Maine Lottery - Improve Your Odds
Use this guide to determine when to play a specific game in the Maine lottery. This page focuses on the odds of playing any particular game and what I call the "Expected Value" to determine when is the best time to play the Maine State Lottery.
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Maine Powerball - Avoid
Based on the odds of playing the Maine Powerball, the Jackpot should be at least $161,134,919 before you consider playing. I do not recommend playing Powerball games because the odds are far too astronomical for you to affect. Note that you can also add to your potential winnings by choosing the powerplay option but this does not increase your odds of winning.
MegaBucks - Play
Games like this one provide many different ways to win a prize to provide the illusion that you have better odds of winning. All they really do is underprice the jackpot and give lower payouts usually to the benefit of the state. You should play this game if the jackpot ever reaches 4.2 Million dollars. Here are your odds of winning any particular prize.
While this game would seem like it is a good game to play, the limit of $1,000 per week for 20 years just isn't long enough. In order to meet the Expected Value for this game Maine would have to pay $1,000 per week for 46 years. If you want to see a great version of this game you should check out the Oregon Page.
Weekly Grand - Avoid
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