Powerball

[moneymaker]

Yes that is true flu. The worst part about the whole lottery thing is the taxes. In Europe there is no tax on the lottery. When you think about it,it really is a double tax because when you buy the ticket half of the money goes into a pot that replaces what would have been tax money for government programs. By the way the jackpot is now $675 Million! To calculate the odds it is (69!/64!5! times 26) a combination not a permutation.

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=flu]
So the odds are 1:292.2 million (roughly) if you pick your own numbers.

But if you let the computer pick the numbers for you, aren’t you basically saying: what’s the probability of the same 6 numbers being picked twice by two independent random events (the machine that sold you the ticket and the actually lottery drawing), and hence you are doubling your odds to 1:584.4 million?
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No, it makes no difference if you pick the numbers or a random number generator picks the numbers for you. In both cases the only issue is that the numbers on your ticket match the numbers picked at the drawing. Just because the computer picked the numbers for you it’s no different then if you rolled dice, or consulted your astrological chart.

Btw… if it was a case of what are the odds that the same six numbers are picked twice by two independent random events that wouldn’t double your odds. You would multiply them. so 1:292.2 million times 1:292.2 million so around 1:85.3 billion.

[Coronita]

[quote=XBoxBoy][quote=flu]
So the odds are 1:292.2 million (roughly) if you pick your own numbers.

But if you let the computer pick the numbers for you, aren’t you basically saying: what’s the probability of the same 6 numbers being picked twice by two independent random events (the machine that sold you the ticket and the actually lottery drawing), and hence you are doubling your odds to 1:584.4 million?
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No, it makes no difference if you pick the numbers or a random number generator picks the numbers for you. In both cases the only issue is that the numbers on your ticket match the numbers picked at the drawing. Just because the computer picked the numbers for you it’s no different then if you rolled dice, or consulted your astrological chart.

Btw… if it was a case of what are the odds that the same six numbers are picked twice by two independent random events that wouldn’t double your odds. You would multiply them. so 1:292.2 million times 1:292.2 million so around 1:85.3 billion.[/quote]

yeah sorry about that brain fart. It was late at night. I meant multiply them together, but then i wrote double and was too lazy to check my work and just did a times 2.

[Coronita]

[quote=flu][quote=XBoxBoy][quote=flu]
So the odds are 1:292.2 million (roughly) if you pick your own numbers.

But if you let the computer pick the numbers for you, aren’t you basically saying: what’s the probability of the same 6 numbers being picked twice by two independent random events (the machine that sold you the ticket and the actually lottery drawing), and hence you are doubling your odds to 1:584.4 million?
[/quote]

No, it makes no difference if you pick the numbers or a random number generator picks the numbers for you. In both cases the only issue is that the numbers on your ticket match the numbers picked at the drawing. Just because the computer picked the numbers for you it’s no different then if you rolled dice, or consulted your astrological chart.

Btw… if it was a case of what are the odds that the same six numbers are picked twice by two independent random events that wouldn’t double your odds. You would multiply them. so 1:292.2 million times 1:292.2 million so around 1:85.3 billion.[/quote]

yeah sorry about that brain fart. It was late at night. I meant multiply them together, but then i wrote double and was too lazy to check my work and just did a times 2.[/quote]

So if I were to play, my numbers would be 1,2,3,4,5,6

[no_such_reality]

The picking of the numbers independent events Thus, whether you pick them or e computer picks them, the odds are the same.

With the jump from $500 to $675, a 175,000,000 picks have been made. I wonder how much more it will go up by Saturday.$750?

Perhaps it’s the new economic indicator for the stock market, the number of people playing lottery jackpots.

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=flu]
So if I were to play, my numbers would be 1,2,3,4,5,6[/quote]

As unintuitive as it may seem, those numbers are just as likely (or unlikely) to hit as any other numbers. It might be worth thinking about whether other people would be likely to pick those numbers though, since you share the pot. Ideally you want a set of numbers that is less likely to be picked by someone else.

[livinincali]

[quote=XBoxBoy][quote=flu]
So if I were to play, my numbers would be 1,2,3,4,5,6[/quote]

As unintuitive as it may seem, those numbers are just as likely (or unlikely) to hit as any other numbers. It might be worth thinking about whether other people would be likely to pick those numbers though, since you share the pot. Ideally you want a set of numbers that is less likely to be picked by someone else.[/quote]

If you pick numbers that are mostly above the number of days in a month you might have a slightly better chance on being a single winner. You eliminate the birthday pickers.

[moneymaker]

“livinincali” the power number is from 1-26 so can’t use that logical way to pick that number,jackpot is now $700M that’s 428,400,000 cash. Seems to me that most people take the cash payout, do you think that is because they don’t have faith that the lottery will be around for 30 years? Did they invest in CDO’s or MBS’s? Anyone seen “The Big Short”? It was good but I don’t know that I would give it an 8.1 like IMDB people did.

[La Jolla Renter]

Avoid the number 9. September is the most common birthday month due to Christmas and New Years baby making activity.

Flu, your strategy is sound, but I read somewhere that thousands of people will play 1,2,3,4,5,6. So pick some other numbers.

Also avoid patterns (diagonals) on the lottery ticket, those get played a lot.

[spdrun]

Throw darts at the card.

[livinincali]

[quote=moneymaker]”livinincali” the power number is from 1-26 so can’t use that logical way to pick that number,jackpot is now $700M that’s 428,400,000 cash. Seems to me that most people take the cash payout, do you think that is because they don’t have faith that the lottery will be around for 30 years? Did they invest in CDO’s or MBS’s? Anyone seen “The Big Short”? It was good but I don’t know that I would give it an 8.1 like IMDB people did.[/quote]

The final powerball number is 1-26 but the previous 5 white numbers go 1-69.

For example the last draw on Tuesday that nobody won had the following numbers.

2, 11, 47, 62, 63, 17 (17 is the powerball number)

3 of those are not days in a month although 47, 62, and 63 could be 2 digit birth years for some players.

[moneymaker]

yeah 1 of those 3 is my birth year, I would probably not have picked it though. I always play quick pick,because I believe the odds are the same. Some day I will have a dream and I’ll play those numbers, hasn’t happened yet.

[all]

[quote=XBoxBoy][quote=flu]
So if I were to play, my numbers would be 1,2,3,4,5,6[/quote]

As unintuitive as it may seem, those numbers are just as likely (or unlikely) to hit as any other numbers. It might be worth thinking about whether other people would be likely to pick those numbers though, since you share the pot. Ideally you want a set of numbers that is less likely to be picked by someone else.[/quote]

I’ve heard 6,5,4,3,2,1 is not picked as often as 1,2,3,4,5,6.

[Coronita]

[quote=spdrun]Throw darts at the card.[/quote]

That would be equivalent of having two random processes pick the same 6 numbers twice.

[Coronita]

If there is a history or all the previous 6 number lotteries in the US, we can eliminate those as well. It is unlikely the same 6 numbers will occur twice in any lottery anywhere in the US.

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