Which change in Megamillions or Powerball

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CASH Only — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:18:38 GMT

In the case of NY Lotto 6/59, too few care about the paltry lower prizes.

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DoctorEw220 — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 03:56:09 GMT

exactly. most people just care about the jackpot.

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ayenowitall — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 03:21:21 GMT

dvdiva,Most players are pretty much oblivious or indifferent to the odds of the big jackpot games like Powerball and Mega Millions. If the odds made much of a difference to any of us, we probably wouldn't be playing these games at all because we'd be concerned about the huge disparity between odds of the games and the payoff odds, particularly for the secondary prizes. Most people recoginze that dumb luck is a huge factor and they just hope that luck will smile on them.I wouldn't think it would... [ More ]

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CASH Only — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 22:24:51 GMT

diva:I expect the next change to both games to be a doubling of price.

Which change in Megamillions or Powerball

dvdiva — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 06:16:54 GMT

I was wondering what change in Megamillions or Powerball would be worse for most players. A change in the odds to be between 150 and 180 million to one or changing the price. I personally would hope they would NOT change the price since that's one form of inflation I dont want to see.