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Sunny part of town United States Member #102873 December 27, 2010 224 Posts Offline | WOW Powerball will be ripping everone off even harder!!!  | | |
PA United States Member #66139 October 16, 2008 1998 Posts Offline | WOW Powerball will be ripping everone off even harder!!! You don't have to play ! This is not North Korea .......... YET ! 
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Indiana United States Member #48723 January 7, 2007 1961 Posts Offline | I definitely won't be playing Powerball nearly as much as I have in the past. I like being able to buy 5 lines for $5. I don't like spending more than $5 a ticket on Powerball. This means on the rare occasion that I actually do play Powerball, I'll only be spending $4 for 2 lines. Better odds my butt. Because the price is doubling, the odds for the majority of people who play this game will become at least twice as hard. Gonna win. | | |
New Member Bessemer, Al United States Member #121156 January 3, 2012 1 Posts Offline | If no one wins the lottery before or on Saturday January 14th, how will the new rules be implemented? | | |
United States Member #72446 March 18, 2009 1391 Posts Offline | Wow! Come this February, I'll discontinue playing the Megamillions $12M+ annuitized jackpot with Megaplier ($2, twice each week), yet continue playing Powerball with Powerplay ($3, twice each week). I like the newly announced Powerball $40M+ annuitized jackpot game opportunity to receive an lump-sum, after fed and state taxed, jackpot that begins at apx. $15.2M (Illinois taxes) 'walk away with monies'! I also like the Powerplay option of winning a 2nd prize, pre-taxed lump-sum amount of $2M. Of course, gambling is usually a long-term investment ... I realize that sometimes it requires several state's lottery retailers multiple years BEFORE any particular state wins a Powerball jackpot. 
Having several millions of dollars in my financial accounts means receiving several valuable services each day! 
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Zeta Reticuli Star System United States Member #30469 January 17, 2006 11654 Posts Offline | The number of Powerballs (the bonus number) will drop from the current 39 to 35 New prize and odds table | Match | Prize | Prize with
Power Play | Odds |
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| 5 of 5 + Powerball | Jackpot | Jackpot | 1 in 175,223,510 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 1 in 5,153,633 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $10,000 | $40,000 | 1 in 648,976 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | $200 | 1 in 19,088 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | $200 | 1 in 12,245 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | $14 | 1 in 361 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | $14 | 1 in 707 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | $12 | 1 in 111 | | Powerball only | $4 | $12 | 1 in 56 |
35 numbers and the odds against having the one drawn, the Powerball only, are 1 in 56? WT2? dpoly1, Couldn't agree more about raffles. In lotto, every $1 played (now $2 with PB) goes toewards winning millions. In a $20 raffle $1 M raffle, each $1 wins $50,000....'Boston Fire Dep't'., ahem. The real irony is that so many here who claim to hate QPs can't wait to fork over $10, $20, pr $50 for a raffle ticket. Huh? 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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| If no one wins the lottery before or on Saturday January 14th, how will the new rules be implemented? It flips into the new game as it would normally rollover. if it flips within the new game it would flip by a minimum of 10mil. and tickets will come at a cost of $2. they are not allowing anyone to advance play beyond 01/14 so no issues on that end | | |
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New Jersey United States Member #1 May 31, 2000 26748 Posts Online | The number of Powerballs (the bonus number) will drop from the current 39 to 35 New prize and odds table | Match | Prize | Prize with
Power Play | Odds |
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| 5 of 5 + Powerball | Jackpot | Jackpot | 1 in 175,223,510 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 1 in 5,153,633 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $10,000 | $40,000 | 1 in 648,976 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | $200 | 1 in 19,088 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | $200 | 1 in 12,245 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | $14 | 1 in 361 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | $14 | 1 in 707 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | $12 | 1 in 111 | | Powerball only | $4 | $12 | 1 in 56 |
35 numbers and the odds against having the one drawn, the Powerball only, are 1 in 56? WT2? dpoly1, Couldn't agree more about raffles. In lotto, every $1 played (now $2 with PB) goes toewards winning millions. In a $20 raffle $1 M raffle, each $1 wins $50,000....'Boston Fire Dep't'., ahem. The real irony is that so many here who claim to hate QPs can't wait to fork over $10, $20, pr $50 for a raffle ticket. Huh? Coin Toss, you're going to be embarrassed by this one.  The odds are 1 in 56 of hitting just the Powerball, because you need to factor in the odds of getting better than just the Powerball. If the odds of winning just the Powerball were 1 in 35, that would mean that you will never win any other prize. Right now the odds of winning just the Powerball are 1 in 61.74. | | |
gallatin tn United States Member #106497 February 20, 2011 3749 Posts Offline | hey todd i checked and signed. not good in tn. i smell a rat. i'm not playing until it high. i believe this move is for people who got money anyway. i can't afford it. | | |
gallatin tn United States Member #106497 February 20, 2011 3749 Posts Offline | what if everone stop playing. i don' think that possible. just a throught. i like the old way. no computer drawing. i'm sticking with p3 i have a better change of winning there. | | |
Mcminnville, Oregon United States Member #3013 December 13, 2003 5752 Posts Offline | I have decided to play for $1 on megabucks with kicker and $1 mega millions with megaplier and $2 powerball with powerplay. For the entire year that is how I will play. I will probably not win a jackpot but at least I will be in each game for one line and know is half the battle. Go Joe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-weshar75 | | |
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Zeta Reticuli Star System United States Member #30469 January 17, 2006 11654 Posts Offline | From a markeying standpoint, you're right Todd, but I lok at any 5 + 1 (or any +1 game) as two lotteries, the top or first matrix and the bonus number matrix. In a field of 35 numbers one number is drawn making it 1 in 35 or 34:1. In the the OP it didn't say anything at all about getting better than just the Powerball, it simply said the changes were the Powerball being drawn from 35 numbers instead of 39, and the odds posted in the chart as 1 in 56. The same chart shows 1 + 1 as 1in 111, so it still doesn't jive. You're really good at getting results and what have you before anyone else can, maybe you can track down the 21 'phantom' Powerballs befor the first drawing with the new rules. How many times have posters here at LP mentioned playing all the MM bottom matrix numbers to insure a win? The play 46 numbers to do that, right? And the odds of one number in 46 hitting? 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. | | |
Urbandale, IA United States Member #8624 November 11, 2004 115 Posts Offline | Thanks for the reminder. $3 a line. BS. I won't be playing this game. I just love how smooth the reasons for the increase roll off the officials lips. 'We wouldn't be doing it if we didn't think more money would be coming back to the states and help them with revenues during these tough economic times' Rich said. Actually it seems to me it's more like - We wouldn't be doing it if the tough economic times have forced some players to quit playing Powerball altogether and we need to milk the loyal players to make up for the difference. Oh and the Multi-State Lottery Association - thousands of randomly-selected players they surveyed since 2005 have asked for the change. I wonder how that question was presented? Like this: Would you pay $1 more to play Powerball? or like this: Would you like a game with better odds and higher winnings? They can keep it. Only politicians ask dumb research questions to get the wrong answers they want. When making a business decision, it is in one's best interest to ask the proper questions to get the real answers. No one likes to pay more for any product. Duh! But when the play of the game is completely explained and understood and players are asked how much they would spend and then a price is suggested at various prize levels, you can come to some conclusions. Research can only go so far and is only a start. A business also needs to look at their product mix to see if some brands are too close and if there is room for a premium brand. | | |
United States Member #26329 November 16, 2005 330 Posts Offline | People can cry all they want about the powerball price but wait till the jackpot gets to $500,000,000 and then you see the real lotto fever people will be lining up from all over the world and this big jackpots can now occour more frequeintly meaning i could win half a billion dollars every month .Oh well i am looking at a private island in bahamas already i dont need any noisy neighbor arround my $10,000,0000 mansion only lots of beautiful women geting natural sun tan lol . This was the same BS reason Powerball gave last time they rigged the game more in their favor and against the players. The hoopla to adding more states and increasing the odds for Powerball was that more people would be in the game and the jackpots would get up to $200Million+ more often....possibly even $500 Million. Now it seems that the jackpots don't reach $200 Million LESS OFTEN..So people are buying less tickets now they want people to pay more for the tickets. I think I've reached my limit with Powerball.... | | |
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