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Mega Millions constant $10 million increasesReply
A $2 prize (times whatever multiplier, so $4 to $20) for matching two white balls would add 18% to the value of all non-jackpot prizes in total. That's a lot for such a small win. More accurately a $2 prize for matching 2 white balls would reduce the money that goes to the jackpot by about 14.6%. That would reduce the current cash value of $67.9 million to $58 million. For those who believe the advertising it would reduce the current $150 million annuity to $128 million if they abandoned or
Aug 4, 2025, 3:19 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

620,000 Montana Lottery Montana Millionaire raffle tickets sell out in 6 hoursNews Story
Residents waiting in line as early as 4:30 a.m. to grab tickets before they're gone By Kate Northrop The Montana Lottery's annual Montana Millionaire raffle was sold out in six and a half hours this year, with some dedicated players lining up at stores as early as 4:30 a.m. to make sure they don't miss out. On the day of its launch, sales for the Montana Lottery's Montana Millionaire raffle were cut off by the time the afternoon rolled around. Tickets took longer than last year t
Nov 5, 2025, 8:31 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The sales per draw have been amazingly consistent over the last few draws and show no signs of increasing despite the relatively large size of the jackpot. It's not all that consistent, and it's much easier to see if you look at the change in revenue from each drawing (starting at $100 $110 million): $23,294,330 $436,660 up $22,952,415 -$341,915 down $24,492,395 $1,539,980 up $24,019,680 -$472,715 down $24,827,525 $807,845 up $25,383,490 $555,965 up $26,710
Oct 16, 2025, 3:35 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Zealand Lottery to change its Powerball game and simplify online spendingNews Story
Lottery officials want to see larger jackpots By Kate Northrop The New Zealand Lottery announced fundamental changes that will impact the flexibility players will have to spend on tickets online, with a potential increase in difficulty to winning the nation's flagship Powerball game in the coming years. Later this month, Lotto NZ will be introducing some major changes as part of its system upgrade, which includes a simplified spending limit, new customer-facing terminals in-store, an
Sep 15, 2025, 3:43 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
A high Powerball jackpot can increase sales for Mega Millions. Mega Millions produced two life changing wins last night: 3 million in Arizona, and 7.3 million in California.
Jul 22, 2026, 12:46 pm - MsBee18 - Lottery Discussion Forum

how long would you wait to claim a powerball jackpot?Reply
Don't forget that you don't get the $$$ right away if you claim the day after you win, it takes a while for all the States to pay in their share of the sales, plus other BS to deal with means you might not see the $$ for 6 weeks to three months after you claim.
Jul 20, 2026, 4:57 pm - Rexer90 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
This is the second largest Mega Millions jackpot since the launch of the revised game and behind first place by $276 million. Or it's $332 million behind the highest jackpot under the new format. With the current annuity to cash ratio it will take an advertised jackpot of nearly $1.04 billion to equal the $452.2 million cash that was awarded to the winner of the current record. It is also only 5 rolls away from breaking the record for the largest number of consecutive rolls. And it
Jul 19, 2026, 4:52 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Normal businesses consolidate or have sales when business slows. The dummies at MUSL did the opposite. They should have consolidated PB and MM and dropped the price to $1. Unlike almost everything else in life, the price of a lottery ticket is not goods or services. You're buying a chance to win. A more expensive chance to win should equal a higher probability. Not with MM. 2.5 times the price for the same (approximately) chance of winning. I'll never understand why MM sales didn't d
Jul 8, 2026, 3:41 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
Raffles are the one lottery format where the odds are fully knowable up front fixed ticket pool, fixed prizes, no randomness in the denominator once sales cap. Kind of refreshing after the draw games where you're staring down 1-in-300-million. Does FL cap the ticket count this time, or is it open-ended?
Jun 22, 2026, 9:57 am - NumberCruncher2 - 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