Why Mega Millions And Powerball Have More Winners Regardless Of The Odds To Win

Reply #7

Spot-UK — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:12:15 GMT

If I played 1 line per draw twice a week, with my luck I will hit the 6/49 jackpot in about 130,000 years time.

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THRIFTY — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:03:57 GMT

In new york, it is easier to win big with 1 TAKE FIVE QUICK PICK because the pool of people playing take five is larger than new york lotto and sweet million. The odds of winning don't count if you don't have enough people playing a particular lottery game. Sweet million or lotto would produce as much winners as ny take 5 if more of the total combinations to win the jackpot are played.

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scorpio — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:13:48 GMT

yes,but are you pro rating it.

Reply #4

badboy00z — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:37:28 GMT

Where do you find out how many tickets were purchased?

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why MM and PB have more winners than state lottos. State lottos only have people in that state play where as MM and PB are played nation wide.

Reply #3

scorpio — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:15:39 GMT

in tri states,they changed the bet slips for pb,mm.now you cannot play your pb,mm numbers,and get the whiteballs quickpicked.you have to play all your numbers.don't know why they changed it,in vermont,don't know about other states.

Reply #2

Stack47 — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:43:01 GMT

On July 7, 2010, 17,017,085 MM tickets were sold and 404,052 of them were winners. That's only 2.37% of all tickets sold so while MM and PB have more winners than other games, they have many more losers; 16,613,013 losing tickets just on Tuesday's drawing.

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ressuccess — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:48:59 GMT

I didn't know about these MM and PB jackpot odds.

Why Mega Millions And Powerball Have More Winners Regardless Of The Odds To Win

THRIFTY — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:05:33 GMT

That is right jackpot games such as mega millions and powerball produce more winners than any other games because there is a larger pool of people playing these games. For example, mega millions and powerball produce more winners than new york lotto and sweet million because the pool of players in ny lotto and sweet million is very small compare to mega million and powerball. When the pool of players is large enough in any particular lottery game, a large numbers of the total combinations to win... [ More ]