You last visited June 19, 2013, 10:54 pm All times shown are Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | $253 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls againDutchess , NY United States Member #121976 January 21, 2012 1415 Posts Offline | | Posted: August 12, 2012, 12:35 am - IP Logged | |
the powerball jackpot rolled to 305 million. Is it hammer time yet? Maybe in 4 more draws. and make your last check bounce.
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United States Member #3864 February 21, 2004 196 Posts Offline | | Posted: August 12, 2012, 4:02 am - IP Logged | |
don't ask me how many tickets I bought when the Mega Millions jackpot was 656 million last April. All I will admit is, a lot. think how many total tickets were sold an nobody matched 5+1 thats probably 30 million tickets or more so even if you buy 100 tickets its not really increasing your chances that much. | | |
Gurnee, Illinois United States Member #50189 February 12, 2007 711 Posts Offline | | Posted: August 12, 2012, 5:02 am - IP Logged | |
No, itwill be hit by a ticket purchased in Northern Illinois. I am coming home to claim the wonderful retirement fund you all have generated for me. $142,000,000 is quite dandy, though a round $200 million would be nicer. So perhaps I could settle for one or two more rollovers before my single ticket matches the annuitized &420 million jackpot (I will take CV of course). I guess that is what paying my fair share looks like! Guess who won't get a red cent of my winnings and who can expect a huge donation! Singing and hoops abilities are irrelevant! Get MONEY!!! Winning a JACKPOT lottery is all the HOPE and CHANGE I desire!!! NOW give me MONEY! | | |
United States Member #111467 May 25, 2011 6323 Posts Offline
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so if I flipped a coin 5 times and it came out heads 5 times in a row, I'd still have a 50 percent chance of getting heads again on the 6th coin toss? After all, the coin doesn't pay attention to what people think. I would say the chances of getting heads again would decrease and the chances of getting tails would increase after every flip where I got heads consecutively. As a previous poster wisely pointed out: "Every event is not dependent on the outcome of previous events" Maybe if you flip that coin a few billion times more, you'll begin to get a better sense of the overall odds and probability.
But if you think that flipping your coin just 5 times will help prove your point, and maybe win Wednesdays Powerball, best of luck to you!  
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Columbus, Ohio United States Member #128916 June 5, 2012 241 Posts Offline | | Posted: August 12, 2012, 5:50 am - IP Logged | |
I may stop playing PB, I hardly win anything... all I play is one line with my numbers and the powerplay. I could use that extra three bucks for two additional MM tickets. The only reason I play just just one PB ticket is just in case my numbers come up, I don't want to miss out. | | |
United States Member #111467 May 25, 2011 6323 Posts Offline
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I may stop playing PB, I hardly win anything... all I play is one line with my numbers and the powerplay. I could use that extra three bucks for two additional MM tickets. The only reason I play just just one PB ticket is just in case my numbers come up, I don't want to miss out. Without doubt, hundreds of previous jackpot winners had long losing streaks. There have been recordings of players who finally hit after fifteen, twenty or more years of continuous playing. When your thinking about giving up on a game; that might well be your time!  | | |
Columbus, Ohio United States Member #128916 June 5, 2012 241 Posts Offline | | Posted: August 12, 2012, 7:06 am - IP Logged | |
Without doubt, hundreds of previous jackpot winners had long losing streaks. There have been recordings of players who finally hit after fifteen, twenty or more years of continuous playing. When your thinking about giving up on a game; that might well be your time!  Yeah, you're right... its prob worth the $6 a week to keep playing | | |
Connecticut United States Member #62108 May 29, 2008 16875 Posts Offline | | Posted: August 12, 2012, 7:26 am - IP Logged | |
I posted the ten lines I played on the prediction board but they only matched a 3+0 and a 1+1 for $11. That's awesome and it came from your personal logic.Our pool at work had 50 qp tickets with nothing..2, (1+0's) and nothing even close to the powerball number...sad really. "...Life is not a matter of holding good cards,but sometimes playing a poor hand well... 'Fortune Cookie wisdom' | | |
United States Member #111467 May 25, 2011 6323 Posts Offline
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Yeah, you're right... its prob worth the $6 a week to keep playing That's the spirit tiger! Now get right back in the game, and don't let those "Poor Old Me" pig attitudes bring you down.  
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PA United States Member #66644 October 16, 2008 1286 Posts Offline | | Posted: August 12, 2012, 8:01 am - IP Logged | |
And now folks ................ a wire transfer of $152,475,000 is looming for a very lucky winner in Pennsylvania ................ after the Powerball has rolled again! Wednesday will be interesting! Maybe even interestinger! we will be going to Disneyland, of course ............
dpoly1 - Playing the lottery to save the jobs of those that build, transport, sell & maintain luxury items! - Eschew Poverty ........... Vote Conservative! | | |
United States Member #111467 May 25, 2011 6323 Posts Offline
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And now folks ................ a wire transfer of $152,475,000 is looming for a very lucky winner in Pennsylvania ................ after the Powerball has rolled again! Wednesday will be interesting! Maybe even interestinger! we will be going to Disneyland, of course ............
Might as well just buy Disneyland DP. This way no lines, no waiting! 
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mid-Ohio United States Member #9 March 24, 2001 16131 Posts Offline | | Posted: August 12, 2012, 8:28 am - IP Logged | |
That's awesome and it came from your personal logic.Our pool at work had 50 qp tickets with nothing..2, (1+0's) and nothing even close to the powerball number...sad really. 50 lines and not one with the PB, that's sad but the law of averages is on your side. Good luck Wednesday. * The fundamentals of winning a lottery jackpot * * play a lottery you can win *
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Zeta Reticuli Star System United States Member #30849 January 17, 2006 8068 Posts Offline | | Posted: August 12, 2012, 9:56 am - IP Logged | |
I wish they were drawing it really at night, like 4-5 am. So, you wake up, refreshed and millionare. Somehow it feel that chances to win get higher, when you can't care less about it (sleeping) But then, chances are I won't be sleeping until 4-5 am on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. tvboris, There are many who don't trust lotteries now. If the drawings were held at 4:00 - 5:00 a.m. there'd be a whole lot more than didn't trust them. Those who run the lotteries love it when players look for consistency in something that's designed not to have any. One thing all the Law of Attraction books have done is help to sell a lot of lottery tickets! | | |
Ridge Runner - Oracle of the Appalachians Way back up in them dadgum hills, son! United States Member #74415 April 28, 2009 12622 Posts Online | | Posted: August 12, 2012, 11:32 am - IP Logged | |
Where did you bring them? | | |
adelaide sa Australia Member #37542 April 11, 2006 2502 Posts Offline | | Posted: August 12, 2012, 1:25 pm - IP Logged | |
if a coin tossed 100 heads in a row, id want to look at the coin. June "Money doesnt buy happiness, but misery has never been so luxurious" 2013 YTD loss[1032] wins = 585 2012 total spend =[2486.10], wins = 2176.70 ; year total = -$309.40 | | |
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