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Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The Mega Millions jackpot is growing slower than last time because it is being over shadowed by the much larger Powerball jackpot. And/or more of the people who aren't addicted are sitting it out for more general reasons about MM itself. The sales forecast for Friday are up about 5% over the previous Friday, so maybe we'll see another modest increase for Friday 8/1, too. Based on the last couple of increases we'll almost certainly see it advertised as 130 next Tuesday (funded at about 1
Jul 24, 2025, 12:23 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Now, the next step is What would the jackpot run look like if everyone played like Business As Usual? Below is a $5 a Line Translation using the Power Regression. Relative Cash Jackpot $2/$3 a Line Jackpot $5 a Line Translation Run Average Power Regression Cash Annuity Cash Annuity 1 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $12,000,000 $20,000,000 $22,400,000 $50,000,000 2 $4,934,146 $4,851,607 $16,000,000 $26,000,000 $31,000,000 $69,000,000 3 $10,491,892 $10,710,725 $22,000,000 $36,00
Sep 23, 2025, 9:22 pm - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Looks like PB's Jackpot run is faster than MM's. PB over takes MM before their 2 nd week run. Also, PB is entering its 9 th week and is at $416 Million; while MM was only at $296 Million in its 9 th week. Below are the tables of data we used. Mega Millions Index Week Run Date Days Year Month Day Weekday A B C D E MB Annuity Cash Sales 0 0 0/7 740060 2026 3 20 Fri 11 20 51 55 63 04 $50,000,000 $22,600,000 $19,875,885 1 0 4/7 740064 2026 3 24 Tue 04 13
Jul 5, 2026, 5:49 pm - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
The Measly Millions has rolled over(#21) once again, which is a good thing for all MM players. The projected new Cash Value increase from the previous draw is $8.6 Million. That is down from the previous increase of $8.8 Million on 5/29/26. *See attached link for Cash Value increases/decreases. Numbers don't lie folks. https://www.texaslottery.com/export/sites/lottery/Documents/jackpotestimates/mm20260529.pdf With the recent poll taken on 5/08/26, A resounding 80% of voters opte
May 30, 2026, 7:45 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I see the Measly rolled again..... No up tick from the $8.2 Million Cash value from the last draw. Down turn to $7.8 Million after the 19th consecutive rollover. Annuity CASH 20) $311,000,000 $136,400,000 * up $ 7.8 Million Cash ----------- Projected https://www.texaslottery.com/export/sites/lottery/Documents/jackpotestimates/mm20260522.pdf Good luck to all that are participating in this game next Tuesday 5/26/26. Have a great Memorial Weekend
May 23, 2026, 11:31 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I see the Measly Millions rolled again. Annuity Cash 18) $277,000,000 $ 120,400,000 * up $8.1 Million Cash --------------Projected (After tax value of $5.1 Million Cash) https://www.texaslottery.com/export/sites/lottery/Documents/jackpotestimates/mm20260515.pdf **3rd consecutive drop in cash value after 17 rollovers. *** Started with a $22.6 Million Cash Value Jackpot 17 rollovers later now at $120,400,000. Total increase of $97. 8 Million Cash Average Cash rollover of $
May 16, 2026, 6:50 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Annuity or Cash ValueReply
Certainly cash value for me because that is the only *real* number. And, I am not a spring chicken any more... And, as always, I fervently hope that the guy in Washington D.C. would issue an executive order making a mandatory interest rate of 0.00% for all lottery annuities and removing taxation for all lottery winnings, forever. That would end all of the foolishness about many people not understanding how the interest rates affect the advertised annuity value vs cash value jackpot amou
May 11, 2026, 10:45 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

Annuity or Cash ValueReply
2 primary items are of concern for this participant when it comes to the choice of going with the C ash value vs Annuity . 1) Taxes 2) Age I know that the 37% tax figure will be addressed this year just 1 time and no state income tax. There are no assurances that my state(TN) couldn't implement a 1 time tax similar to what CA WA states are proposing or start a state income tax. I have no idea what the Fed tax rate in 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 years might possibly change to either. https:/
May 9, 2026, 9:40 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery is not random it's predeterminedReply
Here's Gasoline... https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1333453565477336 set=a.636197345202965 Occurrence Interval Draws Jackpot Winners State Winners Index Date Days Year Month Day A B C D E PB xN Annuity Cash Sales Total 5 + 1 5 + 0 4 + 1 4 + 0 3 + 1 3 + 0 2 + 1 1 + 1 0 + 1 5 + 1 5 + 0 All -xN +xN -xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN -xN +xN 764 733590 2008 7 2 04 33 46 48 52 17 5 $84,900,000 $41,305,109 $18,155,586 507,
Feb 2, 2026, 2:49 pm - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lucky For Life to Millionaire For Life - $5 TicketReply
I re-did the calculations and it's the typical draw game, in terms of payback %. But it is still far better than MM, in my opinion. Here's why: Probability of winning the top prize is just over 12 times better. $18 million (or the annuity of $1 million/year) is still life-changing money. M4L (Millionaire for Life) has no silly multipliers. You win exactly what it says on the prize chart for matching x number of balls. MM (and PB) is a progressive jackpot game, which is why it can
Jan 25, 2026, 12:00 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum