lets talk asked:


i want to purchase a lottery ticket, but i don’t want to if i cant win, whether its a big prize or not.
my state doesn’t participate in the lottery, but i want to go to a very close state and buy a ticket.

Marcus

Jayson B asked:


For example, is this a possible outcome?

09, 15, 23, 25, 33 Mega Number 25

Marion

ihatecanada4ever asked:


are the jackpots set up?
It seems the higher the jackpot the more “unlikely” numbers show up(meaning they’re not spread out normally through the number spectrum”.
I know they couldn’t set up who wins, but do they set up what drawing somebody does win!?

Laurie

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?
I asked this question previously, but didn’t get any math answers. I did the stats myself and came up with the number of $303M.
The small amounts contribute about 22 cents of expected value.
The chance of 1 or more winners is 1 in 176 M, = (5/56*4/55*3/54*2/53*1/51&1/46)
The chance of exactly 1 winner is 1 in 212M
The chance of exactly 2 winners is 1 in 1.2B
The chance of exactly 3 winners in 1 in 7B

The jackpot contributes 78 cents of after tax lump sum payment expected value when the jackpot is 303M.

PrizeOddsPercentEV
$250,000 3,819,816 0.00003%$0.07
$10,000 650,783 0.00015%$0.02
$150 14,147 0.01%$0.01
$150 12,515 0.01%$0.01
$10 708 0.14%$0.01
$7 272 0.37%$0.03
$3 98 1.0%$0.03
$2 46 2.2%$0.04
Total $0.22

Albert

christopher asked:


I Justed played the Mega Million Ga lottery today,will I win?

Manuel

fishhook2734 asked:


just would love to know in this life time the winning feeling….

Wayne

King Felix asked:


thanks

Glenda

fashdiva08 asked:


what would you do with the money?

145 million dollars!!!!!!!!!!!

Philip

jaf123 asked:


As a hypothetical. If I were to purchase a mega millions ticket in New Jersey, but live and work in New York, would I be subject to the rules of the NJ Lottery and have to claim in NJ? And, would I have to pay state income tax in New York on the winnings even though NJ has no state tax on lotto winnings?

Wanda

Mike asked:


I found an old MEGA Millions lottery ticket from 2006. I realize I cannot win anything because it is more than a year old, but I would just like to know what the correct drawing numbers and Kicker were for Aug. 25, 2006.

Howard