It's time to change the prize payout and start sharing the wealth with more sensible distribution for POWERBALL and MEGA MILLIONS.

This petition aims to change the 5 number prize in both POWERBALL and MEGA MILLIONS when the jackpot is equal to or greater than 500M.

1 person from Arkansas last night beat impossible odds and won 1.8B all to themselves and here's the reality of that.

• 1 person won 1.8B matching all 6 numbers
  
  
• 8 players won 1M matching 5 regular numbers
  
  
• 1M of 1.8B is 1/18th of 1%
  
  
• This means 8 players won less than 1/2 of 1 percent of all the prize money allocated for this drawing from players

If this petition were a reality here's that vision

• 9 players would have won $201,888,889 each after matching 5 regular numbers and 6 numbers if this petition were true
  
  
• The historical growth of the 1.8B jackpot would not have changed 

Because this proposal distributes the wealth to more players, we must set a minimum prize threshold before this change takes effect so we can guarantee a life changing return that most players seek.

Therefore this payout change should be true on jackpots that are equal to or greater than 500M. 

This leaves enough prize margin to account for multiple winners, cash up front forfeiture, and taxation so every 5 and 6 number winner receives a generous payout

• This proposal does not change the jackpot growth rate because it still requires a 6 number winner before 5 numbers can share in the grand prize wealth
  
  
• This proposal would not affect Mega Millions newly enhanced 5 number match wins for non-jackpot winning games
  
  
• This proposal would not affect POWERBALL multipliers for non-jackpot winning games
  
  
• This proposal would not affect 5 number winner standard payouts for non-jackpot winning games
  
  
• This proposal would not change California's pari-mutuel payout

Some might argue against this in the name of greed but I bet you there are more 5 number winners that would support this proposal then there are 6 number winners who would oppose it.

NONSENSE ARGUMENTS

• States won't agree to this because hosting states of 6 number grand prize winners will lose exclusive tax revenue if the prize is spread across other states
  
  Reality: States that host 5 number winners would share in a massive tax collection from 5 number grand prize winners that otherwise would not have existed
  
  
• The odds of matching 5 regular numbers are approximately 1:11.6 million versus the odds of winning 6 numbers which are 1:292 million in POWERBALL
  
  Reality: It is way more likely that states that have never had a grand prize winner or those with very few would see far more tax revenue redistributed to them because they have likely had 5 number winners during large jackpots

If you are happy with a 1M before tax payout after missing the jackpot by 1 ball then do not sign this petition.

If you want 5 number winners who have come that close to share in a fair distribution of wealth from high dollar jackpots then sign this petition.

It's not your job to worry about politics or semantics but one would think you would want to protect your gambling interests and this surely makes it better for all fortunate enough to win these impossible lottery games.