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Some do, usually because of some structure in the secondary prizes. In Powerball, the top prize is basically everything, and the likelihood of a split jackpot
by auntienomen 11y ago
Some do, usually because of some structure in the secondary prizes. In Powerball, the top prize is basically everything, and the likelihood of a split jackpot increases very fast as the jackpot grows.
- bryanlarsen 11y agoIt has nothing to do with the secondary prizes, at least for Canadian 6/49. Most of those are fixed value, so are a increasingly small ratio of total payout as the jackpot goes up. It's because of those people who bought tickets in the many preceding weeks when there wasn't any winners. Those tickets are contributing to the jackpot, but have exactly 0% chance of winning, increasing the odds of the tickets for the current week.