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Players cross the border for PowerballReply
$1800?! Jeez. That's insane. I'd rather go with a small group myself because if I'm going to tempt the long odds of a big jackpot win I want to be set for life with the money and be able to live well and fund a few things like a business my dad has been trying to get going for about 5 years now. That alone would take about 6 million. That's why I don't play until the jackpot is 50 million.
Oct 8, 2004, 1:18 pm - Babel - Lottery News

Players cross the border for PowerballReply
It would be a good lesson in the brutal odds if we could find out how much the guy won from his $1800 worth of tickets. My guess is - much less than $1800.
Oct 8, 2004, 11:26 am - tg636 - Lottery News

Some information about PowerballReply
In any 6/49 game, the odds of one of any six numbers appearing in any other group of six numbers are 1:2. There are 13,983,816 possible combinations of six numbers and one of any group of six numbers will appear in 6,096,454 of those combinations.RJOh
Oct 7, 2004, 5:21 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball fever spreads as jackpot reaches $177 millionReply
Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on October 06, 2004Quote: Originally posted by fxdwg on October 06, 2004Quote: Originally posted by rock_nc on October 06, 2004One in 120 millionIf he bought 2 tickets rather than 1 with powerplay then his chances are Two in 120 millions Chances yes but the Odds remain the same
Oct 6, 2004, 12:26 pm - fxdwg - Lottery News

Powerball fever spreads as jackpot reaches $177 millionReply
Quote: Originally posted by fxdwg on October 06, 2004Quote: Originally posted by rock_nc on October 06, 2004well, i went and got my 2 dollars worth of tickets.i even picked my own numbers,what's the odds, i wonder?lOne in 120 millionIf he bought 2 tickets rather than 1 with powerplay then his chances are Two in 120 millions
Oct 6, 2004, 12:23 pm - RJOh - Lottery News

Powerball fever spreads as jackpot reaches $177 millionReply
Quote: Originally posted by rock_nc on October 06, 2004well, i went and got my 2 dollars worth of tickets.i even picked my own numbers,what's the odds, i wonder?lOne in 120 million
Oct 6, 2004, 12:14 pm - fxdwg - Lottery News

Which game is worse IIIReply
Washington's has better odds to win a prize, and you get more than one set of numbers. They may be for different prize categories, but I'd still take that over PA's game.
Oct 5, 2004, 2:10 am - DoctorEw220 - Jackpot Games Forum

Ten identical predictionsReply
Very true, Todd. It's a wash in the long run. They are facing the same odds with each combo...it's a gamble.However, if a player really likes his combo for some reason or other and has 10 - 50 hypothetical dollars to spend towards it on the prediction page, then it makes sense to bet more heavily on it (or post it more times) because of the profit potential and level of confidence.But it will still come out even in the end.It all comes out in the wash.
Oct 4, 2004, 3:51 pm - Rick G - Lottery Discussion Forum

Ten identical predictionsReply
Yes, but only if they hit, of course. You can also look at ity the other way: they have a much better chance of decreasing their hit ratio, because of the much worse odds of getting a hit.
Oct 2, 2004, 9:41 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Congratulations Predictors!Reply
I only check in here once a week or sometimes twice. I just read your post. I never played lottery too much til I started checking out this site. Statistics don't mean much to me but the money does. I posted a lot of numbers mainly to see where the best chance of making money is. I agree with you about Pick 4 being the way to go. All games take a lot of luck and some take more than others. The big jackpot games take more luck than I'll ever have. I figure if I played ten chances every draw for f
Oct 2, 2004, 10:40 am - motorhead - Lottery Discussion Forum