That Didn't Take Long

Reply #6

GoogilyMoogily — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:38:37 GMT

Replying to my own post ;-)

Just occurred to me...

Counter intuitive in nature...

If either MM or PB hits $1 billion twice and sales slump the second draw, then people really are realizing the futility. WHAT? I spent $100+ on quick picks and made $4 in return? Forget this!

Increasing the odds is a knee-jerk, quick-fix so prevalent in today's world. States want their promised money. Lotteries have no idea what to do to increase sales. Charging two bucks isn't the answer. Both the MM... [ More ]

Reply #5

GoogilyMoogily — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:15:17 GMT

The largest single draw jump for MM was by $293 million to reach $656 million, both on March 30, 2012 under the old matrix. This just eclipsed the largest single draw jump of $262.5 million by PB on Nov 28, 2012. This PB jump did not coincide with the largest PB jackpot on May 18, 2013.

If it ever gets that high again (and nobody hits $600m), I would wager that lottery fever will bring all the hopeful out of the woodwork and it will increase by half a pot. $1 billion to $1.2 billion is what I... [ More ]

Reply #4

RJOh — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 10:29:41 GMT

I always knew someone would and it wouldn't be me. It's still going to hard for a jackpot to reach a billion dollars ever with the new odds.

Reply #3

Todd — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:30:38 GMT

Reply #2

travelintrucker — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:15:30 GMT

I thought we were going to have a billion dollar Christmas. Glad someone showed that you can beat the 1 in 292 million odds.

Reply #1

Crazy Wombat — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 09:08:02 GMT

Back to the drawing boards and create a new think tank group.

Looks like there could be some flaws or maybe it's just Lady Luck having some fun with MUSL. She seems to have paid no attention to the game changes or the new odds.

She still seems to be with the players and could strike anywhere ... any time.

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That Didn't Take Long

KY Floyd — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 06:55:02 GMT

I wonder if anybody at MUSL is thinking they should raise the odds to 1 in 400 million.