Powerball: $137 Million

Reply #25

Jake649 — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:10:16 GMT

Sorry, there was a typo on my previous post.There was a 78% chance (not 88% as reported) that the jackpot was not won.Good luck and have fun,Jake

Reply #24

Jake649 — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:27:43 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Grammy3 on December 21, 2003 I am taking bets it will be hit Wednesday!!! 23 States and no hits???? It has to be FIXED!!!Just because there was no winner, that does not mean the lottery is fixed. In fact, according to my calculations, the most likely outcome was for the jackpot not to be won.Using the sales reported by The Lotto Report at 29,088,897 tickets for the Saturday, Dec 20 Powerball draw, I calculated the probability of at least one ticket hitting the jackpo... [ More ]

Reply #23

CASH Only — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:47:17 GMT

Well, somebody in IA hit Hot Lotto . Not a bad consolation.

Reply #22

four4me — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:06:00 GMT

Yes, years ago they made a movie about it. They loaded the balls with latex or some other substance. tricked the guard somehow switched the balls. After the drawing put the real balls back and made off with the winning tickets. However they were caught. You can rest assured that all the lotteries are governed by the gaming commission and they are guarded to the Max and run with the strictest regulations of any game.

Reply #21

demdev1 — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:47:58 GMT

I think you guys are o

Reply #20

four4me — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:34:32 GMT

No problem Rjoh I know what I'm reading on my end I can still see pretty good.And yes there are six 0's on the end of that number.No matter.It still is not easy selecting all the correct numbers for a win. If it was easy the jackpot would never get so high.

Reply #19

four4me — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:33:33 GMT

Reply #18

RJOh — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:24:30 GMT

Goose,I don't know who will laugh last, but we'll all get a chance to laugh at our mistakes sometimes. Sorry four4me, sometimes I don't post what I'm thinking and when I check my post, I read what I'm thinking rather than what I'm reading.RJOh

Reply #17

goose — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:21:45 GMT

so who will laugh at last

Reply #16

RJOh — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 03:50:11 GMT

Twisted,You are right, the 527 was a misprint, I was referring to all the zeros in four4me's post.RJOh

Reply #15

RJOh — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 03:41:53 GMT

The present PowerBall format of 5/53 + 1/42 was just started last year 10/09/02. Before PB added the extra numbers the odds were lower. Since I don't play QPs, I have to have the lastest cards to fill out.RJOh

Reply #14

twisted — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 03:37:40 GMT

Odds of winning are 1:120,526,770.00 not 1:120,527,770Check out http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb_prizes.asp

Reply #13

four4me — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 03:22:37 GMT

District of Columbia /Washington DC it's on the back of the play slip.And of course anything's subject to change those play slips could have been printed 4 yrs ago

Reply #12

RJOh — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 03:04:20 GMT

You can check those odds at playlot.http://www.playlot.com/aboutgame.htmThe tickets printed for Indiana has that figure also. Which State ticket are you looking at?RJOh

Reply #11

four4me — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:29:48 GMT

that's not what's printed on this ticket i'm holding in my hand

Reply #10

RJOh — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:41:07 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by four4me on December 21, 2003 Odds of winning the grand prize are1:120,526,770,000000Correction 1:120,527,770 The odds are bad, but not that bad. You can't have $100M plus jackpots with 1:1,000,000 odds.RJOh

Reply #9

four4me — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:33:57 GMT

Grammy3 It's not the game that's fixed its the number of gold balls. With 42 gold balls to chose from the odds are overwhelming look at the odds on the back of the ticketOdds of winning the grand prize are1:120,526,770,000000

Reply #8

kbcherokee — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:28:37 GMT

Tso-gali-I I smell a Rat Chief

Reply #7

RJOh — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:26:56 GMT

I seldom play QPs, so I can't blame the computers for my loses or wins. Which incidents of foul play are you referring to?RJOh

Reply #6

Grammy3 — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:19:16 GMT

I am saying with all the puter picks in 23 states something is not right. Look at all the times they have found foul in different states. It has happen in Pa

Reply #5

RJOh — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:13:49 GMT

If you think it's 'FIXED!', just play your numbers in the last minutes before closing. With the amount of numbers being played, they won't know about your numbers until after the drawing.RJOh

Reply #4

Grammy3 — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:07:10 GMT

I am taking bets it will be hit Wednesday!!! 23 States and no hits???? It has to be FIXED

Reply #3

weshar75 — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 16:09:52 GMT

If it rolls over to the 31 it should be around 180 to 190 million for that drawing.

Reply #2

smd173 — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 12:48:31 GMT

I doubt that because of the holidays. The only reason it spiked up $21 Million for the next drawing is because MUSL hopes to generate higher sales based on Christmas. Like they did last year when it was over $300 Million.

Reply #1

twisted — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:39:15 GMT

Awesome. Hopefully it will be over $200 million before new years.

Powerball: $137 Million

Todd — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 03:18:19 GMT

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