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Idaho Lottery alerts retailers to possible bulk buying attempt over $877,800 Idaho Cash jackpotNews Story
No evidence of couriers involved By Kate Northrop When an Idaho Cash lottery jackpot jumped up $126,000 overnight to $877,800 and was subsequently won, the Idaho Lottery had a suspicion a bulk buyer was at play. On Tuesday, Sept 30, the Idaho Lottery witnessed their Idaho Cash draw game jackpot reach a record level of $877,800, the highest prize the in-state draw game has ever seen. Based on sales figures, familiar signs from other similar recent activity , and reports from local Ida
Oct 18, 2025, 9:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Montana Lottery aims to prohibit bulk purchases after group takes gamble on $1.6 million jackpotReply
I don't agree with this. It's the lottery's job to shut down so-called bulk ticket retailers, not collect all this money and then deny payment. That's what Texas tried to do to a winner and she had to sue them to collect. Withholding payment to the woman in TX with no indication that her ticket was bought as part of a (still legal) effort to have the winning numbers as a result of an organized effort to methodically buy all of the combination was ill conceived, but it wasn't the lottery tha
Sep 22, 2025, 2:13 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
$5 a shot for playing 1:292 M odds. everyone would have problem to get over the cost efficiency: it's not worthed it, and it's not fun (one would spend $1 buck to buy a dream)! Yes, Mega Millions ticket sales have dropped significantly since the price increased from $2 to $5 in April 2025 . Data from state lotteries indicates that the number of tickets sold has declined by roughly 24% to 30%. While casual players are less willing to buy tickets at the higher price, the 150% price increas
Jul 20, 2026, 10:09 pm - TwoMillion - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
MM went for 40 draws under the $5.00 ticket to produce a jackpot of $485.2 cash/$980 annuity. If you can do math, that's 5 months. And? How long it takes is irrelevant to the probability of happening. Given your username I'd think it should be easy enough to understand. play all ya want, no one is gonna win till the breaks the billion dollar mark Somebody could win this Friday, but it's more likely that it won't be won until they sell about another 145 million tickets. If
Jul 8, 2026, 3:01 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
They finally broke that elusive 300,000 barrier! I also bought a ticket today, and compared it to the ticket I bought on Thursday (four days earlier.) The daily sales average for those four days was 2318. So looks like no big sales bump on the past weekend...
Jun 8, 2026, 2:19 pm - Sum Buddy - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Sales would have to increase by about 50% to get the odds of a win to 3%.
May 25, 2026, 12:36 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
This is the largest jackpot increase in this run and is mainly due to an increase in interest rates. No, according to the worksheet on the TX lottery website it's the 4th largest of the 7 increases since the jackpot was fully funded on 4/28. The worksheet says the largest increase was $8.9 million on 5/8. Here are the actual increase in (millions of) real dollars that the worksheet says they'll give you when you claim the prize: 5.6 6.7 6.7 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.1
May 16, 2026, 1:31 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
232407 tickets sold as of 05/08, up 18219 from last Friday's sales update from Florida Lottery. At 69 days in, that averages 3368 sold per day. If sales proceed at this rate, it will be around 411000 total sold by the end of the raffle. I may buy anther one before the next drawing...
May 9, 2026, 11:09 am - Sum Buddy - Lottery Discussion Forum

Michigan $733,968 Fantasy 5 jackpot winner wins again, this time a $1M Millionaire Raffle prizeReply
As far as a lot of tickets are concerned New York, and the 5 boroughs generate a lot of sales but you don't get a lot of jackpot winners here.
Apr 27, 2026, 7:05 pm - Tony Numbers - Lottery News

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
Might be the weekend is driving higher ticket sales. Could be a sign too that clerks aren't yet seeing a lot of sales that might be the source of unfamiliarity. Beats me! G5
Apr 25, 2026, 3:55 pm - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum