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Turbolag

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Feb 2, 2017, 12:42 pm

So for Texas Powerball yestersay, I bought $210 worth of tickets. I got back $32. It made me wonder, should I just buy $20 worth a couple times a month, or save a little and buy $200-500 once a month or two months? Or does it not matter?

I was thinking the more you buy at one, the better off you are for winning. Is that inaccurate?
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Feb 2, 2017, 1:14 pm

First, are you comfortable spending that kind of money every month? I think it is a bad idea. but if you are comfortable with it, that's cool. I still think it's a bad idea, spread your money out, there is no guarantee that you will win by spending more money. Do you have a 401K saving plan? try spliting the 210 and putting half on lottery and half on a savings plan.
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Feb 2, 2017, 2:55 pm

The odds are so high that the difference between buying 1 ticket and 105 tickets is negligible at best. However, you can only win if you have at least 1 ticket, so I think it is better to spread it out over many games. Good luck!
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Feb 2, 2017, 3:57 pm

If you bought 146 million tickets, you'd still have about a 50/50 chance of winning.

99.9999% of people who play will not win the JP in any JP game in their lifetime. Here in Florida, the lightning capitol of the world, depending where you are standing outside in the summer rainy months, there's an average chance of about 1 in 7 million of being struck by lightning. The Florida lottery is around 1 in 26 million.

Do the math...

People always tell me about someone winning some of the time in the JP games, so why can't it be me, but they never talk about the hundreds of millions of losing tickets held by those poor saps. EVERY WEEK!

Billions of losing tickets every year, and only a handful of winners. Not a good bet to me.

If it's written in the stars that you will win the JP, you only need to buy 1 ticket.
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Feb 2, 2017, 4:03 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Turbolag on Feb 2, 2017
So for Texas Powerball yestersay, I bought $210 worth of tickets. I got back $32. It made me wonder, should I just buy $20 worth a couple times a month, or save a little and buy $200-500 once a month or two months? Or does it not matter?

I was thinking the more you buy at one, the better off you are for winning. Is that inaccurate?

If I was gonna drop $210 on lottery tix, I would drop it on tonight's 2 Step draw. Yeah....it's "only" $1,450,000. But the odds are "only" 1 in 1,832,600.

CAN'T WIN IF YOU'RE NOT IN

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Feb 2, 2017, 6:32 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Turbolag on Feb 2, 2017
So for Texas Powerball yestersay, I bought $210 worth of tickets. I got back $32. It made me wonder, should I just buy $20 worth a couple times a month, or save a little and buy $200-500 once a month or two months? Or does it not matter?

I was thinking the more you buy at one, the better off you are for winning. Is that inaccurate?

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Feb 2, 2017, 6:43 pm

I hope you have a decent system spending that amount of cash. At least play all the bonus balls. I wish I could afford to play that much because I'm working with a pool of about 32,000 ticket with the Jackpot.

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Feb 2, 2017, 6:44 pm

You could buy 10 PB tickets for 10 draws for $200 and be covered for the month.

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Feb 2, 2017, 7:19 pm

Bulk has more of it while couple has less.
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Feb 2, 2017, 7:44 pm

If a player is going to buy more than 26 lines of PB tickets then a more detailed analogy should be made. For example buying all 26 bonus numbers could offer a minimum win plus other advantages depending how the lines are picked. Playing a bunch of lines with no strategy is like a bunch of individuals buying quick picks.

* you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones *
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Feb 2, 2017, 7:55 pm

Quote: Originally posted by bigbear29 on Feb 2, 2017
First, are you comfortable spending that kind of money every month? I think it is a bad idea. but if you are comfortable with it, that's cool. I still think it's a bad idea, spread your money out, there is no guarantee that you will win by spending more money. Do you have a 401K saving plan? try spliting the 210 and putting half on lottery and half on a savings plan.

Very Conservative advice.
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Quote: Originally posted by sully16 on Feb 2, 2017
Very Conservative advice.

Lol lol. I agree with Big bear also. I might faint. It is a miracle! Salut Marie!!!!
Turbolag

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Feb 2, 2017, 9:21 pm

I bought the power play. From what I've been reading the best strategy for Powerball is quick picks and get the powerplay.

I'm really new at this. Still trying to learn more. Do you have a system you would suggest for Powerball?
Turbolag

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Feb 2, 2017, 9:25 pm

Yea I don't wanna spend that much each time. I think I like $20-40 better.

I kinda like scratch cards the most right now. They seem to have a nice return. But I'm really new and still learning.

I did set a budget for each month.

I'm open to any advice though.

:)
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Feb 2, 2017, 10:28 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Turbolag on Feb 2, 2017
So for Texas Powerball yestersay, I bought $210 worth of tickets. I got back $32. It made me wonder, should I just buy $20 worth a couple times a month, or save a little and buy $200-500 once a month or two months? Or does it not matter?

I was thinking the more you buy at one, the better off you are for winning. Is that inaccurate?

What's the difference between buying one PB ticket every draw for a year and buying 105 tickets for one drawing?

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