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• noise-gate

  

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  Do you also consider yourself a serious or  recreational player?
  Personally: l play both the major ones and perhaps fantasy 5 , 2-3 a week. How about you?
  
  
  
  * Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
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  Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on May 5, 2013

  Do you also consider yourself a serious or  recreational player?
  Personally: l play both the major ones and perhaps fantasy 5 , 2-3 a week. How about you?
  
  
  
  * Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
  -George Bernard Shaw.

  i gave you a 5 * cause that's a good question

  
• noise-gate

  

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  i gave you a 5 * cause that's a good question

  For that l give you my thanks in advance.
  
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  For that l give you my thanks in advance.
  

  Your welcome

  
• helpmewin

  

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  i seem to do better on the Bigger games i play state games in Whatever state i am in @ that time

  also i pick up a few QP on the PB & MM once a week

  hope this helps with your survey

  
• savagegoose

  

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  there is 6 draws a week, but i have the grumps about some of the payout tables.  ad try to  not play them. I am in 3 pools, 1 always plays ea, the other 2 i run, and id say 4 a week is average i play in those 2 that I run.  so in a week i play 14 times on the 6 games

  " Still swinging, still missing "
  2014 = -1016; 2015= -1409; 2016  = -1171; 2017 = -1257 ; 2018 = - 1380 =  TOT =  - 6233

  keno historic = -2291 ; 2015= -603; 2016= -424; 2017 =-427; 2018= -223   TOT = -3968

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• noise-gate

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by savagegoose on May 5, 2013

  there is 6 draws a week, but i have the grumps about some of the payout tables.  ad try to  not play them. I am in 3 pools, 1 always plays ea, the other 2 i run, and id say 4 a week is average i play in those 2 that I run.  so in a week i play 14 times on the 6 games

  Just checked my PB ticket from last night and it turns out l won $4.00 off a $5.00 investment.  Looks like lm in the hole for a dollar so far.No tears...yet.
• billionaire2bee

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  Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on May 5, 2013

  Do you also consider yourself a serious or  recreational player?
  Personally: l play both the major ones and perhaps fantasy 5 , 2-3 a week. How about you?
  
  
  
  * Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
  -George Bernard Shaw.

  Im like you play the big ones on both their days and the Carolina cash 5 I only play when it gets over like 200,000....the cash 5 is good when there is an extra good bonus drawing you can register for you buy 5.00 worth of tickets and your automatically entered...this month you can win an extra 50 grand and a toyota tundra
• HoLeeKau

  

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  I'd say I'm a moderately serious player.  I'm in every draw for the big 2 plus Hot Lotto and occasionally Wild Card 2.

  But I think of serious players as the ones who don't blink an eye at spending $50 per game per draw, and I hardly ever go over $5 per game per draw.  And it's usually less.

  I think of recreational players as the ones who keep an eye on the jackpots, but only play when they feel lucky, or only play when the jackpot is high.  They don't mind if they're not in a draw.
• noise-gate

  

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  B2B- Whats the ticket price on the Cash 5? l love the idea that they throw in $50K and a tundra, that should be incentive enough for those who cannot afford a vehicle to give it a shot. The licensing and registration is prob coming out of your pocket, but who cares.

  
• savagegoose

  

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  here the big games are powerball and ozlotto, odss of 1 in 76mill, and 45 mill respectively.  they only pay out $3 mill nd 2 mill,  when ther jack pots start again. i try and play all the games all the time, but when they pull this sort of thing i have to wthdraw my cash and sit on the side lines.  i have no will power so by the time the  pots roll to $10 mill im usually back in.

  the thing is the odds on power ball went up from 1 in 54 mill to 1 in 76 mill , and they didint increase the starting pot by anything.

   

  sure $3 mill isnt anything to be   scoffed at, but another game  has odds of 1 in 8 mill and the 1st prize is $1 mill,  so realistically, i should hiold off the powwerball untill the ROI is at least as equal to theis cheaper and easier to win game.

  as you can see i am torn between telling them to jam it, and  my desire to be in every draw.

  " Still swinging, still missing "
  2014 = -1016; 2015= -1409; 2016  = -1171; 2017 = -1257 ; 2018 = - 1380 =  TOT =  - 6233

  keno historic = -2291 ; 2015= -603; 2016= -424; 2017 =-427; 2018= -223   TOT = -3968

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• Jesstina

  

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  I'll play everyday if I'm chasing a number. And go harder on it if I see others are predicting the same number I'm chasing.  

  My Pet Numbers 011, 100, 198, 109

  

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• rcbbuckeye

  

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  In response to noise-gate

  Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on May 5, 2013

  Do you also consider yourself a serious or  recreational player?
  Personally: l play both the major ones and perhaps fantasy 5 , 2-3 a week. How about you?
  
  
  
  * Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
  -George Bernard Shaw.

  I play every day, except Sunday, because there are no drawings on Sunday.

  Psst... don't tell Thrifty.

  CAN'T WIN IF YOU'RE NOT IN

  A DOLLAR AND A DREAM (OR $2)
  
• Coin Toss

  

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  I play something everyday, but usually $1 - $2, so recreational player.

  In Illinois Lucky Day Loto (5/39) is the biggest thing going on Sundays and Thursdays and ironically on those days it's usually at its $100,000 starting jackpot. Quite often it gets hit the night before. There have been times the jackpot has ben ovr $1,000,000 so when that happens I might 'go wild' and play $1 for each $100,000.

  Otherwise it's MM and PB. The state Pick 6 is usually very weak compared to those jackpots.

  Those who run the lotteries love it when players look for consistency in something that's designed not to have any. So many systems, so many theories, so few jackpot winners. 

  

  There is one and only one 'proven' system, and that is to book the action. No matter the game, let the players pick their own losers.
• dallascowboyfan

  

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  I Play four days a week, Tuesday & Friday for Mega and Wednesday & Saturday for Powerball & Hot Lotto no state lotto games in Oklahoma or it would be more.

  I Love Pink & Green 1908