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Which jackpot will climb higher?

Mega Millions

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Powerball

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WhoaMama

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Jan 23, 2017, 8:48 pm

What do you think will have the higher jackpot? Mega Millions or Powerball?

YOU DECIDE.
weshar75

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Jan 23, 2017, 8:52 pm

If you look powerball annuity has almost caught up to mega millions annuity so I think powerball will be the bigger jackpot because of the $1 ticket in mega millions. Now if mega millions decides to change to $2 a ticket than mega millions could give powerball a run for their money.-weshar75
wander73

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Jan 24, 2017, 12:39 pm

I accidentally voted mega millions. Powerball will always unless Lottery Commission decides what they want that's usually how it works correct.

I also predict 4 members on this site to hit half million dollars. But those members will keep it private
Raven62

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Jan 24, 2017, 12:48 pm

It makes no difference: Just as long as you Win one of them!

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Jan 24, 2017, 11:16 pm

My vote is Powerball because I think their jackpots can reach $1 Billion Dollars or more.

I hope that one $2 ticket is the only one that matches all 5 numbers plus the PB to win the largest PB jackpot in United States history of over $2 Billion Dollars! I hope that one $2 ticket is the only one that matches all 5 numbers plus the Mega Ball to win the largest Mega Millions jackpot in United States history of over $2 Billion Dollars!
Kingofearth

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Jan 25, 2017, 1:22 am

Quote: Originally posted by WhoaMama on Jan 23, 2017
What do you think will have the higher jackpot? Mega Millions or Powerball?

YOU DECIDE.

If you take out the 1.5 Bilion then Mega had the highest jackpot of 2016. Simply put, if Mega hasn't been hit by now then it's just gonna keep rolling and rolling until it reaches the biggest jackpot of the year status while PB will rise and fall and rise and fall during the climb.
KY Floyd

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Jan 26, 2017, 2:03 am

For any given jackpot PB can be counted on to increase more than MM for the same jackpot because PB tickets cost twice as much and put about twice as much cash into the jackpot pool. For the current runs MM sold about 22 million tickets for an advertised jackpot of $137 million and PB sold about 14 million tickets for an advertised jackpot of $135 million. That's a bit more than half as many tickets as MM, so the PB jackpot increased by a bit more than MM. Since the MM odds are lower and more tickets are sold it's a bit more likely to produce a winner for any given increase in jackpot value than PB is.

PB became more likely to produce a bigger jackpot a couple of drawings back, but what actually happens in the future won't necessarily be what's most likely. If both games roll at the end of the week (which is quite likely) PB will take the jackpot lead, but MM could still produce a bigger winner if it rolls longer than PB.
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Jan 26, 2017, 11:31 am

Quote: Originally posted by Kingofearth on Jan 25, 2017
If you take out the 1.5 Bilion then Mega had the highest jackpot of 2016. Simply put, if Mega hasn't been hit by now then it's just gonna keep rolling and rolling until it reaches the biggest jackpot of the year status while PB will rise and fall and rise and fall during the climb.

Ever notice no 10x.
RJOh

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Jan 26, 2017, 1:13 pm

When you consider both games have similar odds but one cost twice as much PB seems the obvious winner. MM sell $18,882,204 worth of tickets to generate a $1M winner and payout $3,221.827 in prizes while PB sell $23,376,108 worth of tickets to generate a $1M winner and payout $3,748,602 in prizes which leaves more money to build its jackpots.

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Raven62

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Jan 28, 2017, 9:16 am

Quote: Originally posted by WhoaMama on Jan 23, 2017
What do you think will have the higher jackpot? Mega Millions or Powerball?

YOU DECIDE.

MegaMillions got Hit Last Night: Will PowerBall get Hit Tonight?

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Raven62

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Jan 29, 2017, 6:57 am

Quote: Originally posted by Raven62 on Jan 28, 2017
MegaMillions got Hit Last Night: Will PowerBall get Hit Tonight?

No! Rolled to: $206M!

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RJOh

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Jan 29, 2017, 5:29 pm

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Jan 26, 2017
When you consider both games have similar odds but one cost twice as much PB seems the obvious winner. MM sell $18,882,204 worth of tickets to generate a $1M winner and payout $3,221.827 in prizes while PB sell $23,376,108 worth of tickets to generate a $1M winner and payout $3,748,602 in prizes which leaves more money to build its jackpots.

Can there any longer be any doubt now that MM has been won and PB continue to roll? What I don't understand is when both jackpots are similar and odds of winning something favors MM, players spend more on the more expensive PB tickets. Now that PB will have no competition for a while it should roll up even faster.

* you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones *
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Jan 29, 2017, 5:56 pm

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Jan 29, 2017
Can there any longer be any doubt now that MM has been won and PB continue to roll? What I don't understand is when both jackpots are similar and odds of winning something favors MM, players spend more on the more expensive PB tickets. Now that PB will have no competition for a while it should roll up even faster.

About 2 or 3 years ago, before they changed the odds on PB, I noticed that there were more jackpot winners with PB. I think it was spring 2015 or 2014. That's when I started playing PB and for smaller jackpots because they were having winners 1-x2 a month.

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