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New Florida lottery law increases prizesNews Story
Florida lottery players soon will rake in more dough when they win games such as Lotto, Mega Money and Fantasy 5, thanks to a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Jeb Bush. Bush, an outspoken critic of gambling, and state lottery officials are betting that the higher payouts will boost ticket sales for the games, similar to a measure passed three years ago that doubled the sales of scratch-off games.Higher sales should mean more money for education, which is the stated purpose of the new law. A
May 29, 2005, 10:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
the price hike could have been a response to slowing sales There's absolutely no question about it. Lottery revenue has been generally going downhill for years and the lotteries have been trying to stop the decrease or at least slow it down. One of the first huge jackpots was when MM reached $656 million in March 2012 on the 18th drawing. It reached 290 on the 16th drawing and then increased 73 363 and 293 656. A year and a half later in December 2013 it reached $257 million on drawing
Nov 27, 2025, 3:04 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

What all lottery players should know if they win nearly $1B Mega Millions, Powerball jackpotsReply
Powerball matrix and odds of winning history Starting date Pick 5 of Pick 1 of Jackpot chance % from previous odds April 22, 1992 45 45 1:54,979,154 November 5, 1997 49 42 1:80,089,127 46% increase October 9, 2002 53 42 1:120,526,769 50% increase August 28, 2005 55 42 1:146,107,961 21% increase January 7, 2009 59 39 1:195,249,054 34% increase January 15, 2012 59 35 1:175,223,510 10% decrease October 7, 2015 (current) 69 26 1:292,201,338 67% increase
Jan 7, 2018, 3:17 am - benmas - Lottery News

Michigan lottery workers paid $300,000 in bonusesNews Story
Performance pay is rare in government jobs. But the Michigan Lottery Bureau has paid 75 employees more than $300,000 in incentive pay in the past year. And, according to the state's Civil Service Commission, the group is alone among about 50,000 state employees in being eligible for performance bonuses. The program was initially set up for about 75 sales representatives who met quarterly goals for instant tickets and certain club games. It was expanded this year to include 16 more lottery
Jun 24, 2013, 8:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball is coming to the U.K.Reply
33 million increase.
Yesterday, 12:08 am - Droptop209 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Virginia: 7/1 - 7/31/2026Reply
Yes increase... I second that... congrats...
Jul 21, 2026, 11:11 pm - DYELLOMAN - Pick 3 Forum

It's a sad goodbye 😔Reply
Curious to see how big the increase will be if PB jackpot rolls over again.
Jul 21, 2026, 3:41 pm - Droptop209 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Virginia: 7/1 - 7/31/2026Reply
Congrats ....parlayman, Tang, Increase on your hit.
Jul 13, 2026, 8:12 am - mswiz777 - Pick 3 Forum

Virginia: 7/1 - 7/31/2026Reply
Thank you Increase, We got high heat and humidity, with more storms on the way
Jul 13, 2026, 5:45 am - sully16 - Pick 4 Forum

Virginia: 7/1 - 7/31/2026Reply
Thank you Increase, we lost power from bad storms, what a mess, yikes.
Jul 10, 2026, 2:43 am - sully16 - Pick 4 Forum