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January 15, 2025

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Hi, Bob. You are absolutely right: Every ticket purchased in a lotto game does have the same odds of winning a prize. To help with background, here are the jackpot winners in Mega Millions in calendar year 2024.
December 27, 2024 - $1.269 billion ($571.9 million cash) won in California. September 10, 2024 - $810 million ($409.3 million cash) won in Texas. June 4, 2024 - $552 million ($260.2 million cash) won in Illinois. March 26, 2024 - $1.128 billion ($536.6 million cash) won in New Jersey.

Just because there are more tickets sold in California doesn’t mean that the Winning Combination of numbers are more likely to be sold there. Anyone can pick their own numbers in any state that sells them, and every combination has just as much of a chance as all combinations of numbers in a FAIR drawing.. So why does the winner ALWAYS go to California?
Players deserve equal and fair chance at winning no matter where or what
This is just plain rigged!

Hi, Bob. You are correct that some of the recent big jackpots have been won by people who purchased their tickets in California. And as the nation's biggest state, it stands to reason that there would be more winners in California. One in eight U.S. residents live in California. And with more people there, more tickets are being purchased there. It does not mean that people in California are luckier, it all comes down to population. Another way to look at it: California, with a state population of about 39 million, is more than 12 times larger than Iowa, with a state population of about 3.2 million. There would be something wrong in the game if California weren't winning more prizes than smaller states. Again, it doesn't mean California is luckier, it just means that more tickets are being purchased there, so there will also be more winners there.

Here’s a Tip on increasing your odds… Go to California to buy your tickets. Because it’s obviously rigged and that’s the state that ALWAYS I repeat ALWAYS sells the big jackpot winning tickets
Iowa and all the other states need to stand up to this bs!

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