ryanm...please share your wisdom

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GuessWhat! — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:52:14 GMT

.....I'm too cheap to play both games at once every time.

I guess that's what they call the RUB

Consider the possibility that the GREATEST value for your money in ANY long odds game is to simply be in it... That way when your numbers hit you can pat yourself on the back and say I was WHERE I was supposed to be DOING what I was supposed to be doing aka I PUT myself in the RIGHT place at the RIGHT time .

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ryanm — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:37:31 GMT

When PB had the 5/53+1/42 matrix, I played whichever game had the bigger jackpot, but got sick of switching between games and especially of going across the river just to play Mega Millions, and no, the numbers drawn for MM would not bother me, since I only play quick picks. I'm too cheap to play both games at once every time.

Consequently, I now play at least one Powerball (since that's in my home state) every drawing no matter what the size of its jackpot; two tickets if its jackpot is at... [ More ]

ryanm...please share your wisdom

GuessWhat! — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:41:29 GMT

From: "Powerball rolls to $310M !!"

Well, you were half right. Powerball did roll over, but only to $300 million (I'm surprised it didn't go to $310 million though). Since this is the second time it's made it to $300 million since the matrix change, and it hasn't even been six months yet, $300 million is the new jackpot marker for me to buy three Powerball tickets or for me to even play Mega Millions.

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