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Nov 20, 2016, 5:47 am

I was looking over the history of Powerball over this past year's drawings and the Power Play number appears to be stuck on 2 and 3 much more by far than 4 or 5.

See for yourself:

http://www.txlottery.org/export/sites/lottery/Games/Powerball/Winning_Numbers/

Since we do not have the benefit of the LIVE Power Play "wheel-of-fortune" anymore; Perhaps you could contact MUSL and shine the bright light of investigative journalism into what appears to be at the very least, an anomaly.

This coincidence should make for another strong argument to eliminate the Random Number Generator and bring back the LIVE wheel.

What do you and the readership make of all this ?
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Nov 20, 2016, 8:52 am

Power play odds are posted- Looks like they use 43 balls. Below are the power play odds and the number of balls for each number 2 through 5 - and 10 when the jackpot is less than $150,000,000. This may explain why you see more 2's & 3's

X 2- 1:1.79 (24 Balls)

X3= 1:3.31 (13 Balls)

X4= 1:14.33 (3 Balls)

X5= 1:21.50 (2 Balls)

X10= 1:43 (1 Ball)

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Nov 20, 2016, 9:20 am

^^^ This is the answer.

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Nov 20, 2016, 6:58 pm

Quote: Originally posted by fja on Nov 20, 2016
Power play odds are posted- Looks like they use 43 balls. Below are the power play odds and the number of balls for each number 2 through 5 - and 10 when the jackpot is less than $150,000,000. This may explain why you see more 2's & 3's

X 2- 1:1.79 (24 Balls)

X3= 1:3.31 (13 Balls)

X4= 1:14.33 (3 Balls)

X5= 1:21.50 (2 Balls)

X10= 1:43 (1 Ball)

makes sense.

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Nov 21, 2016, 12:26 am

fja,

Good info, thanks.

Can we take it that the Mega ball number is a little more balanced? On the link in the OP they all seem to have hit just about equally.

Those who run the lotteries love it when players look for consistency in something that's designed not to have any. So many systems, so many theories, so few jackpot winners.

There is one and only one 'proven' system, and that is to book the action. No matter the game, let the players pick their own losers.
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Nov 21, 2016, 6:36 am

The megaplier has better odds of hitting the number 5, However the 2nd prize of 1 million has only been hit 129 times vs 280 times in Powerball this year. Also note that the max payout with a 5 megaplier when you hit a 4+1 in mega millions is $25,000 , where as, a max payout with a 5 powerplay is $500,000 with a 1:43 chance of $5,000,000 if the jackpost is less than $150,000,000.

2X=1:7.5 (1 Ball)

3X=1:3.752 (1 Ball)

4X=1:5 (1 Ball)

5X=1:2.5 (2 Balls)

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Nov 21, 2016, 9:11 am

Quote: Originally posted by GuessWhat! on Nov 20, 2016
I was looking over the history of Powerball over this past year's drawings and the Power Play number appears to be stuck on 2 and 3 much more by far than 4 or 5.

See for yourself:

http://www.txlottery.org/export/sites/lottery/Games/Powerball/Winning_Numbers/

Since we do not have the benefit of the LIVE Power Play "wheel-of-fortune" anymore; Perhaps you could contact MUSL and shine the bright light of investigative journalism into what appears to be at the very least, an anomaly.

This coincidence should make for another strong argument to eliminate the Random Number Generator and bring back the LIVE wheel.

What do you and the readership make of all this ?

The Powerball lottery should have never changed the power play. Second I haven't seen or heard and especially this site that the 10x has come out for a powerplay.

Are they just using that as a market ploy to get more people to buy?

Sure hope someone on here hits it. I would love to figure out 5 numbers.
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Nov 21, 2016, 10:46 am

Quote: Originally posted by GuessWhat! on Nov 20, 2016
I was looking over the history of Powerball over this past year's drawings and the Power Play number appears to be stuck on 2 and 3 much more by far than 4 or 5.

See for yourself:

http://www.txlottery.org/export/sites/lottery/Games/Powerball/Winning_Numbers/

Since we do not have the benefit of the LIVE Power Play "wheel-of-fortune" anymore; Perhaps you could contact MUSL and shine the bright light of investigative journalism into what appears to be at the very least, an anomaly.

This coincidence should make for another strong argument to eliminate the Random Number Generator and bring back the LIVE wheel.

What do you and the readership make of all this ?

I just noticed that too. Weird coincidence. Now if they have a winner(s) you think it will then trigger a 4 or 5 powerplay. I don't have any intentions of playing powerplay not great odds at all. I also like the 21 and 50 in one of these drawings.
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Nov 23, 2016, 12:15 pm

Quote: Originally posted by GuessWhat! on Nov 20, 2016
I was looking over the history of Powerball over this past year's drawings and the Power Play number appears to be stuck on 2 and 3 much more by far than 4 or 5.

See for yourself:

http://www.txlottery.org/export/sites/lottery/Games/Powerball/Winning_Numbers/

Since we do not have the benefit of the LIVE Power Play "wheel-of-fortune" anymore; Perhaps you could contact MUSL and shine the bright light of investigative journalism into what appears to be at the very least, an anomaly.

This coincidence should make for another strong argument to eliminate the Random Number Generator and bring back the LIVE wheel.

What do you and the readership make of all this ?

Either the powerplay which I don't play will do another 2 or 3 or they will have someone hit and it does 4 or 5.

What is up with the 10x not ever being drawn? I don't get it.

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