How many people no longer play the MM Megaplier or PB Powerplay option?

Reply #21

Ronnie316 — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:49:08 GMT

You do understand that the reason they want to bonus ball you for an extra dollar, is because they make millions more that way?? I'm going for the JP and any other prize I may win is a consolation prize and I will take whatever it happens to be. (if any

Reply #20

Stack47 — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:28:05 GMT

I look at this way; which prize am I most likely to win and that's matching the bonus number or 1 + 1 and since I can't buy another ticket for a $1, using Powerplay is a no brainer. With your method any PB hit you get will cover a week's worth of play on both games and still have a chance at winning $1 million in all 4 drawings.

Reply #19

rdgrnr — Sat, 26 May 2012 15:46:20 GMT

Yeah, it comes down to what you want to spend at one time.

I play a month at a time on PB and MM, two lines each, one birthdays and one QP.

That came to $54 for PB with Powerplay and $36 for MM with Megaplier for this month

That comes to $90 total for both games for the month and that's acceptable for me.

And I don't buy any extra tickets unless I get lower tier wins.

Reply #18

weshar75 — Sat, 26 May 2012 04:21:20 GMT

I play mega and powerball with the multipliers on them because I want the most prize for my dollar. Since you will not always win the jackpot when your numbers come up it is nice to have the extra money from the multipliers then just the base prize for your win.-weshar75

Reply #17

Ronnie316 — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:45:12 GMT

That is a very good point, now that Im only playing 2 lines it is a good idea BUT I play 10 draws at a time and it makes a $20 MM ticket $40. and with that extra $20. I could pay for half of the PB ticket playing 2 lines.

So the cost is either $60. every 5 week or $100. every 5 weeks.

And the extra $40. could cause me give up to quit playing, so it is not worth it to me.

Reply #16

topnail — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:11:45 GMT

if any one like to spend 1 dollar extra

play powerplay are better add

because they only have 35 number on the powerball

more change to win the second prize

Reply #15

rdgrnr — Sat, 26 May 2012 01:54:47 GMT

I play both the Powerplay on Powerball and the Megaplier on MegaMillions on all my tickets.

I only play two lines on each game so it's not a big expense. If I played a lot of lines I might reconsider.

But as others said, I consider the extra buck for a different game with a 2 million dollar prize on Powerball and a 1 million dollar prize on MegaMillions.

And it makes the difference between 10k and 40k if you get 4 numbers and the Powerball and a possibility for the same on MM if you get... [ More ]

Reply #14

maximumfun — Sat, 26 May 2012 01:22:56 GMT

I'm with DCF. before I put myself on a budget i would play the megaplyer, powerplay... then powerball was announced to increase, and i simply decided to spend 2$ per drawing... so **if** i were to play an extra 1$ play it would be on megamillions and i would skip the powerball boost cut its already a 1M 2nd tier prize.

Reply #13

Ronnie316 — Sat, 26 May 2012 01:00:59 GMT

I never played multipliers in the first place shy so I don't how I could stop.

I did go through a phase for a few months when I thought, I will just go ahead and give them double the money for the same ticket and I felt almost as stupid as I do when I act nuts and buy 100 or more lines all at one time.

So my permanent goal is to play the same 2 lines ($2.) on all future MM draws.

That's $104. per year if anyone is counting.

I would like to spend $2000. all at one time just to say I d... [ More ]

Reply #12

haymaker — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:56:01 GMT

@ Dcf

Sounds like 2 boys need more chores to do, each by himself,

that makes the work harder,

after they'll be glad to have a partner.

Reply #11

rad242 — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:34:08 GMT

Deduct a dollar out of each son's allowance and get in on this 128m dollar jackpot!

Their penalty = Your Treat

No need to thank me for my BRILLIANCE

Reply #10

dallascowboyfan — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:30:13 GMT

Hi shy, after the powerball increase I stopped power playing however I still megaply.

Reply #9

shyguitar — Fri, 25 May 2012 22:59:39 GMT

Hi Haymaker,

I understand why you play the megaplier since I had been doing that for both

games until recently. Now I'm just afraid that I will be pissed if instead of 250K I could have

won 1million if I had spent the extra dollar if my 5 numbers ever come up for second place. You

are right that when you do play the MP you are playing for both the JP and second tier prize, though

even without the MP you still are playing for both prizes. Somehow in my mind it makes it easier

to... [ More ]

Reply #8

shyguitar — Fri, 25 May 2012 22:53:18 GMT

Hi HoLeeKau,

Thanks for clarifying that. I do understand wanting to spend less on the lottery and can do that

more by just buying the regular ticket for MM or PB.

Reply #7

haymaker — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:59:27 GMT

when i first heard of megaplier, i said i would'nt play,

after i understood it better i chose to play it on each ticket,

my wife does'nt play it, she only wants the JP.

i come to realize that when you play the MP, you're really playing 2 games,

1 for the JP and 1 for the 5+0

rarely play powerball, did 1 last week and i did incl. the PP

Reply #6

HoLeeKau — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:54:25 GMT

When it was first available in Idaho, the 5+0 prize was attached to the multiplier, so if the 2X came up you'd only get 500K anyway (or was it $400K? I don't remember), so my reasoning was why not just buy 2 tickets for an extra chance. I didn't realize that at some point it became an automatic million until just a few months ago. I dunno why I didn't start buying it when I found out - I guess I just don't want to spend more $$$ on lottery at this point.

Reply #5

shyguitar — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:40:32 GMT

Hi HoLeeKau,

I'm curious as to why you never played the MM multiplier since you stated that you use to buy

the PB Powerplay before the price increase in order to get 1 million on the secondary prize and you

can get the 1 million on second prize if you do the MM multiplier? I certainly understand the price increase

issue that's why I've had to go to regular play only.

Reply #4

HoLeeKau — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:33:10 GMT

I've never played the MM multiplier. I started buying the PB powerplay when it became an automatic million if you hit 5+0. I bought it on every single ticket up until the price increase. Now I don't buy it on either game.

Reply #3

shyguitar — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:31:57 GMT

Hi nsv314,

It sounds like you would be happy to win the 250K, and as you stated, to have

the chance to have a couple chances of winning or save the dollar for next time. That sounds

very reasonable. I've been feeling good when I just put down my one dollar like I did today

when I bought my MM ticket, can still feel like I'm in the game (try not to think of the enormous

odds of winning and always hope for the best).

Reply #2

rad242 — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:28:13 GMT

Same here.

This would be more succesful as a poll and bloggers still get to post comments as well.

Reply #1

nsv314 — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:23:37 GMT

I've never played the Megaplier or Powerplay.

Always figured it made more sense to use the extra dollar to buy another number combination instead. I'd rather have 2 chances to win $250K than 1 chance to win $250K times the multiplier, I guess.

(Or, save the dollar to play the next drawing.

How many people no longer play the MM Megaplier or PB Powerplay option?

shyguitar — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:21:10 GMT

Hi,

I was wondering how many people have stopped playing the MM Megaplier or

PB Powerplay option. I had always played both of those options until more recently.

I always was hoping for the second prize so thought it made sense to spend the extra

dollar on each. Well since my luck for the last number of months has not been good I've

decided to just skip those options and just play regular MM and PB. I wish the secondary

prize for MM without the Megaplier could be 1 million inste... [ More ]