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Record Jackpots of the World by cash prize (in millions of US dollars):Rank: Cash: Annuity: Date: Winning ticket purchaced in: # winning tickets: Game:1. 180 363 May 9, 2002 IL, MI 2 The Big Game (Mega Millions)2. 176.7 331 April 16, 2002 GA, IL, NJ 3 The Big Game (Mega Millions)3.
Oct 12, 2005, 6:48 pm - dvdiva - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
Actually, when Mega Millions was the Big Game, it rolled 19 times in 2002, when it produced the second largest jackpot of $331 million.
Oct 6, 2005, 12:48 pm - ryanm - Jackpot Games Forum

150 million jump
may 9 2000 the big game had a 143 million jump it went from 220 - 363 million does any one know any other big jumps
Sep 14, 2005, 1:41 am - fxsterling - Jackpot Games Forum

Smash the MM odds...it is easy!Reply
Lotteries know that this game isn't has hard as it seems to win. They should just make tickets $46 each and have the odds of winning the jackpot 1 in less than 4 million. There are probably 4 million players out there in the MM states that could afford the $46....talk about a lottery pool there hey....haha...that seems like the logical way of playing the game. But the lotteries know that peole are not going to spend that much money on tickets. I don't think it is a lot but the go to the sto
Aug 21, 2005, 1:21 pm - Bradly_60 - Jackpot Games Forum

Mega Millions Sets A New RecordReply
jake:The second (and last) version of Big Game. The first was 5/50+1/25, annuity-only.
Aug 10, 2005, 8:07 pm - CASH Only - Jackpot Games Forum

has there ever been multiple.........Reply
Mega Millions has never had a shared jackpot since it started. (Note: not including the Big Game, which was a different matrix.)
May 21, 2005, 10:28 pm - Todd - Jackpot Games Forum

PB=$155 millionReply
Visiondude,That $365 million number you were thinking of was the record largest lottery jackpot of $363 million set by The Big Game on May 9, 2000.
May 19, 2005, 8:29 am - Todd - Jackpot Games Forum

Powerball Matrix Change?Reply
diva:The two largest US lottery jackpots belong to Big Game before it became Mega Millions.
Mar 22, 2005, 9:44 am - CASH Only - Jackpot Games Forum

Someone hit mega - needs a fixReply
Quote: Originally posted by dvdiva on March 3, 2005 Not true. Powerball has broken 300 million twice. The big game once but never played that. I don't complain about jackpots if it matches the prize. Quinto's jackpot is now 4.8 million in cash equal to 1.86 times it's odds. For mega/powerball to match that odds ratio it would have to have a jackpot of 500 million. For a game where the odds are 135 million to one not even to hit it's odds as an annuity is a sign of a broken game. Something that t
Mar 3, 2005, 7:24 pm - DoctorEw220 - Jackpot Games Forum

More Powerball States.Reply
But they allowed Maine back, presumably because ME didn't join Big Game, which wasn't available in 1992.
Jan 28, 2005, 1:27 pm - CASH Only - Jackpot Games Forum