Can you pass up a drawing?

Reply #23

LuckyLilly — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:07:09 GMT

I haven't missed a powerball drawing since 1998. Between 1993 and 1998 I missed maybe 4 due to traveling out of state. I think that means it's my turn to win.

Reply #22

delS — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:01:30 GMT

Thats an incredible streak.

Reply #21

Uncle Jim — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:56:51 GMT

I haven't missed a Powerball drawing in over 2 years. In the last 5 years I haven't missed 10 total Powerball drawings.

Jim

Reply #20

sfilippo — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:49:54 GMT

I play powerball about once a month and rarely ever play the Oklahoma games.

Reply #19

delS — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:27:58 GMT

I have to play every MM PB thats over $50m. $20 per draw until its hit. $40 on PB because of powerplay.

Reply #18

KyMystikal — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:55:02 GMT

That's exactly how I hit $5,000 on Powerball back in 1997. When I went to the lottery office to pick up the money they asked me how I picked my numbers. I told them they were just some numbers I had a dream about, lol. I didn't want them to know how I actually came up with them. Now I just play a 1 dollar QP with a powerplay.

Reply #17

Just6ntlc — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:34:39 GMT

Coin Toss, I usually pass up any drawing in any game such as Mega Millions and California Super Lotto Plus. I pretend to play some California Super Lotto Plus picks to see whether or not I would have won or not.

Reply #16

Rocket 455 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:53:11 GMT

I take about three months of Powerball numbers that have fallen and pick out the ones that fell the most, then I make two sets out of those that I play every draw.

For pick 3 I only play when the numbers start falling in my workouts and usually in the evening when I seem to hit the most.

Once in a blue moon I'll buy a scratch off... I've bought probably thirty or forty $1 or $2 scratch offs in the past year and they've given me back about 600 dollars including a 400 dollar ticket. I'll pl... [ More ]

Reply #15

DoubleDown — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:40:24 GMT

I will drive to South Carolina to get Powerball when the JP is close to or over $100 Million.

But then again, it's a short trip for me- about 40 miles round trip.

Reply #14

RJOh — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:26:16 GMT

Usually when I pass up a drawing, I save money but when the jackpot is $200M+ I prefer to be in it win or lose. When PowerBall was that high I've drove out of state to buy tickets and may do it again in spite of the high gas prices..

Reply #13

luckypunk — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:24:25 GMT

1) i play fantasy 5 every single day but only 5 bucks or less if i dont have five dollars. Daily 3 i play every other day sometimes every day!!! its all in fun.

i will tell you this...... the 2 times that i did win daily three, the numbers came from this place. one time from lotto mike (hollar at cha) and another from someone else i cant remember but the point is the # came from the predictions here!!

2) if the jackpots are up and i dont have $ for it, I will let it pass, well i am lyi... [ More ]

Reply #12

LuckyLilly — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:14:46 GMT

I have to have my regular numbers in every single Powerball drawing. I just know if I don't have that ticket, my numbers will come up. I also get quick picks for PB once in awhile, but I'm fine if I don't happen to get out to get one, just as long as I have my regular numbers.

For WildCard 2, I only play when the jackpot is over $1.5 million or so. I don't have regular numbers for that game, so I don't even go check what the winning numbers were when I'm not in the drawing.

I only start... [ More ]

Reply #11

DoubleDown — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:32:09 GMT

I can take it or leave it when it comes to PB and MM.

When the jackpot gets over $100,000 in the GA pick 5, I try not to pass it up.

Reply #10

tnlotto1 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:29:16 GMT

i have to be in every major drawing(powerball,megamillions) even if its only $1

Reply #9

KyMystikal — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:02:00 GMT

I pass up lottery draws on Powerball, Win for Life, Cashball, 3 line Lotto, and TN Lotto5, but play pick 3 everyday. I get a ticket on Friday for the whole week(999).

Reply #8

irondoor827 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:43:30 GMT

Sure I pass up lottery drawings all the time .......IF,.no money or if I see people in RED ...must feel lucky to win or have a very strong desire to hit the big jackpot

Reply #7

justxploring — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:20:55 GMT

So are you bouncing off the walls and dreaming numbers Thursday- Friday, and Sunday, Monday, Tuesday? I'll bet some people are.

Nope - no new numbers to dream about. I've been playing the same numbers for years. I just go out twice a week and try all over again and also get an occasional QP.

Reply #6

Coin Toss — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:09:47 GMT

So are you bouncing off the walls and dreaming numbers Thursday- Friday, and Sunday, Monday, Tuesday? I'll bet some people are.

When I worked in Vegas we had a guy who had been an announcer at a race track (horses). The Las Vegas Race Books at the time were contemplating 24 btroadcasts - cable was coming in and they were toying with the idea of foreign races so people would have a race to bet on 24 / 7.

The race track announcer said, You can't do this to pony players! I know this cro... [ More ]

Reply #5

justxploring — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:01:57 GMT

So when you said every Lotto game, do you mean a Wednesday- Saturday game, or...?

Florida Lotto only, Coin Toss. It's drawn on Wed and Sat. Years ago it was only on Sat, but when it went to twice a week then I had to spend more money

Reply #4

CCHS13 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:49:38 GMT

I need a ticket in as many drawings as possible, when I get gas if I was going to put 20 in the tank

its 19 with a buck on a jackpot

Reply #3

Coin Toss — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:48:29 GMT

OK, Illinois is like this:

Little Lotto - Daily (used to be Mon-Fri only)

Lotto - Monday, Wednesday, Saturday (used to be Wednesday -Saturday)

Mega Millions - Tuesday, Friday

So I usually play Lilttle Lotto, but not always - it gets hit pretty often but when its at its $100,000 start point it kind of takes the zing out of it.

Lotto and Mega Millions I play sometimes, but not all the time.

So when you said every Lotto game, do you mean a Wednesday- Saturday game, or...... [ More ]

Reply #2

four4me — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:44:29 GMT

I have nearly stopped all Bonus Match 5 drawings since they stopped offering a tax free jackpot prize. Not that i wouldn't like to win the pot but I'd hate to have to deal with the taxes and then have to report it on my end of the year taxes also.

before you used to win the 50 grand free and clear.

Reply #1

justxploring — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:41:50 GMT

The only drawings I can pass are in an art gallery. Seriously, I play every single Lotto game. Rain, wind, snow (what's snow?) meteor shower, alien attack....

Can you pass up a drawing?

Coin Toss — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:26:11 GMT

Do you play every single drawing, only when the jackpots are way up, or....?

Can you take it or leave it, or do you have to have a live ticket?

If you play only when the jackpots are up, what amount does it take to get you in