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Virginia: 7/1 - 7/31/2026Reply
IMO your odds just improved significantly for the night draw!
Jul 20, 2026, 2:10 pm - Rosco757 - Pick 3 Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I can spend more, but Im now 72. A 2 Step win would be plenty for my remaining years. I do play TX Lotto, still only a buck for ticket. But the odds on that game is pretty bad. Not MM or PB bad, but.... 2 Step would take care of me for the rest of my life along with a couple IRA's I have. I used to spend 2k a year or more. Yeah, I won more, but nothing really noteworthy. One game I played a lot back then was All or Nothing. $2 a ticket. I would play 5 tickets of the same numbers,
Jul 18, 2026, 9:47 pm - rcbbuckeye - Lottery Discussion Forum

Ireland National Lottery removing two numbers from Lotto and adding new weekly drawingNews Story
Some prize amounts increased, odds improved, other tweaks to the game By Kate Northrop For the first time in eight years, the Ireland National Lottery's Lotto draw game is set to undergo several improvements this fall, including better odds, an additional drawing, and some larger prizes. Irish lottery players are getting an overhaul to their Lotto draw game later this year to create more millionaires across the country. On Thursday, the Irish National Lottery announced an exciti
Yesterday, 9:26 am - Todd - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Just look at the odds of any jackpot game is honestly the cleanest filter there is. Everything else is noise on top of a number that basically doesn't move. And your point about Tx2Step is the one people miss: the smaller state games have dramatically better odds for prizes that would still genuinely change a regular person's month. A few hundred thousand at 1 in 1.8M beats a fantasy at 1 in 290M, especially on a fixed budget. Sounds like you already ran that math a long time ago. Do you find th
Jul 18, 2026, 3:08 pm - NumberCruncher2 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Back in the old days when I was making pretty good money, I spent hell bent for leather $$$ on several lottery games, MM included. Now, not so much. I'm on a strict budget, and the $5/ticket is not worth the odds of the game regardless of the jackpot. I even cut way back on PB also. At my age, just winning a few hundred thousand on the little Tx2Step would be quite fine.
Jul 18, 2026, 11:27 am - rcbbuckeye - Lottery Discussion Forum

suppose you won a $1000 lottery gift card promotionReply
Time it right and bet $20 or more on a Pick 3 straight. Cash the tickets, $10,000 a pop. Repeat the process till the $1,000 is gone. Best odds, no taxes.
Jul 17, 2026, 12:42 am - grwurston - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Voted Very Little myself. The $5 price fundamentally changed the value math, and I don't think enough people have run the numbers on what you're actually getting for the extra $3. The jackpot odds barely moved: the big prize went from 1 in 302,575,350 to 1 in 290,472,336 with the removal of one Mega Ball. That's about a 4% improvement. Statistically real, practically meaningless when you're that deep in the hundreds of millions. So you're not really paying $5 for better jackpot odds. Whe
Jul 18, 2026, 11:16 am - NumberCruncher2 - 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

It's a sad goodbye 😔Reply
I like your perspective on it all. Maybe the changes dynamics may end up making it even more interesting. Sometimes you never know the outcome of an action until you take it. I continue to play because like you said the odds remain the same.
Jul 21, 2026, 5:45 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
$5 a shot for playing 1:292 M odds. everyone would have problem to get over the cost efficiency: it's not worthed it, and it's not fun (one would spend $1 buck to buy a dream)! Yes, Mega Millions ticket sales have dropped significantly since the price increased from $2 to $5 in April 2025 . Data from state lotteries indicates that the number of tickets sold has declined by roughly 24% to 30%. While casual players are less willing to buy tickets at the higher price, the 150% price increas
Jul 20, 2026, 10:09 pm - TwoMillion - Lottery Discussion Forum