Powerball & Mega Millions Hmm...

Reply #10

KY Floyd — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 04:08:00 GMT

So, adding one # it goes a million up.

It depends on what the two numbers are. Picking 5/6 vs 5/7 it only increases from 6 to 21 combinations. Going from 250 to 251 will go from 7,817,031,300 to 7,975,914,050, which is 158,882,750 more combinations.

5/37 is around 1in4mil

For 5 of 37 there are (only) 435,897 possible combinations, so starting with 37 doubling the numbers to choose from (to 74) increases the possible combinations almost 37 times to 16,108,764. The largest jump from d... [ More ]

Reply #9

Mo monie — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 01:43:44 GMT

Yes, I noticed this and posted about it in the last Power Ball challenge thread

Reply #8

redaxe — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 19:28:23 GMT

Thanks for posting the first 5 numbers odds I'd forgotten

So, adding one # it goes a million up. 5/37 is around 1in4mil, doubling the numbers triples the odds

Reply #7

wander73 — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 18:44:57 GMT

I am trying this pyramid with doubles and a 10 scale. As well as a 1 digit to see something. Take a look at draws on the date. I have notes on my phone with certain numbers. I had seen the 8 and 38 in a pyramid I was doing.

Reply #6

CDanaT — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 17:03:15 GMT

CLOSE but no

Reply #5

Todd — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 15:02:45 GMT

Reply #4

justadream — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 14:44:20 GMT

Good observation ! I've always thought the results were based on dates or a formula .

Reply #3

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 13:36:13 GMT

I noticed that too, but didn't really care much. When MM has over 302 million combinations (over 13 million first 5 numbers), and PB has over 292 million combinations (over 12 million first 5 numbers), there are a lot of strange ones in there. And yes, anything can happen.

We shall see just how high they both go.

Reply #2

GiveFive — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 13:21:57 GMT

You cant make this stuff up! G5

Reply #1

MsBee18 — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 10:20:16 GMT

Nice observation!! The 33/31 and bonus ball would throw a wrench in your plan.

Powerball & Mega Millions Hmm...

Sum Buddy — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 10:10:04 GMT

I just noticed that four of the white balls in this weeks PB and MM were one-off. The other white ball was oh-so-close to being one off, and the multiplier was one off. Just another if you wait long enough, anything can happen