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Karen Nathan

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Sep 17, 2021, 7:19 pm

Powerball is now $4 for Base, Double Play, and the Extra choice. If they add EZ Match, it will be $5 a ticket! O.O I remember when Powerball was only a dollar! O.O Lotto isn't too far behind with it also being $4, but it could turn into a $5 if they decide a Mandatory 2 line Lotto. I remember when Lotto was only a dollar too. It seems that only Fantasy Five and Jackpot Triple Play are the only real value tickets at $1. $2 if you add EZ Match for Fantasy Five and Combo for Jackpot Triple Play for $2. Megamillions is the next best value at a Mandatory $2 a ticket. It could go to $3 if MM adds a EZ Match option.

"What's your ADDRESS?" May be the CREEPIEST question EVER asked to a Lottery Winner! O.O WTF?

At first, I found the one digit away draws kind of amusing, but now I am PISSED! 15 or 16 times I was off by just one digit in recent times!🤬 No longer find this amusing, it's making me REALLY angry now!🤬
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Sep 17, 2021, 8:21 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Karen Nathan on Sep 17, 2021
Powerball is now $4 for Base, Double Play, and the Extra choice. If they add EZ Match, it will be $5 a ticket! O.O I remember when Powerball was only a dollar! O.O Lotto isn't too far behind with it also being $4, but it could turn into a $5 if they decide a Mandatory 2 line Lotto. I remember when Lotto was only a dollar too. It seems that only Fantasy Five and Jackpot Triple Play are the only real value tickets at $1. $2 if you add EZ Match for Fantasy Five and Combo for Jackpot Triple Play for $2. Megamillions is the next best value at a Mandatory $2 a ticket. It could go to $3 if MM adds a EZ Match option.

Well, those meany ol' lottery officials have to find a way to spy on those who have the winning problem ability.
Bugs, black undercover vans, spy cameras and helicopters aren't cheap, you know.

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Sep 17, 2021, 9:59 pm

Quote: Originally posted by garyo1954 on Sep 17, 2021
Well, those meany ol' lottery officials have to find a way to spy on those who have the winning problem ability.
Bugs, black undercover vans, spy cameras and helicopters aren't cheap, you know.

LMAO! :D

"What's your ADDRESS?" May be the CREEPIEST question EVER asked to a Lottery Winner! O.O WTF?

At first, I found the one digit away draws kind of amusing, but now I am PISSED! 15 or 16 times I was off by just one digit in recent times!🤬 No longer find this amusing, it's making me REALLY angry now!🤬
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Sep 18, 2021, 7:54 pm

Quote: Originally posted by garyo1954 on Sep 17, 2021
Well, those meany ol' lottery officials have to find a way to spy on those who have the winning problem ability.
Bugs, black undercover vans, spy cameras and helicopters aren't cheap, you know.

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Sep 19, 2021, 8:05 am

All of those extras are fine with me as long as they're optional. If someone wants to spend $5 on one line, give them the opportunity to do it.
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Quote: Originally posted by HoLeeKau on Sep 19, 2021
All of those extras are fine with me as long as they're optional. If someone wants to spend $5 on one line, give them the opportunity to do it.

I personally worry that in the near Future, Powerball and Lotto will be a Mandatory $5 for a base game. I remember when Florida Lotto jumped up to a Mandatory $2 for a base, Lottery Post Members were saying they wanted to Boycott Lotto. I said something like,"It's only one extra dollar. If it was $5 for a base game, then I could see the "Boycott Florida Lotto! Feeling. But nowadays, it does seem that a $5 base is coming in the near Future....:/

"What's your ADDRESS?" May be the CREEPIEST question EVER asked to a Lottery Winner! O.O WTF?

At first, I found the one digit away draws kind of amusing, but now I am PISSED! 15 or 16 times I was off by just one digit in recent times!🤬 No longer find this amusing, it's making me REALLY angry now!🤬
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Sep 20, 2021, 12:57 pm

From the moment they change the powerball from a dollar I stopped playing, I felt it was better to stick with $1 ticket games as the odds were a bit more in your favor and easier to win. Giving up a dollar for bigger odds of winning didn't make sense to me, even when they paid higher jackpots.

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Sep 20, 2021, 2:06 pm

I played the Double Play option for the first time on Saturday. I won $10. (Playing it again tonight.)

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Sep 20, 2021, 2:39 pm

Quote: Originally posted by maxodds on Sep 20, 2021
From the moment they change the powerball from a dollar I stopped playing, I felt it was better to stick with $1 ticket games as the odds were a bit more in your favor and easier to win. Giving up a dollar for bigger odds of winning didn't make sense to me, even when they paid higher jackpots.

Euromillions started with 5/50*2/9 and 2 euros for 1 combination. 2 euros was the price of an espresso (not in a papercup, but served and with a spoon etc). I played lotto, two lines for one euro. I found it to expensive to play and generally find that prices are rather driven high. Playing Euromillions is only possible for people with a higher income. There is another game where you pay 10 euros for one combination. - I would play 50 cents games, also when the jackpots are not that high. A big jackpot is a bate. ... Maybe you want to play cards with friends instead of lotto.

The last payout for 4/5+2/2 was € 817.50, but you pay €2.5 for a combination.
817.5 / 2.5 = (bet *) 327. You get that for 4/5 in many 5/39 lottos.

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