Megamillions at 88 million

Reply #16

Jake649 — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 17:56:45 GMT

twisted,I agree with the market value influence on the annunity values. We also also both agree that California has and will have an impact on the size of the jackpot.Where we differ is on the size of the impact. I hope you are right and California has a large impact and we see a very large jackpot.I am still hoping to try out the 500 Group even though there was not a big response from my earlier proposal.Good luck,Jake

Reply #15

twisted — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:49:11 GMT

The reason why the annuity jackpot estimate it not increasing as fast as before is because the current market value of government securities required to fund the annual installments is decreasing. This means it takes more cash today to fund a $10 million annuity jackpot than it did a year or two ago. But if you track the cash value of the jackpots, I think the addition of California has had a impact. But after the jackpot crosses $100 million, I think California will have an even greater impact.... [ More ]

Reply #14

Jake649 — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 14:21:35 GMT

twisted,My estimate tried to account for California sales. The current 15 roll record is $294 million. I estimate the record will be exceeded by about $30 million giving a 15 roll estimate of $324 million. This is keeping in mind that the current jackpot progression is tracking less than the current roll records and California has been buy tickets for 5 draws.Good luck,Jake

Reply #13

twisted — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:00:11 GMT

We still dont know how California will react and how it will affect sales when the jackpot is above $100 million, $200 million or $300 million. I'm gonna say if it rolls for 6 more times the jackpot will be very close to $400 million if not over.

Reply #12

Jake649 — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:16:45 GMT

visiondude,According to my stats, the jackpot may be over $315 million on July 29. This requires 6 more rollovers of the jackpot.Good luck,Jake

Reply #11

visiondude — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 07:06:48 GMT

dvdiva, (or any other ace lottery statisticians),how many more rollovers in the current mega millions run before we get into the single biggest jack territory ?thanks...20/20

Reply #10

ryanm — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 04:23:26 GMT

Yep, that is very possible. There's a good chance this run may go to at least $300 million.

Reply #9

Tnplayer805 — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:34:21 GMT

I wouldn't worry about it. Looks like it will hit MS or AL coast. Looks like it's about time to travel to GA for a ticket or two.

Reply #8

vbmx — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 23:51:10 GMT

i wonder if with the increased odds, we'll finally see a jackpot reaching the half a billion mark.specially with cali, i bet we can get there in about a month if no one keeps winning.

Reply #7

dvdiva — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 23:32:11 GMT

The big test will be if it takes 3 or 4 drawings to go from 100 to 199 million.

Reply #6

bks2 — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:31:59 GMT

If noone wins friday night, the Jackpot will probably jump to 106 million. I think it will really start going crazy when it gets over a hundred million, at least the first few times till the people from California get used to the larger jackpots.When the California super lotto got over a hundred million it would jump over 30 million just by instate purchases.

Reply #5

Deadsantaclaus — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:18:51 GMT

Impressive jump and if it breaks a hundred for Tuesday It's road trip time! Of course Hurricane Dennis may alter those plans just a bit

Reply #4

JAG331 — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 15:50:35 GMT

HAHA! Now that's the jump I've been looking for! I was getting a bit worried with the 53-63-73m jackpots.

Reply #3

ryanm — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 15:19:19 GMT

Oh yeah, California is really starting to affect rollovers now

Reply #2

vbmx — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:55:58 GMT

they have my dollar :)and they will twice a week til someone wins.

Reply #1

Jake649 — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:54:35 GMT

I was expecting the Mega Millions lottery to have set some new records by now. It is close though with the $88 million jackpot after 9 rolls. The current record is $90 million for Mega Millions after 9 rolls. The Powerball record is $86.3 million.Good luck,Jake

Megamillions at 88 million

dvdiva — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 05:25:27 GMT

Quite a jump. Hasn't jumped 15 million at this level for a long time. Maybe if it gets past the 100 millon level it could really take off.