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A group of mathematicians, led by Stefan Mandel, developed strategies to increase their odds of winning lotteries, including Powerball. They calculated the total number of combinations and pooled resources to buy tickets covering many combinations, which allowed them to win multiple times legally. The Independent thehustle.co -Stat$talker
Jul 31, 2025, 2:43 pm - Stat$talker - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
They didn't come up short. They just didn't get to skim the full 50% they normally would have. Total sales for the run were a hair over $117 million. Of the $58.5 million that goes to prizes just over 44.7% is for lower tier prizes, so they'd need about $26.2 million for the smaller prizes. Add in the cash value of $41.9 million and the total prize payout is about $68.1 million. That leaves them $48.9 million instead of the $58.5 million target. Of course the lottery is playing the long game
Dec 3, 2025, 3:34 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
My contention is that this run is already at the 40/41 rollover point because of the $50M starting point as opposed to $20M. I don't think anyone's arguing against that, including the people at MM. Unlike some people here the people at MM probably don't care, even if they wish it had grown faster. For about 35 of those drawings revenue was up compared to the $2 price, and only the last few drawings have seen revenue drop relative to the $2 tickets, but MM is playing the long game. The curre
Nov 12, 2025, 2:14 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

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Playing lotteries is about maximizing your probabilities not getting guarantees. Studying past draws is a waste of time. Each drawing is an independent random event. The only way to increase the probability of winning is to buy more tickets. That being said, if you buy an enormous number of tickets, you can increase the probability of winning a lower prize by ensuring your picks are spread out over the matrix. The downside is that if you do win a lower prize, it's less likely you'll win
Sep 11, 2025, 2:07 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
The Mega Millions jackpot increased by $47 million to $800 million after 37 rolls. This is the largest jackpot increase in the current Mega Millions run. There is an estimated 4.1% chance the Mega Millions jackpot will be won in the next draw whereas it is almost double at 8.1% for Powerball. This is only the second time the Mega Millions jackpot rolled 37 times in a row. It is close to the all time record of 39 rolls. The Mega Millions jackpot continues to grow faster than the Powerba
Yesterday, 8:49 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Virginia: 7/1 - 7/31/2026Reply
Thank you Parlayman and congrats Mo Monie, Increase, Mzwiz, Dyelloman , Parlayman and all winners. 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 good luck
Yesterday, 3:20 am - sully16 - Pick 3 Forum

Virginia: 7/1 - 7/31/2026Reply
Congrats on another Straight Hit from your July list, increase!!! That list is Hot!!! Woo Hoo!!!
Jul 24, 2026, 11:09 pm - parlayman - Pick 3 Forum

Virginia: 7/1 - 7/31/2026Reply
Thank you Dyelloman, Parlayman and STell, congrats Dyelloman, Increase, Mswiz, Parlayman, Tang and all winners. 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 good luck
Jul 24, 2026, 2:40 am - sully16 - Pick 3 Forum

Virginia: 7/1 - 7/31/2026Reply
Congrats on yet another Hit from your month list, increase! That list is running! Woo Hoo!
Jul 23, 2026, 11:09 pm - parlayman - Pick 3 Forum

It's a sad goodbye 😔Reply
Possible effects include: potentially higher average jackpots; Average jackpots are determined by the amount that each ticket contributes to the prize and by the average number of tickets it takes to produce a winner. Neither of those has changed so the average jackpot won't change either. What may change is the frequency of jackpot winners since that's determined by the number of tickets in play and adding a new jurisdiction will presumably increase ticket sales.
Jul 23, 2026, 12:39 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum