power ball pool

Reply #14

guesser — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:54:53 GMT

As for right now, there are 23 WB numbers that have not hit in the last 11 games.

Only 1 game in the last 25 has NOT had a number hit from beyond 11 games old.

Only 6 games in the last 50 have NOT had a number hit from beyond 11 games old.

And 26 of the last 50 games have had TWO numbers hit from beyond 11 games old.

This means 44 of the last 50 games have had AT LEAST 1 number hit from beyond 11 games old.

You are playing one of the SAME theories I do, but yo... [ More ]

Reply #13

d4dahl — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:35:38 GMT

Yeah, RJ, one definitely needs patience with this system as most weeks are losers. I feel the advantage comes when it does actually hit what I call the 'winning combo'. What happens then is an overload of potential 'winning numbers'. I liken it to shooting a cannon ball at a specific target, versus throwing darts blindly. You're just going to miss the target over 90% of the time! But, my ramblings have gotten off the pool topic, so the best thing for me to do is start anew of my own. Probably... [ More ]

Reply #12

RJOh — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:21:05 GMT

Dana,

If your're picking winners using your system then it's a different concept. Good luck to you.

Reply #11

d4dahl — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:23:55 GMT

Thanks Guesser. Here goes...

Unfortunately, the Red ball cannot be tracked with this workout, but using the law-of-averages as the basis: Since there are 55 White Balls and only 5 are chosen each drawing, each Ball will come up once In 11 drawings. That is the idea from which this system was developed.

Now, we all know that doesn't really happen because 11 Drawings is too small of sample size for the law-of-averages to really work. The result is that some Balls don't come up... [ More ]

Reply #10

guesser — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:55:07 GMT

Best way is to give a short overview or synopsys of your workout, and we will see if it sounds familiar and give you feedback.

Reply #9

d4dahl — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:47:17 GMT

Hi Guys -

Newbie here, so I thought I'd introduce myself on this topic since I didn't find an introduction topic. Mods, please feel free to move if necessary.

I actually joined LP in hopes of finding some Portland, Ore. locals that would be willing to commit to a pool. I play poker with a group of 10+ people that I've known for a long time, and believe me they're just not willing to spend the time and effort on something that might be futile. One person is funding my efforts t... [ More ]

Reply #8

cps10 — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:06:01 GMT

Yeah, I know that feeling...it is a pain. I prefer it on my own, but since I started it, I can't shut her down

Reply #7

RJOh — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:49:35 GMT

Lots of people like to think they would be willing to contribute $5-$10 to a lottery pool of 20-30 people if only someone else was willing to collect the money and buy the tickets. Even more really believe that they really would have been willing to contribute after they hear a group of people won a jackpot, but serious players don't depend on others to buy their tickets so lottery pools have people who aren't serious about buying lottery tickets so running them can be a pain.

Reply #6

cps10 — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:25:23 GMT

I have run a pool for 7 years, and the uniqueness about ours is that we play all three of these: Powerball, MegaMillions and California SuperLotto. That got a lot of people interested. It was mainly people from work, and a handful of those outside of work. Those outside of work as well as those that left the company have provided the challenge of getting their money to me. They also understand that if they are overdue, not only do they lose out on their share of the current drawing, but they als... [ More ]

Reply #5

guesser — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:17:46 GMT

I didn't know there were 100 people in Joplin....

Seriously; I would be pretty surprised if you could get 10 people to go $10 per drawing, twice a week.

I know you THINK you can, but if you could pull it off consistently it would be a miracle. I had 22 people that said they would do $5 a drawing, when it came time to ante' up, three wanted to, all the others had some excuse, some valid i'm sure, but far be it for me to make an issue out of it, so I dropped it.

(and I was kid... [ More ]

Reply #4

gsc5 — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:02:04 GMT

Your probaly right. Too much hassle. I was thinking more like a

hundred people, at $20. apieace. Two thousand tickets with

today jackpot, that would be just a bit over $300,000.

Reply #3

RJOh — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:38:54 GMT

Running a lottery pool with members you're in physical contact with everyday is hard enough, running a cyber lottery pool would be even harder if not almost impossible. I've participated in pools with friends and co-workers just to be sociable but I have no need to be sociable with people I don't know. Most people get in lottery pools to cover more combinations cheaply while serious players are willing to cover all the combinations themselves.

Reply #2

guesser — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:57:26 GMT

What Todd said.

You have to be in a pool where you can physically shake down the 'members' so they actually pay, and you cannot do that in cyberspace.

I only form pools when it gets over 100 million, and even then with a max of 3 other people at $20 each, else it's not worth the hassle, I

prefer to go it alone.

Reply #1

Todd — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:02:14 GMT

Most regular lottery players avoid pools. They don't increase your chances of winning all that much, and if you do get lucky and win you need to share your prize to the point that you often win less than a mil anyway. The risk/reward equation is way out of wack.

They can be good for offices to play, but not for serious play, just as a social thing.

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gsc5 — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:52:54 GMT

Has anyone considered forming a powerball pool with post members? It seems most of the time that groups win. I would love to see some input about how it could be done or if it would even be worth while.