33

travelintrucker — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 10:40:06 GMT

I guess, they wanted to be sure of the true annuitized value before holding the draw so that they wouldn't be accused of false advertisement. But seriously. When you've won $2 billion dollars, is a difference of a million or 2 going to make you rush in to court with a claim

Comment #32

travelintrucker — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 10:30:48 GMT

I'm back trucking. I'm playing in TN and OH. Good luck to all playing friday

Comment #31

Stack47 — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 08:30:39 GMT

If the tickets still cost $1, sales would be around 144 million tickets and below 50%.

Comment #30

KY Floyd — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 08:21:38 GMT

Not accounting for the excess duplicates from playing patterns, calendar numbers, etc about 21% of combinations were sold. For Friday it will be about 28%, assuming there's no bump from $940 million.

That makes a rollover the likely outcome for Friday, but depending on sales for next Tuesday there's perhaps a 40% chance it keeps rolling.

Comment #29

Stack47 — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 04:36:27 GMT

There were 71 million tickets sold on Tuesday and if no two tickets had the same numbers that's less than 25% of all the possible outcomes. I'm guessing at least one more roll.

Comment #28

EnReval — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 03:05:05 GMT

Agreed, they scared it might reach $4 bil

Comment #27

TheMeatman2005 — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 01:51:03 GMT

Is it not enough proof with the jackpots reaching new heights that it's time to bring back the $40 mil opening jackpot?

Imagine how much faster they will grow

Comment #26

hearsetrax — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 19:58:01 GMT

Indeed....

Comment #25

sully16 — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 19:34:17 GMT

Happy New Year CDanaT, I would split with my Tennessee buddies.

Comment #24

CDanaT — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:49:48 GMT

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo........From Tennessee...moi

Comment #23

Stat$talker — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 05:45:15 GMT

Comment #22

Nikkicute — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 05:31:32 GMT

I know right!

Minnesota better get ready / get it together this time around lol

Comment #21

wander73 — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 03:55:27 GMT

I know the real truth, shame that many don't see through it

Comment #20

wander73 — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 03:54:02 GMT

It might not

Comment #19

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 01:56:03 GMT

Back in the day I never in my wildest dreams thought there would be billion dollar jackpots.

But, I also never thought there would be games with the crazy odds like we have now.

Comment #18

Coin Toss — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 01:36:47 GMT

For those who have been here for awhile did you ever think the day would come when it took a billion dollar jackpot to get people as excited as they used to get over $100 million jackpots

Comment #17

Soledad — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:14:29 GMT

You gotta keep up. Sign of the times.

Comment #16

mightwin1 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 23:00:16 GMT

One thing I don't like is the drawing video is not consistent in one take. If you watch the last draw video he calls out the mega ball while it's still dropping moving and no way readable until it stops. This happens in other videos as well, both games. So it looks to me that the close up video is shot beforehand, and the announcers know the numbers ahead of time. If that's the case then it does leave the door open where people can think that they are controlling the outcome. Eddie Tipton was ne... [ More ]

Comment #15

Droptop209 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 21:45:04 GMT

Exactly. When that happened the it's rigged folks came out the woodwork.

Comment #14

Clarkejoseph49 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 21:43:40 GMT

If it does reach a Billion Dollars, hopefully the draw don't get delayed until the following morning.

AGAIN

Comment #13

quicksloth35 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 21:20:23 GMT

One state that has oddly been on a bit of a roll, lately, is the near-to-me, Mississippi. Just sayin'.

Also, now would be an excellent time to win the other jackpot.

Comment #12

noise-gate — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 20:54:40 GMT

* Aah, shucks- that's like allowing my 1987 GV Yugo to merge with traffic onto HY 880. You sweet thing.

Comment #11

sully16 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 20:43:41 GMT

Got you covered Oscar, good luck.

Comment #10

Droptop209 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 20:36:15 GMT

I will be content with a 2nd prize 5+0 you guys gals can go for that top spot.

Comment #9

Oscargrouch05$ — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 20:18:02 GMT

If you are please keep posting numbers. Thank you

Comment #8

mightwin1 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 20:17:18 GMT

Good luck everyone

Comment #7

EnReval — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 20:14:29 GMT

$1bil on Friday only need $60 mil

Comment #6

PrisonerSix — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 20:13:37 GMT

Or a Louisiana winner, like me

Comment #5

TheMeatman2005 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 19:31:40 GMT

Here we go again!

Another BILLION DOLLAR jackpot on the horizon.

Comment #4

sully16 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 16:34:27 GMT

I am 45 % confident it could be a Michigan winner. ME, Good luck W.

Comment #3

EnReval — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 16:30:58 GMT

These jackpots are no joke lately.

not gonna try as hard this time, just going to go with how I feel at the moment to create numbers

that $2bil jkpot wore me out lol

Comment #2

noise-gate — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 16:07:48 GMT

* The Always Winning States NY, NJ, FL, CA came up empty last night, even for the bridesmaid prize. Which means the eventual winner will be from one of those who missed out. It's simple math really

Comment #1

wander73 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 14:21:52 GMT

I didn't expect it to go to that route. like wow. i think that starts the record breaker next week, or Friday nite a winning ticket in one of 6 states.

$940 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot ready to make another billionaire

Lottery Post — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 13:09:58 GMT

Cash value worth nearly a half-billion dollars

By Todd Northrop

Just four months after Mega Millions delivered a $1.34 billion jackpot to one ticket sold in Illinois, the multi-state lottery game came roaring back with a jackpot to be drawn Friday that could top $1 billion.

When nobody won Tuesday night's $785 million grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $940 million the largest since a July 30, 2022 $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot was claimed anonymously b... [ More ]