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captpackrat posted...

I'm not greedy. I prefer to play the Lucky for Life game. $1,000 per day for the rest of your life (or 20 years, whichever is longer). I could retire quite happily on that. Second prize is $25,000 per year for life. Not enough to retire, but enough to help pay the mortgage. Odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 30,800,000, and second prize is 1 in 1,800,000, and the odds of winning any prize are 1 in 8. Minimum prize is $3 and the ticket costs $2. Fewer people playing, too, so you're less likely to have to split the jackpot.

The odds of winning the Mega Millions are 1 in 300,000,000, and the $1,000,000 second prize is 1 in 12,600,000. The overall odds of winning even $2 (the cost of the ticket) are a measly 1 in 24.

Not greedy? It's only $2 bucks to play...and even the lesser payouts will be more due to the jackpot size.