Colorado chalks up its first Powerball winner

Comment #17

KY Floyd — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:28:50 GMT

Statistically impossible is a bit of a cliche, but in reality nothing is statistically impossible and extremely unlikely things happen every day. The first of the 4 wins is meaningless, since it happened after the 5th roll. If PB only sold about 5% of the possible combinations (sales suggest it was probably a bit higher than that) for each of the following 4 drawings, the chances of getting 3 winners in 4 drawings would be about 1 in 4100. That makes this winning streak almost 3 times more lik... [ More ]

Comment #16

Guest — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:46:59 GMT

It is more fun to play when the jackpot is huge,but I play Megamillions twice a week and Powerball twice a week no matter what the jackpot is.I'd hate to see either game add more balls,though.It's hard enough to win as it is.$300,000,000 would be great but I'd be happy with a $12,000,000 or $15,000,000 jackpot.

Comment #15

MissNYC — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:15:07 GMT

YES! It's more fun to play when the jackpots are large, period. Everyone knows this, and if they deny it, they are lying. Why do you think so many more people play a 300 million dollar jackpot than a 20 million dollar pot? I live in NY, my local lotto is typically around that, so if I want that kind of jackpot, I'll play the NY Lotto and get 2 picks for a dollar. I want the mega millions and powerball to be exciting, and that happens when the pots reachj at least 50 million. If the odds are slim... [ More ]

Comment #14

POWERBALLPOOL — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:44:17 GMT

The game sold $2,821,073,017 in FY06 (July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006).

The game sold $2,503,651,244 in FY07.

I could create a report for the monthly sales, but it is pretty much worthless since sales depend on the jackpot amount. You might as well divide by 12.

the poplulation of the united states 299,398,484

we know not everyone bought one ticket.

so people that bought bought many.

im going to buy 42 because it increases my chances of winning by 100 million or so.

the

Comment #13

lmatlaw — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:55:11 GMT

In a earlier reply I mentioned that I live in the Denver Area and the local media reported that for this drawing the numbers were chosen by the player and were not quick picks. I don't know about the earlier drawings.

Comment #12

LckyLary — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:48:48 GMT

You need to find out if all of those wins were QP or selection? Recently someone played the most frequent Lotto numbers and had 4+1. If these were mostly QP then it must be that a lot of people are playing a lot more after the recent big jackpots or people somehow have more $ to play. Anyway this shows that there IS plenty of interest in Powerball and Mega Millions at least now. I HOPE some of those wins were selections, that would give ME hope.

Comment #11

Ladyluck2005 — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:39:35 GMT

I knew I should have played yesterday! It was my birthday I live in the Denver area. Drat!

Congrats to the winner

Comment #10

POWERBALLPOOL — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:19:51 GMT

The more people play a game the more they win.you say add balls less people win,this makes you happy?you must work for msl

Comment #9

lmatlaw — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:56:19 GMT

They were not quick picks. Ilive in Denver and the local media repoted that the numbers were chosen by the person who won.

Comment #8

jarasan — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:14:15 GMT

Well now, this begs the question: Were they QP's or not

Comment #7

RJOh — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:05:37 GMT

You confuse the term unlikely with impossible. It's statistically unlikely anyone who buys a PB or MM tickets will ever win the jackpot, but somewhere 2-4 times every month there's a winner so it's possible but rare.

People who like to play when the jackpots are $100M+ are lucky that there are people who will play to win a $12M jackpot or there would never be any $100M+ jackpots for them. Besides the odds of winning are the same regardless of the jackpot size.

Comment #6

MissNYC — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:24:31 GMT

I know what's the deal?! It's almost the same thing for the Mega Millions, it keeps hitting, which to me is just strange given the odds. If this keeps happening, a ball or two should be added to help make the game a bit exciting again. If I want a 20 million dollar jackpot, I could play my local lotto. I want 100 million dollar jackpots when I play the megamillions or powerball.

Comment #5

Todd — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:59:50 GMT

It's rare, but winning streaks like this do happen. A couple of years ago the same thing happened, and it really hurts the state budgets when it does. So it's unlucky for the states, but lucky for the players.

The same kind of winning streak for players can be seen in reverse for the state when nobody wins for a long time.

Comment #4

Todd — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:56:49 GMT

Correct. Powerball tickets went on sale Aug. 2, 2001 in Colorado. The story has been updated.

Comment #3

Raven62 — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:05:13 GMT

Congrats to the Colorado Winner!

In addition to 1 Jackpot Winner, their were 4 Second Place Winners:

4 Players Matched 5+0:

- 1 from Kentucky

- 1 from New Mexico

- 1 from Pennsylvania

- 1 from South Dakota

Comment #2

tony95 — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:42:18 GMT

Powerball has been hit 4 of the last 5 draws!!! I thought this was statistically impossible? Has someone found a flaw in the game

Comment #1

lmatlaw — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:31:12 GMT

Minor detail. Colorado has participated in Powerball since 2001, not 1991.

Colorado chalks up its first Powerball winner

Lottery Post — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:44:17 GMT

A ticket sold in the Denver metro area matched all six numbers in the Powerball jackpot Wednesday night the first time a Powerball winning ticket has been sold in the state.

We're just so excited to have a Powerball winner in Colorado finally, said Kristen Shew, spokeswoman for the Colorado Lottery.

What a year it has been for Colorado the Rockies go to the playoffs, and we get a Powerball winner.

The Powerball jackpot was up to $20 million, and one ticket sold matched the fiv... [ More ]