New Mega Millions game reports 300% increase in non-jackpot prizes in first month

Comment #110

lengua65 — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:21:00 GMT

They should have done some polling to see how a price increase would go over with the players. Plus making bold claims before the price increase came about didn't help either. The old format produced jackpots of over 1 billion dollars twice a year plus many secondary prizes of 1 or 2 million. Hopefully things will change .

Comment #109

billybucks — Sat, 31 May 2025 14:56:10 GMT

There is no 1 million dollar prize anymore. What has happened is handle is down and the increased multipliers on prizes mostly in the 3+1 PB range and lower are sucking up the money that would have gone into the higher jackpot total. It is growing slower for those looking for those 700m + jackpots. What is going to happen is it will struggle to get to 500m and then someone will hit it frustrating all the players and have them wondering if they should continue playing the 5.00 a line game. Many h... [ More ]

Comment #108

lengua65 — Sat, 31 May 2025 14:29:37 GMT

I've given the new format a chance but I'm not seeing very many if any big prizes like 1,3,or 5 million. And I expected there would be larger jackpots sooner. Maybe ticket sales aren't what they thought they would be.

Comment #107

Coin Toss — Tue, 27 May 2025 02:40:40 GMT

Since Apr 25

Tue, May 27, 2025

$173 Million $19 Million

Fri, May 23, 2025 $154 Million $15 Million

Tue, May 20, 2025 $139 Million $17 Million

Fri, May 16, 2025 $122 Million $12 Million

Tue, May 13, 2025 $110 Million $10 Million

Fri, May 9, 2025 $100 Million $10 Million

Tue, May 6, 2025 $90 Million $10 Million

Fri, May 2, 2025 $80 Million $10 Million

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 $70 Million $10 Million

Fri, Apr 25, 2025 $60 Million $10 Mill... [ More ]

Comment #106

justadream — Mon, 26 May 2025 22:39:54 GMT

I love the multiplier. I've only played twice - one ticket both times and have won over $900. I won't waste my time on the other games now.

Comment #105

Participant — Tue, 20 May 2025 04:36:34 GMT

You, Billbucks and I are actually on the same page of thought.

Your observations and comments are valid and quite positive.

While US lotteries don't conduct widespread telephone polls on their services, they may occasionally use smaller, targeted phone surveys or focus groups for specific purposes . These are often used to gather feedback, test new ideas, or understand player preferences.

Some lotteries may use focus groups , which involve small groups of players discussing specific... [ More ]

Comment #104

IAmABadOne — Mon, 19 May 2025 23:24:26 GMT

I think I was misunderstood from the response of the replies. I was agreeing with the OP.

MM should look at LotteryPost and receive feedback about the new pricing structure. There is a wealth of knowledge and opinions here.

I think billybucks reply indicated that the buyers did know the difference between $2 and $5 dollars while I was trying to only point out that in the grand scheme of lottery LotteryPost is a tiny fraction of the buying public who's voice would not be heard/acted upon... [ More ]

Comment #103

Participant — Mon, 19 May 2025 21:31:55 GMT

In general, Feedbacks, both from customers and employees, is crucial for businesses because it provides valuable insights into customer satisfaction, product/service improvements, and employee performance. This data helps businesses make informed decisions, refine their offerings, and create a more positive and productive work environment.

The Lottery is a business.

The Subject-matter of this thread New Mega Millions game reports 300% increase in non-jackpot prizes in first month speaks... [ More ]

Comment #102

billybucks — Mon, 19 May 2025 17:03:18 GMT

But what they do know is that the price of the ticket is 5.00 up from 2.00 +1.00 more optional dollar. They do not need to read all the clever comments on here about it to come to the same conclusion that it is not worth it.

Comment #101

IAmABadOne — Mon, 19 May 2025 16:48:00 GMT

I agree with this, but I see a problem for us but not for MM with this.

Those of us here on LotteryPost either posting or reading messages represent what percentage of ticket buyers? I have no idea but am willing to bet it is only a infinitesimal fraction of one percent. Assuming this is even in the neighborhood of being accurate, why would they listen to us?

I do not believe that the MM people think much about let alone worry about the people here on LotteryPost not buying tickets and/o... [ More ]

Comment #100

Petrust99 — Sun, 18 May 2025 01:55:56 GMT

I don't think they need a loan.They have backup money to do whatever they want,most of us are loser

Comment #99

JSeattle — Fri, 16 May 2025 22:39:07 GMT

Powerball came from way behind and passed MegaMillions in cash value as of Friday 16th. I don't remember that happening before. Sales issues with Mega

Comment #98

KY Floyd — Fri, 16 May 2025 21:59:04 GMT

They had to, we were calling them out on it.

They had to, because the jackpot is based on how much cash they have, and as of tonight they have enough cash to fund a $122 million annuity.

They are selling less tickets but bringing in more money.

I don't know why so many people seem confused. What's happening is pretty much exactly what happened when PB added a 3rd drawing. Fewer tickets were sold for the Wednesday and Saturday drawings, but sales for Monday drawings increased the to... [ More ]

Comment #97

CDanaT — Fri, 16 May 2025 15:43:32 GMT

What will be the increase for tonight, should a rollover occur ? $12M ? $14M

Comment #96

JADELottery — Fri, 16 May 2025 14:02:59 GMT

Hmm...

Mega Millions Annual Cost with 2 Draws per Week

Cost per Play Plays per Drawing

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

$1.00 $104 $208 $312 $416 $520 $624 $728 $832 $936 $1,040

$2.00 $208 $416 $624 $832 $1,040 $1,248 $1,456 $1,664 $1,872 $2,080

$5.00 $520 $1,040 $1,560 $2,080 $2,600 $3,120 $3,640 $4,160 $4,680 $5,200

If they decide to go to a 3 draw per week like Powerball...

Mega Millions Annual Cost with 3 Draws per Week

Cost per Play Plays per Drawing... [ More ]

Comment #95

winterhug — Fri, 16 May 2025 13:21:46 GMT

I guess you missed it, Texas has a $100 scratch-off that came out in May 2022. At this point most states are struggling to get to a $50 scratch-off

Comment #94

mypiemaster — Fri, 16 May 2025 13:00:38 GMT

This new MM is definitely a waste of time and money.

Comment #93

Coin Toss — Fri, 16 May 2025 00:57:51 GMT

MADDOG10

The latest jackoot increase was 12 million, went from 100 million to 122 million.

They were just waitinbg for someone on LP to post the constant 10 million jackpot increase

Comment #92

Think — Thu, 15 May 2025 19:31:01 GMT

Not to Mention you can get three chances at a big prize with $5 on powerball and three chances at a nice second prize too (Two tickets as such one for $3 with double play and one for $2 without).

On Mega millions you only get one chance on each for $5

Comment #91

CDanaT — Thu, 15 May 2025 19:00:59 GMT

SoCola, you left out kind of an important stat...The starting point of both jackpots

MM = $50 Million with 7 rollovers to get to $122 Million. No increase over $10M until the 7th draw

PB = $20 Million with 8 rollovers to get to $123 Million. 1st increase over $10M on the 3rd draw

There hasn't been a jump of $30 Million for the PB in the first 8 draws in at least the last 11 years.

https://www.texaslottery.com/export/sites/lottery/Games/Powerball/Estimated_Jackpot.html

You wi... [ More ]

Comment #90

SoCola — Thu, 15 May 2025 15:36:57 GMT

More people aren't playing powerball. The sales are

8,223,364 on May 14 - Weds jackpot 106M

8,751,200 on April 16 - Weds jackpot 113M

9,307,974 on February 05 - Weds jackpot 113M

powerball caught up with mega because it has 3 drawings per week. About the same number of people are playing mega millions as before the price increase. They are just buying half as many tickets. I had wondered if people would switch from mega to buying more powerball tickets instead but so far the n... [ More ]

Comment #89

winterhug — Thu, 15 May 2025 10:49:04 GMT

It did not take long for the Powerball jackpot of 123M to overtake the Mega Million jackpot of 122M. It is glaring that more people are choosing to play PB which remains at $2 a ticket instead of Mega Millions at $5 a ticket.

Comment #88

play4shekels — Thu, 15 May 2025 04:06:48 GMT

This is a sufficient sample group for overall odds to be fairly accurately represented, so for every winner, there are approximately 22 losers (unless yuck- all birthday numbers are drawn). Go to USAMega.com and click on Past Results, then the drawing date for the winner breakdown.

And go to the Florida Lottery website and do a little digging around and you'll find the official MM rules including the % of sales alotted for the jackpot...making it easy to figure out how many tickets were sold... [ More ]

Comment #87

ShagE3 — Thu, 15 May 2025 03:28:17 GMT

P.U.: Hoo Kut Da Cheez en hare?

Why I am kinda boycotting MM other than the obvious reasons already proclaimed on this thread .

1. Liverwurst

2. Olive Loaf

3. Valerie Bertinelli

4. Egg Salad

That's right I'm boycotting MM out of L.O.V.E.

The Shagster has spoken!

ShagE

Comment #86

JADELottery — Thu, 15 May 2025 00:55:36 GMT

Hoping for all the best.

Comment #85

Wavepack — Wed, 14 May 2025 21:48:28 GMT

MM behaves in a scammy, shammy, huckster, ripoff artist way, as evidenced below:

1. MM never mentions the increase in total money lost by all the players. That's the whole reason they made the change, so that, in aggregate, the players would lose more money per draw (because when we lose more money, they make more money). To try to HIDE this fact, distract you towards the percentage increase in prize payouts

2. As JADE points out, they hide lump-sum jackpot fiscals behind an annuity. You... [ More ]

Comment #84

JustMaybe — Wed, 14 May 2025 19:57:40 GMT

Do you mean that it's going to reset after I win it this Friday

Be kind and say Yes

Comment #83

Justing618 — Wed, 14 May 2025 19:16:02 GMT

Lottery doesn't discriminate. They don't care . They want your . Chances of anyone winning are slim to none. The odds are astromical

Comment #82

johnnyBlaze — Wed, 14 May 2025 18:43:08 GMT

Were you homeschooled as well?

The # of players in a draw does not increase or decrease your chances at a prize. Just how many people win at each prize level.

Comment #81

rollindough — Wed, 14 May 2025 18:11:53 GMT

I can't believe I. Due to living in non-white neighborhoods, chances are slim to none.

Comment #80

nder76 — Wed, 14 May 2025 18:10:22 GMT

Me too, I was pleasantly surprised actually since this is the most Ive ever won on MM

Comment #79

JADELottery — Wed, 14 May 2025 16:25:42 GMT

Great, let us see them tell us the distribution of the multipliers dished out.

My Shammy Senses are Tingling.

Comment #78

johnnyBlaze — Wed, 14 May 2025 16:15:22 GMT

Got a 10x multiplier on one of my two tickets for Friday.

The jackpot's gonna reset after Friday.

Comment #77

SoCola — Wed, 14 May 2025 15:13:13 GMT

I'm not overlooking it. While yes it could be and probably will be sometimes, they are selling less tickets with pretty much the same odds so that's the whole point, it is even more likely now that it will be won at a much higher jackpot because they are selling less tickets. More often than not they're going to get their bigger jackpots. People prove over and over they have short memories. What mega millions has done is the most logical for their objectives whether we personally like it or not.... [ More ]

Comment #76

JADELottery — Wed, 14 May 2025 14:35:59 GMT

An added feature to the Multiplier Madness...

Our state lottery, MN, no longer reports and records the multiplier.

Comment #75

billybucks — Wed, 14 May 2025 14:19:06 GMT

You're overlooking the fact that it could be hit at any time on the way to your stratospheric levels that you envision. If that happens a couple of times public sentiment will wane even more and it will just crawl slower each time that happens.

Comment #74

SoCola — Wed, 14 May 2025 14:08:13 GMT

I think things are mostly going to plan for them. They are selling less tickets but bringing in more money. I'm sure they expected the under $100M to be a slower pace. At this point the jackpots are funded. And at $200M it's going to start picking up the pace quite a bit. At $500M they're going to start really getting the results they want of much bigger increases when everyone on the sidelines jumps back in.

The odds of winning were 302M previously, now they are about 290M with half... [ More ]

Comment #73

JADELottery — Wed, 14 May 2025 12:59:31 GMT

They had to, we were calling them out on it.

Comment #72

CDanaT — Wed, 14 May 2025 12:55:06 GMT

On a good note, at least it went up more than $10M this time( $12M ) Not bad after 7 rolls

Comment #71

play4shekels — Wed, 14 May 2025 12:47:49 GMT

The 300% increase vs. what those 1.89 million winners would have won under the old prize structure is incorrect. I'm of the opinion that the MM spin doctors failed to consider that 25 % of those winners would have purchased the Megaplier (conservative figure based on similar jackpots as reported by USA Mega) and taken home another $6.6M in winnings based on an average 3x Megaplier. That would give us a realistic increase of closer to 175%.

Comment #70

hlamb — Wed, 14 May 2025 12:07:45 GMT

I played twice on the first draw with the new rules and didn't win squat. Furthermore both of my tickets one purchased on the Monday before, the other one on Tuesday the day of and both had a Multiplier of 2X. No 5X or 10X. Garbage

Comment #69

billybucks — Wed, 14 May 2025 11:49:31 GMT

They are getting themselves into a catch 22 situation. No one wants to play it because not enough others are playing it because the jackpot is not rising fast enough and that coupled with the 5.00 price tag has players brains deciding to play something else and are willing to wait for months it appears it is going to take to get it up to the level they feel has value. There are no lack of other options to play lotteries that costs less.

Comment #68

play4shekels — Wed, 14 May 2025 09:05:24 GMT

I'm guessing that the reason it's only going up $10M a draw is because [in order to start the jackpot at $50M instead of $20M] they have to float themselves a loan. Once that's paid back, you'll see the typical increases. Which should be after the jackpot hits $200M.

Comment #67

play4shekels — Wed, 14 May 2025 08:36:35 GMT

Jones Dairy Farm liverwurst, I hope.

Comment #66

play4shekels — Wed, 14 May 2025 08:24:11 GMT

You gotta feel sorry for the Media department over at MegaMillions central...things aren't going as planned and every two weeks they have to fabricate a new story about how fantastic the new price structure is.

I guess they think lottery players are primarily uneducated gambling addicts that will eventually believe the rosy picture they're trying desperately to paint. Just like a certain presidential administration that's no longer in power thought they could convince the masses that the U.... [ More ]

Comment #65

Participant — Wed, 14 May 2025 04:22:15 GMT

MM should treat itself to a sound and worthwhile feedback by visiting this page, and read for itself, the comments and opinions of what is arguably an assembly of hardcore, loyalists and vested lottery players, on the matter of its new $5/ticket escapades. It might learn a thing or more.

The new $5/ticket price is simply no longer attractive for many players and the need to flee the game now, is more compelling than ever.

Comment #64

PrisonerSix — Wed, 14 May 2025 03:17:17 GMT

Bought one and didn't match a single number.

Comment #63

lakerben — Wed, 14 May 2025 02:39:49 GMT

I bought 3 tickets.

Comment #62

dickblow — Wed, 14 May 2025 02:38:58 GMT

it all comes down to lottery a big ripoff next will be the powerball 5 bucks than pick 6 so forth

Comment #61

ShagE3 — Wed, 14 May 2025 01:57:01 GMT

I haven't played the new and improved MM at all ... I'm holding tight till it reaches 250 mil at which point I will purchase 1 ticket ...... I will buy 2 tickets when it hits 500 mil and 3 and 4 tickets at 750 and 1 bil. respectfully.

And if I were wise and more disciplined those figures would be for the cash value and not the annuity.

You gotta have a plan going into the lottery and this is my plan. Now everybody go out and do your part and buy MM now so that the jackpot will meet my t... [ More ]

Comment #60

PrisonerSix — Tue, 13 May 2025 23:08:46 GMT

That is a smart way to play. I had debated doing that too but at this time, I'm only playing occasionally.

I've only played the new MegaMillions 4 times since it started and haven't won anything yet. I had a vision of some numbers so I decided to play tonight. For the previous 4 tickets, I always got a 2X multiplier but for tonight, it gave me a 5X. Maybe this one will be lucky.

Comment #59

Tucker Black — Tue, 13 May 2025 22:37:24 GMT

They're winning more $ because the $1 extra for the multiplier is now mandatory. They say we're so nice, it's now included in the ticket price ... yeah and the price is higher; it's not free

Comment #58

mightwin1 — Tue, 13 May 2025 19:53:49 GMT

So less tickets are winning overall, but those that do win, are winning more $ basically.....

Comment #57

Ranett — Tue, 13 May 2025 18:25:15 GMT

Perceived value on this game is terrible, no getting around it.

Comment #56

Justing618 — Tue, 13 May 2025 18:24:11 GMT

Yea but what about the younger ones on fixed incomes and tight budgets. I get what your saying though.

Comment #55

billybucks — Tue, 13 May 2025 18:04:56 GMT

Most older fixed income people do not need `200 million so they just play the fantasy five games for 1.00 to get 5 out of 35 and `100k minimum which tides them over until too many doctor's appointments take their toll.

Comment #54

NJPiney — Tue, 13 May 2025 18:01:02 GMT

I still can't believe they didn't even up the 3rd level prize of 10k! At most you can get $100k for that $5 ticket, assuming you are lucky enough to even have the 10x printed on your play. And now they want to say players are enjoying it I would be fired from my job if I pulled an out of touch move like this lol

Comment #53

JustMaybe — Tue, 13 May 2025 17:47:38 GMT

In the previous MM, I used to buy one $3 ticket on Tuesday and Friday.

That was $6 a week.

With the new format and pricing, I buy one $5 ticket on Fridays only.

That's now $5 a week.

I get to keep $1 every week.

There is a positive side to everything, wink wink

Comment #52

Justing618 — Tue, 13 May 2025 17:44:22 GMT

I think you are 100 % correct. The high ticket price. Lets the lottery give the allure . That more people are winning. I wish someone could figure this part out. I bet it would surprise alotta folks......lll

Comment #51

Justing618 — Tue, 13 May 2025 17:40:45 GMT

I just picked my tickets up for the week at my local store using there kiosk. And I was thinking to myself. This is a complete waste. And it's not even about what I spend. It cost me exactly 19 bucks a week. For me this is no problem. The money part. To me it's the principle. They asked no one's feedback or took anything into consideration. They just raised the price. I just feel sorry for people who are on a fixed income or a tight budget. And this was there entertainment. I would imagine peopl... [ More ]

Comment #50

Think — Tue, 13 May 2025 17:34:23 GMT

Did I miss something or did they not say how many winning tickets there have been on this version compared to how many winning tickets there were on the last version.

I get that when you pay more you get bigger prizes but what I am not seeing is how many winning tickets have been sold for this version compared to how many winning tickets were sold for the last version.

I'm guessing that they deliberately did not disclose that because the total number of winners is way down.

Comment #49

konane — Tue, 13 May 2025 17:21:51 GMT

Why should I spend $5 hoping for a win just to have an RNG to tell me how many times my win will be multiplied IF I'm lucky enough to hit something? I was turned off on MM when it increased to $2.

I don't like the logic of the new MM game structure, and logic aside my gut says play Fantasy 5 for a single dollar where hitting 2 winning numbers generates a QP for the next draw.

Comment #48

Justing618 — Tue, 13 May 2025 17:21:40 GMT

I dunno man 5 bucks vs 2 bucks. You can get two powerball tickets. And have a buck left over for a local game. Time will tell though! Either way it's still a ripp off........

Comment #47

Justing618 — Tue, 13 May 2025 17:19:38 GMT

I watched last night. All the balls that where stuck on the sides of the machine just sat there. Mabye im wrong though. I'll explain it better. Cause I'll have a buncha utt uhh.... replys. With people trying to bicker and argue about it. The balls moved but looked like they stayed in the same order. Again I could be wrong......

Comment #46

billybucks — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:33:37 GMT

So the high jackpot seekers will just play the one with the highest carryover if they have to choose. Most play both of them anyway no matter what the jackpot is. If you are waiting for 2 billion dollar ones don't expect to play more than once a year.

Comment #45

heb1959 — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:26:50 GMT

Wait a minute they did mix the balls up on May 6 , 2025

Comment #44

heb1959 — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:17:33 GMT

And your still losing

Comment #43

heb1959 — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:15:37 GMT

They don't MIX THE BALLS UP, watch YouTube videos,,, they drop them in a cylinder and then turn them around in a circle,,

Comment #42

heb1959 — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:13:07 GMT

No you can't ,, how much was deducted for the education fund,, and employee pay, plus bonuses plus healthcare plus plus plus

Comment #41

heb1959 — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:11:08 GMT

Don't forget to minus the amount taken out for the education fund ,, and the amount paid to the employees

Comment #40

heb1959 — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:08:18 GMT

Watch the drawings on YouTube,, they don't MIX the balls up,, they drop them in a cylinder than turn them around in a circle ,, lottery scam ,

Comment #39

heb1959 — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:05:19 GMT

They don't MIX the balls up,, watch the drawings on YouTube,, they drop the balls in a cylinder than turn them around in a circle , the lottery is a scam,, they get bonuses when it gets over 1 billion rip off lottery

Comment #38

JADELottery — Tue, 13 May 2025 14:16:36 GMT

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?

No - None [ 31 ] [ 60.8% ]

Very Little - One Line [ 12 ] [ 23.5% ]

Some - I Cut Back [ 1 ] [ 2.0% ]

Yes - Business As Usual [ 7 ] [ 13.7% ]

Total valid votes [ 51 ]

At first, it was all about the 'JACKPOT'.

From what we were fed, it going to be Big Starting Jackpot, it's gonna be larger billion dollar mega-hyper-pots.

This was most likely t... [ More ]

Comment #37

billybucks — Tue, 13 May 2025 13:19:20 GMT

Do you really believe it will stop at 5.00. They will come up with some lucrative plan for secondary prizes to get the price of a ticket up to 8.00-10.00 by 2030. Just wait and see. Would you have believed when they came out with 1.00 scratch tickets that there would ever be 10.00 ones, then 25.00, then 50.00.

Comment #36

Powerball765 — Tue, 13 May 2025 13:15:41 GMT

Two simple answers

One you don't get $5 billion . Lump sum of that $2.5 billion. Forty percent tax left $1.5

Billion.

Two Nobody will call you because your secretary answers the phone in a different State lol

Me personally my phone is already on permanent Do Not Disturb for past Two years . Unless you beautiful then Emergency bypass

Comment #35

billybucks — Tue, 13 May 2025 13:12:35 GMT

No, what will happen is that it will get up to 700-800 million slowly and someone will take it down and deflate everyone who have been waiting for it to get to that coveted billion dollar mark so it now goes back to that paltry 50 million again and play slows down even more and it will take twice as long to get it back up there. Interest in the game will wane heavily.

Comment #34

billybucks — Tue, 13 May 2025 13:06:52 GMT

Why would anyone want to win 5 billion dollars. What could you possibly do with it. You'd still wake up in the morning to a phone call more than likely from someone pleading for money from you and that is how most of your day would go. Every day.

Comment #33

NJPiney — Tue, 13 May 2025 12:12:39 GMT

$5 for one play of a 1 in 300million draw game is hilarious

Comment #32

Powerball765 — Tue, 13 May 2025 11:35:32 GMT

Mega millions is now $5 per ticket and the record jackpot on Powerball was $2 billion so what could the record jackpot be on New $5 per ticket Mega millions before Christmas 2025

Great question! If **both Mega Millions and Powerball** hit **$1+ billion jackpots simultaneously** and **neither is won** for several draws, we could see an **unprecedented jackpot surge** possibly pushing Mega Millions toward **$5 billion** before Christmas 2025. Here s how:

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### **Key Factors Tha... [ More ]

Comment #31

winterhug — Tue, 13 May 2025 10:36:31 GMT

As of May 13, 2025, the Powerball jackpot is 106M and the Mega Million jackpot is 110M. With tonight's drawing yet to happen, it looks like it will only be a matter of days before the Powerball jackpot will over take that of Mega Millions if no one wins the Powerball jackpot. It is going to look really weird for the lottery with the lowest jackpot to cost more to play, than the one with the higher jackpot.

Comment #30

MsBee18 — Tue, 13 May 2025 09:36:49 GMT

I predict no price change. Players often respond negatively to price changes. Even going down in price could hurt the game.

Comment #29

Powerball765 — Tue, 13 May 2025 09:10:11 GMT

l decided to get a second opinion from my Ai friend so this is what it thinks

To estimate the potential **record jackpot** for the **Mega Millions** lottery (now **$5 per ticket**) by **Christmas 2025**, we need to consider:

### **Key Factors:**

1. **Current Mega Millions Jackpot Cap:**

- The **highest Mega Millions jackpot ever** was **$1.602 billion** (Aug 2023).

- **Powerball's record is $2.04 billion** (Nov 2022), but Mega Millions has different odds and growth rates.

2... [ More ]

Comment #28

Powerball765 — Tue, 13 May 2025 08:51:55 GMT

l hear your point. However between now and Christmas we have 32 weeks and since we have two play per week that is about 74 draws. This system is a completely different beast by itself people think the $10 million increase is small but we all forget that they at the same time pay out more in price per draw. Also just because something took 32 draws or three months before doesn't mean it will take the same now. There are about one in 300 million chance approximately to win the Jackpot. So if they... [ More ]

Comment #27

mypiemaster — Tue, 13 May 2025 08:15:47 GMT

It's a fact that the new MM has been paying more secondary prices than the old MM. But the main issue is that the new MM was so over-hyped that it put lovers of MM on a high jump. So when it came time to deliver, it left a lot of people feeling disappointed. Most of these prizes are 2X which drives me insane, because we already know that will happen. After checking my tickets after the new MM draws, I'm always left with the feeling of just having received half a kiss or being half pregnant. You... [ More ]

Comment #26

quicksloth35 — Tue, 13 May 2025 08:00:03 GMT

My sorta bold prediction: If any price change will occur in response to customer feedback, it will be down to $3. They will claim they listened to us, and are responding with cheaper cost in response to customer feedback. If this does occur, I still will not play, as they will have raised the price by $1. $0 to $2 or nothing at all.

Comment #25

KY Floyd — Tue, 13 May 2025 06:03:49 GMT

I might be wrong, but I think that is a crock of information.

They reduced the odds a bit and the tickets now cost 2.5 times as much as they used to. Or maybe 2.3 times as much is more accurate, since there were always some players that took the $3/ticket option and bought the megaplier. Based on that, the only thing that seems odds is having an increase in payouts fairly close to the increase in price/odds when they're only selling about 60% as many tickets.

Mega Millions says the jack... [ More ]

Comment #24

noise-gate — Tue, 13 May 2025 04:47:37 GMT

* If it's any comfort P6, Secretariat finished 4th in his 1st race.

Comment #23

CDanaT — Tue, 13 May 2025 04:07:22 GMT

No Maddog. It's 100% correct. Before I did not spend $2 and now I don't spend $5

Comment #22

PrisonerSix — Tue, 13 May 2025 04:04:58 GMT

I've played 3 times and didn't win anything.

Comment #21

noise-gate — Tue, 13 May 2025 02:28:57 GMT

* I have played one line of MM since the increase have won $15 $20. Prior to that, l played at $2.00 a pop and won nothing in over a year. Long story short: l am winning, and l can't argue with that.

Comment #20

Powerball765 — Tue, 13 May 2025 01:40:54 GMT

l put my Money where my bet is So here is the deal we make a $200 side bet that it will get to $4 billion before this Christmas lol not a lot of money but at least some Bragging rights

Comment #19

Petrust99 — Tue, 13 May 2025 01:29:09 GMT

Yea 4 or 5 billion Jackpot,you have to wait till next year Christmas ok....

Comment #18

Petrust99 — Tue, 13 May 2025 01:22:34 GMT

No,it likes the old train up the hill with $10M each time roll. Forget the billion Jackpot ...

Comment #17

Justing618 — Tue, 13 May 2025 01:11:06 GMT

Smart man right there

Comment #16

THRIFTY — Tue, 13 May 2025 01:08:26 GMT

I am spending $5 annually on Mega Millions. Good luck

Comment #15

Powerball765 — Tue, 13 May 2025 01:06:54 GMT

l perfectly understands the $10 million increase at Moment but you need to understand something else increase is based on current sales so tomorrow increases is not going to be like today's increase matter of fact this could be minimum increase so you haven't even seen a record increase. Life is based on Data. My point is it will take till December 2025 to begin to see the full six month Data. And have made my Calculations and we will see a $4 billion Jackpot or $5 billion Jackpot by Christmas 2... [ More ]

Comment #14

Todd — Tue, 13 May 2025 01:04:56 GMT

It's just math, and like I had mentioned in another reply, you can check the numbers yourself at USA Mega. If you find anything that doesn't match what is in the article, definitely let us know. But if it matches with your calculations, we'd love to know that too.

Comment #13

MADDOG10 — Tue, 13 May 2025 00:58:40 GMT

You really need to get serious, with it only moving up 10 million every draw.

Comment #12

Powerball765 — Tue, 13 May 2025 00:56:44 GMT

What people don't understand about this Mega million is Yes it could be climbing the hill slowly like a truck but guess what will happen if it gets to $1billion they will have a New problem When Nobody can win it and it grows to $4,000,000,0000 eventually that will happen before December 2025 my Prediction

Comment #11

MADDOG10 — Tue, 13 May 2025 00:56:34 GMT

As to where the second tier prizes are better than the old format.