JDR asked:


Tonight’s (03/06/07) Mega Million Jackpot is currently at an historic $370 Million and can reach they say up to $375 Million with ongoing ticket sales.WOW!
What can a buyer do to better his/her odds of winning the jackpot? Of course, chosing your own numbers is BEST rather than quickpicks but that’s not always the case. If you’re going to get quickpicks buy singles rather than 10 at a time. They say the machine spits out similar number sequences when you buy multiples in one slip. Other ways of handpicking are to chose 3 odd #’s and 3 even #’s or 2/4 & 4/2 when filling out the slip. They also say never to chose birthdays or special dates. That simply doesn’t help. Or NEVER absolutely by no means, draw a letter on the slip. I’ve heard of frequent chosen numbers to be between 11-45 and other mixed facts & myths. What are some ways to be randomly lucky? Or other creative ways to magnetize fortune? What rituals, traditions, legends, tricks, magic do you use to choose lotto numbers?

Gene

cArb0nf!Ber asked:


Every now and then i play the Mega Millions and I am curious as to how the odds of winning the jackpot are calculated. It says the odds of winning the jackpost are about 1 in 175,000,000. How did the lottery people come up with this number???

Gail

noreen a asked:


Thanks in advance.

Darlene

Walter asked:


Can you please tell me which numbers i should choose so that I can win the lottery?
Thank you for your help.

Loretta

chattanooga chip asked:


By mega millions I mean any really large amount in a State sponsored legal numbers game. You hear all the time that people take the lesser amount by taking the “cash payout” why do they do that and how do you get your money if you choose the other option. Do your heirs get the money should you die before the total is paid? Does someone get the entire amount, ever? (this is not a tax question) I know states are different, please name your state and how you know. (I know I could read hundreds of pages of rules but I am interested in the short version. And would you ever pick the standard payout to get all the winnings?
I am not a gambler. Actually I am pretty much against the “Legalization of Gambling” (children suffer no matter what the States claim.) BUT I do wonder why any body would put up a company (wal-mart could not get away with it) that said if you buy this and your numbers are actually drawn, even though we said the winnings are at 360 million the winners get only a portion of that amount. (like I said this has nothing to do with what the taxes are on the money) I just want to know if a car manufacturer said you only get 2/3 of a car, Would you buy it? If a gallon of milk was $4.65 and you paid the amount stated, how could they hand you a half gallon? Seems like FALSE AVERTISEMENT.

Lester

pmugri asked:


At a certain prize level it makes statistical sense to buy a Mega Millions lottery ticket.
What is grand prize amount that makes it make sense?

Mark

Wheezy asked:


What percentage would get taken out if I was to take the lump sum, or if I were to get it over a period of time? Also is it a 20 year period that you would get the money over?
in the state of michigan.

Sylvia

Craven asked:


If you won Mega Millions what would you do first?

Timothy

luv me cuz im asian asked:


what are the drawings results?

Julio

Jan J asked:


I never played before and I know that the first 5 numbers are from 1-56, and the 6 is 1-46 but, I never actually filled one out before, what does it look like and how to do I fill one out? and I am going to use 11 different set of numbers so how many of those lottery tickets do I have to fill out?

Matthew