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$1.7 billion in combined jackpots, as USA multi-state lottery games peak togetherNews Story
Mega Millions holds its lead at $977 million, but Powerball catching up with $750 million By Todd Northrop Lottery players across the United States are buying multi-state lottery tickets at a furious pace, driving up the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots simultaneously to a massive $1.7 billion in total. According to leading multi-state lottery website USA Mega , the Mega Millions jackpot sits at an estimated $977 million with a cash value of $461 million with a drawing Friday nig
Mar 21, 2024, 7:52 am - Todd - Lottery News

California Own MegaMillions: Hypothetically speaking: $500 million Jackpots...
Isnt it true that Powerball is played in either 25 or 30 states and megamillions is played in i think is 13 states or 15 cant remember that good... Isnt the population of California 29 million or 31 million...There are a lot of states that got less than 3 million population...So 29 million is like: 9 states with 3 million population just shy 4 states out of the 13 states... So why can t California have its own: Megamillions with a starting jackpot of: $12 million or $15 million just like M
Feb 16, 2010, 7:17 pm - pumpi76 - Jackpot Games Forum

Texas lawmakers to grill lottery officials about inflated jackpotsNews Story
Texas lottery officials could face tough questions and some nasty wrist-slapping today when they testify before lawmakers about inflating several Texas Lotto jackpot estimates.But they would face more scrutiny under a bill filed Tuesday that forces the lottery to comply with laws against deceptive trade practices.Sen. Jane Nelson said recent revelations that lottery officials advertised bigger jackpots than they could afford to pay out jeopardize the integrity of the game and the government that
Jun 29, 2005, 5:36 pm - Todd - Lottery News

How high will MM go this run?Reply
If low jackpots mean low sales how can the lotteries afford to give away $7 million as a starting prize? Most states noticed a long time ago that they can make billions of dollars on typical sales. Smaller jackpots mean big sales that are just smaller than the sales for big jackpots. If Massachusetts is only figuring that out now they're a decade behind the times. The size of the jackpots always has been and always will be a function of how much money goes to the jackpot from each ticket an
Jan 30, 2007, 11:38 pm - KY Floyd - Jackpot Games Forum

Texas Lottery chief could face punishment for inflated jackpotsNews Story
The Texas Lottery Commission chairman laid blame for inflated lottery jackpots squarely on the agency's chief Wednesday, hinting to state lawmakers that executive director Reagan Greer could be punished.Chairman C. Tom Clowe was asked by members of the House Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee who specifically had deceived lottery players by advertising phony estimated jackpots four times since last fall.Mr. Clowe answered: The person who made the decision [to sign off on the esti
Jul 1, 2005, 9:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery accused of over-inflating jackpotsNews Story
The Attorney General's Office will examine allegations that the Texas Lottery Commission is inflating the advertised jackpots for its Lotto game because ticket sales are too sluggish to support the high payouts.Lottery officials rejected the allegations, but acknowledged that because of lagging ticket sales, for the first time in the game's history they would be unable to boost their jackpot estimate for Saturday's drawing if no one wins Wednesday night.Dawn Nettles, publisher of the online Lott
Jun 9, 2005, 11:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions Lottery Disappoints, Officials SayNews Story
The whole point of the Mega Millions lottery was huge jackpots, headline jackpots, crowds-mobbing-the-gas-stations jackpots.But more than a year after the multi-state Mega Millions lottery was created, the top prizes haven't been the record-breakers organizers had hoped -- leaving the 10 member states still waiting for a lottery windfall to cushion falling tax revenues.You might call it a case of bad luck. The lottery grew out of the seven-state Big Game, which set an American record for a singl
Sep 15, 2003, 3:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

Maybe this could work: Just trying to help. LP could win JackpotsReply
i am going to explain the theoretical plan one more time... Here it goes: For 10 dollars a month from all 50,000 members there will be 17,500 dollars to play/bet EVERY SINGLE DAY...How many predictions there were for sunday? around 5,000 predictions... Now i have noticed that there is like 1 sometimes 2, 4/5's from LP predictors EVERY week, i've seen it....Now i wil say that most Pick5's are a Pick5/39, is not a Pick5/35 but Pick5/39...Remember in my blog when i told you that Pick4 a pe
Jul 8, 2009, 12:53 am - pumpi76 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball offer $1.11 billion in combined lottery jackpotsNews Story
Chance to win $460 million tonight and $650 million tomorrow By Todd Northrop Lottery players have two massive multi-state jackpots to try to win this week, adding up to a whopping $1.11 billion in total. According to leading multi-state lottery website USA Mega , the Mega Millions jackpot sits at an estimated $650 million with a cash value of $308.6 million, while tonight's Powerball drawing offers a $460 million estimated jackpot with a cash option of $220.4 million. Powerbal
Mar 4, 2024, 7:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball offer $1.13 billion in combined lottery jackpotsNews Story
Chance to win $675 million tonight Story updated to reflect increased Powerball jackpot By Todd Northrop Lottery players have two massive multi-state jackpots to try to win this week, adding up to a whopping $1.13 billion in total. According to leading multi-state lottery website USA Mega , the Mega Millions jackpot sits at an estimated $480 million with a cash value of $240.7 million, while tonight's Powerball drawing offers a $675 million estimated jackpot with a cash option
Jul 10, 2023, 9:56 am - Todd - Lottery News