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Mega Millions Lottery Results

August 22, 2019   Game skill   No comments

Mega Millions is the popular multi jurisdiction mega jackpot lottery that is played by millions. Thanks to an agreement between the Mega Millions consortium and the Multi-State Lottery Association in 2010 both lotteries are now available in 38 states. Drawings take place twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:00 PM. Since 11:00 is late for many Mega Millions players they can check Mega Millions lottery results at the official Mega Millions website or at one of the many online lottery websites. Thanks to new mobile technology players can check Mega Millions lottery results on their cell phones or any mobile device.

During the past couple of years there have been several incidents of lottery fraud where players have taken their lottery tickets to a lottery retailer, typically a convenience store, to have the numbers checked. An unscrupulous clerk will take the winning ticket and tell the victim that the ticket is worthless. Probably the most famous example of this was the case of Texas lottery player Willis Willis who was cheated out of a $1 million dollar lottery win by a clerk who fled the country. To avoid similar scams players should check Mega Millions lottery results at the official Mega Millions site or at one of the many online lottery sites. Players should always sign their mega Millions ticket and any other lottery ticket they may have purchased.

A single $1 dollar Mega Millions ticket has a 1 in 175,711,536 chance of hitting the jackpot. Most players opt for the ‘quick pick’ option where numbers are chosen by a random number generator. Some lottery experts say that using the quick pick option increases the chance of winning by 10 to 15%. Obviously the more Mega Millions tickets that are purchased the greater the chances of winning. Once the drawing has taken place players can check for the latest Mega Millions lottery results. Players can either check online and Mega Millions lottery results are also posted at most lottery retailers.

Failing to check Mega Millions lottery results can be costly. In 2002 a mega Millions jackpot of $68 million went unclaimed and in 2003 a $46 million dollar Mega Millions jackpot remained unclaimed. If these players had only checked the latest mega Millions lottery results they would now be living a life of luxury. Given the ease with which Mega Millions lottery results can be checked there is simply no excuse for a jackpot to go unclaimed.

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How To Increase Your Chances Of Winning The Lottery

August 14, 2018   Game type   No comments

Every week, you hear news that someone won the lottery. You hear hundreds of these stories every year. You play the lottery all the time, but it’s always someone else that wins. It’s never you. Why? Perhaps you’ve just been playing wrong. There are things that you could do to increase your chances of winning the lottery.

The number one thing you could do is change the game you play. Instead of playing the high jackpot games, play games with better odds. That sounds simple, right? But that could increase your chances of winning the jackpot many times over.

Here’s an example – Say you’re a regular Mega Millions player. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are approximately 175-million-to-1. Now, instead of playing Mega millions, try choosing a game with better odds of winning, like a state lottery game. Say you find a state lottery game that offers odds of 15-million-to-1. Just by changing to that game from Mega Millions, you will be approximately 12 times more likely to win. See how simple it is?

The problem is that we use our emotions when buying lottery tickets. We see a high jackpot and that’s the game we want to play. We just want to win a lot of money, as much as possible. But that’s how those lotteries get us. They make a lot of money from players like us that bet emotionally instead of with our senses.

The next thing you could do to increase your chances of winning the lotto is to join a lottery pool. See, the more tickets you buy, the better your odds of winning. But you shouldn’t be buying too many tickets yourself. That would be financially irresponsible. So, playing as a group is the solution.

Let’s say that, as a group, you could buy 20 tickets per draw. If the odds of winning the lottery are, say, 15-million-to-one, then with 20 tickets the odds decrease to 750,000-to-1. See how the odds change drastically when you buy more tickets?

Hopefully, now you have a better sense of what you can do to increase your chances of winning the lottery. Good luck and may you win a big jackpot one day!

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