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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | Powerball coming to CaliforniaSan Angelo, Texas United States Member #1110 January 31, 2003 918 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 29, 2012, 9:54 pm - IP Logged | |
Hope this doesn't expand the matrix. 59 numbers is tough enough, beyond that just send the $2 in to PB and skip the formality of playing. 
The head of the Texas lottery announced in October that California would be joining PB in January. He said the matrix would not change. | | |
Oklahoma United States Member #82920 November 12, 2009 3459 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 29, 2012, 10:07 pm - IP Logged | |
Congratulations Cali........ Win BIG everyone..... I Love Pink & Green....1908 | | |
Ridge Runner - Oracle of the Appalachians Way back up in them dadgum hills, son! United States Member #74415 April 28, 2009 12452 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 29, 2012, 11:31 pm - IP Logged | |
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California United States Member #69901 January 9, 2009 380 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 29, 2012, 11:42 pm - IP Logged | |
Oh Ridge, that's not very nice of you. We Californians have feelings you know. (It's true, I swear!) Still glad to see you're back. It was always in the stars for me to be a lottery winner. | | |
United States Member #122703 February 6, 2012 202 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 30, 2012, 12:27 am - IP Logged | |
Statistically things should not change. More people won't make it harder for you to win, the numbers are the numbers that are drawn. There may be more people to share the jackpot with you if you were lucky enough to get the right numbers, but nothing past that would change. However, with a state that large with a population that large, the initial jackpot should be increased and the subsequent increases on each rollover increased at a larger rate also. There is going to come a point where the MegaMillions is going to need to seriously compete with the Powerball. The price of the ticket is half of the PB, yet the initial jackpot is less than a third. It needs to be bumped up to at least $20 million. I wonder if Todd has access to this, but it would be interesting to see what the sales of the MM vs the PB are state by state and how the sales were affected by increasing the price of the tickets from $1 to $2. I personally adjusted my strategy of buying multiple tickets when there was a big jackpot to instead of buying them all on my own like I did when it was $1 to going 50/50 with my brother usually. | | |
NH United States Member #83898 December 5, 2009 170 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 30, 2012, 12:58 am - IP Logged | |
Coke needs Pepsi and Pepsi needs coke. Lets just get this thing all ramped up and make Powerball and Mega millions national. | | |
Ridge Runner - Oracle of the Appalachians Way back up in them dadgum hills, son! United States Member #74415 April 28, 2009 12452 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 30, 2012, 12:59 am - IP Logged | |
Oh Ridge, that's not very nice of you. We Californians have feelings you know. (It's true, I swear!) Still glad to see you're back. Thank you janem, but I have this haunting fear that Charlie Sheen might win it. And that would destroy me. I don't think I could go on. | | |
California United States Member #69901 January 9, 2009 380 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 30, 2012, 1:07 am - IP Logged | |
Thank you janem, but I have this haunting fear that Charlie Sheen might win it. And that would destroy me. I don't think I could go on. I understand because that is a fear that haunts us all. It would destroy every lotto player from east to west. Still, we would have to find a way to go on. And go on to play another day...... It was always in the stars for me to be a lottery winner. | | |
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Oklahoma United States Member #4244 March 27, 2004 89 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 30, 2012, 1:49 am - IP Logged | |
Congratations to California! | | |
Florida United States Member #61918 May 22, 2008 564 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 30, 2012, 7:36 am - IP Logged | |
I feel as though they may combine the PB and Megamillion games into "The Super Power Mega National Game" once CA joins...it will have... starting jackpots of $100 MILLION!! 
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Oklahoma United States Member #82920 November 12, 2009 3459 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 30, 2012, 8:39 am - IP Logged | |
I do wish Oklahoma had a there own state lotto game the odds would be better. Win BIG everyone..... I Love Pink & Green....1908 | | |
mid-Ohio United States Member #9 March 24, 2001 15954 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 30, 2012, 12:34 pm - IP Logged | |
Hope this doesn't expand the matrix. 59 numbers is tough enough, beyond that just send the $2 in to PB and skip the formality of playing.
Ohio had a 100 numbers matrix for their Lot'O Play game(0-99) for a while when they switched from the Super Lotto game(6/49+1) but changed again to Classic Lotto(6/49) when people lost interest in playing. If PB was going to change anything it would probably be the numbers of bonus numbers. * The fundamentals of winning a lottery jackpot *
* play a lottery you can win *
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Housekeeper MICHIGAN United States Member #82269 October 28, 2009 13135 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 30, 2012, 8:08 pm - IP Logged | |
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United States Member #121760 January 16, 2012 1620 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 30, 2012, 8:14 pm - IP Logged | |
Thank you janem, but I have this haunting fear that Charlie Sheen might win it. And that would destroy me. I don't think I could go on. lol I'd rather have Charlie win it vs Rosie O'donnell and the slew of Obama worshippers. At least with Charlie, you never know what side of the fence he will be on from day to day. Bonne chance à tous! Quand je gagne, nous aurons tout des crêpes avec la
confiture d'oranges sur mon balcon à Paris. | | |
Ridge Runner - Oracle of the Appalachians Way back up in them dadgum hills, son! United States Member #74415 April 28, 2009 12452 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 30, 2012, 8:43 pm - IP Logged | |
lol I'd rather have Charlie win it vs Rosie O'donnell and the slew of Obama worshippers. At least with Charlie, you never know what side of the fence he will be on from day to day. I just don't think I could bear it with him on tv and everywhere else doing that "Winning!" thing again. | | |
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