Truth be known, lotteries are, in fact, designed purposely hard and to really make the states money. They market these games and all that money purely on people's dreams and their hopes of winning it. That's it. The games aren't rigged in any shape, form, or fashion. The only problem here is people's misconception of these games and the odds contained therein. You're not dealing with Pick 3 where it's very, very easy to win just by playing one or two complete combinations that are reasonably filtered...and play 'em consistently. You have to hit within a couple of draws or so with only 0-9 as the parameters.
With PB and MM's, people, we're dealing with approximately (50) numbers to chose only (1) from in each position. Think about this for just a minute, okay: a maximum of only (10) to choose from in Pick 3/4 versus (59) with PB. You simply cannot combine enough to have a chance, with a system, in either PB or MM's. It's not the payout that makes it easier to win, it's the amount of numbers involved. It has actually been proven that if a person was to save the money they spend on jackpot games for only (3) months, they'd come out with more than they could even think of winning in an entire year...unless they hit 4+0, or 3+1 twice.
Hey, a dollar and dream is what it is and people do get lucky even with (5) numbers. This will happen way more than matching all (6). When I do play, I look for (4) and hope for (5)...even when it was a lower payout. Each past drawing, no matter how many tickets are sold during the last draw, is completely independent of the next. This means that just because the jackpot has risen to $.5 billion dollars without a winner, the next draw is still the same, in terms of odds, and isn't promised to produce a winner... i.e. no stipulations on how many or which combinations sold on the last draw, for the next one, at all. It starts over again.
Now, if one billion tickets are sold BETWEEN THE LAST, and, UP TO THE VERY NEXT PENDING DRAW, the chances of a winner(s) are pretty good due to the amount of combinations sold for THAT PARTICULAR UPCOMING DRAW as so many combinations have been sold. In this case, several (5) number winners are pretty much guaranteed. I hope this makes some sense. There's (1) number between winning $1 million or $20+ million...and (1) number between $10K and $100. The deciding factor is always (1) number for the real money here.
L.L.