I wonder if the Powerball will reach epic proportions?

Reply #13

KY Floyd — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:32:20 GMT

PB being offered in more states may make it easy for people from out of state to drive to a PB state, but there are at least two probems with that helping PB more than it helps MM. One is that only a small percentage of tickets are sold to people from out of state, especially when the jackpot is less than 150 million or so. The other is that the people from PB states can drive to a MM state just as easily, so it works both ways. Those small northeastern states does mean that anyone from the l... [ More ]

Reply #12

LckyLary — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:34:45 GMT

Sorry; I meant to say I predict some players in WV would match the bonus ball. ANYWAY, one thing that HELPS the PB jackpot accelerate is the PowerPlay option, that will pour a lot of money in early on. I tend to drop PowerPlay when the jackpot is high because then I prefer more chances at the jackpot for the same cost than a chance to multiply a lesser prize.

Reply #11

LckyLary — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 02:14:59 GMT

You would have to have statistics on total sales vs. MM. One major thing holding back Powerball is the rolldown feature that kicks in. If it got to the triggering level (its previous record) it would need at least 2 more rollovers to overtake the last Mega. I predict a winner tonight in West Virginia, and the bonus ball to be 01 and one of the white balls to be 26.

Reply #10

jarasan — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 02:03:08 GMT

Powerball and Mega are around the corner. I am 10 miles from three state lotteries two A rated and one F rated.

Reply #9

Guru101 — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:30:53 GMT

The keyword here is states . Just the fact alone that a lot more states play PowerBall give the people who live in a state that plays Mega Millions more opportunities to go cross border and get a PowerBall ticket, especially in the north eastern states since those states are smaller. There are more people who live in a Mega Millions state that don't have to make as long of a round trip to get a PowerBall ticket than the people who live in states with PowerBall making a trip to get a MegaMillion... [ More ]

Reply #8

stephi — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:54:21 GMT

thanks y'all for all y'alls' answers.

Reply #7

KY Floyd — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:03:45 GMT

As guesser say, it's not the number of states. The states that MM is sold in have a population of about 155 million, which is more than half of the people in the country. What matters is how many tickets are sold and what the odds are. The odds for PB make it more likely to be won with sales of any given amount, but if MM sells 100 million tickets and PB sells 50 million, there's a better chance that MM will be hit. Probability only suggests what will happen, but in theory either game could be... [ More ]

Reply #6

ryanm — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:31:38 GMT

Last year, Powerball was hit only 10 times, while Mega Millions was hit a record 15 times.

In 2005, Powerball was hit a record 14 times, while Mega Millions was hit only 9 times.

Reply #5

guesser — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:12:30 GMT

'Very high' is a relative term, I'd be happy as a clam for 15 mill. or 200,000.00

I have not compared the states involved between the two games, but it isn't the number of states - it's the number of people in those combined states, or rather, the number of people buying tickets in those states.

Reply #4

spy153 — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:45:19 GMT

I don't think it will get very high this time. Maybe later in the year. Maybe. Either one, I would like to win.

Reply #3

Guru101 — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:30:25 GMT

PowerBall is hit more because of 2 reasons:

1. The odds of winning PowerBall's jackpot is 1 : 146,107,962 compared to 1 : 175,711,536 for Mega Millions jackpot.

2. A lot more states play PowerBall than Mega Millions.

Reply #2

delS — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:41:25 GMT

People use to say the same thing about Mega Millions. It goes in cycles.

Reply #1

DoubleDown — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:14:32 GMT

My vote is no.

For some reason, PB seems to get hit more. Maybe part of it is the fact that it is played in much more states than MM....

For some silly reason, MM seems harder to hit.

I wonder if the Powerball will reach epic proportions?

stephi — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:50:27 GMT

I just wonder since MM reached 300 million plus this year. I wonder if Powerball will match it this year.