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Can there really be a "system" to winning playing the lottery?
Posted on 12/23/17 at 8:58 am
Posted on 12/23/17 at 8:58 am
It seems so random that that would be impossible....thoughts?
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Posted on 12/23/17 at 8:59 am to Dry Prong Wildcat
No
Posted on 12/23/17 at 9:01 am to Dry Prong Wildcat
Nope
Posted on 12/23/17 at 9:02 am to Dry Prong Wildcat
You’re never getting out of that single wide in Dry Prong. Sorry baw.
Posted on 12/23/17 at 9:03 am to Dry Prong Wildcat
Yes. You redeem your tickets one by one and take some of those winnings, if any, and buy scratch offs which you scratch off at the counter to see if you have more funds to buy tickets with. Then you must confirm the numbers given are correct while remaining at the counter, preferably while everyone else just wants coffee and to go to work.
Posted on 12/23/17 at 9:04 am to Dry Prong Wildcat
I never buy a single scratch off consecutively.
Posted on 12/23/17 at 9:16 am to Dry Prong Wildcat
Never played the lottery. I take great pride in that.
Posted on 12/23/17 at 9:22 am to Dry Prong Wildcat
When I lived in NC they were debating starting a lottery cause VA and SC had one and they thought they might be letting some $$$ slip away. There was a great bumper sticker at the time...."The lottery....for people that are REALLY,REALLY bad at math".
Posted on 12/23/17 at 9:22 am to Dry Prong Wildcat
Yes, but you have to have an army of people and a lot of money.
You basically find out which scratch offs have major prizes left yet are close to running out of cards and then buy them all throughout the state.
You basically find out which scratch offs have major prizes left yet are close to running out of cards and then buy them all throughout the state.
Posted on 12/23/17 at 9:23 am to Dry Prong Wildcat
Nah it’s a game of chance really but since your odds are equally the same for every ball, no true strategy would work.
Posted on 12/23/17 at 9:25 am to Dry Prong Wildcat
no.
Unless you hire a bunch of people to go out and buy every potential number sequence.
Unless you hire a bunch of people to go out and buy every potential number sequence.
Posted on 12/23/17 at 9:26 am to cubsfan5150
The folks who say 'no' are incorrect. The system is this. You MUST buy a ticket and then you have a very small chance to win. If you do NOT buy the ticket, your chance goes all the way down to 0%.
Posted on 12/23/17 at 9:32 am to Dry Prong Wildcat
The only winning move is not to play.
Posted on 12/23/17 at 9:43 am to Dry Prong Wildcat
quote:
It seems so random that that would be impossible....thoughts?
I think that's the fricking point.
Posted on 12/23/17 at 11:29 am to STLDawg
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The only winning move is not to play.
Can we play... A game????
But yeah a coke gives me more satisfaction than two lottery tickets
Posted on 12/23/17 at 12:07 pm to Dry Prong Wildcat
You’d basically have to do what Veruca Salt’s dad did in Willy Wonka and you would still have a small chance.
This post was edited on 12/23/17 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 12/23/17 at 12:10 pm to Dry Prong Wildcat
I know someone who, for a project in a statistics class, was tracking numbers picked and locations where winning tickets were sold in excel and developing a powerball algorithm of such to maximize probability. He discovered some interesting trends that could theoretically increase one’s odds somewhat, but nothing that would help enough to make it a smart investment.
Posted on 12/23/17 at 12:20 pm to Dry Prong Wildcat
I only play mega millions, not powerball. Odds are better. Powerball often has bigger prizes but the difference for me in winning $200M versus $350M doesn't matter. Give me better odds any day. I can accomplish what I want with the smaller amount and have plenty left for my kids.
Posted on 12/23/17 at 12:35 pm to STLDawg
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The only winning move is not to play
The moral we all learned in War Games
Posted on 12/23/17 at 12:39 pm to Dry Prong Wildcat
Congratulations on the worst 34th post in OT history.
This post was edited on 12/23/17 at 12:40 pm
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