This is really weird!

Reply #20

Rainmaker101 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:40:52 GMT

I've been getting great looking QPs lately. They're just not winning anything!

That's why I started this thread! I keep thinking to myself alot of these QP's stink, and then, bang, 4 out of 5! I would've never considered asking them to cancel that particluar ticket, because it was not certainly a great looking one in any of our books!

Hang in there! I've been hangin' for awhile myself! It's not really the $101.50 I won, it's just how close I came to the Pot that has me excited! I suppose... [ More ]

Reply #19

justxploring — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:34:36 GMT

I've seen a lot more than 4 winners, Rainmaker. One time 20 people split the jackpot and each got about $10,500. (they weren't all QPs) But there are also a lot of 1 winner jackpots and sometimes nobody gets all 5 numbers. You never know. I think the average is 2 winners per game, but I've never kept track. If I don't win, it doesn't matter!

Tonight the winning combination was 4-8-12-16-32. (Multiples of 4.) All 5 were even numbers. Just 1 person hit. Most people would say not to bet mul... [ More ]

Reply #18

Rainmaker101 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:19:42 GMT

After playing for a few months or years we notice that not very many combinations with 4 numbers under 10 or with 4 numbers in the teens or twenties are drawn. So when we see a QP with that distribution, we think there is a lesser chance of those numbers being drawn.

That is what I was talking about initially. I have a group of 5 numbers that I occassionally play, but I like the odds of the quick pick better. I've tried wheels and frequency, etc, but since Florida's drawings are not alg... [ More ]

Reply #17

Stack47 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:49:23 GMT

I've always viewed QPs like a raffle where I'm hoping the drawn numbers will match the numbers on the QPs and playing my own picks is trying to guess which numbers will be drawn. If I had a good idea of what the number distribution should be, I'd use the QP generator on this site and play the combination(s) that matched it.

In Ohio we win a buck by matching 2 numbers and can pick 5 numbers, get a QP or put the buck in our pocket. On the Florida website it says When a ticket with 2-of-5 winnin... [ More ]

Reply #16

colthmn — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:52:28 GMT

Yeah, I know! I was complaining just last week to myself about getting the bonus number ONLY! The number 26 kept coming up, so I bought 10 tickets, and I had 26 as the bonus 3 times, just the bonus number mind you. I almost went into depression. So, I'm not complaining anymore, just thinking positive and play! I would love a big hit about right now!!! something's gotta give as you say

Reply #15

Rainmaker101 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:31:23 GMT

Thanks Bevpicks2! And same to everyone else!

Colthmn and I just posted yesterday about it's about time to win something and Bam!

Colthmn, maybe we should post up more often! Except, this time it's your turn to win something

Reply #14

Rainmaker101 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:25:30 GMT

It was the fourth number that was missed. Which, oddly enough, was the third number in a very low sequence, like 5, 6, 7.

Reply #13

BevsPicks2 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:22:13 GMT

Congrats it was meant for you to win. I have also gotten uneasy feelings about free tickets that turned into something positive. I wish you the best....May you get another free ticket with all 5 Fantasy 5 numbers

Reply #12

pumpi76 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:01:52 GMT

you don't happened to know what where the numbers (talking about the 4/5) if you don't remember you think you remember the 5th number that you miss? what 5th number you had and what actually play to give you the 4/5...

thanks a lot,

congratulations...

Reply #11

Rainmaker101 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:45:33 GMT

Thanks everyone! I am usually not picky when it comes to QP's but when there are alot of really low #'s or a sequence, it makes me feel like it's not good numbers. The really stupid thing is everytime I seem to get QP's that I like, nothing much happens with them! I'm very thankful for the wins...it's inspiring...sort of! Sooner or Later! LOL

Reply #10

colthmn — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:23:29 GMT

That is weird! especially in that you were just talking about winning, and you almost went all the way!

And you got another freebie too! Hey, go out and try it again. ya never know!! To get so close has got to be

a little frustrating though. Congrats and good luck on your next go at it

Reply #9

sirbrad — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:16:07 GMT

Yes, intelligence and intuition loses a lot of jackpots.

Reply #8

sirbrad — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:15:16 GMT

I also had something really weird happen. I wanted 3 cash five picks, and the clerk asked me if I wanted 5, because they had one that was printed out by mistake. The ticket even had Buy me please! written on it in big letters. So I thought this could be a sign. Later on that night I only matched 1 number on each line, but all 5 cash 5 numbers within them. So won nothing. I was always superstitious about buying mistakes, but I think from now on I will let them there.

Reply #7

guesser — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:55:24 GMT

Cool on your hits, but I gotta say: the biggest mistake a person can do is choose or skip numbers based on 'not liking them'.

I learned about 3 years ago not to discount numbers that 'I didn't like', I used to toss certain numbers, and it cost me.

The last thing a person can do is fall in love with a number or numbers, or develop hatred of certain numbers. The numbers don't know that - and you are not the only one that may love or hate certain numbers.

Reply #6

ThatScaryChick — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:47:15 GMT

Wow, sweet! Congrats on your hits

Reply #5

Lotto*Love — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:46:11 GMT

Whats funny for me is I can tell others not to fret over bad numbers , BUT I am still one who walks out of the store saying %$#@* ^#$!$% #%$@!^* ^%#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is true, any combo can win you money......even the ol'mighty jackpot. #'s drawn for my Lotto a few drawings ago started out with 15,16,17,18...After the drawing, I told my husband those numbers are CRAZY and if I had paid for a ticket with those numbers on it, I would of been screaming bloody murder over there went my dol... [ More ]

Reply #4

Coin Toss — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:29:31 GMT

A grandmother took her grandson to the beach one day.

He was running around in his swimsuit and wearing a baseball hat.

As he waded into the water, a big wave came in and tok him out to sea.

She pleaded with God to bring him back and she'd never, ever complain about anything again, ever.

As an answered prayer, another wave brought him up to the shore and she ran and hugged him.

Then she looked up at the sky and said, So when that first wave took him he had a hat.

Reply #3

pcnut — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:03:13 GMT

Your gut instinct was the opposite of what you thought really stink

Talk about close and congrats on your win!

pcnut

Reply #2

JAP69 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:59:23 GMT

Congrats on the win.

thinking these numbers really stink

Does not matter what the numbers are. Any possible combination can win.

Even the stinkers.

Reply #1

justxploring — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:58:33 GMT

I have 2 comments.

First, congratulations!

Second, are you nuts? You went back complained that you didn't like the numbers you got from a Free Play? Of course a Free Play can't be canceled. It was FREE

This is really weird!

Rainmaker101 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:52:05 GMT

This is really weird! I went to my favorite Florida lottery retailer and exchanged my FREE Fantasy 5 ticket from last night for a new ticket for tonight. But, when the free ticket printed, I reluctantly went to my car thinking these numbers really stink. So, I went back in and asked the guy if he could cancel the ticket and give me another...He said NO. So, for the heck of it, I bought another.

On the way home from a friends house, I bought one more, still uneasy about the freebie and came h... [ More ]