If I were Filthy Rich
By yelowin+155 Now is the real mega millions test
They increased the price on mega millions so that they could get to higher prices and quicker, but so far it’s been rising pretty slowly. The Highest mm has ever gotten was on April 21-August 8 2023: a total of 32 rollovers. On July 14 2023, after 25 draws, the jackpot was sitting at 560 million. For 2 consecutive draws it had been gaining 50m/draw and was gaining 60 that draw. Comparatively, today (Tuesday will be the 25th draw since July 1 when the jackpot reset), despite starting at 50 million instead of 20, the jackpot only sits at 451 million. It has recently been gaining more or less 25m per draw. Now that the powerball has reset and there’s more incentive to play the bigger jackpot, it should be interesting to see if the jackpot gets higher quicker or not. I wonder if this cycle turns out to be a dud if they’ll switch back to 2 dollars or refuse to “admit defeat” and keep at 5? What to you guys think?
Recent responses
+72 @5Series_BMW It’ll be interesting to see if the Powerball jackpot will catchup to MegaMillions this cycle?
+40 @Hot_Librarian_8748 I doubt they will drop the price ever. Change odds maybe.
+33 @cptmorgantravel89 Probably because why would people pay 5 bucks for mega millions when they can pay 2 for power ball
+25 @_YoungMidoriya Odds need to be better for that price.
+22 @InternetExpertroll I would rather suffer the end of Earth a thousand times; I would rather die in agony than buy a Mega Millions ticket.
+21 @yelowin And since some will probably mention the economy now vs 2023, apparently it’s been shown that despite the economy the lottery is the one thing that raises at a pretty stable pace [(source)](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3501160/#:~:text=The%20results%20in%20Table%202,business%20cycle%20supporting%20the%20PIH)
+16 @mzx380 I would continue regularly playing if it was $2. $5? Haven’t played since
+13 @Direct_Alternative94 When you pull the trigger to play either MM or PB you are acting on emotions overcoming math. The truth is you’re probably never going to hit a jackpot of that significance. However, people do win. Frequently. And it is completely random so that’s how the emotions get boosted. I play PB only at this point and only over 500. For me, every time PB laps the MM it’s further justification for sticking with PB. I feel drawn to MM at times like this but I remind myself that even if someone wins before PB reaches 500, PB will reach it again soon enough and I can then afford to dream a little bit.