Deciding to get out of week 3 of the pick 5 to chase the now $4,650,000 Match 6 jackpot was worth it. On the ticket, 2 of my numbers picked were drawn, then 3 on the first quick pick line, and 2 on the second quick pick line. The 3 on one line was a return of the $2 spent, and the 7/18 is worth $25.

That was running the top of the Markov Chain Follower report... 2 of 6. That could have done better, but one takes what one is given. I would have had 3 of 6 if I viewed the classifier report and ran the NA line, which is playing the last "neutral above the median" before the HOT numbers.

3 more plays for this week, maybe alternating between the 2 picks is in order.

Have a feeling that the jackpot will be hit, by at least 1 winner, BEFORE it crosses the $5,000,000 mark. Then I can go back to that last week of pick 5.

After the fed and pa taxes are taken, a solo winning ticket would be worth $2,786,745 (or more, I always take the worst case scenario... 37% federal and 3.07% flat PA tax)

Shortcut calculation for winning in PA is <prize> x 0.5997

That is the quick estimate of what a prize is really worth.

Still waiting for several decades to use that formula for real...