The New Mega Millions Game - So Do You Like It Or Not?

Reply #159

sully16 — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 03:36:32 GMT

lol, yep

Reply #158

rdgrnr — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 03:28:26 GMT

Yeah, just the threat will usually get the job done, lol.

Reply #157

sully16 — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 03:23:00 GMT

lol, the good news, I've never used and probably never will.

Reply #156

rdgrnr — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 03:18:46 GMT

Man, you go right to the nuclear option, don't ya

Reply #155

IPlayWeekly — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 20:14:27 GMT

I personally like it, easier to win lower tier prizes... I play 5 tickets per draw with the multiplier. MM is the only game I play, gave up PB and Classic Lotto for the new year.

Reply #154

Candlelight777 — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 17:46:43 GMT

I haven't won anything since the change and it certainly has caused me to pull back how many tickets i buy per draw. I always play a couple tickets though just to be in the game. Like the old saying you can't win if you don't play. Unfortunately, the winning part on any level is just not happening though and in time, i may just burn out on playing at all

Reply #153

sully16 — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 17:01:03 GMT

I am so happy your back.

Reply #152

jrosina — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 16:49:58 GMT

Thank you Sully16, I want you to win big too and I know you will! I just know it

Reply #151

sully16 — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 16:37:06 GMT

lol, I hope you win big.

Reply #150

jrosina — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 16:34:03 GMT

Yes, My Sully16! And no partaking in the Money Winnings

Reply #149

IPlayWeekly — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 16:31:26 GMT

The only game I play

Reply #148

Win$500Quick — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 15:48:48 GMT

I don't like the new matrix. But the megaplier option is probably the key to winning a few million dollars.

Reply #147

sully16 — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 14:37:20 GMT

lol, no money, no honey.

Reply #146

jrosina — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 13:58:57 GMT

Reply #145

rdgrnr — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 03:14:32 GMT

You know who will be a lot more understanding after you win the big one, Rosie.

Reply #144

jrosina — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 02:40:02 GMT

OH and I will spend every dime I can wrestle away from you know who rd

Reply #143

jrosina — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 02:36:06 GMT

OH, yes!!!! Just have to wait a little longer for the digits to show me their Pattern

but they already showed me they will! So Heck Yes I like it my rd

Reply #142

rdgrnr — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:45:22 GMT

Thank you, Carvella, and Happy New Year to you too

Reply #141

DG1USA — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 01:33:00 GMT

You are too funny! Happy, Healthy, Wealthy 2014 to everyone

Reply #140

LottoBoner — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 08:09:51 GMT

I dont like it per se. But its better than a sharp stick in the eye.

I generally like to play a $2 dollar wheel, so I am kind of partial to MM.

Besides NY never had PB for a long time, so I am not going to go out of my way to play their game.

They came to New York set the bait and changed the price. FU!!

I would rather play two virtually useless tickets instead of one virtually useless ticket.

I would rather play four useless lines instead of two useless lines.

Besides I am get... [ More ]

Reply #139

LottoBoner — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 08:06:56 GMT

I dont like it per se. But its better than a sharp stick in the eye.

I like generally like to play a $2 dollar wheel, so I am kind of partial to MM.

Besides NY never had PB for a long time, so I am not going to go out of my way to play their game.

They came to New York set the bait and changed the price. FU!!

I would rather play two virtually useless tickets instead of one virtually useless ticket.

I would rather play four useless lines instead of two useless lines.

Besides I a... [ More ]

Reply #138

rdgrnr — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 12:49:11 GMT

I sincerely hope you do, Cheryl.

Good luck

Reply #137

cheryl59 — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 11:24:44 GMT

Not sure yet ....ask me after I WIN

Reply #136

psykomo — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 01:21:40 GMT

CC:

good question...butt, hope everyone luv's the CHANGE

Reply #135

SergeM — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 01:19:43 GMT

Does it pay was the question.

If I take out my 4/5 from MadDog10's competition where I didn't want to post the MB, my calculation is:

4/5 paid 500 for one line of 4/5 if not full system.

The odds for this were 1:52834,9.

In a fair game you might expect 52,834.90 dollars.

If they keep half of the cash, you still expect 26,400.00 dollars, I rounded.

26,400 - 500 = 25,900 dollars that I am missing.

On the top you say that you pay taxes on the winnings, so it is getting worse.... [ More ]

Reply #134

SergeM — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 01:02:28 GMT

Probability proportional

MM MB yes MB no MB yes MB no MB yes MB no

5 1 14 0,0000000039 0,0000000541 1:258890850 1:18492203,6

4 350 4900 0,0000013519 0,0000189269 1:739688,1 1:52834,9

3 24150 338100 0,0000932826 0,0013059558 1:10720,1 1:765,7

2 547400 7663600 0,0021144046 0,0296016642 1:472,9 1:33,8

1 4584475 64182650 0,0177081384 0,2479139375 1:56,5 1:4

0 12103014 169442196 0,0467494854 0,6544927949 1:21,4 1:1,5

5 numbers + Mega Ball $230 MillionR... [ More ]

Reply #133

SergeM — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 00:43:33 GMT

I think that I will e-mail to a state lottery and ask if they accept foreign accounts. I would send the money with visa or other and play a few tickets. The service should be for free. Maybe I have to open a bank account in the USA. It is not far fetched, on internet distance is like a not existing factor.

Reply #132

RJOh — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:44:35 GMT

The problem is that people who think like you aren't selling tickets and probably never will.

You should take a closer look at thelotter contract and see what they are really selling, you may only be buying the chance to win up to a million dollars if you match all the winning MM numbers instead of its jackpot.

Reply #131

SergeM — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:44:15 GMT

If I play a combination of Mega Zip online at thelotter, it might cost me 2.50 dollars against 1 dollar with Patel somewhere in the US.

Saving Patel while buying a ticket online, it should cost maximum 75 cents to my opinion.

What do you think

Reply #130

rdgrnr — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:52:11 GMT

That's true.

But winning the Jackpot is gonna be like trying to take a pork chop away from Oprah.

Reply #129

rdgrnr — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:06:26 GMT

I must admit that I'm somewhat dismayed and disillusioned with the new matrix.

But thankfully I'm not shocked and appalled.

Though that would be better than being apoplectic and comatose.

On the whole though, I think I'd prefer to be disenfranchised.

Cuz I don't own a McDonalds or a Dunkin' Donuts so it would have no effect on me whatsoever.

So I'll continue to play one QP.

But the birthday numbers are on the bench.

Reply #128

bigbear29 — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 19:43:52 GMT

It has, in the one to 5 dollar range.

Reply #127

Win$500Quick — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 19:34:49 GMT

See signature.

Reply #126

Stack47 — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:06:35 GMT

MM made it 400% more difficult to match 5 + 0, but raised the payoff by 400% so it's a wash. With only 15 bonus numbers and the increase in Megaplier sales, might see a Megaplier player winning the jackpot.

It's possible the member believing there should be more jackpot winners never won anything when the overall odds were 1 in 39.9 and thought MM was an all or nothing game. Now that MM is advertising more chances to win, they think it means the jackpot.

Reply #125

RJOh — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 18:59:16 GMT

More winners didn't mean more jackpot winners. Haven't you noticed how many more 0+1 winners there are now

Reply #124

Slick Nick — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 17:55:18 GMT

Well I have a partner whom plays the Mega and the Powerball with me. I think the Mega is a bit tougher now, but let's face it, all the games,(odds) are tough. And I may add we caught the Powerball Wednesday which gave us $4.00 dollars in which I reinvested in another Powerball for tonight (Saturday) and I bought 2 more Megas in which we caught the Mega last night night (Friday) and I bought 2 more Megas for this coming Tuesday. So to answer your question LUCK

Reply #123

Cupcake10 — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 17:47:09 GMT

New MM game... now I wonder why no one has won yet. I thought the new game was suppose to produce more winners. OH REALLY

Reply #122

rdgrnr — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 04:28:08 GMT

Will players buy extra jackpot tickets with the money they usually spend on the Megaplier?

Yep.

Reply #121

rdgrnr — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 03:26:39 GMT

I know, I know...

Reply #120

Jill34786 — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 03:23:47 GMT

That's like trying to find a feminine woman on The View.

They actually had one.

She recently jumped ship and went over to Fox.

On the subject of MM, I haven't played the new matrix yet but may do so in late December.

Reply #119

rdgrnr — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 03:03:02 GMT

You da man, Sergey

Reply #118

Stack47 — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:39:32 GMT

There is enough of a MM and PB large jackpot history to almost predict when the ticket buying frenzy will start and sales are usually less than $60 million when the jackpot is under $200 million. In the past it took $300 million jackpots to produce $100 million in sales.

And let's not forget the jackpot value changed when they changed the game. For a fair comparison, it must be cash value and that site uses the annuity value. Megaplier sales are about 45% higher and will be interesting to see... [ More ]

Reply #117

SergeM — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:40:02 GMT

They might organize a daily MM.

Reply #116

SergeM — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:38:00 GMT

MADDOG10

Mega Millions results 11/19: 14-15-29-49-63 + 2

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SergeM 4+0 ( Excellent Call )

Nydebbie 1+1

Duckman 1+1

Cassdreams 1+1

Marierich 0+1

Dallascowboyfan 0+1

QUAIL MONEY 0+1 *** ( read the guidelines )

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Congrats to: SergeM (excellen... [ More ]

Reply #115

stunna6036 — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:15:31 GMT

Has there been a winner of the megaplier option yet. You know this was a big selling point of this new matrix but I haven't seen a megaplier winner yet for the extra millions. And when you think about it no one has yet to win the jackpot since it changed. How could this be a good thing.

Reply #114

RJOh — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 06:01:35 GMT

My sales predictions for MM and PB was right after all. Lottoreport showed PB sales for tonight's drawing was only $25.9M the lowest since back in March.

It will get higher as the jackpot rise but I suspect it will take longer than normal for PB jackpots to start increasing more than $10M per drawing.

Reply #113

rdgrnr — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 05:20:56 GMT

I think once the MM jp hits a billion dollars, they should take away one number from the matrix every week until it's won.

Reply #112

realtorjim — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 03:47:35 GMT

Gee, maybe the MegaMillions jackpot WILL exceed $200... just like the odds! Maybe they should come out with a MegaMillions Jackpot clock... one like the national debt clock. We can continue to watch it grow by the minute, but of course it will never need to start over.

Reply #111

RJOh — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 01:07:48 GMT

My sales predictions for MM and PB could be wrong, according the LottoReport website last night's MM ticket sales were $27.7M and the last time PB was $40M, its ticket sales were $31.4M. Maybe MM jackpot will have to exceed $200M before there's a big jump in its sales.

Reply #110

Stack47 — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:52:39 GMT

Now that MM is much easier to win something, I'll bet lots of the MM winners are buying PB tickets with their $1 to $5 winning tickets.

Reply #109

rdgrnr — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 07:53:29 GMT

I knowed it!

I should start doing readings and get to hippatizin' people and all like that.

I'll start with the wimmins first...

Reply #108

Cupcake10 — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 07:01:29 GMT

I really don't like it. The odds are ridiculous

Reply #107

mikeintexas — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 02:31:50 GMT

I'm sure glad there's not such a thing as reincarnation; I'd hate to come back in my next life as the couch on that show.

Reply #106

rdgrnr — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 02:25:09 GMT

It's one chance in 258.9 million.

That's like trying to find a feminine woman on The View.

Reply #105

parkinds — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 02:15:52 GMT

I haven't played since the change. To me, 250 million whatever to one odds are just stupid. I can't even imagine beating those odds, and if I can't imagine it, I'm not going to play. Maybe when the jackpot gets to a billion I'll thow in a fiver.

Reply #104

BuyLow — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 01:48:47 GMT

Many.....some single lines... some two line tickets....

Reply #103

rdgrnr — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:55:56 GMT

Cupcake, I'm getting a psychic impression that you don't like Mega Millions.

I'd almost be willing to bet on it.

Reply #102

Cupcake10 — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:07:37 GMT

MM is increased by $5m every draw, so I think it doesn't matter when it's 500m... it still will be $5m each time. Do yourself a favor and stop dreaming this dream and play something else where the odds work more in your favor.

WAKE UP

Reply #101

THRIFTY — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 19:11:33 GMT

I have to thank you for giving me such a nice lottery tip. We are all unique individuals? Can you imagine a world where every culture has the same A$$HOLES? Yes, you can imagine that.

Reply #100

RJOh — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:58:18 GMT

Going to the lottoreport website isn't any harder than coming to this lotterypost website and not winnng the PB jackpot doesn't make you unique.

Reply #99

THRIFTY — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:40:26 GMT

I live in New York, but I did not win the Powerball jackpot. How do I get that information from the lottoreport

Reply #98

RJOh — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:35:20 GMT

According to the Lottoreport website $26.3M was spent on MM tickets and $40.2M was spent on PB tickets for their last drawings. Now that PB was won and reset to a $40M jackpot, I expect more will be spent on MM for their next drawings.

Reply #97

THRIFTY — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:20:01 GMT

Losing money is not fun. I do not blame you.

Reply #96

THRIFTY — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:18:09 GMT

How much did you spend? Congratulations on your $10 win.

Reply #95

THRIFTY — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:15:07 GMT

Lottery players are spending $1 per drawing. It is the reason why the MM jackpot has not been won.

Reply #94

THRIFTY — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:12:47 GMT

Lottery playing PERSISTENCE my friend.

Reply #93

KY Floyd — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:08:11 GMT

I wonder how much is being spent on mega millions per drawing.

If only there was some way to find out, eh

Reply #92

THRIFTY — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:06:19 GMT

You have to play the MM to win. I bought $1 MM quick pick ticket.

Reply #91

THRIFTY — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:04:35 GMT

$300 Million? It might take a while to get there. I wonder how much is being spent on mega millions per drawing.

Reply #90

THRIFTY — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:59:25 GMT

Did you buy a Mega Millions ticket? LOL

Reply #89

THRIFTY — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:56:31 GMT

Destiny? Maybe it is Ridge's destiny to win the lottery with $1 or $2.

Reply #88

THRIFTY — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:52:01 GMT

I can't afford to spend $100 on the lottery like you. I will be rich like you someday.

Reply #87

helpmewin — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 03:43:58 GMT

Reply #86

Stack47 — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 03:10:53 GMT

I'm wondering who thought the 4/56 + 1/46 with overall odds of 1 in 40 of winning something was easy to win. Maybe it's someone who matched 5 + 0 or won the jackpot who knows the odds of winning again will be longer. How can the odds be worse for those playing $2 every drawing who probably hardly ever even cashed?

There should be less jackpots won each year, but the average size of the jackpots should be larger. It will cause problems for the $1 players patiently waiting their turn because th... [ More ]

Reply #85

rdgrnr — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 01:24:35 GMT

Ah, he must have left already.

Oh well...

I wanted to tell him about a restaurant to avoid over there.

I got some really bad Chop Suey over there one time.

Oh man, it was terrible.

Oh man, I can't even talk about it.

My lips go numb just thinkin' about it.

Reply #84

BuyLow — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 23:16:11 GMT

Seems like there are less large 2nd tier winners with MM. I buy equal amounts of PB and MM and by far win more with PB. With that said I will continue to play MM as you can't win if you don't play.

Reply #83

noise-gate — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:56:46 GMT

Liking it less now. It seems to be unattainable.I will swallow those words when l win it though.

Reply #82

helpmewin — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:51:36 GMT

Yes

Yes

More Mega Millions Millionaires will be Created

Reply #81

rdgrnr — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:02:18 GMT

Why are you going to Asia?

What country

Reply #80

rdgrnr — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 15:41:28 GMT

From your comment and others, it sounds like MM's move, regardless of it's own success, if any, may be helping out a lot of the state's own games collaterally. .

Reply #79

sflottolover — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 05:58:10 GMT

Tried a few times, only hit two times of $2, still looking for bigger prizes in the future after February 2014, after my return from Asia.

Reply #78

rdgrnr — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 02:49:16 GMT

No, I'm 85, so I can't use those numbers.

If you're only buying one ticket, get the megaplier.

Don't be a cheapskate.

Reply #77

THRIFTY — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:35:57 GMT

Aren't you 75 years old? I agree, $1 Mega Millions Quick Pick Ticket will do, although buying more tickets gives you more chances of winning something.

Reply #76

dognabit — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 05:26:10 GMT

I'm not a fan of it. I still playn the same numbers as I do for PB and MB(Wisconsin's mega bucks),but my largest number is 47, and as we all know, the numbers go up to 75. I still will drop a dollar or two, but now, I spend more on MB.

Oh well, who knows.

Reply #75

Astekblue — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 23:43:09 GMT

Reply #74

rdgrnr — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 22:49:25 GMT

Yeah, I know, it was already too easy and now they made it even easier.

There's no way you can lose.

Reply #73

Astekblue — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:02:24 GMT

You Too Ridge

Reply #72

jjtheprince — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 18:56:00 GMT

I like it, all I gotta do is pick 15 for my mega ball BAM! I win every single time.

Reply #71

SergeM — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 09:02:09 GMT

Seeing a jackpot going up to 500 000 000 would stimulate me to buy one jackpot winning ticket.

Reply #70

KY Floyd — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 06:40:45 GMT

PB has better odds, but each ticket contributes twice as much to the jackpot. MM set the record while PB was still a $1 game. With the current game structures, PB collects about $114 million when they sell as many tickets as there are combinations, while MM only collects about $83 million. That means the average PB jackpot should be about 72% more than the average MM jackpot.

The odds are high enough that we can get unusual results, but probability says that PB has a much better chance of bei... [ More ]

Reply #69

KY Floyd — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 06:37:55 GMT

The occasional chance at huge jackpots with a reduced chance of sharing with other winners.

Reply #68

KY Floyd — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 06:36:51 GMT

Only if they're stupid, since they'd have to give up the extra sales from an even bigger jackpot. They may be stupid, but I don't think they're that stupid.

Reply #67

RedStang — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:17:15 GMT

The player that hit 1mill for second place lastnight was probably thinking the same thing, impossible.

Reply #66

rdgrnr — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 23:40:32 GMT

Hey Astekblue... good to see ya...

Reply #65

Astekblue — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 23:33:04 GMT

I got to get off here Ridge ....... your killing me

Reply #64

rdgrnr — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 23:27:04 GMT

You don't need patience with odds of 259 million to one.

You need dementia.

Reply #63

Astekblue — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 23:26:35 GMT

LOL

Reply #62

rdgrnr — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 23:21:05 GMT

Yeah, I think a lot of players made up their mind beforehand that they weren't going to play the new game but a lot of them will probably play when the jp gets up there. I still play a QP like I always did but I dropped my b/d numbers. I don't have any kids who were born on the 75th.

Reply #61

LottoBux — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 23:18:41 GMT

Priceless

Reply #60

rdgrnr — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 23:09:18 GMT

Yeah, I hit the MB on a QP too.

Glad it was a 5x this time instead of the usual 2x when I hit something.