How High Will You Go?

Reply #10

spy153 — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:36:09 GMT

my vote made it a dead even race. Oh let the fun begin.

Reply #9

winner06 — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:36:21 GMT

It does not matter to me I think the Power of Energy to want, ask and recieve is not for me! cuz i can't even get a p3 or p4 imagine trying for mega bucks...the universe is not on my side...too much going out and nothing coming back in....low blow...Their is no such thing as a Secret

Reply #8

Just6ntlc — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:08:46 GMT

My vote is for PB. I hope PB rolls to 390+ million.

Reply #7

guesser — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:13:15 GMT

'We know better but people do assume when more tickets are sold than possible combinations, the jackpot must be hit.'

No, not when people buy the same exact combinations as other people.

You can bet there were multiple sales of 5-8-24-25-48, 2-7-21-29-31, 6-9*-16-17-26 and I am sure I can think of others. I am sure 3 and 8 are hit very hard - probably along with 29, 31 and maybe 20.

I have certain criteria I play - the actual number does not matter one bit - whatever fits in the crit... [ More ]

Reply #6

KY Floyd — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:22:50 GMT

Since only 45 people matched all 5 white balls and two of those picked mega ball 20 we know that at least two mega balls weren't picked. Simple probability says that some of the other mega balls would have been played two or three times if they were all chosen randomly. We know that a lot of people play special numbers, so selections aren't random, and that increases duplication.

Because there are only about 3.9 million combinations for white balls there would have been massive duplicati... [ More ]

Reply #5

Stack47 — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:33:03 GMT

The number of winners is related to ticket sales by the odds, so higher sales will generally mean more winners. With sales of 212 million tickest for MM and 1 in 3,904,701 odds of matching 5+0 we could have expected 54 winners. The 43 we had was lower than expected, but that's how probability works.

If all the matching 5 combinations were sold with all the mega balls, there should have been 45 tickets matching 5+0. And since there was 2 jackpot winners, some of the matching 5+0 probably ha... [ More ]

Reply #4

twisted — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:47:48 GMT

MM will be the first to $500 million. Powerball might be able to make it, but not in the next couple of years. The reason why Powerball wont make it to $500 million anytime soon is the cap rule. They will need 3 or more record jackpot runs before it makes it to $500 million.

Reply #3

KY Floyd — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:12:14 GMT

The last roll of MM increased the (annuity) jackpot by about $115 million, which means that if it had rolled it would definitely have gone past $500 million. Even with 212 million tickets sold there was at least a 1 in 3 chance of rolling, so I'd say that reaching $500 million is a foregone conclusion. The only question is when it will happen and which game will do it first. The higher odds say MM is more likely to roll, but the longer annuity payout for PB let's them inflate the advertised j... [ More ]

Reply #2

Todd — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:46:45 GMT

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Coin Toss — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:13:31 GMT

My vote was No, neither.....but I want to add that's assuming the present game, present matrixes. I can see one or both of them changing to rev up interest, people are getting numb to jackpot news and it takes larger amounts to stir interest.

If this happens it will be good for the lotteries only and not the players, but with those kind of jackpot amounts more and more neophyte and occassional players will get involved.

How High Will You Go?

mylollipop — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:43:27 GMT

So close to the 400.00 million mark. MEgaMillions. Wish you had gone all the way to $400 mil plus. I think that if the jackpots got really big, there would be more 5 number winner payouts? Just my thoughts. I never worry about the numbers, stats, odds, etc. I just play and win here and there.