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1. When they started the lotto in Ohio I think the top prize was $250,000. Now the odds are so

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 09:01 AM

19 hrs ago

astronomically high nobody wins for weeks or months. It is ridiculous because of greed people
won't buy a ticket unless the prize is in the hundreds of million dollars. I quit wasting my money
on them years ago, lower the odds and give a million dollars to 944 people.

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Mega Millions jackpot soars to an estimated $944 million for Christmas Eve drawing [View all] Emile 19 hrs ago OP

When they started the lotto in Ohio I think the top prize was $250,000. Now the odds are so doc03 19 hrs ago #1

The lottery destroys so many lives. Why mucifer 19 hrs ago #2

Attention, Universe. I have an announcement to make. EYESORE 9001 18 hrs ago #3

At a billion $$$ you will still have only1/350th rurallib 18 hrs ago #4

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For only two bucks you can go to bed with dreams of multigraincracker 17 hrs ago #6

Buy now, the cost is going up to $5 per ticket in April of 2025 Niagara 17 hrs ago #7

Whoever wins it, please buy the 26 midterms Blue_Tires 5 hrs ago #8

I have a interesting Lotto story (imho) electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #9