Another Billion-dollar jackpot came up. Tonight's Powerball jackpot is $1.0 Billion dollars (maybe a little higher). Do i think anyone will win the jackpot tonight? No (I'm thinking Monday or Wednesday for a jackpot winner). But i do have a ticket just in case.
Even a virtual statistical impossibility needs a hand.
What is the line in the Richard Marx song "Remember Manhattan"? Something like "there's no wishing well that comes through without the dime". Is $2 the new dime?
MegaMillions has got to be struggling with their new $5 ticket. Their big justification was bigger jackpots - that have yet to materialize. i hated the increase to $2 (led by Powerball). The more than doubling of the price to $5 was a much bigger mistake. What do you expect when the head of the Mega Millions coalition is from WA. WA has the most useless/incompetent government employees of any state.
Slightly better odds should partially negate the possibility of much higher jackpots. It slightly increases the velocity of jackpot growth (well at least in theory). But it might actually lower the jackpot ceiling (lower maximum jackpot potential).
UPDATE: 2 winners split $1.8B TX, and MO.
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