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Apr 6, 2024, 4:08 pm

Is it possible to know on average how many people play PB or MM during a draw?

There is alot of % out there. 70% play the lottery every year. Or 1 in 8 people play the lottery.

Yes one can estimate the number of tickets sold, the multipliers can throw that number off. One person could buy 20 tickets etc.

I know it could be a hard ask, but I thought we have great mathematicians with us 😁

I believe winning the lottery jackpot is a 💯 % factor of luck.

May Fortuna, goddess of chance or lot vindicate me.
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Apr 6, 2024, 4:53 pm

Quote: Originally posted by JustMaybe on Apr 6, 2024
Is it possible to know on average how many people play PB or MM during a draw?

There is alot of % out there. 70% play the lottery every year. Or 1 in 8 people play the lottery.

Yes one can estimate the number of tickets sold, the multipliers can throw that number off. One person could buy 20 tickets etc.

I know it could be a hard ask, but I thought we have great mathematicians with us 😁

1 in 8 would be 12.5%

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Apr 6, 2024, 5:46 pm

5 people won the $1M, and that's about 1:11,000,000 so my guess is between 55 and 65 million tickets sold.

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Apr 6, 2024, 7:28 pm

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Apr 6, 2024
1 in 8 would be 12.5%

That's a percentage and they normally have it against different parameters. Like maybe 1 in 8 play when the jackpot is a certain amount etc.

I believe winning the lottery jackpot is a 💯 % factor of luck.

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Apr 6, 2024, 7:31 pm

Quote: Originally posted by NeuralNetLottoB on Apr 6, 2024
5 people won the $1M, and that's about 1:11,000,000 so my guess is between 55 and 65 million tickets sold.

Between 55 and 65 million tickets may not mean that between 55 and 65 million people played in that drawing.

Like I said some people buy more than one ticket.

If we say for instance that the average person buys 3 tickets, our top number if 65 million tickets would be 21.3M people played. But that's just an example

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Apr 6, 2024, 7:38 pm

Quote: Originally posted by JustMaybe on Apr 6, 2024
Is it possible to know on average how many people play PB or MM during a draw?

There is alot of % out there. 70% play the lottery every year. Or 1 in 8 people play the lottery.

Yes one can estimate the number of tickets sold, the multipliers can throw that number off. One person could buy 20 tickets etc.

I know it could be a hard ask, but I thought we have great mathematicians with us 😁

The reason I asked the above question is to be able to see how odds can be viewed. We are accustomed to the 1:292M or 1:300M odds of winning.

One can see the magnitude if the odds are compared with people. For instance let's say in tonight's PB drawing, 35 million people played. So if you have a ticket you know that there are 34.999999 million people who have a ticket or tickets in their hands plus you.

I believe winning the lottery jackpot is a 💯 % factor of luck.

May Fortuna, goddess of chance or lot vindicate me.
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Apr 6, 2024, 7:59 pm

if you buy 2 tickets, your odds go from 300M to 150M.

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Apr 6, 2024, 9:58 pm

Quote: Originally posted by NeuralNetLottoB on Apr 6, 2024
if you buy 2 tickets, your odds go from 300M to 150M.

Hahahaha your odds remain basically the same - even if you bought 100 tickets - it's like adding a grain of sand on the beach 😁

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Apr 6, 2024, 11:29 pm

Quote: Originally posted by NeuralNetLottoB on Apr 6, 2024
if you buy 2 tickets, your odds go from 300M to 150M.

Nope.

Do a searcch here on LP for "does an additional ticket cut the odds in half?"

There is one and only one set of numbers that wons the jackpot. the odds are based on the tital number of combinations possible.

Each additional set of numbers played reduces the overall odds by one combination, it does not cut the odds in half.

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.
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Apr 6, 2024, 11:43 pm

LOL. Oh dear God in Heaven, here we go again....

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Apr 7, 2024, 1:50 am

"Is it possible to know on average how many people play PB or MM during a draw?"

I'm not sure that the lotteries even have a precise answer. They obviously know if somebody buys multiple tickets with a single playslip, and multiple playslips can be played in a single transaction as reported by the terminal, but we see posters who buy tickets at different stores and even different states. About the best you could do is make a guess at the average number of tickets per player and compare that to sales.

Ignoring the uncommon jackpots after reaching $750 million, the current PB run has averaged about 14.25 million tickets. Taking a fairly wild guess I'd figure that's 7 to 10 million players.

"There is one and only one set of numbers that wons the jackpot. "

18 years and change, and you still don't have a clue. You almost make me respect stat stalker's math capabilities.
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Apr 7, 2024, 9:14 pm

Quote: Originally posted by KY Floyd on Apr 7, 2024
"Is it possible to know on average how many people play PB or MM during a draw?"

I'm not sure that the lotteries even have a precise answer. They obviously know if somebody buys multiple tickets with a single playslip, and multiple playslips can be played in a single transaction as reported by the terminal, but we see posters who buy tickets at different stores and even different states. About the best you could do is make a guess at the average number of tickets per player and compare that to sales.

Ignoring the uncommon jackpots after reaching $750 million, the current PB run has averaged about 14.25 million tickets. Taking a fairly wild guess I'd figure that's 7 to 10 million players.

"There is one and only one set of numbers that wons the jackpot. "

18 years and change, and you still don't have a clue. You almost make me respect stat stalker's math capabilities.

Thanks for your insight on the question.

I know from the onset that it would be hard to have an exact number and this the use of the term on average.

It's sobering to know that possibly 10M other humans had a ticket for yesterday's drawing, and some had hundreds of tickets when you consider pools.

Also the fact that people outside the USA can also buy tickets through some platforms.

When one wins the jackpot, it really is defying great odds.

I believe winning the lottery jackpot is a 💯 % factor of luck.

May Fortuna, goddess of chance or lot vindicate me.
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Apr 7, 2024, 11:20 pm

Quote: Originally posted by NeuralNetLottoB on Apr 6, 2024
if you buy 2 tickets, your odds go from 300M to 150M.

If what you said were true, why stop art one extra ticket?

300 / 2 = 150

150/2 = 75

75/2= 37.50

37.50/ 2 = 18.75

18.75 = 9.375

9.375 / 2 = 4.6875

4.6875 = 2.34375

2.34375 / 2= 1.171875

1.171875 = 0.5859375

There, using your theory it's only its only taken 8 tickets to takws the odd down to leass than one.

Gee, why aren't more people doing that?

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rcbbuckeye,

I'mn only trying to save him ftrom himself, system sellers, and ticket sellers.

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.
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Apr 7, 2024, 11:30 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Coin Toss on Apr 7, 2024
If what you said were true, why stop art one extra ticket?

300 / 2 = 150

150/2 = 75

75/2= 37.50

37.50/ 2 = 18.75

18.75 = 9.375

9.375 / 2 = 4.6875

4.6875 = 2.34375

2.34375 / 2= 1.171875

1.171875 = 0.5859375

There, using your theory it's only its only taken 8 tickets to takws the odd down to leass than one.

Gee, why aren't more people doing that?

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rcbbuckeye,

I'mn only trying to save him ftrom himself, system sellers, and ticket sellers.

LOL. Yeah, I know CT.

I could just see that comment blowing the whole thread up into the odds argument again. Remember the last time?

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Apr 7, 2024, 11:57 pm

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Apr 7, 2024
LOL. Yeah, I know CT.

I could just see that comment blowing the whole thread up into the odds argument again. Remember the last time?

rcbbuckeye,

]Yeah, I do, that' why I was so surprised somepone would come up with it again!

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.

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