When the jackpot is only 20 million

Reply #20

PNW2026 — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:40:46 GMT

I haven't played MM since the increase in ticket price. It has to get to a billion or more for me to buy a ticket.

For Powerball, I usually wait for it to get to 200 million before I start playing. I'll start out with 1-2 tickets per draw, then once it gets to 500 million +, I'll buy about 5 tickets a draw.

Reply #19

hearsetrax — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:32:21 GMT

Reply #18

JADELottery — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:06:49 GMT

Reply #17

JustMaybe — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 22:49:57 GMT

Thank you for being a part of the Jackpot Zombies Junkies thats what JADELottery calls us

Hoping that one day we too will swoop in ..... at whatever dollar amount .... and snatch it right out of their fidgety little fingers

Reply #16

Perfecttiming2 — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 21:18:41 GMT

I am still annoyed that the starting jp never went back to $40 M....

And you are right about it being the selling point to increase the cost of the ticket.

Ticket prices still $2.......But starting jp back to $20 M is shady.

Reply #15

wander73 — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 19:45:22 GMT

you're right. it wasn't always that way but with the economy, with adapting that is what it is.

Reply #14

wander73 — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 19:44:44 GMT

the algorithm. I def know for a fact. mm crazy wanting everyone to start paying the $5 per amt.

Reply #13

MsBee18 — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 19:15:42 GMT

The phenomenon is attributed after a billion dollar jackpot is won. The Powerball for example is usually won after at the jackpot reset or one new rollover after 20 million. The frenzy spills over to the following draws.

Reply #12

Jackpot777 — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 18:39:31 GMT

I recently changed how often I play, but it has never been at $20 million. That was the starting jackpot when tickets were $1 and part of their selling point for the $2 ticket price was starting at $40 million.

At the moment, I'm only playing Lotto. In the past, when choosing between Mega Millions and Powerball, I'd buy a ticket for whichever had the larger jackpot. If both jackpots were high, I'd play both.

Also, it's never a good idea to buy a lot of tickets. Been there, done that.... [ More ]

Reply #11

Tone43 — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 17:09:19 GMT

For me. A lot of tickets would be more than 10 tickets per week , $20 total per week , that's my spending budget , whether the jackpot is low or high

for others who have a much larger budget to work with would buy more

so the phrase (a lot)depends on your budget

thank you for that question. It was a good question.

Reply #10

Tone43 — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 17:06:25 GMT

Wow!

that is a very detailed explanation

thank you for clarifying

by the way I'm a die hard buyer. I buy whether it's low or high

Reply #9

tokecap — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 16:23:39 GMT

When a jackpot resets to its starting floor (such as $20 million), ticket sales sit at a flat baseline driven almost entirely by habitual die-hard players. The vast majority of casual buyers wait on the sidelines until rollovers push the prize past a psychological threshold.

In lottery economics, demand does not grow linearly with the prize; it follows a nonlinear, exponential curve:

The Baseline Floor ($20M $100M): Sales remain low and relatively flat. Regular players buy their usual 1 2... [ More ]

Reply #8

JADELottery — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 16:14:26 GMT

Claiming Anonymously makes impossible to know who's swooping who.

It happened and we'll never know.

Reply #7

ayenowitall — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 16:01:30 GMT

I know a lot of people who play by that philosophy, but so far, they haven't succeeded at the part where they swoop in and snatch the huge jackpot.

Reply #6

JustMaybe — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:50:15 GMT

Do people wait for the jackpot to get bigger before they start buying a lot of tickets

It would be helpful to define what a lot of tickets is.

Is it 3, 5, 10, 20 or more?

I mostly buy one ticket a draw. After the past jackpot was won, I bought a 10 multi draw ticket when the prize reset to $20M.

When the jackpot is over $500M, sometimes I do add on my tickets, I get 2 to 5 tickets for $10 max, nothing crazy.

So if a lot of tickets means 20 or 30 or 50 a draw, nope, I don't.... [ More ]

Reply #5

hearsetrax — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:46:01 GMT

couldn't have put it better myself LOL

Reply #4

JADELottery — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:42:59 GMT

Yep, Wait and let the Jackpot Zombies Junkies build it up...

Then, swoop in near the Billion Dollars and snatch it right out of their fidgety little fingers...

Reply #3

GiveFive — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:31:47 GMT

I play for a second place win so I don't care what amount the jackpot is. G5

Reply #2

winoneday — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:40:10 GMT

Our pool waits for the jackpot to get large before buying tickets. Makes sense, since we will be splitting the jackpot many ways.

Reply #1

ayenowitall — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:33:33 GMT

I know of people who do wait for the jackpot to get bigger. I've also had people tell me that they only play on weekends because they think nobody wins on weekdays. Personally, I play whenever I get the urge. Only $20,000,000 could make a big difference in my life.

When the jackpot is only 20 million

Tone43 — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 03:58:45 GMT

Do people wait for the jackpot to get bigger before they start buying a lot of tickets