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Barbie hits $1 billion. Greta Gerwig s hot-pink cultural phenomenon became just one of ~50 movies ever to reach $1 billion in global box office sales, and Gerwig became the first woman to direct a $1 billion movie solo. Barbie is also the fastest-selling movie in the 100-year history of Warner Bros., reaching 10 figures after just 17 days in theaters. Barbie held its spot as the No. 1 movie in North America for the third straight weekend. . 100 150 170 130 .
Aug 9, 2023, 8:55 am - Harve$t Moon - Lottery Systems Forum

Did Michigan just lower their cash payouts?Reply
I forgot that there are people on here that clearly do not understand annuities. The Michigan annuity prizes pay out 33,333.33 per year for 30 years per million dollar prize. The annuity is now funded with a lower cash value! I do not believe they made the change based on interest rates but maybe they only increased the cash amount for their 50th anniversary celebration. They are always making changes and not telling the players so I can only speculate. My point being Michiga
Aug 2, 2023, 9:37 am - Think - Lottery Discussion Forum

No More Self Pick Play Slips AcceptedReply
Interesting that sales were down this last draw, too. Playerz are coming to the realization that the Big Gamez are being rigged.. LOs have become unprecedentedly greedy untrustworthy..Whut Game that'z being ran honestly needz an hour pre cutoff to draw..it'z sooo insulting.. Do y'all realize they sell the Public the same (duplicate) numberz over and over in each State..? That'z why most Jackpotz are won in heavily populated States..the population out number the amout of ticke
Jul 16, 2023, 1:19 pm - Stat$talker - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions Just The Jackpot
In my state the lottery commission offers an alternative to the regular $2 Mega Millions ticket. It's called Just The Jackpot . (I'll call it JTJ for short.) You get two tickets for $3, but you can only win the jackpot. Lower tier prizes are eliminated. Two interesting questions arise: (1) At what Expected Value of the Jackpot does the JTJ offer a better expected value of return per unit bet compared to a $2 regular ticket, and (2) At what Expected Values of the Jackpot do a regular $2 ticket an
Jul 16, 2023, 12:06 pm - Orange71 - Mathematics Forum

Lotto Jackpot QuestionsReply
Prior to living Florida I was a resident of The State of New York. It was quite a few years ago (but I dont think it was more than 10 years ago) that The NY Lottery offered an online game called Sweet Million . It was a 6/40 game with 3,838,383 to 1 odds to win one million dollars provided you matched all six numbers that were drawn. It's hard to find an online game with odds that low to win a million dollars. Players absolutely hated the game. It had lousy lower tier prizes... the seco
Jul 7, 2023, 12:51 pm - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

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While beer is considered as quintessentially American as other German imports like hamburgers and frankfurters, 2023 was a rough year for brewskis in the US. Consumption levels fell to their lowest in years, as fewer than 200 million barrels were estimated to have been shipped for the first time since 1999, according to Beer Marketer s Insights. And it wasn t just the Bud Light boycott taking a bite out of sales, experts told NBC, as beer now has to compete with new sugary alcoholic drinks being
Jan 8, 2024, 5:05 pm - Harve$t Moon - Lottery Systems Forum

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Y all are eating a whole lot of Cup of Noodles. The demand for instant noodles jumped 2.6% globally to a record high of 121.2 billion servings last year as inflation drove up food prices, according to figures from the World Instant Noodles Association. The just-add-water dinner is most popular in China and other Asian countries, but they are gaining ground in North America, too. In the US, their popularity dipped 1.4% in 2021, but sales rebounded by 3.4% in 2022. Two major Japanese noodle c
Nov 11, 2023, 10:18 am - Harve$t Moon - Lottery Systems Forum

Washington Lottery to begin offering Cash Pop gameNews Story
Washington becomes the latest state to offer draw game By Kate Northrop The Washington Lottery will become the latest lottery to launch Cash Pop, a draw game that has seen a rise in popularity among other states within the past couple years. Cash Pop is making its way into Washington, to be available later this month for players to try out. Washington's Lottery's Cash Pop will operate just like versions of the game drawn in other states, with one exception. Before Washington,
Oct 16, 2023, 1:20 pm - Todd - Lottery News

"Post-Game Review" - $1.58B MM Jackpot This Week
A single winner in Florida hit the $1.58B Mega Millions this week. The cash value (I saw on TV anyway) was about $783M. This begs the question: playing a regular $2 ticket, did a player have a positive return expectation (expected value of return $2 bet)? Answers: 1. Before income tax - yes, roughly $0.11 gain per $ bet (about +11% return) 2. After income tax - no, roughly $0.28 loss per $ bet if you assume a 35% tax rate on winnings. (about -28% return) First, I looked up the nu
Aug 12, 2023, 12:53 pm - Orange71 - Mathematics Forum

$875 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges on rolloverReply
after paying taxes, one will get only 1/3 of the jackpot (the tax men get 2/3). it kinda sucks! ticket sales have been slow (in comparison the $2B jackpot then). 7/12/2023 $97,673,974 $750 7/10/2023 $75,038,572 $675 7/8/2023 $90,594,722 $615 7/5/2023 $43,971,202 $546 7/3/2023 $39,082,756 $522 11/07/22 (M) $551,846,856 $2.04 Billion 11/05/22 (S) $558,539,942 $1.6 Billion 11/02/22 (W) $366,180,580 $1.2 Billion 10/31/22 (M) $263,321,992 $1 B
Jul 13, 2023, 3:58 pm - TwoMillion - Lottery News