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Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The difference between the two jackpots is $201 million. Previously, the difference was $200 million. An increase of $1 million.
Jun 18, 2025, 9:56 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion after building for monthsNews Story
Powerball ticket sales ramping up as game seeks to create billionaire By Todd Northrop Arriving together with the year's holiday season, the current Powerball jackpot of $1 billion could make the winner into the ultimate real-life Santa Claus. The Powerball jackpot has been building for 41 consecutive drawings since the last winner on September 6 , when two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas split a $1.7874 billion jackpot the second-largest lottery jackpot in history. Both tickets h
Dec 12, 2025, 10:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

One Georgia ticket wins $983 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Largest lottery jackpot win ever in the state Updated with final jackpot annuity and cash amounts By Todd Northrop After a run of 39 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 40th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $983 million winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in Georgia matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. It is by far the largest lottery jackpot ever won in the state of Georgia. The next-largest amount won in the state was a $648
Nov 15, 2025, 8:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.8 billion Powerball jackpot to be split by two tickets sold in Missouri and TexasNews Story
Lump-sum cash option worth $820.6 million By Todd Northrop In a historic run of drawings that produced the second-largest lottery jackpot in world history, two Powerball tickets sold in Missouri and Texas will split a grand prize worth nearly $2 billion. Last night, after 41 consecutive drawings without a winner, the multi-state Powerball lottery game finally produced a winner on the 42nd try, resulting in two tickets sharing a jackpot worth $1.7874 billion in 30 payments over 29 ye
Sep 7, 2025, 7:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

Impact of "Free Money" on Lottery SpendingReply
JustMaybe brings up a really good question. The data actually backs it up. During the stimulus check period (2020-2021), US lottery sales jumped roughly 20% year-over-year. That wasn't just bigger jackpots driving more tickets, the spike in sales started within days of each stimulus deposit hitting bank accounts. The timing was too consistent to be coincidence. There's a well-documented behavioral economics concept called mental accounting , people treat money differently depending on wh
Apr 10, 2026, 5:00 pm - RichW - Lottery Discussion Forum

Arkansas lottery winner of $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot comes forwardReply
For arguments sake let's say no one won pb last night .... and both jackpots rollover and over and over again ..... when would pb surpass mm on the road to a billion plus jackpot? Based on the recent runs that got big it would probably take about 7 weeks for PB to get bigger than MM, if they're about 210 and 270 at the same time. PB was at 207 on 10/06/25 and 5 weeks later it was at 490. MM was 277 on 8/29 and 5 weeks later it was 520. After 6 weeks they were at 570 and 575. After 7 weeks P
Jan 23, 2026, 11:46 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery Director Khalid R. Jones appointed as Mega Millions Lead DirectorReply
The states are constantly leaning on those who run the lotteries to generate more revenue. I'm sure that's what led to them bumping up the cost and odds on the MM. States love it when jackpots are high and millions are pouring in each drawing because people who don't normally play are chasing the billion dollar payouts. I imagine a meeting after the last big jackpot got hit when the weekly revenues dropped back to normal levels. The question is asked how do we change things to get those big
Dec 7, 2025, 9:36 am - OhSoClose - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I suspected that although people are upset about the price increase for Mega Millions tickets, if the jackpot reaches $1 Billion, almost every lottery player will buy at least one MM ticket. One thing that's absolutely certain is that every one of the people who said they'll never play at $5 per ticket is a lottery player, and lottery players play lotteries. Sales are starting to grow and it's probably not because of the people who aren't really lottery players but buy the rare ticket when
Oct 29, 2025, 2:28 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

$1.8 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now second-largest ever as ticket sales surge across the USAReply
Betcha all you MM downers and naysayers will put down $5 - for a ticket next week We're not going to know who's playing, but players spent $49.89 million to buy about 9.998 million tickets for Friday's drawing. The forecast for Tuesday's drawing is $51.94 million and almost 10.4 million tickets. The last time MM offered a jackpot this big an advertised jackpot of $361 million resulted in players spending $33.75 million for almost 16.9 million tickets at $2 each. The run before that got sale
Sep 7, 2025, 2:02 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I don't think it has ever been unusual for the first draw or two to be underfunded, but they need to offer some minimum amount or even the addicts might stop playing. MM is gambling that $50 million is the minimum advertised jackpot that will get enough people playing, while posing a minimum risk of paying a jackpot before it's fully funded. The most recent example I see is when MM was hit on the first drawing a couple of years ago. Total sales of $19,255,000 only funded $13,759,894 of the start
Jul 3, 2025, 10:13 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum