![]() ![]() By comparison, the longer odds of Mega Millions have seen that jackpot now roll over 35 consecutive times, leading to Friday’s half-billion-dollar prize.īut neither of those games can grow as fast as Powerball. It took eight missed jackpots for the Super Lotto to climb to $15 million for Saturday’s drawing. The twice weekly drawings offer a minimum $7 million jackpot and increase by $1 million when it rolls over.Īccording to lottery spokesman Alex Traverso, Super Lotto Plus is won the most often and has a loyal following, but the (relatively) small jackpot has cut into its sales over the years, especially in the shadow of the nine-figure prizes the other two games can generate. Super Lotto Plus is the old-school lottery game among the three and is exclusive to California. It increases by at least $5 million when the prize rolls over. The minimum jackpot for the game, played twice a week, is $15 million. Mega Millions is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. The minimum jackpot for the twice-weekly drawing is $40 million with at least $10 million added on each time no one matches all the numbers. Powerball is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. ![]() Mega Millions sales were $355 million and Super Lotto sales were $274 million. In the 2015-16 fiscal year, Powerball sales reached $707 million. Sales figures show that in California, players tend to prefer vying for the bigger jackpots. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times ) If you are doing it in that sense, you can decide what attracts you more – the bigger prize or the better odds?” “You’re buying the right to think that you could win. ![]() “If they’re going to play, the best way to look at it is for entertainment,” he said. That’s about the time of the last Ice Age, he added.Ī better choice for a person looking to spend their hard-earned money on a lottery ticket is to invest it, he said. In Alexander’s words, ““To have a better than even chance at winning Super Lotto, you’d have to buy 300 tickets a week since the time of Jesus.”įor a player to have a better than even chance at winning Powerball or Mega Millions, a player would have to buy 300 tickets a week for the last 13,500 years and 12,000 years, respectively, Alexander said. For the Super Lotto Plus, a ticket provides a 0.000000024% (seven zeroes) chance of winning. A $1 Mega Millions ticket gives a player an infinitesimally better 0.0000000039% (still eight zeroes) chance at a win. One $2 ticket for Powerball offers players a 0.0000000034% (eight zeroes) chance of winning. ![]()
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