UPDATE: Proposed changes to Mega Millions game will raise ticket price to $5

Comment #94

Justing618 — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:01:24 GMT

My apologies! I thought you where taking about mega millions. Aka California millions.

Comment #93

Artist77 — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:19:27 GMT

I was referring to the game cash for life.

Comment #92

Justing618 — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 02:33:00 GMT

You would have not won the big prize for 6 bucks. You would have won a bonus. And depending on the multiplier number. It could double or triple or more depending on the x ball . You win the grand prize when all balls match.

Comment #91

Artist77 — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:33:00 GMT

I play for the second prize and only buy one ticket on occasion. I cannot imagine wasting more money $6 just to try to get a small win. And the bonus number alone does not win $.

Comment #90

billybucks — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:03:18 GMT

Yes, having only 4 bonus balls seems a little ridiculous. The 60 regular ones should be reduced down to 49 and the bonus balls increased to 15.

Comment #89

Think — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:53:20 GMT

Why would anyone win second prize? I'm glad we don't have that game here because I would buy 2 tickets per week with all four Cash balls. I can only imagine how people feel when they win second prize and realize for $6 more dollars they could have won the big prize.

Comment #88

Bleudog101 — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:24:51 GMT

May have mentioned that when the KY lottery came to town one of the employees 'heard' that L4L and C4L might combine to make one. I like them just as they are, though we only have Lucky 4 Life here.

Speaking of L4L an on line player just won $25K/year life. They should post if they took cash option or not.

Comment #87

billybucks — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:23:39 GMT

True enough but it is 1-60 and 1-4 which is a slightly better chance but the prizes are similar. If I were 25 I would play it. 2nd place prize has appeal.

Comment #86

Artist77 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:59:10 GMT

The bonus balls are 1-4. You are thinking of a different game. I am referring to cash for life, not lucky for life. Different games.

Comment #85

billybucks — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:55:24 GMT

7 million for a 2.00 1-48 matrix plus 1-18 Lucky Ball before taxes no less is not what I consider a good value lottery play for anyone older than 50. The allure is getting the 364k a year forever which works out if you are 25 and live to 80 netting yourself 20 million before taxes of course.

Comment #84

Artist77 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:44:40 GMT

The cash payment for 2nd place is $1 million. I would be happy with that amount even after taxes. I have got 3 numbers plus the bonus number before. $100 Repeat pairs pop up a lot and I pick my own numbers.

Not following how this game is for younger players since there are cash options. First place is $7 million.

Comment #83

billybucks — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:15:56 GMT

That game is for younger players and i believe the prize is capped at 20 years if you die before 20 years. The matrix is still too large to have a snowballs chance of hitting it. Prefer others. I play multiple tickets in our cash 5 game. Only 5 out 35 gets you 100k for a 1.00 play. 325,000-1 chance but it is hittable.

Comment #82

Artist77 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 22:28:23 GMT

I am a fan of cash for life with the much better odds. No one ever seems to win my state game Bank a million.

Comment #81

billybucks — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 21:55:12 GMT

It is silly to sneer at your local states lotto because it is only or usually between 1-5 million with half the matrix. Oh, I have a large family they say so I have to play the big ones. Good luck with that doling out x amount of dollars to a bunch of sappy greedy relatives. There will never be enough for you to give them. They will always want to know how much you have left.

Comment #80

wander73 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:11:33 GMT

state lottery, until you might know the sequence pattern stick with the state lotteries. lesser problem

Comment #79

Justing618 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:59:53 GMT

I'll be done when they switch. I buy 15 dollars a week for pb and mm. I swore off powerball after that stunt where they supposedly had a problem and couldn't draw the numbers that night. But on the live draw supposedly during the day. The lady said have a good night. But eventually i started playing again. Which is my dumbass faught. But ive been playing the same numbers for 20 years. So its a little hard to walk away at this point. With rng games. Marylands bull excuse was. There switching to r... [ More ]

Comment #78

billybucks — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 17:11:35 GMT

First win the thing and then create your own annuity with a reputable company for any amount you want to put into it if that is your desire. Buy a lot of annuities and CD's with different companies with it with different maturation dates is the way to go. When one matures either roll it back over or redeem it if you have blown too much cash.

Comment #77

Cruzincat — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 14:38:10 GMT

Sad that the people who could use the win more than others will be priced out of playing. Should be easier to win the smaller prizes that would allow people to use winnings to play for the big one, which is more money than most reasonable people could spend in a lifetime.

Comment #76

Bleudog101 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 11:27:58 GMT

Is your state RNG on Pick 3/4? That takes the wind out of the sails.

Comment #75

LottoNoobie — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 11:08:31 GMT

$5.00 just to see Sorry, not a winner. I think not! I rather invest my money in the pick 3 games.

Comment #74

Bleudog101 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:57:02 GMT

With you 100%. like others will only play if and when it gets over a billion dollars.

Currently and slowly burning through my on line account. Bought one series of Cashball 225 and KY 5 both for 14 draws=$28.00 They both are sucky RNG just like your MD games are. Don't know about Maryland, but here they blamed the pandemic. To me it is all about corporate greed.

Comment #73

Justing618 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 02:50:19 GMT

Complete garbage. Maryland lottery switched over to all Rng games. And now this garbage 5 dollars a ticket. No thanks. I've saved so much by not playing md lottery games. So next will be MM when the price goes up. Then I'm sure powerball will file suit. And I'll stop playing that to. I've played the same number for 20 years. Just a way to get a little entertainment and waste 15 dollars a week . This is pure greed. And they even lowered the cash option. And take more of a percentage. And where's... [ More ]

Comment #72

cottoneyedjoe — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 23:42:35 GMT

That would definitely work and not violate any agreement with tribes.

Comment #71

Todd — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 22:35:33 GMT

Actually, now that the multiplier will be a part of every lottery ticket purchase, it is mathematically possible for California to do it.

To do so, they would allocate a certain percentage of sales to each prize level, just like they do today. But to determine what each winning ticket would be worth, they would divide the prize pool by the total number of multiplied prizes available instead of the total number of winning tickets.

So imagine there were only two winners of a particular pri... [ More ]

Comment #70

rickdogg — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 17:26:55 GMT

If they raise it to $5 then they need to make the odds of winning 1 in 121,030,140.

Comment #69

cottoneyedjoe — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 17:15:51 GMT

I'd bet that CA would just omit the multiplier and the amount you'd get for a partial match would just be whatever amount is allocated to that prize tier divided by the number of winners, aka pari-mutuel, same as it is now. Since all states pay out their lower tier prizes from in-state funds, how one state allocates lower tier prize money with or without multipliers wouldn't affect any other state. All states have to contribute X% of MM sales to the MM jackpot pool. I think it's around 65% curre... [ More ]

Comment #68

Stat$talker — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 13:17:12 GMT

Uuhh, HELLOOO..!!

Naah, where have WE heard THIZ promise/Lie before?...

Ole Stat$ haz been preachin bout their corruption for YEARZ..!!

But WE can collectively send em a LOUD message by refraining buyin ANY MM ticketz for the next Month...that'll punish'em for insulting OUR memory ...GTFOH..

Comment #67

Artist77 — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 11:34:08 GMT

Stock holder here too. I was strategizing for retirement while still in college. From a young age, aggressively investing the max allowed in a 401k S P Index fund really paid off. But this is easy to do if one has a job and most employers offer this 401k option.

I only started playing the lottery long after I was on my way to be financially set and never looked at the lottery as a retirement option. But most people want to take the easy way out and buy everything in sight.

Comment #66

Bleudog101 — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 09:32:18 GMT

Proud member of that alliance!

Had I known about FIRE some 20 or so years ago all that money wasted on lottery would've really raised my bottom line substantially.

Comment #65

wander73 — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 05:39:53 GMT

stock holders run this country too. I know what you mean.

Comment #64

wander73 — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 05:37:49 GMT

I have to read the article. Is this proposal in all states this game is played

Comment #63

ShagE3 — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 03:50:50 GMT

I'm gonna make myself a liverwurst sandwich on rye with arugula Dijon mustard tomato and onion with three gherkin pickles a and sweet potato chips on the side. And drink a birch beer or moxie or sasparilla to wash it all down.

Then I'm gonna take out a five dollar bill and deposit it in the bank. Bye bye MM ....... Until you reach 200 - 400 mil.

Comment #62

grwurston — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 01:10:18 GMT

Per the new odds update. Change that to 35 million combinations left over.

Comment #61

rearea1930 — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:51:36 GMT

Only in America ,greed

Comment #60

hearsetrax — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:31:21 GMT

and on that note .........

Comment #59

fbird — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 23:39:31 GMT

So if it goes to $5 a ticket I'm done it's impossible to win anyway

Comment #58

Brock Lee — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 23:22:52 GMT

now they will advertise the jackpot as the 129 year annuity value.

Comment #57

kao1632 — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 23:01:03 GMT

Lastly ... Would it hurt the consortium to reduce the annuity to 20 years instead of 29?

The annuity is what can be bought with the cash value of the jackpot ..

If you cut down on the term, then the annuity / jackpot value will be less. If it is about a third less.. jackpot value is going to be a third or more less.....

So, by reducing the annuity period, you significantly reduce the value of the jackpot that you can advertise... (but the cash value remains the same)

It bec... [ More ]

Comment #56

heb1959 — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 22:59:56 GMT

LOTTERY SCAM. ,, they do not mix the balls up hardly , watch the drawings on YouTube,, they drop the balls in the bubble than TURN THEM IN A CIRCLE ,, NOT MIXING THEM UP,, ITS ALL A SCAM ,,

Comment #55

Todd — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 22:12:14 GMT

New information just came in, so we have updated the story above at the bottom with the latest facts from the Montana Lottery.

Huge thanks to the Montana Lottery for providing this new information, as well as the full presentation in their meeting

Comment #54

Bleudog101 — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 16:16:35 GMT

So California would have to get their own version sans Megaplier, right??? That really sucks IMHO. Especially if they have to pay $5 like 'the rest of us'.

Comment #53

Think — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 15:09:02 GMT

Montana is just being very transparent about it that is all.

It's nothing more than that. They are the only state in the consortium that let players know what every other state is talking about...that's my take on it.

Edit-

BTW: Thanks to Todd and Kate for this story as it helps all the players more than you probably know.

Comment #52

Think — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 15:05:47 GMT

After watching the Kate video I have reconsidered. It's the old triple whammy.

High ticket price combined with high odds and a bundled Megaplier make this version a no go for me.

If they would have just taken the mandatory megaplier money and increased the second prize instead of forcing the megaplier I probably would have considered playing. What is really making this a no go for me is having the megaplier forced on me if I buy a ticket.

I can't say I will never buy a ticket for thi... [ More ]

Comment #51

Bleudog101 — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 15:02:30 GMT

Maybe reading way too much into this so someone enlighten me.

I thought MUSL was in Iowa, so what does Montana have to do with this? Not like they're a big lottery playing state IMHO.

Yeah, stopped @ the lotto machine and didn't play. Felt very ambivalent about it. It's kind of like the slot machines I play, if you don't get a bonus or do anything comes up you feel defeated. Simple psychology which the lottery folks allege to understand but don't. People know the risks BUT they do l... [ More ]

Comment #50

Wildbill78 — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 14:54:00 GMT

I will not be playing the game until it reaches 2 Billion. That's my starting point. Same for Powerball if they follow this foolishness. See we control everything y'all, if we don't feed into the money grab idea and everyone do same as me than they will see ticket sales decline and go back to normal. It's all driven by what the players do. I remember telling someone years ago when they raised it to $2 that if this becomes successful by us purchasing tickets they will raise it to $5 in the next 3... [ More ]

Comment #49

Kandiapple — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 14:35:54 GMT

Do you think they are copying other lottery games in other countries? Lotto Max is $5 in Canada. The odds of winning the jackpot is 1 in 33,294,800. It's not taxed like in America. I remember Lottery Post did interview years ago about how Powerball might go international too. Which makes no sense to me why they would do that.

Ironically we still can't buy tickets online in every state like other countries can. They can remain anonymous. But they want to make it international? Europe has Euro... [ More ]

Comment #48

hsg2000 — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 10:58:51 GMT

Why don't you have a 3 day like poweball has , Tuesday,Friday Sunday for $2.00 tickets rather than $5.00 ticket.

people will like it

Comment #47

DELotteryPlyr — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 09:32:34 GMT

I am with ya!! There are enough other games that I can hit on more often. Later MM

Comment #46

grwurston — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 03:14:37 GMT

I hardly ever play the jackpot games simply because of the almost impossible odds. The rare times I do play, I always get the mega plier or power play and get 2 or 3 tickets so it's $3 a ticket. Now that it's $5 a ticket I might play even less.

Even with the reduced odds they could sell one combination to every adult in the US and they would still have 23 million combinations left over.

Comment #45

Ranett — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 02:57:25 GMT

Anytime they make changes it usually makes the game less attractive to the player.

This is no exception.

Comment #44

Sum Buddy — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 01:36:24 GMT

Maybe they're trying to find the sweet spot that will attract well- funded ticket-buying consortiums (think Jerry and Marge Go Large. ) With the right odds, the right payouts, and enough investment capital, a savvy investment group can buy a win. Maybe not the big one, but at least enough to turn a profit...

Comment #43

rcbbuckeye — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 01:34:59 GMT

That's what I was expecting to read....oops...

Comment #42

Artist77 — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 01:05:52 GMT

They should have done something to increase the number of 2nd place winners. Maybe increase the number of bonus balls for the jp and lower the number range for 2nd place.

Comment #41

hearsetrax — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:41 GMT

they are sooo full of themselves

Comment #40

Bleudog101 — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 23:56:26 GMT

Kate is such an outstanding speaker. She missed her calling IMHO.

Great informative video BGW

Comment #39

konane — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 23:52:39 GMT

I will not be playing Mega Millions, period.

Comment #38

PrisonerSix — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 23:47:25 GMT

If they raise the price to $5, I probably won't play unless the jackpot gets really high. That's just a little much.

Comment #37

lottobrain — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 23:38:48 GMT

I agree this will the end of MM. The ball change is meaningless and adding a 1x is just a way to rip everyone off as that choice will appear a lot. I always use the multiplier as it gets a lot of my money back, but can't depend on that in the future with those changes. I'm surprised they aren't also talking about adding another day like Sunday night. If PB tries to match this, I will be done with them also.

Comment #36

Todd — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 23:18:16 GMT

UPDATE! You can now watch Lottery Post's exclusive video report on the subject see the video inside the story above.

Comment #35

Suzy-Dittlenose — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 22:01:31 GMT

I will not be purchasing MegaMillions tickets at $5 each. That's insane.

Comment #34

Karen Nathan — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 20:41:04 GMT

I remember when the Florida Lotto went up to $2 a ticket and Lottery Post Members were complaining and talking about boycotting Florida Lotto. I responded, It's only a ONE dollar increase. If the Florida Lotto went up to $5, then I can see the complaining and talking about boycotting the Florida Lotto. And now, Megamillions actually is thinking of raising Mega Millions form $2 to $5, WTF? I can remember when the Mega Millions was only ONE dollar, and now they're thinking of raising it to FIVE do... [ More ]

Comment #33

Brock Lee — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:31:08 GMT

Comment #32

noise-gate — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:00:41 GMT

* For a $5.00 ticket- the starting jackpot should be $100 mil imo. I bet there will be long lines going around the block.

* Akin to Shoeless Jackson saying if you built it, he will come

Comment #31

Tang — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:32:55 GMT

MM ticket increase means more winners in California. Nope

Comment #30

hlamb — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:26:47 GMT

Yes and PB is sure to follow not only so they don't miss out, but they don't want the non hardcore folks to have options.

Comment #29

Artist77 — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:25:58 GMT

The odds barely changed. Goodbye MM. PB is soon to follow.

Comment #28

hlamb — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:21:04 GMT

Yepper

Comment #27

hlamb — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:18:25 GMT

Yes. The odds are about the same to get a major win.

Comment #26

hlamb — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:16:39 GMT

That's an AWESOME idea.

Comment #25

hlamb — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:11:46 GMT

You better believe they've done the math and it favors NM for more profits and a bigger bonus for management.

Comment #24

sully16 — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:03:53 GMT

No, no , no won't be spending 5 bucks for 2 less balls, will be happy to offer more support for Michigan Lottery games, classic 47 and Fantasy 5, maybe even some Keno.

I'm a 3 digit player, I can win that and be happy.

Comment #23

Bleudog101 — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:09:41 GMT

Have one more drawing for MM Indiana tonight. Been real good cutting back by not playing...and honestly don't miss it. Crap like this just reinforces it.

Comment #22

Lotterologist — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:22:14 GMT

Like I stated on another thread, greed and stinginess.

Comment #21

gvpazkn — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:01:51 GMT

The odds are so stacked against the player of even getting remotely close to winning. This is just another money grab (greed) and I will not be a part of it. If this happens, I will no longer be a player of MegaMillions.

Comment #20

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:57:22 GMT

Bottom line...they know they will lose a percentage of players but also know some of those won't be able to stay away when jackpots skyrocket, and they know that there are hardcore players who will keep playing every draw regardless of the cost of a ticket.

MUSL might take a hit in players cutting back and/or quitting, but will make up for it as time goes on.

Comment #19

LottoBux — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:44:23 GMT

I agree but you shouldn't have to pay the extra $1 for it

Comment #18

play4shekels — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:13:16 GMT

My thought is that the MSL doesn't even remotely want to be your financial planner, but without the annuity option, they can't fill the billboards up with zeros. What a scam- they know that 95 percent of the people will take the cash...and they're making plenty of it now with the high interest rates. In 2019, the cash values were running at 60-70%. It's 47% now. That's 130-230 million profit on a billion-dollar jackpot. Yeah, right...now is the time to jack the ticket price to $5.... [ More ]

Comment #17

play4shekels — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:34:04 GMT

That's the end of MM for me - and likely, PB as well since they are sure to follow suit in some way. Not a fan of having the Megaplier added into the price as it is already fair enough to attract players...especially when compared to PB and their 2x limit on second prize winners. Plus, by giving control of the Megaplier to a computer, you have a completely riggable system whereby the game never takes a bath on the Megaplier. While they're at it, they just need to let an RNG pick the first five n... [ More ]

Comment #16

NJPiney — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:19:29 GMT

Extra $3 per ticket should cut the odds in half, at least. Horrible idea.

Comment #15

JohnGalt3 — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:58:10 GMT

Have a budget like a lot of you, so I will postpone buying until the jackpot reaches $1,000,000,000 minimum.

If you think about it, most people do something like this which is why the when the jackpot is at $20 million they sell $25 to $35 million in tickets but when it reaches $1 billion they sell $100 million to $700 million. Check: for figures

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Comment #14

Think — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:44:46 GMT

Cant say I wont play but will say I wont play until the jackpot is over $2 Billion. Nobody is going to win and the odds are still terrible. For $5 the odds should have been around 180,000,000 to 1.

I have suggested in the past that they offer players choices on the payout.

Take some in cash and some in an annuity or all in cash or all in an annuity. With the player deciding on flat vs increasing annuity and from 11,16,21,26 or 31 year payouts. The current annuity structure is discrimina... [ More ]

Comment #13

CDanaT — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 05:21:29 GMT

Resets to $50 Million ????

You can't even get the game back to $40 Million on a restart.....Remember that nice article you folks put out on 10/18/2017 ??

10/18/2017 Mega Millions is being redesigned to bring more value to its players with larger starting jackpots and faster rolls. Starting jackpots will more than double from $15 million to $40 million, and jackpots will grow faster overall. There will be better odds to win $1 million prizes and higher secondary prizes. The ticket pric... [ More ]

Comment #12

JustMaybe — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:49:52 GMT

Just to see how we will all be on the losing end, the first five balls will remain the same 1 to 70.

But with $5 you could only win 1M second prize even with the megaplier on the ticket because there is a 1X ball.

There is no longer a bare minimum of 2M with the megaplier.

Of course you can argue that it could land on the 10X.

If the 10X on PB is anything to go by, I guess it will land there once a year.

Comment #11

JustMaybe — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:45:34 GMT

Yes the megaplier is automatic with the $5.

It was also automatic with $3 and that is what I used to play. So now that's $5 and $10 for the two draws in a week as opposed to $6 for the two draws in a week.

Comment #10

Powerball765 — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:17:17 GMT

l have another suggestion that all players will love . Why force people to Choose Annuity vs Lump sum . This war has been going on for ever and most players go broke within three years. So why not offer 50/50 payments so fifty percent goes to lump sum and fifty percent goes to Annuity it's not like it will kill them . It will be a win win for everyone

worst case scenario they can offer this option for extra $1 lol l take it

Comment #9

ShagE3 — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 03:24:22 GMT

Hmmmm $ 50 mil starting jackpots ..... What do they estimate the following jackpot to increase.

Multiplier 10 x .... Does that include 2nd prize/ 1st runner up?

I'll still play but .... won't but a ticket until it hits 200 mil ..... And won't but 2 tickets until it hits 400 mil etc etc. gotta be economical!

Lastly ... Would it hurt the consortium to reduce the annuity to 20 years instead of 29

Comment #8

Murgatroyd — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 02:40:43 GMT

I have a fixed budget for lottery tickets, and I've adjusted my play pattern several times as the games have changed. With this change, there will no longer be room for MM in my budget.

Comment #7

dickblow — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 01:34:45 GMT

let me say this if new york did that I wont play anymore 5 bucks for a mega nope

Comment #6

godisgood — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 01:22:01 GMT

Every time they switch a game up and say the consumer doesn't more chances to win or more chances to win big. Actually, the lottery commission wants more chances to take more of your money.

Comment #5

Powerball765 — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:41:19 GMT

California doesn't need any more incentives

Comment #4

Bleudog101 — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:39:36 GMT

Head pounding, but thought the article said with $5 cost, the Megaplier is automatic. Not for California I'm sure

Comment #3

Powerball765 — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 23:07:15 GMT

Any Changes is Good Just bring me $5 Billion Dollar Jackpots

Comment #2

JustMaybe — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 21:56:48 GMT

The Lucky for Life Jackpot Odds are 1:30,821,472.

The jackpot is not won every day.

I won't throw a party just because the odds are not 1: 278.369M.

I buy one ticket for each draw plus the multiplier for a total of $6 a week.

To keep my play constant I have to add $4 to my weekly budget.

The 1X multiplier is a scam, there will be more 1X balls that the other numbers.

I don't view it a win for me, it's more money out of my pocket.

Regardless of the reduced odds and the... [ More ]

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 21:41:50 GMT

Seems six of one and 1/2 dozen of the other.

It this comes to fruition, I'm slowing down my playing considerably---not worth it. As for the multiplier going up to 10X hoping that it will be there regardless of the jackpot. PB cuts theirs off after it gets to $150 million. It seems that it only gets to 10X maybe 2-3 times a year.

UPDATE: Proposed changes to Mega Millions game will raise ticket price to $5

Lottery Post — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 21:14:46 GMT

Montana Lottery reveals game modifications that could come as soon as 2025

UPDATE Watch Lottery Post's exclusive video report

UPDATE 2 New information from Montana Lottery

Includes video report

By Kate Northrop

Note: One state lottery indicated that these amendments to the game are in progress of undergoing final review, but we are attempting to confirm it with a second source. State lotteries may not yet be ready to officially announce the following changes, and it is unco... [ More ]