If you want to know how hard the lottery game is going to be for you to win in the near future, just look no further than the USA Powerball and Mega Millions games. 

In the last couple of years they both recently changed their winning odds by increasing their play numbers. And it isn't good news.

Mega Millions made the biggest change when they increased the numbers on the balls. And that effectively decreased your chances of winning:

• The field of numbers to choose from changed - from 1 through 56, to 1 through 75.
• The MEGA number field changed - from 1 through 46, to 1 through 15.

And the odds of winning a jackpot changed from 1 in 176 million, to 1 in 259 million. Not good.

The overall odds of winning any prize changed from 1 in 40, to 1 in 15, but much of that improvement is in minor prizes.

Why did they do this? The official answer was to be able to give higher jackpots.

In fact they increased your odds of winning so they could attract you with higher payouts. Because they know the higher the jackpot, the more you will play.

That gives them more funds to put back into the steadily increasing jackpot.

It stinks, but the answer is simple.

Win more by playing these games on your own terms. That means:

- Play with higher numbers of tickets. It's simply no good thinking you'll get the same results with $10 a game any longer. Either buy more tickets, or use PRO to get an added advantage.

- Play only when the jackpot is reaching a peak. That way at least you have something to aim for. The downside is that there are many more other players in the game and you run the risk of sharing your reduced prizes with them.

The future is clear - lotteries are looking to increase the number of players. And the best way is to dangle the biggest carrot they can find - an increased jackpot.

You must start playing professionally by using my tools like the PRO Custom Profiles to get a real advantage.

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