Want to remain anonymous, when you win the powerball?

[Ergel]

I can't believe there was an argument about basic statistics taught in ninth grade math

[Emkay]

I can't believe there was an argument about basic statistics taught in ninth grade math

Stranger things have happened

[churnbabychurn]

I can't believe there was an argument about basic statistics taught in ninth grade math

Math in ninth grade??

[Boruch999]

his math is correct 100 = 1/2.9m 1000 = 1/290k 10000 = 1/29k 100k= 1/2.9k 1m = 1/290 10m= 1/29 100m = 1/2.9;

+1

[Naphtali]

Are we getting all quick picks? Or maybe we should choose some numbers? Perhaps a different powerball number on each game. Or something else if anyone has some insight. 

[yos9694]

Quick pick is OK for when you buy just one ticket, but as soon as you buy more than one its a waste of money because the machine could randomly pick the same numbers on multiple tickets. Then you'd win multiple times and have to split the prize with yourself.

[churnbabychurn]

Quick pick is OK for when you buy just one ticket, but as soon as you buy more than one its a waste of money because the machine could randomly pick the same numbers on multiple tickets. Then you'd win multiple times and have to split the prize with yourself.

Meh don't worry so much.

[12HRS]

Quick pick is OK for when you buy just one ticket, but as soon as you buy more than one its a waste of money because the machine could randomly pick the same numbers on multiple tickets. Then you'd win multiple times and have to split the prize with yourself.

I would assume the odds of getting the same numbers on a second ticket are the same as winning the lotto

[Dan]

I would assume the odds of getting the same numbers on a second ticket are the same as winning the lotto

Yup.

[myi]

They say not to pick your own tickets like using birthdays and anneversaries and ect. Because  those numbers add up to 1-32 and the numbers range 1-69 and even though u might use numbers 32-69 by your year you were born, you would only use a big number once or twice saying its annerversary  or birthday .so the other 3 numbers your leaving out the chance for it to be 1-69 .

[yelped]

I would assume the odds of getting the same numbers on a second ticket are the same as winning the lotto

Lol

[David Smith]

Stranger things have happened

Who started this?

[Emkay]

Who started this?

Me

[David Smith]

Me

Should I ask if you were cutting class in ninth grade?

[Emkay]

Should I ask if you were cutting class in ninth grade?

That's personal   . I realized it's a shallow bunch over here so i let this one slide

[David Smith]

That's personnel.

No comment on sixth grade spelling class.

[skyguy918]

Quick pick is OK for when you buy just one ticket, but as soon as you buy more than one its a waste of money because the machine could randomly pick the same numbers on multiple tickets. Then you'd win multiple times and have to split the prize with yourself.

I would assume the odds of getting the same numbers on a second ticket are the same as winning the lotto

Not a good answer. You'e playing on the long shot that you'll hit miniscule odds in your favor, but you're ignoring miniscule odds against your favor?

I'll give you a better answer, which is what happened to my office pool (which I didn't participate in). They collected $10 each from 40-50 people. They wanted to maximize their median return from the non-jackpot prizes. The way to do that would be to spread out your selection of the red powerball numbers as evenly as possible. They got lazy though, and ended up quick picking most of them, leaving a very lumpy distribution of the 26 red powerball combinations. Natrually, they only ended up having 2 tickets with the correct red number, and got a total of $8 in secondary prizes (on $400-500 of tickets).

[Emkay]

No comment on sixth grade spelling class.

A lifetime of education means nothing once autocorrect starts screwing with your life

[Naphtali]

Not a good answer. You'e playing on the long shot that you'll hit miniscule odds in your favor, but you're ignoring miniscule odds against your favor?

I'll give you a better answer, which is what happened to my office pool (which I didn't participate in). They collected $10 each from 40-50 people. They wanted to maximize their median return from the non-jackpot prizes. The way to do that would be to spread out your selection of the red powerball numbers as evenly as possible. They got lazy though, and ended up quick picking most of them, leaving a very lumpy distribution of the 26 red powerball combinations. Natrually, they only ended up having 2 tickets with the correct red number, and got a total of $8 in secondary prizes (on $400-500 of tickets).

This is why I said perhaps picking the powerball number only.  but the flip side is not much better because by spreading out the powerball you are limiting yourself to only a few possible winners.

[David Smith]

A lifetime of education means nothing once autocorrect starts screwing with your life

Smartphones, stupid (looking) people.