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• Karen Nathan

  

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  When I started this thread, I had NO idea that Mega Millions would climb to 750 MILLION currently.... ;) Now, Mega Millions is starting to look REALLY good to me.....;)
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  Quote: Originally posted by Karen Nathan on Jan 15, 2021

  When I started this thread, I had NO idea that Mega Millions would climb to 750 MILLION currently.... ;) Now, Mega Millions is starting to look REALLY good to me.....;)

  Yeah right. Similar to looking back at your school years and remembering that guy or gal who were  unattractive back then, and years later when you bump into each other you like " Whoa, is that you, you've all grown up! Then they respond " You like?"

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• Karen Nathan

  

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  I was a bad girl today and WILLINGLY  bought a Mega Millions ticket! LMAO! Never say never... Or "For Life." ;) Mega Millions is now back on my "Play," list.... ;)
• HoLeeKau

  

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  I'm buying an extra one with the $2 I won on Lucky for Life last night.

  Good luck, y'all!
• Nikkicute

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by river26 on Jan 7, 2021

  i  only  play  pick  3  thats  it

  I'm done with Pick 3! I say good-bye to that game forever!

  I like Pick 4 better...
• Nikkicute

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Karen Nathan on Jan 15, 2021

  I was a bad girl today and WILLINGLY  bought a Mega Millions ticket! LMAO! Never say never... Or "For Life." ;) Mega Millions is now back on my "Play," list.... ;)

  Not surprised

  When the jackpot gets $BIG$ enough, they come crawling back lol
• s5thomps

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Scrubber on Jan 12, 2021

  Ontario 649

  On Aug 9 2000, I switched up my numbers after playing them for several years with little more than $10 here and there.

  ON Aug 11 2000, those numbers I switched out came up. $4.4mil the very next draw. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

  It was a Wednesday.

  There were no winners.

  That date will be burned into my brain for the rest of my life.

  That haves to hurt! That's why you always play your same numbers no matter how long it takes! According to the date it happened well over 20 years ago so you still may hit again. Just make sure that you have a <snip> ticket with those numbers when you do.

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• darthfury78

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Karen Nathan on Dec 30, 2020

  Mega Millions.. I have sworn off this game for LIFE. I have NEVER one anymore than $10 on this game... I hate Mega Millions with a passion.... :/

  For me, it's the National Lottery(aka Mega Millions and Powerball respectively).
• darthfury78

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Nikkicute on Jan 16, 2021

  I'm done with Pick 3! I say good-bye to that game forever!

  I like Pick 4 better...

  Pick-4 is really the $10 version of Pick-3.
• Hermanus104

  

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  Powerball/Mega Millions due to their lower-prize payouts. With some of those lower-prize payouts, I'd win more with much better odds playing the 3-ball. I also avoid games where the winning numbers are chosen by random number generator. 

  To get me to play one of these two games, there must be a record-breaking jackpot on a special day (basically New Year's Eve or New Year's Day, my birthday, Leap Day, Easter*, Independence Day, Thanksgiving*, Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day). Even then, I probably won't play until they do something to address the lower-prize payouts.

  * Unless the drawing schedules change, this will not happen.

  Today's winning 3-ball is going to be a number between 000 and 999.

  In a lot of states, lotteries benefit education. That makes the REAL winners the only people who can't play!
• Mattchu_old

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  $30 scratchers in NY.  They don't pay out for what they cost.  I get big winners in $20 and $25 scratchers often enough I can get lucky and got a few in a weekend.  Those $30 scratchers are fraud
• Think

  

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  Have sworn off several until they are changed but have only sworn off Poker Lotto in Michigan because it is a really stupid game.
  
  Here it is a $2 ticket with the same odds for the top prize as Michigan daily Keno but Keno is $1 and has a $250,000 top prize and the PL has only $100,000 top prize - twice the cost and less than half the prize! Oh Boy!
• picktowin

  

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  Powerball and Mega

  Supercash played 30 years everyday.

  Only got 500.00 twice and a handful of 25/30.00

  They are a joke.

  Just makes lottery richer
• Karen Nathan

  

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  Mega Millions Jackpot has been won.... Someone won about a BILLION dollars before taxes..... Mega Millions is back to 20 Million. I think I'll put it back on my "Do not play," game until it climbs up again substantially. Also, the fact that no one won all 6 numbers in FOUR MONTHS was disturbing and creepy to me...
• MsBee18

  

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  Yes, you can add megamillions back to your swear off list lol. I didn't win a single dollar as the JP grew to historic amounts. I'll still by them from time to time, win or lose.