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re: Best Way To Increase Your Chances Of Winning The Mega Millions Jackpot
Posted on 10/23/18 at 7:18 am to La Squared
Posted on 10/23/18 at 7:18 am to La Squared
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There’s a pool at work that had over 50 folks @ $20/person. Will be interesting to see how much they actually win.
Spoiler alert: they won’t win anything
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Posted on 10/23/18 at 7:18 am to pioneerbasketball
When is the drawing?
Posted on 10/23/18 at 7:19 am to pioneerbasketball
Pray to God and hope he values your prayers over everyone else’s
Posted on 10/23/18 at 7:28 am to bayou39
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You can't win if you dont play ....
When it gets to this kind of amount, yes, I foolishly waste my $2 in an attempt to never have to look at the Money Board again. I may buy a ticket once every 2-3 years so I don't think it will quite hurt my bank account.
My mother on the other hand, she buys the powerball religiously and has for well over 20 years.....I think the luck on her side of the family has run out though since a distant cousin won the Kentucky lotto 15 years or so ago.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:41 am to pioneerbasketball
Buy Powerball instead. Everyone is buying MegaMillions tickets, your chances will be better.
ETA: Someone I met actually believed this strategy
ETA: Someone I met actually believed this strategy
This post was edited on 10/23/18 at 8:42 am
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:05 am to LordSaintly
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There’s a pool at work that had over 50 folks @ $20/person. Will be interesting to see how much they actually win.
Spoiler alert: they won’t win anything
Actually they will probably “win” something. Assuming at least 10 of the tickets have the powerball number correct they will “win” $20.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:07 am to CockHolliday
I think it’s funny that we all buy tickets when the jackpot gets huge. 50 million is not good enough. I’m gonna wait until it’s over a billion
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:10 am to Bonjourno
quote:when your office pools together, you really have no choice. you don't want to be the only schmuck at work on Wednesday
I think it’s funny that we all buy tickets when the jackpot gets huge. 50 million is not good enough. I’m gonna wait until it’s over a billion
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:12 am to pioneerbasketball
quote:the ladies of this site diasgree
I'm not creepy
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:36 am to Bonjourno
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I think it’s funny that we all buy tickets when the jackpot gets huge. 50 million is not good enough. I’m gonna wait until it’s over a billion
Risk/Reward increased
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:40 am to LordSaintly
quote:very unlikely that they don't win anything
Spoiler alert: they won’t win anything
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:42 am to Bonjourno
quote:There's this thing called EV, you should look into it.
think it’s funny that we all buy tickets when the jackpot gets huge. 50 million is not good enough. I’m gonna wait until it’s over a billion
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:42 am to LordSaintly
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There’s a pool at work that had over 50 folks @ $20/person. Will be interesting to see how much they actually win.
Spoiler alert: they won’t win anything
There was a court case a while back where one of those pools won, and the person who bought the ticket claimed it was a separate one she bought for herself. IDK how it turned out.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:34 am to bee Rye
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the ladies of this site diasgree
Who? I dont talk to any ladies on this site.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:42 am to Jim Rockford
Generally on those pools you make a copy of all the tickets so everyone gets a print out. It’s shouldn’t be hard to determine what was for personal use and what was for the group.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:47 am to castorinho
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Spoiler alert: they won’t win anything
quote:
very unlikely that they don't win anything
If the odds are 1 in 300 million and the pool purchases 500 different numbers the odds of winning the jackpot are now 1 in 299,999,500, a statistically insignificant decrease in the odds.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 11:29 am to bigberg2000
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Generally on those pools you make a copy of all the tickets so everyone gets a print out. It’s shouldn’t be hard to determine what was for personal use and what was for the group.
Usually the pool groups are a clusterfrick after they win. Lawsuit after lawsuit
Posted on 10/23/18 at 11:31 am to EA6B
quote:you do know there's lower prizes right? That's what we're referring to. They'll likely win a few of those
If the odds are 1 in 300 million and the pool purchases 500 different numbers the odds of winning the jackpot are now 1 in 299,999,500, a statistically insignificant decrease in the odds
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:41 pm to bigberg2000
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Generally on those pools you make a copy of all the tickets so everyone gets a print out. It’s shouldn’t be hard to determine what was for personal use and what was for the group.
We have a group of 20 people at work who pay $20 each week it's their turn, so basically $50/person/year. When it's your turn, you spend $10 on the first half of the week and $10 on the weekend draws, however you want to distribute between Powerball and MegaMillions. Usually everyone just picks the higher jackpot. You take a pic of the lottery tickets for the group each week before the drawing and send it out as a group email. Any winnings <$100 gets redistributed for more tickets.
I've gotten 2 winning MegaMillions tickets in the past, hitting 4 numbers...which only paid out $150 each time. It was the worst odds-to-payout ratio of any winning scenario.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:42 pm to CockHolliday
A weekly occurrence? frick that
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