Do more people win the draw games by picking their numbers or by buying QP's?

Reply #5

Stack47 — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:27:05 GMT

Both methods won jackpots though more QPs simply because more QPs are sold. The only downside to playing the same self picks in multiple drawings is if you happen to forget to play or decided to quit and then see that some of your combos would have one a nice prize. We can purchase the same QP combos for multiple drawings and they too are susceptible to the dreaded my old numbers hit, but I didn't play them .

QPs are more convenient to play, but neither play is worse than the other.

Reply #4

Coin Toss — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:26:30 GMT

shyguitar,

From he Powerball.com website FAQ page:

WHICH HAS THE BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING: COMPUTER PICKS OR PLAYER PICKS?

About 70% to 80% of purchases are computer picks. About 70% to80% of winners are computer picks. Perhaps just one of those weird coincidences

Reply #3

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:34:26 GMT

I personally do better when I pick my own numbers. I usually pick 1 or 2 lines of my own #'s then 1 qp.

Reply #2

billionaire2bee — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:53:06 GMT

I think more people have won the lesser amounts with the self-picks but more jackpot winners have won using quick-picks...but if you got the money play both maybe you pick one and let the computer pick one...Im personally trying to let the app I downloaded pick some and then I let the computer pick some

Reply #1

Original Bey — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:43:49 GMT

It's all relative. More people employ the quick pick method so naturally more win by quick picks. I, personally however, am not concerned about statistics as much as I am concerned with what will be the strategy that helps ME to snag a jackpot. I have played Quick picks with no more than a 3+0 win. I have enjoyed several 4+0 wins using my own numbers. In the end, you have to decide what works best for you

Do more people win the draw games by picking their numbers or by buying QP's?

shyguitar — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:25:30 GMT

Hi everyone,

Just wondering if people have more success with picking their own numbers for draw games like MM, PB, etc. or do you have more luck with QP's? I'm someone who has done mostly QP's but had mentioned on a previous post that I was getting bad numbers on QP's like 3 numbers in a row or winning numbers from the last draw so I had started picking my numbers for some of the MM PB games. Well I ended up doing better when I picked my own numbers but I got lazy and went back to QP's. It se... [ More ]