If the Lotto 649 jackpot rolls on Wednesday, there will be a group play for the March 13 draw. There will probably be shares available in all 6 regular groups. The cost per share for just the March 13 draw will be:
Group A1 - $11
Group A2 - $9
Group A3 - $9
Group B1 - $10
Group B2 - $11
Group B3 - $10
The above costs per share are the maximum. The cost may go down depending upon how many new shares are added since the amount to be spent on the next group play is fixed at $2,000.
Group T1 bought one Powerball ticket for the $170 million jackpot on March 10. The cost to join Group T1 is $10.
The Lotto Max jackpot for the March 5 draw was won - 2 winning tickets. Unusual given only 5.7 million tickets were sold. There have been twice as many jackpot winners since the launch of Lotto Max than can be expected based on sales.
The jackpot was underfunded by sales by $2.2 million and the payout was 33%.
The second prize (match 6/7+) for the Feb 26 draw set a record high of $0.53 million even though there were 3 winning tickets. The record prize amount was the result of $0.74 million added to the prize category. The jackpot had rolled to $60.74 million. $50 million was allocated to the jackpot and $10 million was allocated to 10 MaxMillions prizes. The remaining $0.74 million was added to the second prize category.
Lotto 649 sales continue to trend lower because of the popularity of Lotto Max. Lotto 649 recorded two record low sales. Sales for the Feb 17 draw were the lowest to date at $5.76 million. A week later, the record low was broken again with sales of $5.69 million. The previous record low was $5.82 million. These record lows are much lower than the $9.8 million average sales experienced by Lotto 649 prior to the launch of Lotto Max.
The one-roll jackpot record low was broken for the Feb 27 draw. After one roll, the jackpot only reached $6.82 million. The previous record was $7.17 million.
The two-roll jackpot record low was broken for the Mar 3 draw. After two rolls, the jackpot only reached $11.1 million. The previous record was $11.3 million.
The low Lotto 649 sales are making it much harder for the jackpot to reach our $25 million buying threshold.
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