$253 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls again

Comment #126

mcginnin56 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:29:14 GMT

If your gonna win $305 million, who really cares. What's an extra $30-40 million, just pocket change.

Comment #125

wizeguy — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:25:57 GMT

Cartmanland may be cheaper

Comment #124

whiteballz — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:54:14 GMT

I'll take past coin flip results in to account because of chi-square distribution.

Comment #123

KY Floyd — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:39:33 GMT

The coin doesn't know what happened the last time it was flipped, and it doesn't know what you think will happen the next time. You can say whatever you want, but it has no affect on the outcome.

Comment #122

RJOh — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:53:38 GMT

Don't feel bad, even the members who shared their numbers on the prediction board didn't win big.

Comment #121

Artist77 — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:39:03 GMT

I had zero numbers....lol.

Comment #120

mcginnin56 — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:37:33 GMT

As well you should

Comment #119

savagegoose — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:25:56 GMT

if a coin tossed 100 heads in a row, id want to look at the coin.

Comment #118

rdgrnr — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:32:21 GMT

Where did you bring them

Comment #117

Coin Toss — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:56:09 GMT

tvboris,

There are many who don't trust lotteries now. If the drawings were held at 4:00 - 5:00 a.m. there'd be a whole lot more than didn't trust them.

Comment #116

RJOh — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:28:40 GMT

50 lines and not one with the PB, that's sad but the law of averages is on your side. Good luck Wednesday.

Comment #115

mcginnin56 — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:07:35 GMT

Might as well just buy Disneyland DP. This way no lines, no waiting

Comment #114

dpoly1 — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:01:54 GMT

And now folks ................

a wire transfer of $152,475,000 is looming for a very lucky winner in Pennsylvania ................ after the Powerball has rolled again!

Wednesday will be interesting! Maybe even interestinger!

we will be going to Disneyland, of course ............

Comment #113

mcginnin56 — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:58:12 GMT

That's the spirit tiger! Now get right back in the game, and don't let those Poor Old Me pig attitudes bring you down.

Comment #112

JonnyBgood07 — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:26:37 GMT

That's awesome and it came from your personal logic.Our pool at work had 50 qp tickets with nothing..2, (1+0's) and nothing even close to the powerball number...sad really.

Comment #111

IPlayWeekly — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:06:03 GMT

Yeah, you're right... its prob worth the $6 a week to keep playing

Comment #110

mcginnin56 — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:05:00 GMT

Without doubt, hundreds of previous jackpot winners had long losing streaks. There have been recordings of players who finally hit after

fifteen, twenty or more years of continuous playing. When your thinking about giving up on a game; that might well be your time

Comment #109

IPlayWeekly — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:50:06 GMT

I may stop playing PB, I hardly win anything... all I play is one line with my numbers and the powerplay. I could use that extra three bucks for two additional MM tickets. The only reason I play just just one PB ticket is just in case my numbers come up, I don't want to miss out.

Comment #108

mcginnin56 — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:21:29 GMT

As a previous poster wisely pointed out: Every event is not dependent on the outcome of previous events

Maybe if you flip that coin a few billion times more, you'll begin to get a better sense of the overall odds and probability.

But if you think that flipping your coin just 5 times will help prove your point, and maybe win Wednesdays Powerball, best of luck to you

Comment #107

OldSchoolPa — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:02:00 GMT

No, itwill be hit by a ticket purchased in Northern Illinois. I am coming home to claim the wonderful retirement fund you all have generated for me. $142,000,000 is quite dandy, though a round $200 million would be nicer. So perhaps I could settle for one or two more rollovers before my single ticket matches the annuitized 420 million jackpot (I will take CV of course). I guess that is what paying my fair share looks like! Guess who won't get a red cent of my winnings and who can expect a huge d... [ More ]

Comment #106

HiFi — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 08:02:51 GMT

think how many total tickets were sold an nobody matched 5+1 thats probably 30 million tickets or more so even if you buy 100 tickets its not really increasing your chances that much.

Comment #105

RedStang — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 04:35:41 GMT

Maybe in 4 more draws.

Comment #104

whiteballz — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 04:18:38 GMT

the powerball jackpot rolled to 305 million. Is it hammer time yet

Comment #103

Coin Toss — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:59:23 GMT

whiteballz,

so if I flipped a coin 5 times and it came out heads 5 times in a row, I'd still have a 50 percent chance of getting heads again on the 6th coin toss? After all, the coin doesn't pay attention to what people think.

Exactly!

Couldn't resist, coin toss and all

Comment #102

RJOh — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:30:47 GMT

I posted the ten lines I played on the prediction board but they only matched a 3+0 and a 1+1 for $11.

Comment #101

whiteballz — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 02:21:54 GMT

There would be little difference to me, I'd be ecstatic either way but at the same time I'd be lying if I said the prospect of winning 656 million is not more exciting to me than the prospect of winning 25 million.

Comment #100

tvboris — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 02:11:46 GMT

would that be a lot of difference for you, if you win 25 or 656 millions? Non-different for me, either ammount is more then I foresee earning just by going to work. So, I play even when MM is just 12 mil.

Though, I have to admit, I have to be spending less on lotteries, otherwise I will go broke soon.

Comment #99

RJOh — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 02:09:08 GMT

That's what players who buy quick picks and don't track draw history like to think.

Comment #98

whiteballz — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 02:07:30 GMT

This is why some lottery winners don't look excited at the press conference. They find out they have the winning ticket at around 11 PM eastern time and now they can't get any sleep until the money has been collected. By the time the press conference comes around, they're almost comatose.

Comment #97

haymaker — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:44:37 GMT

It is like that for me, can't stay up late enough for the drawing @ 2258 hours

and in the A.M. I don't think about it til. later in the day.

would be fun, wake up, go to work, even though you don't want to,

then around lunchtime you find out you're worth millions,

see ya

Comment #96

whiteballz — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:43:30 GMT

don't ask me how many tickets I bought when the Mega Millions jackpot was 656 million last April. All I will admit is, a lot.

Comment #95

bigboy90000 — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:32:58 GMT

Brought 55 tickets

Comment #94

whiteballz — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:31:37 GMT

I hope your pool wins so you can all quit. That job looks dangerous.

Comment #93

RedStang — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:25:14 GMT

Here's our work pool hoping we hit 2night. GL every1.

Comment #92

tvboris — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:55:28 GMT

From the probability stand point, every event is not dependant on outcome of the previous events.

From psychology stand point, it certainly does.

People on LP are trying to predict next numbers based on the previous drawings. Well, it has nothing to do with statistics, just human psychology.

Comment #91

whiteballz — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:50:48 GMT

so if I flipped a coin 5 times and it came out heads 5 times in a row, I'd still have a 50 percent chance of getting heads again on the 6th coin toss? After all, the coin doesn't pay attention to what people think. I would say the chances of getting heads again would decrease and the chances of getting tails would increase after every flip where I got heads consecutively.

Comment #90

tvboris — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:48:50 GMT

I wish they were drawing it really at night, like 4-5 am. So, you wake up, refreshed and millionare. Somehow it feel that chances to win get higher, when you can't care less about it (sleeping)

But then, chances are I won't be sleeping until 4-5 am on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Comment #89

mcginnin56 — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:28:31 GMT

Yup, same chances. Despite the angry mobs, the numbers don't pay that much attention to what people think anyways!

You could play the winning number for this evenings PB, and you would still have the same odds and equal chance, of that number being drawn

again on Wednesday. That's just mathematics and probability at work. And they work 24/7, even while we .

Comment #88

whiteballz — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:20:28 GMT

So if I decided to play the combination 3-7-11-15-28 Powerball: 12 for tonight's drawing, I have an equal chance of winning as if I decided to play another set of numbers? Some how, I really doubt it.

One things for sure, if 3-7-11-15-28 Powerball: 12 is drawn tonight, there is going to be an angry mob outside of the Powerball office because something aint right.

Comment #87

weshar75 — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:17:13 GMT

I will take this jackpot off your hands. Your welcome!-weshar75

Comment #86

Piaceri — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:09:41 GMT

I volunteer.

Comment #85

mcginnin56 — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:06:03 GMT

OK I see where I was confused. I post only all states, which does require you to post by noon. But since your posting for just your state, that

deadline wouldn't apply. I stand corrected. Thanks for the lesson!

Look forward to your numbers being posted

Comment #84

RJOh — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:05:25 GMT

I noticed tickets sales were down a couple of millions from the last time its jackpot was at the same level so I must not be the only one who switched over to PB.

Comment #83

whiteballz — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:01:32 GMT

I really hope someone wins Powerball tonight and the jackpot gets reset cause right now Mega Millions is getting neglected.

Comment #82

RJOh — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:00:40 GMT

Haven't you read the rules on the prediction board? You can post for any game up to an hour before its drawing which means I have until 10:00 PM EST to post PB numbers.

Comment #81

mcginnin56 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:52:03 GMT

But the cutoff time for posting is at noon every day RJ. How will you be posting your PB numbers on the board this late in the day, unless your talking

about the drawing for Wednesday.

Comment #80

RJOh — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:47:38 GMT

I'll be happy to share the jackpot and to prove it I'll be posting the 10 lines I'm playing on the prediction board as soon as I return from buying them.

Comment #79

mcginnin56 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:44:21 GMT

Your chances of winning is equal as anyone else's, no matter what numbers you select. 1:175,223,510 Good luck

Comment #78

tvboris — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:31:07 GMT

I'm thinking to buy 1-2-3-4-5 6

After spending nights on calculations, decided this one will do.

Comment #77

Artist77 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:03:21 GMT

lol right.

Comment #76

gogidolim — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 22:39:08 GMT

No one talks about any possibility of CA joining PB....

Comment #75

mcginnin56 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 22:18:44 GMT

A wise choice. Why share the jackpot with the hundreds of others, who might possibly run out to play that lucky fortune cookie number tonight.

Comment #74

Artist77 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:57:21 GMT

ummmmm no...lol And I just realized I did not even look at the fortune...just the numbers....

Comment #73

mcginnin56 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:05:02 GMT

Are you willing to share what numbers were in this mysterious fortune cookie.

Comment #72

Artist77 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:40:53 GMT

I bought a second one while ago based upon the fortune from a fortune cookie.

Comment #71

mcginnin56 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:42:24 GMT

Excellent decision and strategy RJ!

Your winning ticket would translate to a ROI of 12,650,000%.

Comment #70

RJOh — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:29:18 GMT

Over 35,000,000 PB tickets will have been sold by tonight's drawing and I'm planning on owning 10 of them.

Comment #69

haymaker — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:17:13 GMT

I just read in my local paper 1 of the 5 + 0 tickets was sold at a 7-11 in the next town over called northfield,

Its called a lucky location and I used to get my tix. there when i lived in that town,

and still do if i have to stop at the post office across the st.

Comment #68

THRIFTY — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:47:04 GMT

Turning a $2 Powerball ticket into $253 Millions is a big return on investment.

Comment #67

hearsetrax — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:26:27 GMT

@ zinniagirl

as for myself I think am gonna wait a drawing or two b4 buying anymore

Comment #66

zinniagirl — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:03:14 GMT

The moment of nail biting has arrived. Good luck to all of you who purchased a ticket. I will be on the side line cheering you on

Comment #65

gocart1 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:52:50 GMT

It always seems that way with alot of clerks

Comment #64

dpoly1 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:29:36 GMT

A $127,875,000 wire transfer from the Pennsylvania Lottery sounds good to me!

Ka-ching

Comment #63

IPlayWeekly — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:23:02 GMT

Always play the powerplay, its worth the money... I'll buy my one PB ticket for tonights drawing.

Comment #62

RJOh — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 03:52:37 GMT

Unless you're winning, they're saving you a dollar.

Comment #61

weshar75 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:38:16 GMT

That is why I fill out a game slip so the only way they mess it up is if they rip the game slip.-weshar75

Comment #60

RedStang — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:14:09 GMT

It was probably 21 clerks who did'nt know how to add the dollar. They keep screwing up my tickets when i ask for powerplay.

Comment #59

KSplayer — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:22:17 GMT

Comment #58

dallascowboyfan — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:43:44 GMT

Comment #57

dallascowboyfan — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:35:01 GMT

$253 million sounds good to me.....

Comment #56

Saylorgirl — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:19:05 GMT

Yes, I do! And thanks

Comment #55

KY Floyd — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 03:52:49 GMT

I bet there are 22 people wishing they had picked a different power ball.

Comment #54

Piaceri — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 03:47:26 GMT

Thanks, sugar. Good luck to you and your power play

Comment #53

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 03:03:04 GMT

Roger that, I could see not getting the Powerplay if you're playing a lot of tickets.

But it ain't no big whoop if you're only playing two lines like I do.

Comment #52

rdgrnr — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 03:00:06 GMT

Good luck, Piaceri

Comment #51

Piaceri — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:33:27 GMT

Yay for the rollover! Gonna get some tickets! Good luck to everyone! And good luck to me, too

Comment #50

kyokushin187 — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:30:18 GMT

amen to that brother.humm.a chance for one mill or two.not that hard of a decision for me.

Comment #49

rdgrnr — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:40:22 GMT

Supposed to do this?

Not supposed to do that?

Insane?

Who said?

And what's the bulge -- considering you've ruled out getting an extra million dollars if you get 5+0?

ONE more chance in 175 million to win?

Nah.

And if it's just about saving a couple dollars ----------- I really ain't worried about it.

Comment #48

weshar75 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:16:47 GMT

She went crazy when we had 3 numbers the other night for $14. I can't imagine what she will do if I hit the big one!-weshar75

Comment #47

mcginnin56 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:13:05 GMT

Bet your Mom would be grinning ear to ear, about that kind of a win

Comment #46

weshar75 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:09:43 GMT

I could live pretty nicely with that $2 million win for a long time too.-weshar75

Comment #45

mcginnin56 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:02:22 GMT

Right back at you weshar! Maybe we'll both go home with a nice check.

Comment #44

weshar75 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 22:52:33 GMT

I am saying I would like a nice prize on saturday night. Either the $40,000 or the $2 million or the Jackpot. I would also settle for a $200 win if the jackpot rolled over for wednesday night too. Good luck to you Mcginnin!-weshar75

Comment #43

THRIFTY — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 22:07:48 GMT

ALL YOU NEED IS A LOTTERY TICKET AND A DREAM TO WIN A JACKPOT SOMEDAY.

GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY.

Comment #42

Cletu$2 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:35:29 GMT

Must be true,then.

Comment #41

Cletu$2 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:13:21 GMT

Where in the heck did you hear of that stupid rule

Comment #40

THRIFTY — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:32:24 GMT

Okay, Mr. 1% keep risking those dollars.

Comment #39

THRIFTY — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:28:29 GMT

$3 for a single line is out of this world. Hell no, hell no. Okay that's enough.

Comment #38

THRIFTY — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:24:54 GMT

You have to learn to play your own jackpot or play less often.

Comment #37

THRIFTY — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:22:33 GMT

You might get what you wishing for.Good luck.

Comment #36

THRIFTY — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:20:11 GMT

You are blasting shotgun style like everybody else. Lottery players played heavily last night.

Comment #35

THRIFTY — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:16:52 GMT

Hey, you never know. Somebody might win it.

Comment #34

mcginnin56 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:57:56 GMT

You mean you have all the second and third prizes tied up as well, all on one ticket. Very impressive weshar75!!!

Guess I'll just paper file those 10 QP's I just bought today, what a waste of $20

Comment #33

weshar75 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:53:13 GMT

I just got my ticket for saturday so no need for any one to buy any more because I have the winner. Thanks for the support!-weshar75

Comment #32

savagegoose — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:21:15 GMT

im glad we dont have it here. way i see it is , all the losing tickets, and i have many, are paying for the winning tickets to get more. let them pay for their own prizes. id still rather 2x as many chances. but thats just me. also we have quite a few under 41 entries out here. the min entry is 4 lines, but that only cost $2.20c , so its 55c a game,

our power ball is 65c a line and the only big game we have is a 7 from 45 that costs $1.20 ea. i think i would really quit that one if ity went t... [ More ]

Comment #31

scarchelli — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:04:47 GMT

Actually, you aren't supposed to play the powerplay when the jackpot reaches a certain amount. It's something like 80 mil, I think. So, yes, it is insane. If you are one of the people that win a million, then you win a million, that's it, congrats, but you aren't supposed to powerplay at this point.

Oh, I forgot to include: when you don't powerplay, you're supposed to just buy multiple tickets.

Comment #30

rdgrnr — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:53:18 GMT

Insane to spend an extry buck for an extry million?

Not to mention 40K instead of 10K for 4 + 1.

Not to me, Jim.

I only play two lines so it's only a couple extry bucks.

It's only money.

Comment #29

savagegoose — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:47:47 GMT

Yeah ok I mean time your entry to the store / gas station 5 min before close off time for the nights draw, with a self picked coupon you filled out.

If that ain't $2's worth of excitement or disappointment i don't know what is.

Comment #28

mcginnin56 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:31:09 GMT

Now there's a smart consumer

Comment #27

RJOh — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:29:58 GMT

The gas station where I buy my PB ticket is opened 24 hours everyday but they stop selling PB ticket for that night's drawing an hour before the drawing. Any PB tickets bought after that will be for the next drawing.