Just Be A Player To Win Mega Millions And Powerball

Reply #8

badboy00z — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:16:50 GMT

If you have enough money to buy every combination then you don't need to play the lottery at all.

Odds and chance are two different things. The odds will always be the same no matter how many tickets you buy. Why? Because there will always be only 1 combination that will be the winning combination. Buying more tickets/lines will increase your chances of winning, not your odds.

Reply #7

Guru101 — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:05:21 GMT

I think you have your math wrong. If RJOh bought 99% of all possible combinations, I would bet on RJOh every single time. You need to keep in mind the odds that are advertised are based on a single line of play, but that doesn't mean everyone's odds are the same. The odds do change the more tickets you buy. If you go to the store and buy a $1 QP for Powerball, your odds will be 1 in 195,249,054. If I go to the store and buy a $2 QP, MY odds are 1 in 97,624,527.

Reply #6

THRIFTY — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:56:28 GMT

Okay, i totally agree with you that if you bought every possible combination of a lottery your odds of winning will be 1:1, but there is a problem, we do not know for certain what serial number out of every possible combination the winning ticket will be. Did you know that every lottery line sold has a sequential serial # in it. That's right, in powerball and mega millions and any other lottery for that matter. Every ticket has a number in it until we reach the 1:1 of every possible combination... [ More ]

Reply #5

RJOh — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:24:46 GMT

If you bought every possible combination of a lottery your odds of winning it would be 1:1 which would also be you chances of winning it too. If you only bought one ticket or line, your odds of winning it would be 1: every possible combination. Most players settle for something affordable between those two extremes. Buying more combinations/lines not only increases your chances of winning but also change your odds of winning.

Reply #4

THRIFTY — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:42:06 GMT

Badboyooz, that is exactly my point. You can't win the lottery if you don't play. You can never change the odds by buying more tickets. But like you said, you can increase your chances if you buy more than one ticket. You might win sooner by playing more, but you can also loose more money in the short run. So the question should be, is anybody willing to loose more money in the short run to win the lottery?. I play $5QP once in a while, but i prefer to play one line per draw, the slow and steady... [ More ]

Reply #3

badboy00z — Tue, 11 May 2010 07:33:50 GMT

You have to play to win. It's that simple. You can never increase the odds. You can only increase your chance of winning by buying more tickets.

Reply #2

guesser — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:30:13 GMT

In the sense that it is true; that all you need to do to win is have a winning line, I'm sorry, but I don't buy the statement that you do not increase your odds of winning if you buy more lines.

Now, I understand a PERSON has X odds of winning - and that is assuming they buy ONE ticket, but you won't be able to convince me that I don't have any better chance of winning if I buy one ticket or 100 tickets.

When we buy in pools at work, where we have 10-12 people so we buy 10-12 tickets, are... [ More ]

Reply #1

RJOh — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:34:28 GMT

No one who ever won a top prize playing the lotteries ever regretted playing more than one line.

Just Be A Player To Win Mega Millions And Powerball

THRIFTY — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:26:58 GMT

The fact about lotteries in general is that no matter how high the odds to win the jackpot. Someone will win and that is a fact. So there is no point in playing multiple tickets in order to beat the odds. The odds can't be beat, they always stay the same against every line being played. You can play $1 or $100 per drawing, you will still face the same odds. But there is one thing that you can do to win the lottery sooner, you can increase your chances by playing for more money. You can also lose... [ More ]