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A group of mathematicians, led by Stefan Mandel, developed strategies to increase their odds of winning lotteries, including Powerball. They calculated the total number of combinations and pooled resources to buy tickets covering many combinations, which allowed them to win multiple times legally. The Independent thehustle.co -Stat$talker
Jul 31, 2025, 2:43 pm - Stat$talker - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
They didn't come up short. They just didn't get to skim the full 50% they normally would have. Total sales for the run were a hair over $117 million. Of the $58.5 million that goes to prizes just over 44.7% is for lower tier prizes, so they'd need about $26.2 million for the smaller prizes. Add in the cash value of $41.9 million and the total prize payout is about $68.1 million. That leaves them $48.9 million instead of the $58.5 million target. Of course the lottery is playing the long game
Dec 3, 2025, 3:34 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
My contention is that this run is already at the 40/41 rollover point because of the $50M starting point as opposed to $20M. I don't think anyone's arguing against that, including the people at MM. Unlike some people here the people at MM probably don't care, even if they wish it had grown faster. For about 35 of those drawings revenue was up compared to the $2 price, and only the last few drawings have seen revenue drop relative to the $2 tickets, but MM is playing the long game. The curre
Nov 12, 2025, 2:14 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

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Playing lotteries is about maximizing your probabilities not getting guarantees. Studying past draws is a waste of time. Each drawing is an independent random event. The only way to increase the probability of winning is to buy more tickets. That being said, if you buy an enormous number of tickets, you can increase the probability of winning a lower prize by ensuring your picks are spread out over the matrix. The downside is that if you do win a lower prize, it's less likely you'll win
Sep 11, 2025, 2:07 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

It's a sad goodbye 😔Reply
Possible effects include: potentially higher average jackpots; Average jackpots are determined by the amount that each ticket contributes to the prize and by the average number of tickets it takes to produce a winner. Neither of those has changed so the average jackpot won't change either. What may change is the frequency of jackpot winners since that's determined by the number of tickets in play and adding a new jurisdiction will presumably increase ticket sales.
Jul 23, 2026, 12:39 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The Mega Millions jackpot increased by $36 million to $743 million after 36 rolls. This is the largest jackpot increase in the current Mega Millions run. There is an estimated 3.5% chance the Mega Millions jackpot will be won in the next draw whereas it is 5.6% for Powerball. The Mega Millions jackpot is not growing as fast as it did in the record setting run where the jackpot reached $983 million. The jackpot increased by $40 million from $714 million to $754 million. At the time, the Powe
Jul 22, 2026, 8:57 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

How do you actually pick your numbers?Reply
the illusion of control. Part of it is closer to delusion of control, but players do have a little bit of actual control over the outcome. psychologically and mathematically, this makes perfect sense I disagree. This is the one way in which players can have some control over the outcome. While most tickets are QPs the 20 to 30% that aren't QPs aren't a random sample of all possible combinations. By choosing your own numbers you can guarantee that you aren't playing all calendar num
Jul 19, 2026, 4:28 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The Mega Millions jackpot increased by $35 million to $707 million after 35 rolls. This ties the largest jackpot increase in the current Mega Millions run. There is an estimated 3.4% chance the Mega Millions jackpot will be won in the next draw whereas it is almost double at 6.7% for Powerball. This is the second largest Mega Millions jackpot since the launch of the revised game and behind first place by $276 million. It is also only 5 rolls away from breaking the record for the largest num
Jul 18, 2026, 8:16 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The Mega Millions jackpot increased by $35 million to $672 million after 34 rolls. This is the largest jackpot increase in the current Mega Millions run. There is an estimated 3.2% chance the Mega Millions jackpot will be won in the next draw whereas it is 4.5% for Powerball. The Mega Millions record jackpot for 34 rolls is $714, just $42 million larger than the current jackpot. The 34 roll record jackpot for Powerball is over twice as large at $1.56 billion. The Mega Millions jackpot
Jul 15, 2026, 8:55 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Impact of World Cup on Lottery Sales
I don't know about Las Vegas and the Casinos across the country, but, is it fair to say that the World Cup being held in the US has had no impact on Lottery Sales? I think the jackpots increase has been consistent with the past before the games started. I thought when fans from around the globe come in and see our PB and MM billboards they would want some part of the pie. At least, I know alcohol sales are on another level
Jun 28, 2026, 12:45 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum