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WhoaMama

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Oct 12, 2017, 1:44 pm

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if a huge jackpot in the billions was the grand prize, would you still buy New Mega Millions (with rule and odds change)?

Or will you stop playing MM?
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Oct 12, 2017, 1:46 pm

I wouldn't boycott Mega Millions anyway, just like I didn't boycott Powerball when it increased the ticket price. There are still lots of $1 games out there (in fact most games are $1).

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Oct 12, 2017, 2:10 pm

Quote: Originally posted by WhoaMama on Oct 12, 2017
Title says all.

if a huge jackpot in the billions was the grand prize, would you still buy New Mega Millions (with rule and odds change)?

Or will you stop playing MM?

Boycott? No -- but I would take a knee.
sam9009

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Oct 12, 2017, 8:38 pm

If I play 26 draws will the machine apply the $2 change for draws after October?

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wander73

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Oct 13, 2017, 9:21 am

Quote: Originally posted by WhoaMama on Oct 12, 2017
Title says all.

if a huge jackpot in the billions was the grand prize, would you still buy New Mega Millions (with rule and odds change)?

Or will you stop playing MM?

People will do what they want regardless. Musl is still making money at it.

I will say in the search i have read decent topics and members trying different ways. +++
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Oct 13, 2017, 9:27 am

Quote: Originally posted by sam9009 on Oct 12, 2017
If I play 26 draws will the machine apply the $2 change for draws after October?

You can't buy tix for any draws past the change date. They are changing the matrix of the game. Once they make the changes you should be able to buy advance tix then.

JUST LOOK AT THE ODDS OF ANY JACKPOT GAME, THAT WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Oct 13, 2017, 9:54 am

Quote: Originally posted by WhoaMama on Oct 12, 2017
Title says all.

if a huge jackpot in the billions was the grand prize, would you still buy New Mega Millions (with rule and odds change)?

Or will you stop playing MM?

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Oct 13, 2017, 10:56 am

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Oct 13, 2017
You can't buy tix for any draws past the change date. They are changing the matrix of the game. Once they make the changes you should be able to buy advance tix then.

Oh yeah. Less or more numbers?

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Oct 13, 2017, 7:19 pm

Quote: Originally posted by WhoaMama on Oct 12, 2017
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if a huge jackpot in the billions was the grand prize, would you still buy New Mega Millions (with rule and odds change)?

Or will you stop playing MM?

No but once the change happens i'm increasoing the minimum the jackpot will need to be in order for me to buy a ticket to 300 Million Pre-Tax Cash.

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Oct 13, 2017, 11:50 pm

I buy $2 and $3 tickets now for powerball so I will buy $2 and $3 tickets for mega millions after the change and focus more of my money on Oregon megabucks like $5 tickets for my state game.-weshar75
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Oct 14, 2017, 9:36 am

Drat! I did my morning coffee run, bought MM tickets without checking to see if anyone won last night. What time did they post the winner? I called it a night after 10 pm PST, and nothing was reported.
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Oct 14, 2017, 9:54 am

Quote: Originally posted by Redd55 on Oct 14, 2017
Drat! I did my morning coffee run, bought MM tickets without checking to see if anyone won last night. What time did they post the winner? I called it a night after 10 pm PST, and nothing was reported.

There were 2 jackpot winners in the Friday, October 13, 2017 Mega Millions drawing: 1 from Michigan and 1 from Rhode Island.

Also, 1 lucky player from New York matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize.

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Oct 14, 2017, 2:19 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Raven62 on Oct 14, 2017
There were 2 jackpot winners in the Friday, October 13, 2017 Mega Millions drawing: 1 from Michigan and 1 from Rhode Island.

Also, 1 lucky player from New York matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize.

1 lucky player???? You mean 1 lucky ticket. 2 tickets sold for Fri.
wander73

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Oct 14, 2017, 2:20 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Redd55 on Oct 14, 2017
Drat! I did my morning coffee run, bought MM tickets without checking to see if anyone won last night. What time did they post the winner? I called it a night after 10 pm PST, and nothing was reported.

One winning ticket from NY and the other one was Michigan. There was another winning ticket matched all 5 numbers. I wonder if MM is setting up for their new method.
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Oct 14, 2017, 3:32 pm

Quote: Originally posted by wander73 on Oct 14, 2017
1 lucky player???? You mean 1 lucky ticket. 2 tickets sold for Fri.

Thanks for Sharing Your Semantics Genus: Are You a Student of Newspeak?

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