Lotto 649, UK Lotto, and Irish Lotto Full Wheel Calculators Now Released

In the third phase of our Full Wheel Payout Calculator releases, we have now posted the three 6/4x pages for your use. These include the:

• Lotto 649 (Canada) Full Wheel Calculator
• UK Lotto Full Wheel Calculator
• Irish Lotto Full Wheel Calculator

For each of these games, (as well as those previously released), you have the ability to compare a wheel's possible payouts whether you had the corresponding bonus ball or not.

In addition to the links above, you can also find these calculators on the Lottery Research Page.

During the following week, we will be reviewing each of these pages to insure that we have calculated everything properly. If you find an error first, please let us know by replying to this blog post.

Enjoy!

Florida Player Wins $184M Powerball Jackpot as February Ends

With a snap of the fingers, one lucky Florida Powerball player suddenly finds he is the proud owner of $184 million. For the rest of us, the jackpot bubble has burst and we must now all shake off our losses. As we begin our quest anew, we must now settle for $20M, knowing that amount is sufficient for bringing us riches!

The winning Powerball numbers for Saturday Feb 26, 2011 were:

04 13 17 21 45 Powerball 10 and Powerplay 5x

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 552 combinations. Of these, we had 15 winners: (11) pb, (3) pb+1w, and (1) 3w, returning $52 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 2,123,505 combinations. The first winning other combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 89 - LPP Winner
• 3-w + PB @ # 26,283
• 4-w @ # 13,935
• 5-w @ # - na -

There was one PB jackpot winner from Florida, so the jackpot resets to $20 million with a cash option of $10.0M and a yield of 4.49%

Friday Mega Millions Results 02/25/11 - Next Jackpot $88M on Tuesday

The winning Mega Millions numbers for Friday Feb 25, 2011 were:

04 05 17 19 50 Megaball 07 - Megaplier 4

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 454 combinations. Of these, we had 12 winners: (6) mb, (4) mb+1w, and (2) 3w, returning $38 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 2,125,113 combinations. The first other winning combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 187 - LPP Winner - LPP Winnerf
• 3-w + Megaball @ # 1,235
• 4-w @ # 47,194
• 5-w @ # - na -

There were no MM jackpot winners so the jackpot grows to $88 million with a cash option of $55.4M and a yield of 4.16%

Powerball Climbs to $184M After Players Fail to Pick Winning Combination Again

The winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday Feb 23, 2011 were:

29 32 36 39 49 Powerball 29 and Powerplay 3x

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 535 combinations. Of these, we had 16 winners: (5) pb, (8) pb+1w, (1) pb+2w, and (2) 3w, returning $68 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 2,777,900 combinations. The first winning other combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 18 - LPP Winner
• 3-w + PB @ # 3,755
• 4-w @ # 23,642
• 5-w @ # - na -

There were no PB jackpot winners, so the jackpot grows to $184 million with a cash option of $90.1M and a yield of 4.65%

Tuesday Mega Millions Results 02/22/11 - Next Jackpot $76M

The winning Mega Millions numbers for Tuesday Feb 22, 2011 were:

15 22 23 48 55 Megaball 31 - Megaplier 4

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 370 combinations. Of these, we had 11 winners: (8) mb, and (3) 3w, returning $37 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 2,031,750 combinations. The first other winning combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 36 - LPP Winner
• 3-w + Megaball @ # 15,243
• 4-w @ # 10,473
• 5-w @ # 171,677

There were no MM jackpot winners, so the jackpot grows to $76 million with a cash option of $47.3M and a yield of 4.27%

Two Lotto 649 Players Share C$41M Prize Matching Sleeper Combination

It's not too often that the Lotto 649 jackpot grows to C$41 million and is then won by a sleeper. But that's exactly what happened in the Saturday February 19th 2011 drawing.

The excitement ran through Canada as nobody won a 649 jackpot since January 22nd. In this 8th drawing since that date, or 4 weeks later, the numbers began to pop up. When it was done, the all even combination of:

10 16 20 26 34 48  and bonus ball 40

appeared. Surprisingly, two tickets from Quebec matched this straight 6 number draw, and now each one shares half of the C$41M.

The last two times all 6 numbers were even in this lottery were on October 16 and March 10 2010, but jackpot was not won either time.  As a reference, there are only 134,596 all even combinations in Lotto 649. This represents only 1% of all the available 13,983,816 numbers. So, this is indeed a sleeper combination!

Congratulations to the winners!

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $155M for Wednesday Night

The winning Powerball numbers for Saturday Feb 19, 2011 were:

03 12 34 37 42 Powerball 36 and Powerplay 5x

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 411 combinations. Of these, we had 13 winners: (8) pb, (3) pb+1w, and (2) 3w, returning $50 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 2,615,249 combinations. The first winning other combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 195 - LPP Winner
• 3-w + PB @ # 47,435
• 4-w @ # 7,352
• 5-w @ # - na -

There were no PB jackpot winners, so the jackpot grows to $155 million with a cash option of $75.9M and a yield of 4.65%

Friday Mega Millions Results 02/18/11 - Next Jackpot $64M on Tuesday

The winning Mega Millions numbers for Friday Feb 18, 2011 were:

05 06 07 30 45 Megaball 42 - Megaplier 3

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 418 combinations. Of these, we had 11 winners: (4) mb, (5) mb+1w, and (2) 3w, returning $37 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 2,307,450 combinations. The first other winning combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 6 - LPP Winner - LPP Winnerf
• 3-w + Megaball @ # 14,873
• 4-w @ # 41,693
• 5-w @ # - na -

There were no MM jackpot winners so the jackpot grows to $64 million with a cash option of $39.5M and a yield of 4.36%

Quarter Million Bump Brings Powerball Jackpot to $126M for Saturday Drawing

The winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday Feb 16, 2011 were:

09 13 21 23 48 Powerball 24 and Powerplay 2x.

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 402 combinations. Of these, we had 11 winners: (8) pb, and (3) pb+1w, returning $36 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 2,813,325 combinations. The first winning other combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 976
• 3-w + PB @ # 26,725
• 4-w @ # 83,046
• 5-w @ # - na -

There were no PB jackpot winners, so the jackpot grows to $126 million with a cash option of $61.9M and a yield of 4.62%

Tuesday Mega Millions Results 02/15/11 - Next Jackpot $52M

The winning Mega Millions numbers for Tuesday Feb 15, 2011 were:

17 18 24 35 39 Megaball 18 - Megaplier 4

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 347 combinations. Of these, we had 8 winners: (5) mb, and (3) mb+1w, returning $19 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 1,699,225 combinations. The first other winning combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 1,081
• 3-w + Megaball @ # 86,314
• 4-w @ # 91,084
• 5-w @ # - na -

There were no MM jackpot winners, so the jackpot grows to $52 million with a cash option of $32.1M and a yield of 4.36%

Valentine's Weekend Drawings Reward Hot Lotto & 649 Players

In the weekend immediately before Valentines Day, our Lottery Power Picks brought early gifts to players in three different games.

On Saturday night, a Hot Lotto player won $50 by matching 3 of the 5 white balls plus the Hot Ball. In that drawing, we gave out only 160 combinations. Had more players requested numbers, two additional winning tickets would have been redeemed. Within the next 100 combos, there were two 4 of 5 winning tickets worth $50 each.

Also on Saturday, one Canadian Lotto 649 player matched 4 of 6 white balls and won C$62.60. Similar to the Hot Lotto numbers, we recommended 160 combos. In the next 100 combination batch, there were two more 4 of 6 matching tickets as well.

Lastly, one of our Euro Millions members won €23.20 in the Friday night drawing. That ticket matched 3 of the 5 white balls plus 1 of the 2 lucky stars.

Congratulations to all our lucky members and thanks for playing!

Powerball Jackpot Breaks the $100M Mark as Players Fail to Find Winning Combination

The winning Powerball numbers for Saturday Feb 12, 2011 were:

11 32 36 48 52 Powerball 19 and Powerplay 4x

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 714 combinations. Of these, we had 19 winners: (13) pb, and (6) pb+1w, returning $63 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 2,027,830 combinations. The first winning other combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 1,772
• 3-w + PB @ # 67,906
• 4-w @ # 44,973
• 5-w @ # - na -

There were no PB jackpot winners, so the jackpot grows to $101 million with a cash option of $49.6M and a yield of 4.62%

Friday Mega Millions Results 02/11/11 - Next Jackpot $40M on Tuesday

The winning Mega Millions numbers for Friday Feb 11, 2011 were:

08 09 17 32 34 Megaball 13 - Megaplier 2

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 360 combinations. Of these, we had 10 winners: (4) mb, (3) mb+1w, (1) mb+2w, and (2) 3w, returning $41 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 1,818,025 combinations. The first other winning combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 276 - LPP Winner
• 3-w + Megaball @ # 23,260
• 4-w @ # 2,623
• 5-w @ # 332,245

There were no MM jackpot winners so the jackpot grows to $40 million with a cash option of $24.7M and a yield of 4.35%

Wednesday Powerball Results 02/09/11 - Next Jackpot $82M

The winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday Feb 09, 2011 were:

07 11 39 42 51 Powerball 30 and Powerplay 4x.

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 330 combinations. Of these, we had 8 winners: (4) pb, and (4) pb+1w, returning $28 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 1,793,332 combinations. The first winning other combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 943
• 3-w + PB @ # 36,766
• 4-w @ # 73,074
• 5-w @ # - na -

There were no PB jackpot winners, so the jackpot grows to $82 million with a cash option of $40.6M and a yield of 4.56%

Tuesday Mega Millions Results 02/08/11 - Next Jackpot $30M

The winning Mega Millions numbers for Tuesday Feb 08, 2011 were:

25 35 36 47 48 Megaball 18 - Megaplier 2

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 423 combinations. Of these, we had 11 winners: (8) mb, (2) mb+1w, and (1) 3w, returning $29 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 1,804,985 combinations. The first other winning combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 260 - LPP Winner
• 3-w + Megaball @ # 23,423
• 4-w @ # 60,886
• 5-w @ # - na -

There were no MM jackpot winners, so the jackpot grows to $30 million with a cash option of $18.5M and a yield of 4.37%

Introducing the USA State Lottery Promotions Calendar

During the past few years, we have noticed that various lottery states offer a variety of promotions to their players. But, it has always been difficult for many of us to see what is available without going from site to site.

So, we have decided to take advantage of Google's Calendar facility to record and share this information with you.

At present, we have just begun to enter the promotions. But, we were very excited to release this information with you as a work in progress.

The calendar is shown below. In time, we will be adding it to new pages on our blogs and website.





Hope you like it!

JL............

Texas Lotto's Sure Prime Pickings

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As the Texas Lotto jackpot grows, we discover that the game is prime pickens for its own crazy combos. This was evident in last Wednesday's drawing when 5 of the 6 numbers picked were all prime numbers. The combination for February 2, 2011 was:

11 19 31 37 42 43

With a game format of requiring players to correctly match 6 of 54 numbers, we know that there are both 27 odd and even numbers. Of the odd number subset, we can identify 16 that are also prime numbers (including the number one).  These are numbers that can only be evenly divided by itself and the number one.

Had players limited their playing combinations to only prime numbers, they would have matched the five red numbers shown above and won nearly $1,600 dollars. This drawing illustrates that the: Texas Lotto's Sure Prime Pickings.

Saturday Powerball Results 02/05/11 - Next Jackpot $63M

The winning Powerball numbers for Saturday Feb 05, 2011 were:

15 37 41 56 59 Powerball 05 and Powerplay 5x

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 374 combinations. Of these, we had 10 winners: (9) pb, and (1) pb+1w, returning $31 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 1,392,390 combinations. The first winning other combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 621
• 3-w + PB @ # 7,900
• 4-w @ # 4,221
• 5-w @ # - na -

There were no PB jackpot winners, so the jackpot grows to $63 million with a cash option of $31.2M and a yield of 4.56%

Friday Mega Millions Results 02/04/11 - Next Jackpot $19M on Tuesday

The winning Mega Millions numbers for Friday Feb 04, 2011 were:

06 20 29 48 55 Megaball 06 - Megaplier 4

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 290 combinations. Of these, we had 9 winners: (3) mb, (2) mb+1w, (2) mb+2w, and (2) 3w, returning $46 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 1,679,531 combinations. The first other winning combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 37 - LPP Winner
• 3-w + Megaball @ # 21,440
• 4-w @ # 5,995
• 5-w @ # 572,572

There were no MM jackpot winners so the jackpot grows to $19 million with a cash option of $11.7M and a yield of 4.38%

Wednesday Powerball Results 02/02/11 - Next Jackpot $50M

The winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday Feb 02, 2011 were:

03 14 33 53 57 Powerball 36 and Powerplay 4x.

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 458 combinations. Of these, we had 14 winners: (7) pb, (3) pb+1w, (2) pb+2w, and (2) 3w, returning $61 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 1,589,940 combinations. The first winning other combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 273 - LPP Winner
• 3-w + PB @ # 14,028
• 4-w @ # 2,446
• 5-w @ # 1,277,561

There were no PB jackpot winners, so the jackpot grows to $50 million with a cash option of $25.1M and a yield of 4.46%

Indiana and Michigan Players Share $91M Mega Millions Jackpot

In this second Mega Millions win this year, the jackpot was shared by two different players. This time, Indiana and Michigan claim the honors. This is especially important since this marks the first time that Indiana has sold a winning combination after joining Mega Millions in 2010. Further, this is the 14th time Michigan sold a winning ticket and has now moved into a 4th place tie with Georgia as the luckiest Mega Millions states.
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The winning Mega Millions numbers for Tuesday Feb 01, 2011 were:

16 22 23 26 35 Megaball 31 - Megaplier 4

In this drawing, Lottery Power Picks recommended 518 combinations. Of these, we had 13 winners: (8) mb, (2) mb+1w, (1) mb+2w, and (2) 3w, returning $46 back to our players. Our 5 number pool had 1,633,366 combinations. The first other winning combos were located at:

• 3-w @ # 495 - LPP Winner
• 3-w + Megaball @ # 22,148
• 4-w @ # 1,807
• 5-w @ # - na -

There were two MM jackpot winners, one from Indiana and one from Michigan, so the jackpot resets to $12 million with a cash option of $7.5M and a yield of 4.23%