“You have better odds of a smaller payoff, such as winning $1 million for matching five regular numbers but missing the Mega Ball.”
That’s why I play the statewide lotteries here in Minnesota. the odds are supposed to be better.
But from all the tickets I throw out, I’m beginning to doubt that.
The odds of winning even $100 on MegaMillions is 1 in 14,494.
That’s buying a MM ticket twice a week for over 139 years.
What people buy is the fantasy.