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• TooTallLuke

  

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  Since Mega Millions is now 75/15 I had the idea of creating an Excel spreadsheet that would randomly select 15 sets of 5 numbers that would use all 75 numbers (15 sets of 5 with no repeats), and each set of numbers would be giving 1 unique Mega Ball number, that way all 75 numbers and 15 Mega Ball numbers would be used. My fear would be posting my 15 selection prediction and then seeing that one of them would have won the jackpot if I had played.... 
• rdgrnr

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by TooTallLuke on Dec 7, 2013

  Since Mega Millions is now 75/15 I had the idea of creating an Excel spreadsheet that would randomly select 15 sets of 5 numbers that would use all 75 numbers (15 sets of 5 with no repeats), and each set of numbers would be giving 1 unique Mega Ball number, that way all 75 numbers and 15 Mega Ball numbers would be used. My fear would be posting my 15 selection prediction and then seeing that one of them would have won the jackpot if I had played.... 

  That's called "Predictor's Remorse Syndrome".

  There's no cure.
• Astekblue

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by rdgrnr on Dec 7, 2013

  That's called "Predictor's Remorse Syndrome".

  There's no cure.

  Amen     To      That
• Slick Nick

  

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  Well Luke, are you going to do it? I would like to see them.

  Money is a terrible master, but a great servant...
• helpmewin

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by TooTallLuke on Dec 7, 2013

  Since Mega Millions is now 75/15 I had the idea of creating an Excel spreadsheet that would randomly select 15 sets of 5 numbers that would use all 75 numbers (15 sets of 5 with no repeats), and each set of numbers would be giving 1 unique Mega Ball number, that way all 75 numbers and 15 Mega Ball numbers would be used. My fear would be posting my 15 selection prediction and then seeing that one of them would have won the jackpot if I had played.... 

  might as will post them Just in case you don't play them other people might want to,

  stop being stingy

  
• Slick Nick

  

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  Stop being stingy!!!! Good one "helpmewin".

  Money is a terrible master, but a great servant...
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  Quote: Originally posted by rdgrnr on Dec 7, 2013

  That's called "Predictor's Remorse Syndrome".

  There's no cure.

  I suffer from that from time to time.

  
• LottoBux

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by TooTallLuke on Dec 7, 2013

  Since Mega Millions is now 75/15 I had the idea of creating an Excel spreadsheet that would randomly select 15 sets of 5 numbers that would use all 75 numbers (15 sets of 5 with no repeats), and each set of numbers would be giving 1 unique Mega Ball number, that way all 75 numbers and 15 Mega Ball numbers would be used. My fear would be posting my 15 selection prediction and then seeing that one of them would have won the jackpot if I had played.... 

  I Wouldn't Worry About It Luke,

  The Odds Are 258 Million To 1 Against Hitting All 5 +MB,

  Besides Don't You Have To Be A US Citizen To Collect?

                       
  
• LottoBux

  

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  You'll Never Know If You Would Have Won If You Don't Have Any Picks To Compare With The Winning Numbers.

                       
  
• TooTallLuke

  

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  I Wouldn't Worry About It Luke,

  The Odds Are 258 Million To 1 Against Hitting All 5 +MB,

  Besides Don't You Have To Be A US Citizen To Collect?

  258 million to 1 but that Murphy and his laws is a mother! 

  No, you don't have to be a US Citizen to collect, anyone can play and collect, you just have to pay the taxes on the winnings.
• LottoBux

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by TooTallLuke on Dec 7, 2013

  258 million to 1 but that Murphy and his laws is a mother! 

  No, you don't have to be a US Citizen to collect, anyone can play and collect, you just have to pay the taxes on the winnings.

  Yep,

   I Wonder If Anyone Named Murphy Bothers To Play.lol

   I Didn't Know That A Non Resident Could Win.

   So Have You Made A Decision Yet?

                       
  
• RJOh

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by TooTallLuke on Dec 7, 2013

  Since Mega Millions is now 75/15 I had the idea of creating an Excel spreadsheet that would randomly select 15 sets of 5 numbers that would use all 75 numbers (15 sets of 5 with no repeats), and each set of numbers would be giving 1 unique Mega Ball number, that way all 75 numbers and 15 Mega Ball numbers would be used. My fear would be posting my 15 selection prediction and then seeing that one of them would have won the jackpot if I had played.... 

  If you didn't think they would hit, why post them?   I alway play my predictions and I can count the times they hit with the fingers on one hand.

   * you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones * 

         
  
• grwurston

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by TooTallLuke on Dec 7, 2013

  Since Mega Millions is now 75/15 I had the idea of creating an Excel spreadsheet that would randomly select 15 sets of 5 numbers that would use all 75 numbers (15 sets of 5 with no repeats), and each set of numbers would be giving 1 unique Mega Ball number, that way all 75 numbers and 15 Mega Ball numbers would be used. My fear would be posting my 15 selection prediction and then seeing that one of them would have won the jackpot if I had played.... 

  Well, if you play them,then you won't have to worry about it.   

  

  Before you play there are 2 choices to make. Low sum or high sum and consecutive pair or no consecutive pair. Choose correctly and you go from 120 combos down to 30. Not a bad starting point.
• ogivens15

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by TooTallLuke on Dec 7, 2013

  Since Mega Millions is now 75/15 I had the idea of creating an Excel spreadsheet that would randomly select 15 sets of 5 numbers that would use all 75 numbers (15 sets of 5 with no repeats), and each set of numbers would be giving 1 unique Mega Ball number, that way all 75 numbers and 15 Mega Ball numbers would be used. My fear would be posting my 15 selection prediction and then seeing that one of them would have won the jackpot if I had played.... 

  Your talking about $30...(give us a break)...You deserve to lose if you let that happen.

  OGG
• LottoBoner

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  Quote: Originally posted by TooTallLuke on Dec 7, 2013

  Since Mega Millions is now 75/15 I had the idea of creating an Excel spreadsheet that would randomly select 15 sets of 5 numbers that would use all 75 numbers (15 sets of 5 with no repeats), and each set of numbers would be giving 1 unique Mega Ball number, that way all 75 numbers and 15 Mega Ball numbers would be used. My fear would be posting my 15 selection prediction and then seeing that one of them would have won the jackpot if I had played.... 

  The solution to the dillema IMHO, is to only post what you play.  That way you limit the remorse. 

  I like to post winning lines on the boards that I insist on playing in real life, and not post losing ones, that I really know deep down that I should not even play at all.  (I keep those losses private.) That way I can stay in the top 50 on the prediction boards.

  Even though there is no prize for being in the top ten, for a lottery player, on the Lottery Post Prediction Board.  LPPB, numero uno, that is the goal.  (At least for somebody who is "ACTUALLY" trying to win a JP.)

   Maybe a free coffee mug for top predictor of the year, or perhaps a baseball cap? Todd are you watching?

  You could always keep the other lines in your own "secret journal".  That way only you would know "if" your worst case scenario would have happened, if it was to happen, and you would only have to deal with your own embarrassment privately, without having to deal with it publicly, because all the while at the same time members on LP are congratulating you.

  But dont fear about losing.  That only makes you lose more, and more faster.