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What about all the big record breaking jackpots out of South Carolina?
May 27, 2026, 7:52 pm - MsBee18 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Gots LA PB for our Jackpots Wins, tonight's.
May 20, 2026, 9:26 pm - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

Secrets of a lottery lawyer-Kurt Panouses interviewReply
Actually having two games and letting the players pick may be worse right now. As happens so often, I think this is another case of players somehow failing to understand that the point of a lottery is to raise revenue for the entity that runs the lottery. Maybe MUSL could collect a modest fee from the UK for licensing the Powerball name, but the real money is from selling tickets. Their obvious goal is to gain players so that jackpots will grow more rapidly, because sales are better whe
May 4, 2026, 11:22 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
In your mind, not mine. I don't consider the price of the ticket altering the jackpots.
Jun 19, 2026, 11:20 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The pool manager got back to me with an explanation, and I quote: When both the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are both large enough , the decision on which game to play is based on which of the two games presents the best expected value given the current size of the jackpots. In this case, Powerball clearly presents the higher value. I guess that makes sense. Winning $4 million is clearly life changing. But winning an additional $2 million does not make much more of a differenc
Today, 5:43 pm - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Historically, albeit rarely, MM would occasionally approach pre-tax expectation values of greater than 1.0. This is sure to never happen with the $5 ticket. It's entirely possible that the current format could reach 1.0 before taxes. In fact, it's even more likely thanks to the $5 ticket price, and 4 of the top 5 MM jackpots show that it's possible. The five biggest MM jackpots all exceeded a pre-tax 1.0 expectation value (about $605 million cash), with cash values of $877.8 million, $7
Jun 17, 2026, 11:23 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Thanks. The graphic demonstrates how awful the new format is. The marketing claim that it would produce bigger jackpots faster has been shown to be nonsense.
Jul 6, 2026, 2:06 pm - Prob988 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Record breaking CA fantasy 5 jackpot 6/20Reply
Fantasy 5 hitting a record is wild those pari-mutuel jackpots don't usually balloon the way the big multistate games do. Anyone know if it rolled that high from a long no-winner streak, or was it a sales surge? Curious what actually pushed it up there.
Jun 22, 2026, 9:56 am - NumberCruncher2 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
MM increased $15M, up to $346M. PB is $172M. CDanaT before you tell us the MM is 'Measly' compare the MM and PB jackpots and consider taking a remedial math course. Good Luck in whatever you do play.
May 30, 2026, 12:40 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Annuity or Cash Value
Cash values of the MM PB jackpots are around 45% of the advertised Annuity. What would be your choice ?
May 8, 2026, 11:49 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum