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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | Washington Lotto ticket generated with two identical quick picks Washington Lottery: Washington Lotto ticket generated with two identical quick picks4.54 Rating:Mitch Tracy beat the odds with a recent lottery ticket, but it didn't turn him into a millionaire. Tracy purchased the $1 ticket at a lottery machine in Spokane, Wash., and opted to let the "Quick Pick" feature choose his numbers. As he was walking away, he realized he'd been given the same numbers twice. "You're supposed to get two lines for a buck, and both lines were the same numbers," Tracy said. Officials say the odds of that happening are about one in 14 million, which is double the odds of winning the actual jackpot. (Based on Washington's Lotto ticket price of 2 plays for $1.) The duplicate numbers — 9, 11, 13, 28, 30, and 49 — didn't end up winning Tracy the jackpot, however. The actual winning numbers drawn on March 9 were 13, 15, 27, 28, 33, and 47. What would you do if you received a quick pick ticket with duplicate numbers? Would you demand a refund or keep it for good luck?  (Click to display full-size in gallery)
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New Jersey United States Member #17842 June 28, 2005 99661 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 1, 2019, 9:10 am - IP Logged | |
Question: How many Quick Picks had those Duplicate Numbers on Them?
Answer: All of Them!  A mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimensions!
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Fresno, California United States Member #157851 August 2, 2014 3293 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 1, 2019, 9:47 am - IP Logged | |
I would keep it for good luck. You never know!  "May You Live Long and Prosper" Spock on Star Trek. A Vulcan. | | |
United States Member #52343 May 21, 2007 3063 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 1, 2019, 9:55 am - IP Logged | |
🤖sounds like a good luck charm to me | | |
Central TN United States Member #121189 January 4, 2012 3511 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 1, 2019, 11:54 am - IP Logged | |
Keep the ticket, then spend another dollar to get a 2nd one. Maybe that would be a repeat as well  Integrity: There is just no substitute | | |
Brooklyn, NY United States Member #169719 October 29, 2015 1380 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 1, 2019, 12:26 pm - IP Logged | |
I would keep the ticket and buy another like CD said. I wonder how many double line tickets were printed that day. I always wanted to know..... if so many tickets were quick picks, how come a lot of them ended up having the same numbers. The Meatman 🥩🍗🍔🍖🍤🌭 “The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it in your back pocket.” Will Rogers Winning happens in a flash, Like A Bolt Of Lightning!  | | |
Florida United States Member #61433 May 22, 2008 1134 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 1, 2019, 1:00 pm - IP Logged | |
Check out this one I got many years ago. The 2nd line was picked by me and the first line QP the EXACT same numbers. 
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South Carolina United States Member #22701 September 30, 2005 10074 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 1, 2019, 1:28 pm - IP Logged | |
Maybe a future winner Life, love, family  | | |
Kentucky United States Member #32651 February 14, 2006 8273 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 1, 2019, 5:09 pm - IP Logged | |
Kentucky has a new game called Quick Bucks that's a 4/31 + 5 game. Because matching one of the five bonus numbers pays $2, they have a $5 "wheel" bet that gives players all five bonus numbers giving a $2 win guarantee. It's still a $3 loss, but for $3, players have five chances to win up to $50,000. I purchased a "wheel" ticket the first time I played and each ticket had the same four numbers in the same order, but each with one of the five bonus numbers. Don't know if a wheel always produces the same five numbers in the same order, but when I play, I use a play slip. | | |
Simpsonville United States Member #163184 January 22, 2015 1786 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 1, 2019, 5:21 pm - IP Logged | |
Kentucky has a new game called Quick Bucks that's a 4/31 + 5 game. Because matching one of the five bonus numbers pays $2, they have a $5 "wheel" bet that gives players all five bonus numbers giving a $2 win guarantee. It's still a $3 loss, but for $3, players have five chances to win up to $50,000. I purchased a "wheel" ticket the first time I played and each ticket had the same four numbers in the same order, but each with one of the five bonus numbers. Don't know if a wheel always produces the same five numbers in the same order, but when I play, I use a play slip. Stack47...you already know and so does the KY lottery how I feel about this 'game'. No plays from me. | | |
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Zeta Reticuli Star System United States Member #30469 January 17, 2006 11270 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 1, 2019, 5:54 pm - IP Logged | |
A few years ago I got identical quick picks for the Illinois Lucky Day Lotto. (5/39).......2 days apart. Same store, same numbers, same time of day............. 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. | | |
Bellingham, WA United States Member #86466 February 4, 2010 41 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 2, 2019, 11:18 am - IP Logged | |
And this is the reason that the so called RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR is nothing more then B.S.! Bring back the balls and put the drawings back on T.V. for all to see that Washington State is not stealing from it's players! I've said this for the longest and it proves it's self every once in a while... | | |
Simpsonville United States Member #163184 January 22, 2015 1786 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 2, 2019, 4:30 pm - IP Logged | |
And this is the reason that the so called RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR is nothing more then B.S.! Bring back the balls and put the drawings back on T.V. for all to see that Washington State is not stealing from it's players! I've said this for the longest and it proves it's self every once in a while... I think I know where you're coming from, but ball drawings have nothing to do with RNG numbers. Grant it something went awry to have both sets of #'s the same. I see that this lotto is RNG for the drawings and that is crappy. | | |
Arizona United States Member #165067 March 24, 2015 251 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 2, 2019, 9:35 pm - IP Logged | |
In theory*, this is exactly as likely as winning the jackpot. For the vast majority of players, it will never happen, but with enough people buying tickets, a few will beat the odds. Too bad there's no prize. *Assuming the numbers generated are truly random. | | |
Chasing the Dream.
White Shores- California United States Member #136473 December 12, 2012 5658 Posts Offline | | Posted: April 3, 2019, 1:07 am - IP Logged | |
In theory*, this is exactly as likely as winning the jackpot. For the vast majority of players, it will never happen, but with enough people buying tickets, a few will beat the odds. Too bad there's no prize. *Assuming the numbers generated are truly random. Exactly- It's like being a 16 year old teenage boy, asking your gorgeous neighbor's daughter out on a date, and her twin sister chipping in by saying " You'd have to take me along as well,we function as one." Do you refuse or take her up on it?  * Voice of Reason * People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it- George Bernard Shaw. | | |
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