Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $24 Million

Comment #13

fja — Tue, 18 May 2004 18:49:29 GMT

right you are

Comment #12

DoctorEw220 — Tue, 18 May 2004 05:17:31 GMT

http://www.megamillions.com/player/news_alert_detail.asp?artid=644i believe it happened on nov. 11. 2003.

Comment #11

DoctorEw220 — Tue, 18 May 2004 05:15:40 GMT

actually, it had. a $70 million jackpot was shared by 3 tickets. one person in GA had 2 of them, and one person in MI had the other one.

Comment #10

Todd — Tue, 18 May 2004 04:22:08 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by whodeani on May 17, 2004What sort of surprises me is that yes the rollovers are bigger which can only mean more sales are being produced, but at the same time when the jackpots get up to the $200 million and it is won, as of late the jackpot has been won by one person. It seems as of late that both Mega Millions and Powerball last few large jackpots (over $200 million) have only sold one winning ticket. If more people are playing then wouldn't logic and probability su... [ More ]

Comment #9

ryanm — Tue, 18 May 2004 04:20:16 GMT

If there were usually multiple winners on a large jackpot, then wouldn't it make sense that someone would win the jackpot before it got that large? BTW, the last time the Powerball jackpot was > $200 million was on New Year's Eve 2003, and that jackpot was split between two winners.

Comment #8

whodeani — Tue, 18 May 2004 00:36:02 GMT

What sort of surprises me is that yes the rollovers are bigger which can only mean more sales are being produced, but at the same time when the jackpots get up to the $200 million and it is won, as of late the jackpot has been won by one person. It seems as of late that both Mega Millions and Powerball last few large jackpots (over $200 million) have only sold one winning ticket. If more people are playing then wouldn't logic and probability suggest that there would be multiple winners on a larg... [ More ]

Comment #7

RJOh — Mon, 17 May 2004 23:48:55 GMT

Don't forget about those out of state players like me that played for 3-4 advanced drawings when the jackpot reached $200 to save an extra drive back if the jackpot rolled over 2-3 more times.RJOh

Comment #6

twisted — Mon, 17 May 2004 20:20:05 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by CASH Only on May 17, 2004twisted:Actually, I once read that lottery sales drop almost 10 percent in the summer, due to vacations.Really? I always thought that the summer brought more money for the lotteries. But ofcourse I dont have anything to back that up with. Maybe you are right.

Comment #5

CASH Only — Mon, 17 May 2004 20:13:48 GMT

twisted:Actually, I once read that lottery sales drop almost 10 percent in the summer, due to vacations.

Comment #4

twisted — Mon, 17 May 2004 20:09:17 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by DoctorEw220 on May 17, 2004it's not just TN. it's all of the states, even the USVI (even though it isn't a state). one state cannot carry a multi-state game.Sure it cant carry a multi-state game, but since it brings a new pool of customers that didnt have a chance to play a lottery before, and also neighboring states that dont have a lottery, I would say Tennessee is a big part of the new BIG rollovers. And I do agree that all other states are seeing an increase in... [ More ]

Comment #3

golotto — Mon, 17 May 2004 18:52:58 GMT

and Wi

Comment #2

DoctorEw220 — Mon, 17 May 2004 18:07:03 GMT

it's not just TN. it's all of the states, even the USVI (even though it isn't a state). one state cannot carry a multi-state game.

Comment #1

twisted — Mon, 17 May 2004 16:37:47 GMT

WOW. The sales seem to be very strong and the rollovers are getting bigger and bigger. THANK YOU TENNESSEE

Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $24 Million

Lottery Post — Mon, 17 May 2004 11:41:36 GMT

America's favorite lottery game is on a roll again. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 370,808 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.4 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $24 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, May 19 drawing will be an estimated $12.2 million.The numbers drawn were: 1, 26, 27, 43, 46, and the Powerball was 31. The Power Play multi... [ More ]