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• Stat$talker

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Hermanus104 on Jul 28, 2024

  I stopped playing Powerball and Mega Millions when I realized this:

  Mega Millions 3+1: Play $2, odds 1:14,547, prize $200.

  I consider this a ripoff because

  3-ball: Play $1, odds 1:1000, prize $500 in most states. Higher prize, much better odds, and lower investment.

  4-ball: Play $1, odds 1:10,000, prize $5000 in most states. Much higher prize, better, odds, and lower investment.

  I will not play Mega Millions unless, for example, the 3+1 prize goes up to $14,500 on a $2 ticket. Of course, that's never going to happen because that will significantly reduce the big jackpot, which is what people want.

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

  Oh Reeally naah?.. Well, can ya tell us somethin we don't already know?
• Ranett

  

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  I already stopped playing so......
• Stat$talker

  

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  Once Agaaain..MUSL had to give away anutha LOOOOOOW (44 Million) PB jackpot, cauze Ole Stat$ keep tellin ya...They're in seemingly desperate need of OUR moniez..and it will continue to happen, to nooo avail...then they'll finally come to their scentsez.....cauze they'll run outta dollar$..

  Let thiz be the "Handwriting on the Wall"  prophectic warning to MUSL...

  "Mene ,Mene... Your Games have been weighted in balance, and has been found lacking.."

  We "The Playerz"  are tired of Yo BS..!!  You reneged on yo promise to us of the "40 Million" reset minimum for MM..essentially lied ..!! Then you insult us, by assuming we've forgotten how you lied to us..

  Look at thiz Poll KnUcKlEhEaDz.. it reflectz whut WILL happen to MMs if you implement thoze foolish , greedy upcoming changez..that'z whyyy ppl aren't playin it..!!

   Ooh for sure Ole Stat$ will continue to ratt you out tho...

      CONTINUE TO HOLD'EM ACCOUNTABLE

   

  -Stat$talker 
• lakerben

  

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  When is it changing to $5?

  Win!

   

  
• Stat$talker

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by lakerben on Aug 23, 2024

  When is it changing to $5?

  "When is it changing to $5?"

  I suppoze, az soon az they loze their mindz..

                                       
• rundown99

  

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  If the price for Mega Millions and Powerball tickets increase to $5 per ticket, especially if the odds aren't significantly better, I will quit playing those games altogether.

  Smart lottery winners form trust to claim their winnings.  They send an attorney to the lottery headquarters to claim the prize in trust, so that ONLY the name of the trust is revealed.  And they tell NO ONE, especially relatives.

  If you ever win a lottery and you are single, the only person you should ever marry is someone who was truly in love with you BEFORE you won the jackpot!

  People can talk about strategies and gimmicks all they want, but unless your ticket actually matches at least 5 of those 6 balls, you are just another person who tried to win a game yet ultimately failed.
• garyo1954

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by rundown99 on Sep 16, 2024

  If the price for Mega Millions and Powerball tickets increase to $5 per ticket, especially if the odds aren't significantly better, I will quit playing those games altogether.

  Just saw the proposed changes at Texas lottery. 

  It remains 5/70 and the bonus ball drops to 1/24.

  Big change? Not happening.

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• MsBee18

  

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  With inflation like it is now, more players will digest a $5 ticket.
• Lotterologist

  

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  I stopped playing regularly when the price went to $2 dollars.

  At $5 dollars, i'd rather invest in penny stocks.
• Pick3geniu$

  

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  It is better to make money with smaller games than to lose it all playing the mega millions.
• Lotto fanatic

  

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  WHO is going to pay $5 for a Mega Millions ticket? That's more than double the current $2 price for a single Mega Millions ticket. I could buy a fast food meal with roughly $5. Also, a Grouper(Fantasy 5, Cash Pop, Jackpot Triple Play, Florida Lotto, Pick 4, and a free ticket) is also $5. The Lottery is full of it, expecting people to pay $5 for a single Mega Millions ticket.
• Coin Toss

  

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  I'm a little surpeised by a lot of the posts in this thread. 

  Who uis really noit goimng tho throw $5 at a chance to win a lot of millions? nothing says you have to continuye to play 5 or 10 sets of numbers, if that's your m.o. maybe rethik it. 

  This makes e think of most players not willing to throw an extra $1 at Powerball. Theorhetically thatdollar could becoime a " milliuon dolar dollar" so why not?

  Those who run the lotteries love it when players look for consistency in something that's designed not to have any. So many systems, so many theories, so few jackpot winners. 

  

  There is one and only one 'proven' system, and that is to book the action. No matter the game, let the players pick their own losers.
• sam9009

  

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  Of course I will play. I buy $5-$30 scratch tickets. What's the difference?

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• KY Floyd

  

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  "WHO is going to pay $5 for a Mega Millions ticket? "

  They're counting on the problem gamblers who always have to be in it because, "what if my numbers came up and I didn't have a ticket?" Instead of selling 5 tickets to  collect $10 from players they'll only need to sell 2 tickets, so they can lose 60% of  players and still generate the same revenue. I'd imagine the threshold will be a lot higher but when the addicts push the jackpot high enough other people will start to play and, just as it's always been, they'll make their real money on a few drawings with sales that are much bigger than the usual sales.

  Of course those bigger sales are steadily declining and in the long run I think this is just another nail in the coffin as they slowly put their cash cow on life support while trying to postpone its death. Almost 9 years ago, when PB passed the billion dollar mark for the first time, an advertised jackpot of  $400 million resulted in sales of $352 million, and the final drawing  had sales of $1.25 billion. Seven years later, in January 2023 an advertised MM jackpot of $1.35 billion only managed sales of $346 million, and seven months after that advertising $1.58 billion only saw sales of $343 million. Two months after that PB  had sales of $259 million for a $1.76 billion jackpot.  Most recently, April's $1.32 billion jackpot had sales of $218 million.

  There will probably alway be a base of problem gamblers spending $15 to $20 million per drawing, but they're getting more and more drawings with small jackpot increases and modest sales between the "big" sales that are a modest fraction of what they used to be.
• Stat$talker

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by KY Floyd on Oct 10, 2024

  "WHO is going to pay $5 for a Mega Millions ticket? "

  They're counting on the problem gamblers who always have to be in it because, "what if my numbers came up and I didn't have a ticket?" Instead of selling 5 tickets to  collect $10 from players they'll only need to sell 2 tickets, so they can lose 60% of  players and still generate the same revenue. I'd imagine the threshold will be a lot higher but when the addicts push the jackpot high enough other people will start to play and, just as it's always been, they'll make their real money on a few drawings with sales that are much bigger than the usual sales.

  Of course those bigger sales are steadily declining and in the long run I think this is just another nail in the coffin as they slowly put their cash cow on life support while trying to postpone its death. Almost 9 years ago, when PB passed the billion dollar mark for the first time, an advertised jackpot of  $400 million resulted in sales of $352 million, and the final drawing  had sales of $1.25 billion. Seven years later, in January 2023 an advertised MM jackpot of $1.35 billion only managed sales of $346 million, and seven months after that advertising $1.58 billion only saw sales of $343 million. Two months after that PB  had sales of $259 million for a $1.76 billion jackpot.  Most recently, April's $1.32 billion jackpot had sales of $218 million.

  There will probably alway be a base of problem gamblers spending $15 to $20 million per drawing, but they're getting more and more drawings with small jackpot increases and modest sales between the "big" sales that are a modest fraction of what they used to be.

  "and in the long run I think this is just another nail in the coffin as they slowly put their cash cow on life support while trying to postpone its death."

                                     

  The Math, haz already pReDiCtEd itz Death...

  Heaa comez dat Playa Azsteroid, that'z gonna wipe out da DinoGame..!!

                               MM    RIP