ENDED Bring On Summer!

Week 18

13, 25, 44 Mega 13
18, 33, 51 Mega 13
1, 6, 12 Mega 13
37, 41, 43 Mega 13
 
Thanks Scuba!

Here are my guesses for this week:

2 8 12 Mega ball 16
8 40 46 Mega ball 12
15 16 21 Mega ball 13
4 33 37 Megan ball 15

Now bring on summer!
 
Week 18

17-5-61 MB 13
9-26-19 MB 13
59-36-57 MB 13
65-47-61 MB 13

Thanks Scuba, good luck to all!
 
Are you people checking your numbers??? Seriously we're way past due for a winner.

BCD

I know, right?? Here’s a link to a Florida lottery page that calculates the odds for the various prize levels for the Mega Millions drawing:

http://www.flalottery.com/exptkt/megaMillions-Odds2.pdf

Essentially, we’re just trying to do the seventh prize level (match 3 numbers only), assuming a guy puts in enough posts to make the Mega ball irrelevant. At the bottom of page 4 on the link, the odds come out to about 1 in 307! One problem is, the odds jump pretty significantly if you don’t match the mega ball...as high as 1 in 13,800 (prize level 5)...boy, it would suck to finally match 3 numbers, but miss out because of the mega ball/too few posts!!

The trouble comes from the number of folks entering each week...only about 30-40 peeps are making a valid entry each week. Amazing considering how many people visit this forum regularly! I’m not complaining though - that’s great news from the standpoint that once a set a numbers hits, there are pretty nice odds it’ll be yours! But the first 16 weeks, we only had about 60 unique entries (30 guys or so, 2 sets of numbers each)...which means only about a 20% chance of hitting a winner each week. Not great odds, but that still makes us pretty far “overdue” from those first weeks. At the same time, it’s an 80% chance of no one hitting a winner each week...so maybe not a surprise we’re over 4 months in, from that perspective!

Now with 4 entries each, assuming everyone has unique numbers, we’ve got about a 40% chance at a winner each week - shouldn’t be long before someone hits it!

Unfortunately, I’m one of the 60% this week :lol:

Edit: Apparently they do hinky math in Florida. All the other web sites I’ve gone to say the odds of matching 3 numbers (no mega ball) is only 1 in 606!!

http://www.megamillions.com/how-to-play

https://www.lotto.net/mega-millions/prizes

http://m.lotteryhub.com/mega%20millions-prizes-and-odds.php

If that’s the case, even with 4 entries, we’ve only got about a 20% chance of a winner each week with current participation...history says we could very well have another 18 weeks ahead! :wow:
 
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Just did a quick look through...I don’t think we have a winner. Closest was twizzlerlord, matching 2 numbers plus mega ball (assuming he posted enough).

But don’t take my word for it...Check Your Own Numbers! :yes:
 
I know, right?? Here’s a link to a Florida lottery page that calculates the odds for the various prize levels for the Mega Millions drawing:

http://www.flalottery.com/exptkt/megaMillions-Odds2.pdf

Essentially, we’re just trying to do the seventh prize level (match 3 numbers only), assuming a guy puts in enough posts to make the Mega ball irrelevant. At the bottom of page 4 on the link, the odds come out to about 1 in 307! One problem is, the odds jump pretty significantly if you don’t match the mega ball...as high as 1 in 13,800 (prize level 5)...boy, it would suck to finally match 3 numbers, but miss out because of the mega ball/too few posts!!

The trouble comes from the number of folks entering each week...only about 30-40 peeps are making a valid entry each week. Amazing considering how many people visit this forum regularly! I’m not complaining though - that’s great news from the standpoint that once a set a numbers hits, there are pretty nice odds it’ll be yours! But the first 16 weeks, we only had about 60 unique entries (30 guys or so, 2 sets of numbers each)...which means only about a 20% chance of hitting a winner each week. Not great odds, but that still makes us pretty far “overdue” from those first weeks. At the same time, it’s an 80% chance of no one hitting a winner each week...so maybe not a surprise we’re over 4 months in, from that perspective!

Now with 4 entries each, assuming everyone has unique numbers, we’ve got about a 40% chance at a winner each week - shouldn’t be long before someone hits it!

Unfortunately, I’m one of the 60% this week :lol:

Edit: Apparently they do hinky math in Florida. All the other web sites I’ve gone to say the odds of matching 3 numbers (no mega ball) is only 1 in 606!!

http://www.megamillions.com/how-to-play

https://www.lotto.net/mega-millions/prizes

http://m.lotteryhub.com/mega%20millions-prizes-and-odds.php

If that’s the case, even with 4 entries, we’ve only got about a 20% chance of a winner each week with current participation...history says we could very well have another 18 weeks ahead! :wow:

Yes, this contest may very well go on for another two months, but I noticed that when I checked last week's numbers and guesses, that 3 or 4 people were only one number off. However, this week only one person was one number off. Whatever the case, it's a fun contest and for such an awesome prize you don't want the contest to be over too soon. :)
 
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Honestly I think it’s a great gesture of generosity no matter how long takes. So we press on ...


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