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Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Considering 189,977,424 $5.00 MM combos won't match one number or the bonus number, playing games like Lucky for Life, Cash Ball 225 and Texas Two Step gives more chances to actually win something. For the same $5 the 10,000 to 1 odds of winning $25,000 playing pick 4 is much better than the 893,761 to 1 MM odds of matching 4 + 1 to win at least $10,000 depending on what the multiplier is. Granted the prize could be $100,000 but that doesn't change the odds. It should be obvious why MUSL bel
Oct 21, 2025, 3:24 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

suppose you won a $1000 lottery gift card promotionReply
How I Would Spend the $1,000 (The Hybrid Strategy) If I were handed this card, I wouldn't pick any of the extreme options above. I would split the amount to balance entertainment, a shot at a massive payout, and a baseline return: $300 on $20 or $30 Scratch-offs: I would buy a sequential pack or a roll. Since the odds for smaller prizes are high, this $300 would likely convert into roughly $100 to $150 in cash, while keeping a real (albeit small) shot at a five- or six-figure prize. $
Jul 17, 2026, 9:07 am - tokecap - Lottery Discussion Forum

Once homeless, now a lottery winner: Colorado man gets his $1 million comebackReply
It's nice to see the Colorado Lottery in the news. I've played the 200X game a few times. One time I won $50. He's been playing scratch-off games on and off for a few years, he told the Colorado Lottery, but only when he could afford to . Jonathan will usually stick to the $5 games, recalling that the largest amount he'd ever won was $20. ... I was having a tough sales day , and it actually paid off, Jonathan recalled. My reaction was total disbelief. Those are oppos
Mar 10, 2026, 9:58 am - Tucker Black - Lottery News

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
I've rethought my ticket buying strategy..... I decided to buy one raffle ticket per week in June. I'm gambling that there wont be a ticket buying frenzy during June. If there is a frenzy, no harm done. If there isn't one, I figured I'd be better off with more tickets in my hand than not. I stopped in a RaceTrack today and bought ticket number 2984XX. BTW I was shocked when I ordered one Florida Millionaire Raffle ticket and the clerk responded with You want MegaMillions? She had never sold
Jun 4, 2026, 4:08 pm - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

is it luckier to buy tickets on the rich side of town?Reply
This is a classic question in sociology and applied economics, and the answer is well-documented by demographic studies and market research in the United States (such as data from the Brookings Institution, the Tax Foundation, and various state lotteries). The direct answer is: people from all social classes play, but the financial impact, frequency, and motivation are profoundly different between the poorest and the wealthiest. Here is the breakdown of how lottery consumption
Jun 4, 2026, 2:56 pm - tokecap - Lottery Discussion Forum

The $29.95 Non-BelieverzReply
I bet Elmer's at the same store today jamming money into that machine. Then gonna go get a free hamburger. Then back home to play Oregon trail on his Macintosh. Yup! Tells everyone elese what to do. And his theroys. But never shows any winners..... Learn how to spell. And you can take your nasty attitude and shove it. I have plenty of winners but nothing huge yet. I pick out scratch off games that have a higher than expected chance of winning. But you go ahead and play your stupid
Jan 2, 2026, 10:31 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
Wanted to update/correct my previous figures, as for some reason I thought there were only three interim prize periods, and there are actually four. Bottom line, 640,900 tickets need to be sold to fund all prizes to be awarded in the Raffle (interim prizes and Grand Prizes.) The duration of the raffle is 122 days, so sales need to average 5,245 tix a day. Based on the Lottery's figure of 169,906 tix sold as of 4/17 , sales are averaging 3,540 tix/day so far. Hard to say if sales will pick up or
Apr 18, 2026, 3:56 pm - Sum Buddy - Lottery Discussion Forum

"I can't believe it!" North Carolina man hugs store clerk after winning $2 million prizeReply
He was presented with the choice of either taking the one-time lump sum of $1.2 million or annual payments of $100,000 over 20 years and chose the lump sum. After federal and state taxes, he collected a total of $864,126. I think it would be great if the prizes shown on scratch off tickets are the Lump Sum. If it's 2M thats what it is then take off taxes. Looks like everything must have an annuity version to make the prize look bigger and appealing. Congratulations on the win Sh
Jan 14, 2026, 1:40 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery News

I'm done playing the lottery
I've spent $200 on PB tickets and plenty of money on scratch-off tickets at the vending machine at Safeway on Wadsworth 38th Ave in Wheatridge, CO. I didn't win very much, which I expected given the prize structure of that game. The last time I went there, I scanned $40 worth of winning scratch-off tickets, selected 8 $5 tickets, and when I hit check out , the machine did nothing. I asked the clerk and she told me to contact the Colorado Lottery. I did, and their response was that the retail
Dec 30, 2025, 7:45 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Jersey couple wins $3 million lottery prize six months after winning $1 millionReply
A husband-and-wife team defied insurmountable odds 0 Apparently the odds were completely surmountable. That's not how probabilities are calculated at all. That's exactly how odds are calculated. For instance, the odds of someone winning both PB MM jackpot would be 1 in 292M*290M. That's the odds of winning both games if you buy only a single ticket for each game. If you buy 10 tickets for each game the probability of winning either is increased tenfold to 1 in 29.2 and 1 i
Nov 21, 2025, 8:21 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News