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When people stop by my new ski chalet.
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I am so getting my van painted when this hits
Why not, I'll skip lunch today and send my 4 pesos your way.
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/wp-c...free-candy.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by ticketchecker
Lol.
Pooling a group's money is about as dumb as it gets. The biggest "best" group would be everybody, right? Bigger group, bigger odds, and all... Except the Everybody Pool is guaranteed of losing half their money cuz half goes to Education.
Also never play Quick Pick. The lady in front of me in the 7-11 line had forgot all about the huge jackpot. A carton of cigarettes was all she wuz gonna buy. But she saw the play slip in my hand and last second bought a Quick Pick. Those woulda been my numbers, my jackpot, if I too was letting the computer do the picking. Her millions instead of mine. Prevent that, for peace of mind...
If your point is that the lottery itself is a losing proposition, nobody here would argue. But if we assume that we are going to play the lottery, you got some splainin' to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by EZB
I see no logical reason why pooling money to buy multiple tickets is "as dumb as it gets" nor why quick pick is a bad idea.
Danno, on the quick pick thing I am certain it makes more sense to play the same numbers forever hoping they hit someday. Quick Pick is more random and likely less likely to hit, but really who cares.
Especially since we all “know” we’re gonna lose... so any dollars more than zero is better than zero.
If we lose: well, I expect to. But if we win, that’s just gravy...magnificent, delicious gravy.
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There is absolutely no math to back that up. The only thing that is true about quick pick is that the more people that play QP, the more likely there will be a winner because the numbers get distributed more randomly/evenly. But take 2 tickets, one QP and one chosen numbers, there is simply no way you can prove to anyone that the QP ticket is less likely to hit.Quote:
Originally Posted by liv2ski
People like playing their own numbers and make up all sorts of reasons why it is better, but there is zero logic to that.
When you play Quick Pick, the computer is only allowed to give you a combination that somebody else has already played. It's to the Lottery Commission's advantage when there are no winners (= more rollovers), and therefore it's also to the Lottery Commission's advantage to have lotsa duplicates. HTH.
You will have to provide a citation if your thesis relies on the QP not being truly random, but instead is picked from a pool of existing picked numbers. If that were true, the very first person in line could never get a QP, they would have to wait until people play chosen numbers.Quote:
Originally Posted by EZB
That sounds about 10,000,000 times harder to program than a random number picker for whole integers from 1-60.Quote:
Originally Posted by EZB
“Mastering the art of dentistry and winning the lottery”
For some reason, lottery math is really hard for people to decipher.
Last week, I drove to WY for tix. I recouped $14 ....Well, I invested more than that. Now, I need to decide whether I should drive to WY. again, or just wait until the next time that I go to cash in the tix.
And the odds don’t appreciably change I’d you buy one ticket vs 1000 or whatever. The denominator is astronomically huge
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This probably doesn't need to be confirmed, but to no one's surprise, there isn't any difference in likelihood to win based on whether you pick your own numbers or use quick pick. Powerball.com's FAQ before they updated their website addressed htis directly.
https://web.archive.org/web/20050204...q.asp#computer
Of the first 59 winners in the Powerball game, there were 41 winners (about 70%) who won using Quick Picks (or Computer Picks or Easy Picks). The remaining 18 winners chose their own numbers. Does this mean that you are more likely to win with a computer pick ticket? Maybe. Seventy percent of Powerball tickets are purchased with computer pick numbers. It may just be that the number of computer-pick winners is comparable to the number of computer-pick purchases.
Around 45 players right meow.
Not as hard as Let's Make a Deal mathQuote:
Originally Posted by Danno
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem
I'm still waiting to here why group buys of lottery tickets is about as dumb as it gets.
But yeah, game show math is tough too.
Yo Mazderati, don't buy 45 ticket with the same numbers, ok?Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Well mainly because after we win it's gonna be hard to track down a guy named "Mazderati", address unknown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Other than that it's genius.
Nah I'm kidding, it's gonna be cool when we get the $40 million (or whatever it is) in paypal.
shit, man, that might mean I win less than $10 million if we hit. That sucks. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazderati
Those fees are gonna be brutal. Friends and family please!Quote:
Originally Posted by ötzi
Thanks for your time and the laughQuote:
Originally Posted by Mazderati
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by dan_pdx
When you play Quick Pick, you haven't diminished your likelihood of winning. You have however, negated your likelihood of winning without sharing the loot with some other ticketholder.
Fuck I love that movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazderati
That’s what I need to paint overQuote:
Originally Posted by RootSkier
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I was gonna say: I’ll drive to pick up...especially if it’s one of those GIANT checks like Pub Clearinghouse or Happy Gilmore...I always wanted to get one of those!Quote:
Originally Posted by t-the-east
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You could do it via Zoom?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazderati
You’ll need more than that to be my neighbor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
And pissed I just saw this
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We could buy a mountain. Have our own private club aka Yellowstone.
Loving the maff wizards saying pick your own numbers.
In that case, play 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
It’s as probable as any other sequence. Has it won yet?
It's still open.Quote:
Originally Posted by grskier
Yes, still open. Send your money by 5:00 ET tomorrow if you want in.
I just sent an email to everyone whose payment I received. If you did not get an email, I do not have your payment or you are looking in the wrong email account.
Why would that be relevant, professor?Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
The first one was just a warmup. I promise.