Mega Billions

Reply #21

tg636 — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:20:12 GMT

http://forbes.com/home/billionaires/2005/03/09/bill05land.htmlEven the biggest Megamillions winner is a drop in the bucket to the really rich.

Reply #20

JAG331 — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 03:06:37 GMT

I think huge odds could be successful if you had two jackpots. California makes this possible for Mega Millions. You could have a rolling jackpot similar to the current one, odds of 1:135,000,000, and then another rolling jackpot with odds of 1:1,000,000,000 that would just roll on forever and ever. 70% of the jackpot money could go to the regular 1:135M odds, which, when California joins, could mean similar rolls to what we see now. Then 30% would go into the mega jackpot which would roll unt... [ More ]

Reply #19

CASH Only — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 01:45:24 GMT

Or maybe a Canadian will win, and they'll donate it to Windsor.

Reply #18

keepitreal — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 01:26:43 GMT

Said it go pass 1 billions said 1.5 billions. They don't get that much. They take alot outta it for taxes but still like 500 Millions is alot. I think they should go with it. See who will get all that money. I think someone from Detroit should win and then give money to rebuild Detroit.

Reply #17

CASH Only — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 01:17:55 GMT

tg:Hot Lotto, not Mass Megais bad$.

Reply #16

tg636 — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:47:50 GMT

The problem is this is too much. Too long odds, too much money for any single person. If anything like this ever happened, I'll stop any Mega game and go something smaller and saner.

Reply #15

ryanm — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:19:52 GMT

If Mega Millions goes higher than 1 in 200 million, I will stop playing.

Reply #14

Blalron — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 23:35:42 GMT

I think 200 million or so should be enough to satisfy ANYBODY.

Reply #13

CASH Only — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 20:26:05 GMT

We'll never have a world lottery.

Reply #12

Annual Payments — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 05:44:34 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by ryanm on March 8, 2005Quote: Originally posted by DoctorEw220 on March 7, 2005i think it could work, but maybe if it were something along the lines of 5/99+1/70. the odds would be really hard, but it wuld mean huge jackpot runs. The odds of matching all six numbers would then be 1 in 5,006,620,080!wow!!! I think that would work with if we had a world lottery. But that does seem a bit steep.There would be absolutely no way I would take cash on a billion dollar jackp... [ More ]

Reply #11

ryanm — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:42:51 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by DoctorEw220 on March 7, 2005i think it could work, but maybe if it were something along the lines of 5/99+1/70. the odds would be really hard, but it wuld mean huge jackpot runs. The odds of matching all six numbers would then be 1 in 5,006,620,080

Reply #10

dvdiva — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 07:06:59 GMT

More like mega-assinine.I doubt any game will jump over the 1:200 million mark any time soon. But that's really over the top.The highest I could ever see a game hitting is maybe close to the 300 million mark. Might work though if it's China's or India's national lottery. With over a billion potential players you would have to have high odds.

Reply #9

DoctorEw220 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 23:05:46 GMT

i think it could work, but maybe if it were something along the lines of 5/99+1/70. the odds would be really hard, but it wuld mean huge jackpot runs.

Reply #8

twisted — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 21:34:12 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by jsk2001 on March 7, 2005........if I did win, i'd better stay inside for awhile Only if you have clouds over you. Otherwise, enjoy your newfound wealth.

Reply #7

jsk2001 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 19:37:13 GMT

ODDS OF BECOMING A LIGHTNING VICTIMU.S. 2000 Census population 280,000,000Odds of being struck by lightning in a given year (reported deaths + injuries) 1/700,000Odds of being struck by lightning in a given year (estimated total deaths + injuries) 1/240,000Odds of being struck in your lifetime (Est. 80 years) 1/3000Odds you will be affected by someone being struck (Ten people affected for every one struck)if I did win, i'd better stay inside for awhile

Reply #6

ryanm — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 18:46:28 GMT

635.6 million to one odds!!? Are you f**king crazy!!? There's almost no way anyone can win that! The only people who want $1 billion jackpots are the lottery folks so they can make more money off of people's stupidity.

Reply #5

jsk2001 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:48:24 GMT

5+2 seems like the next stepEuro Millions is 5/50 + 2/9

Reply #4

CASH Only — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 14:35:22 GMT

Euro Millions has the 5+2 format.

Reply #3

golotto — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 08:50:37 GMT

I'd certainly participate in the 5+2 game (if the tickets were priced the same as Powerball) with those odds only when the jackpot was $250 Million or greater.

Reply #2

jsk2001 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 05:18:50 GMT

Some more possible namesSuper BillionsJumbo JackpotPowerbillionsPowerballs

Reply #1

JimmySand9 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 04:17:48 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by JAG331 on March 6, 2005 Thank you for joining us, tonight's Mega Billions drawing jackpot is an estimated 1 billion 588 milllllllllllion dollars, and the first number up is...Geez. That doesn't sound like Glenn Burns. Were planning on replacing him with, like, Champ Kind

Mega Billions

JAG331 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 04:03:27 GMT

Here's a format that Powerball or Mega Millions could adopt.5/50 + 2/25.Match 5+2: Odds 1:635,628,000. Rolling jackpot, minimum $50,000,000.Match 5+1: Odds 1:13,818,000. $2,000,000 payout!Match 5+0: Odds around 1:2,500,000. $300,000 payout!Additional payouts for 4+2, 4+1, 4+0, so on and so forth, down to 1+1.$2,000,000 for second prize! And who wouldn't want to play for a jackpot that rolls to one or two billion!It's a deceptively simple matrix, and the lottery could afford to pay out 50-55... [ More ]