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Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?

No - None

[ 121 ]

[ 56.5% ]

Very Little - One Line

[ 45 ]

[ 21.0% ]

Some - I Cut Back

[ 13 ]

[ 6.1% ]

Yes - Business As Usual

[ 35 ]

[ 16.4% ]

Total valid votes

[ 214 ]

Discarded votes

[ 4 ]

rcbbuckeye

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Jul 16, 2025, 12:55 pm

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Jul 16, 2025
Nooooooooo, shame on you for thinking that !!!

And yes I saved $5 and yes it was another $10M increase.... 2 for 2...Not bad

Shame is upon me....I beg forgiveness

JUST LOOK AT THE ODDS OF ANY JACKPOT GAME, THAT WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
CDanaT

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Jul 18, 2025, 8:50 am

Spend $5 or save $5 ???.... Lets go with save $5.......... But what will the rollover beeeeeee ?....Let's go with $10M

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CDanaT

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Jul 19, 2025, 6:42 am

Yeup.....Saved $5 and the roll was $10M.............2 for 2 AGAIN !!!! I just might need to buy a lottery ticket today

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rcbbuckeye

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Jul 19, 2025, 7:53 am

Rollin' rollin' rollin', keep those doggies rollin', roll on.....10 million at a time, rollin' all the time, rawhide!!!!!!

JUST LOOK AT THE ODDS OF ANY JACKPOT GAME, THAT WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Stat$talker

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Jul 19, 2025, 1:46 pm

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Jul 19, 2025
Rollin' rollin' rollin', keep those doggies rollin', roll on.....10 million at a time, rollin' all the time, rawhide!!!!!!

Texez 2 Stepper..Seemz like YOU'VE been watchin Rawhide / Clint Eastwood on TV LAND ... It'z gonna take 3 yrz fa dat MM to git to a Billyen dollaz ...by THAT time?....

"Yo Sweetheart will be waiting.

Be waitin at the End of yo riiide"

Heaa-Yaaah..!!

(Ole Stat$ just got EvErYbOdY sangin on heaa).

-Stat$talker
CDanaT

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Jul 20, 2025, 8:37 am

No money gained or lost on the PB last night..It's finally starting to climb.

Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.

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Eagle Sun

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Jul 21, 2025, 4:47 pm

As of 2025-07-21

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?
No - None	59	59.0%	███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
Very Little - One Line	22	22.0%	██████████████████████
Some - I Cut Back	3	3.0%	███
Yes - Business As Usual	16	16.0%	████████████████
Total valid votes	100

Huh!? And an advertised rate of increase at only $10 Mil since the begin of the new jackpot... Hmmm??

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CDanaT

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Jul 21, 2025, 6:57 pm

That's okay Jade.... Let's see if it goes up over $12M tomorrow night.

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Elizabeth03

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Jul 22, 2025, 6:03 am

I do not play Mega Millions. As I live in Canada. But I have seen how high the jackpot's get for the game. As well the Powerball lottery, has a large jackpot, as well! 💯
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Eagle Sun

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Jul 22, 2025, 12:08 pm

Yep, the cash don't lie.

Mega Millions under performing in it's second run at $5.00 per line.

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CDanaT

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Jul 23, 2025, 10:25 am

Only another $10 Million increase for the MM....(yawn).....Saved another $5 ......

It's a great day to purchase a winning ticket from your favorite retailer.

Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.

JADELottery

Eagle Sun

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Jul 24, 2025, 9:59 am

The cash value is only running at 10% of what it would be when it was at $2.00 a line.

90% of all other cash jackpots were much higher by this time in the jackpot run.

This may be reflective of this poll where nearly 60% are not playing.

Here's some data since the $5.00 a line change.

Peculiar, the change in annuity and cash don't follow each other for many drawings at the beginning of the jackpot run.

Mega Millions Jackpot Values at $5.00 a Line
Index	Date	Amount		Change
Index	Date	Annuity	Cash	Annuity	Cash
2913	2025-04-22	$50,000,000	$22,400,000	·	·
2914	2025-04-25	$60,000,000	$26,900,000	$10,000,000	$4,500,000
2915	2025-04-29	$70,000,000	$31,800,000	$10,000,000	$4,900,000
2916	2025-05-02	$80,000,000	$36,400,000	$10,000,000	$4,600,000
2917	2025-05-06	$90,000,000	$40,800,000	$10,000,000	$4,400,000
2918	2025-05-09	$100,000,000	$45,300,000	$10,000,000	$4,500,000
2919	2025-05-13	$110,000,000	$49,400,000	$10,000,000	$4,100,000
2920	2025-05-16	$122,000,000	$54,800,000	$12,000,000	$5,400,000
2921	2025-05-20	$139,000,000	$62,300,000	$17,000,000	$7,500,000
2922	2025-05-23	$154,000,000	$69,000,000	$15,000,000	$6,700,000
2923	2025-05-27	$173,000,000	$75,700,000	$19,000,000	$6,700,000
2924	2025-05-30	$189,000,000	$82,700,000	$16,000,000	$7,000,000
2925	2025-06-03	$202,000,000	$90,000,000	$13,000,000	$7,300,000
2926	2025-06-06	$223,000,000	$99,400,000	$21,000,000	$9,400,000
2927	2025-06-10	$243,000,000	$108,000,000	$20,000,000	$8,600,000
2928	2025-06-13	$264,000,000	$117,300,000	$21,000,000	$9,300,000
2929	2025-06-17	$280,000,000	$126,100,000	$16,000,000	$8,800,000
2930	2025-06-20	$302,000,000	$136,000,000	$22,000,000	$9,900,000
2931	2025-06-24	$326,000,000	$145,700,000	$24,000,000	$9,700,000
2932	2025-06-27	$348,000,000	$155,500,000	$22,000,000	$9,800,000
2933	2025-07-01	$50,000,000	$22,400,000	·	·
2934	2025-07-04	$60,000,000	$26,900,000	$10,000,000	$4,500,000
2935	2025-07-08	$70,000,000	$31,300,000	$10,000,000	$4,400,000
2936	2025-07-11	$80,000,000	$35,800,000	$10,000,000	$4,500,000
2937	2025-07-15	$90,000,000	$39,900,000	$10,000,000	$4,100,000
2938	2025-07-18	$100,000,000	$44,300,000	$10,000,000	$4,400,000
2939	2025-07-22	$110,000,000	$48,400,000	$10,000,000	$4,100,000
2940	2025-07-25	$120,000,000	$52,800,000	$10,000,000	$4,400,000

Yet, Powerball does change as the jackpot grows.

Powerball Jackpot Values at $2.00 a Line
Index	Date	Amount		Change
Index	Date	Annuity	Cash	Annuity	Cash
3653	2025-06-02	$20,000,000	$9,000,000	·	·
3654	2025-06-04	$30,200,000	$13,500,000	$10,200,000	$4,500,000
3655	2025-06-07	$45,000,000	$20,200,000	$14,800,000	$6,700,000
3656	2025-06-09	$54,400,000	$24,500,000	$9,400,000	$4,300,000
3657	2025-06-11	$65,200,000	$29,300,000	$10,800,000	$4,800,000
3658	2025-06-14	$80,300,000	$36,300,000	$15,100,000	$7,000,000
3659	2025-06-16	$90,200,000	$40,800,000	$9,900,000	$4,500,000
3660	2025-06-18	$102,200,000	$46,300,000	$12,000,000	$5,500,000
3661	2025-06-21	$119,600,000	$53,800,000	$17,400,000	$7,500,000
3662	2025-06-23	$129,100,000	$58,100,000	$9,500,000	$4,300,000
3663	2025-06-25	$139,800,000	$63,000,000	$10,700,000	$4,900,000
3664	2025-06-28	$152,800,000	$70,000,000	$13,000,000	$7,000,000
3665	2025-06-30	$163,100,000	$74,700,000	$10,300,000	$4,700,000
3666	2025-07-02	$175,000,000	$80,100,000	$11,900,000	$5,400,000
3667	2025-07-05	$192,400,000	$87,700,000	$17,400,000	$7,600,000
3668	2025-07-07	$204,100,000	$93,000,000	$11,700,000	$5,300,000
3669	2025-07-09	$217,100,000	$98,900,000	$13,000,000	$5,900,000
3670	2025-07-12	$237,100,000	$107,500,000	$20,000,000	$8,600,000
3671	2025-07-14	$250,400,000	$113,500,000	$13,300,000	$6,000,000
3672	2025-07-16	$266,400,000	$120,800,000	$16,000,000	$7,300,000
3673	2025-07-19	$292,900,000	$131,000,000	$26,500,000	$10,200,000
3674	2025-07-21	$308,500,000	$138,000,000	$15,600,000	$7,000,000

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Justing618

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Jul 25, 2025, 1:58 am

Quote: Originally posted by JADELottery on Jul 24, 2025

The cash value is only running at 10% of what it would be when it was at $2.00 a line.

90% of all other cash jackpots were much higher by this time in the jackpot run.

This may be reflective of this poll where nearly 60% are not playing.

Here's some data since the $5.00 a line change.

Peculiar, the change in annuity and cash don't follow each other for many drawings at the beginning of the jackpot run.

Mega Millions Jackpot Values at $5.00 a Line
Index	Date	Amount		Change
Index	Date	Annuity	Cash	Annuity	Cash
2913	2025-04-22	$50,000,000	$22,400,000	·	·
2914	2025-04-25	$60,000,000	$26,900,000	$10,000,000	$4,500,000
2915	2025-04-29	$70,000,000	$31,800,000	$10,000,000	$4,900,000
2916	2025-05-02	$80,000,000	$36,400,000	$10,000,000	$4,600,000
2917	2025-05-06	$90,000,000	$40,800,000	$10,000,000	$4,400,000
2918	2025-05-09	$100,000,000	$45,300,000	$10,000,000	$4,500,000
2919	2025-05-13	$110,000,000	$49,400,000	$10,000,000	$4,100,000
2920	2025-05-16	$122,000,000	$54,800,000	$12,000,000	$5,400,000
2921	2025-05-20	$139,000,000	$62,300,000	$17,000,000	$7,500,000
2922	2025-05-23	$154,000,000	$69,000,000	$15,000,000	$6,700,000
2923	2025-05-27	$173,000,000	$75,700,000	$19,000,000	$6,700,000
2924	2025-05-30	$189,000,000	$82,700,000	$16,000,000	$7,000,000
2925	2025-06-03	$202,000,000	$90,000,000	$13,000,000	$7,300,000
2926	2025-06-06	$223,000,000	$99,400,000	$21,000,000	$9,400,000
2927	2025-06-10	$243,000,000	$108,000,000	$20,000,000	$8,600,000
2928	2025-06-13	$264,000,000	$117,300,000	$21,000,000	$9,300,000
2929	2025-06-17	$280,000,000	$126,100,000	$16,000,000	$8,800,000
2930	2025-06-20	$302,000,000	$136,000,000	$22,000,000	$9,900,000
2931	2025-06-24	$326,000,000	$145,700,000	$24,000,000	$9,700,000
2932	2025-06-27	$348,000,000	$155,500,000	$22,000,000	$9,800,000
2933	2025-07-01	$50,000,000	$22,400,000	·	·
2934	2025-07-04	$60,000,000	$26,900,000	$10,000,000	$4,500,000
2935	2025-07-08	$70,000,000	$31,300,000	$10,000,000	$4,400,000
2936	2025-07-11	$80,000,000	$35,800,000	$10,000,000	$4,500,000
2937	2025-07-15	$90,000,000	$39,900,000	$10,000,000	$4,100,000
2938	2025-07-18	$100,000,000	$44,300,000	$10,000,000	$4,400,000
2939	2025-07-22	$110,000,000	$48,400,000	$10,000,000	$4,100,000
2940	2025-07-25	$120,000,000	$52,800,000	$10,000,000	$4,400,000

Yet, Powerball does change as the jackpot grows.

Powerball Jackpot Values at $2.00 a Line
Index	Date	Amount		Change
Index	Date	Annuity	Cash	Annuity	Cash
3653	2025-06-02	$20,000,000	$9,000,000	·	·
3654	2025-06-04	$30,200,000	$13,500,000	$10,200,000	$4,500,000
3655	2025-06-07	$45,000,000	$20,200,000	$14,800,000	$6,700,000
3656	2025-06-09	$54,400,000	$24,500,000	$9,400,000	$4,300,000
3657	2025-06-11	$65,200,000	$29,300,000	$10,800,000	$4,800,000
3658	2025-06-14	$80,300,000	$36,300,000	$15,100,000	$7,000,000
3659	2025-06-16	$90,200,000	$40,800,000	$9,900,000	$4,500,000
3660	2025-06-18	$102,200,000	$46,300,000	$12,000,000	$5,500,000
3661	2025-06-21	$119,600,000	$53,800,000	$17,400,000	$7,500,000
3662	2025-06-23	$129,100,000	$58,100,000	$9,500,000	$4,300,000
3663	2025-06-25	$139,800,000	$63,000,000	$10,700,000	$4,900,000
3664	2025-06-28	$152,800,000	$70,000,000	$13,000,000	$7,000,000
3665	2025-06-30	$163,100,000	$74,700,000	$10,300,000	$4,700,000
3666	2025-07-02	$175,000,000	$80,100,000	$11,900,000	$5,400,000
3667	2025-07-05	$192,400,000	$87,700,000	$17,400,000	$7,600,000
3668	2025-07-07	$204,100,000	$93,000,000	$11,700,000	$5,300,000
3669	2025-07-09	$217,100,000	$98,900,000	$13,000,000	$5,900,000
3670	2025-07-12	$237,100,000	$107,500,000	$20,000,000	$8,600,000
3671	2025-07-14	$250,400,000	$113,500,000	$13,300,000	$6,000,000
3672	2025-07-16	$266,400,000	$120,800,000	$16,000,000	$7,300,000
3673	2025-07-19	$292,900,000	$131,000,000	$26,500,000	$10,200,000
3674	2025-07-21	$308,500,000	$138,000,000	$15,600,000	$7,000,000

I really don't blame people for not playing! Lotta money for a pipe dream. Thanks for the information. Very informative!

HoLeeKau

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Jul 25, 2025, 7:58 am

After the price increase I chose one line of my regular numbers to keep playing, and I get a ticket for 10 draws (5 weeks) which is as many draws as my state allows. I won something on my first ticket but I don't remember what. I just cashed my 2nd ticket and got $36. Not too bad for a $50 ticket. My new ticket is 4X and I'd be perfectly happy with the million dollar prize with that multiplier.

I won $200 on Lucky for Life last night and I'm trying to decide how to allocate it. I've decided it's all going back into lottery but I'm not sure if I'll buy any extra MM with it. Any advice?

Stat$talker

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Jul 25, 2025, 8:00 am

Quote: Originally posted by JADELottery on Jul 24, 2025

The cash value is only running at 10% of what it would be when it was at $2.00 a line.

90% of all other cash jackpots were much higher by this time in the jackpot run.

This may be reflective of this poll where nearly 60% are not playing.

Here's some data since the $5.00 a line change.

Peculiar, the change in annuity and cash don't follow each other for many drawings at the beginning of the jackpot run.

Mega Millions Jackpot Values at $5.00 a Line
Index	Date	Amount		Change
Index	Date	Annuity	Cash	Annuity	Cash
2913	2025-04-22	$50,000,000	$22,400,000	·	·
2914	2025-04-25	$60,000,000	$26,900,000	$10,000,000	$4,500,000
2915	2025-04-29	$70,000,000	$31,800,000	$10,000,000	$4,900,000
2916	2025-05-02	$80,000,000	$36,400,000	$10,000,000	$4,600,000
2917	2025-05-06	$90,000,000	$40,800,000	$10,000,000	$4,400,000
2918	2025-05-09	$100,000,000	$45,300,000	$10,000,000	$4,500,000
2919	2025-05-13	$110,000,000	$49,400,000	$10,000,000	$4,100,000
2920	2025-05-16	$122,000,000	$54,800,000	$12,000,000	$5,400,000
2921	2025-05-20	$139,000,000	$62,300,000	$17,000,000	$7,500,000
2922	2025-05-23	$154,000,000	$69,000,000	$15,000,000	$6,700,000
2923	2025-05-27	$173,000,000	$75,700,000	$19,000,000	$6,700,000
2924	2025-05-30	$189,000,000	$82,700,000	$16,000,000	$7,000,000
2925	2025-06-03	$202,000,000	$90,000,000	$13,000,000	$7,300,000
2926	2025-06-06	$223,000,000	$99,400,000	$21,000,000	$9,400,000
2927	2025-06-10	$243,000,000	$108,000,000	$20,000,000	$8,600,000
2928	2025-06-13	$264,000,000	$117,300,000	$21,000,000	$9,300,000
2929	2025-06-17	$280,000,000	$126,100,000	$16,000,000	$8,800,000
2930	2025-06-20	$302,000,000	$136,000,000	$22,000,000	$9,900,000
2931	2025-06-24	$326,000,000	$145,700,000	$24,000,000	$9,700,000
2932	2025-06-27	$348,000,000	$155,500,000	$22,000,000	$9,800,000
2933	2025-07-01	$50,000,000	$22,400,000	·	·
2934	2025-07-04	$60,000,000	$26,900,000	$10,000,000	$4,500,000
2935	2025-07-08	$70,000,000	$31,300,000	$10,000,000	$4,400,000
2936	2025-07-11	$80,000,000	$35,800,000	$10,000,000	$4,500,000
2937	2025-07-15	$90,000,000	$39,900,000	$10,000,000	$4,100,000
2938	2025-07-18	$100,000,000	$44,300,000	$10,000,000	$4,400,000
2939	2025-07-22	$110,000,000	$48,400,000	$10,000,000	$4,100,000
2940	2025-07-25	$120,000,000	$52,800,000	$10,000,000	$4,400,000

Yet, Powerball does change as the jackpot grows.

Powerball Jackpot Values at $2.00 a Line
Index	Date	Amount		Change
Index	Date	Annuity	Cash	Annuity	Cash
3653	2025-06-02	$20,000,000	$9,000,000	·	·
3654	2025-06-04	$30,200,000	$13,500,000	$10,200,000	$4,500,000
3655	2025-06-07	$45,000,000	$20,200,000	$14,800,000	$6,700,000
3656	2025-06-09	$54,400,000	$24,500,000	$9,400,000	$4,300,000
3657	2025-06-11	$65,200,000	$29,300,000	$10,800,000	$4,800,000
3658	2025-06-14	$80,300,000	$36,300,000	$15,100,000	$7,000,000
3659	2025-06-16	$90,200,000	$40,800,000	$9,900,000	$4,500,000
3660	2025-06-18	$102,200,000	$46,300,000	$12,000,000	$5,500,000
3661	2025-06-21	$119,600,000	$53,800,000	$17,400,000	$7,500,000
3662	2025-06-23	$129,100,000	$58,100,000	$9,500,000	$4,300,000
3663	2025-06-25	$139,800,000	$63,000,000	$10,700,000	$4,900,000
3664	2025-06-28	$152,800,000	$70,000,000	$13,000,000	$7,000,000
3665	2025-06-30	$163,100,000	$74,700,000	$10,300,000	$4,700,000
3666	2025-07-02	$175,000,000	$80,100,000	$11,900,000	$5,400,000
3667	2025-07-05	$192,400,000	$87,700,000	$17,400,000	$7,600,000
3668	2025-07-07	$204,100,000	$93,000,000	$11,700,000	$5,300,000
3669	2025-07-09	$217,100,000	$98,900,000	$13,000,000	$5,900,000
3670	2025-07-12	$237,100,000	$107,500,000	$20,000,000	$8,600,000
3671	2025-07-14	$250,400,000	$113,500,000	$13,300,000	$6,000,000
3672	2025-07-16	$266,400,000	$120,800,000	$16,000,000	$7,300,000
3673	2025-07-19	$292,900,000	$131,000,000	$26,500,000	$10,200,000
3674	2025-07-21	$308,500,000	$138,000,000	$15,600,000	$7,000,000

That's bcuz, most Playaz see it for what it really izz

A RIPPAUWPHF

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