Old People Always Win

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PSYKOMO

You seem to know the probabilities; if the majority of players are older, the older players should win the win the majority of jackpots. How do those probabilities improve odds for the players in that demographics?

Do you really believe the odds favor a 66 year-old winning the jackpot after they and a 22 year-old both buy $5 worth of QPs?

We "seniors" have to like $$$.  Our children still love it and want it.

It's called jackpot envy and apparently their elders never taught them how to be a good loser.

That's because young people never play Powerball/MegaMillions...The times i've play lottery I'VE NEVER SEEN A YOUNG person, playing lottery, NEVER...I am talking someone YOung that's 18-25....

I don't know why is this, but most of the people i've seen playing the lottery are older people...

Young people are worried about college and getting a job...

And   GAS

OOOOOOOLLLLLLLLDDDDD  people lose TOOOOOOOOOOOOO

gas affects everyone...

Personally with age comes a sense of value for money and what it can and cannot do. The younger generation isnt exactly my cup of tea for financial advice, so I doubt I would consider their fortune to last past 30. When asked by each generation what they would invest in, most young folks think of the lastest gadgets or some hot car. Neither of which are long term vestments. Yet asked by those in the 40's and above and they clearly wanted to carry a nest egg to see them thru the golden years or carry on a cause that benefits the community. The bottom line though is- you cant take it with you so do with it as you will.....

  So true!  "Old people" are funding those big jackpots if they are indeed winning it more often.

It's amusing to see people cry about OTHER people winning the jackpot.

I've heard it all!  Among the various crying jags I've heard about OTHER people winning the jackpot:

• Someone in <insert state here> always wins!  The lottery is rigged!
• Someone in the Eastern states always wins!  The lottery is rigged!
• Someone in the Western states always wins!  The lottery is rigged!
• Old people always win!  The lottery is rigged!
• New players always win!  The lottery is rigged!
• People who play $1 always win!  The lottery is rigged!
• People who play Quick Picks always win!  The lottery is rigged!
• Rich people always win!  The lottery is rigged!
• Poor people always win!  The lottery is rigged!

Wa, wa, wa.  The simple fact is that YOU didn't win.  (Speaking to those who make these complaints.)

The lottery, for all its faults, errors, patterns, marketing, etc., really does distribute payouts to the people who play the most.

If people in Ohio buy 10 times as many Mega Millions tickets as the people in Washington, then you know what?  Ohio will have 10 times as many jackpot winners.

To those individuals perceptive enough to pick up the small hints and patterns to win more than the odds say you should, thumbs up to you!

But to somehow think that an entire demographic of people is going to win more collectively than the mathematics of odds and quantity of tickets purchased indicates they should is not living in reality.

Here's the hardest thing for these people to imagine:  just because the people in your state/age/income/etc. don't win as much as people in other demographic groups seem to, you personally have exactly the same odds of winning the jackpot as anyone in that other demographic does.

The emotional feeling of that other demographic group winning more often completely overwhelms the rational, logical thought that every other individual in the state/country/world has exactly the same chance of winning as you.