Mega Used/Unused

Reply #11

bitrunner — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:14:20 GMT

Limit your numbers to only one number per draw date

Make sure your numbers don't come from adjacent draws- there are exceptions, but most of the time these two conditions are true.

Reply #10

st.germain — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:54:20 GMT

try cutting down on the numbers you choose from 25/30 to maybe just 12 of the best numbers you can and then wheel them for 40 or 60 lines. If they ...the numbers that are in your choice of 12 numbers have the 5 that are needed in order to win ...you will be gauranteed to win 1st or 2nd prize.

I personally use a 40 line wheel and a 60 line wheel and then sometimes I just use both to create a 100 lines ( a dollar for every line). No pain..no gain! It hurts sometimes but when I win...th... [ More ]

Reply #9

kjs703 — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:59:16 GMT

Someone in New York won.

Once again I had all five numbers, this time four on one ticket and three on a different ticket. No Mega ball.

I did have a three number match on one line, so that is positive.

With guts, I might have been sharing the millions <smirk>

Thanks for the suggestions.

Reply #8

Raven62 — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:09:39 GMT

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/144514/707571

Reply #7

KY Floyd — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:18:38 GMT

anyone care to suggest how to nail down a win?

Cross your fingers. Getting all 5 numbers half the time is all well and good, but it doesn't mean you're actually very close. If you could always be positive which 30 numbers the 5 winning numbers would come from you'd be playing a 5 of 30 game, so there would still be 142,506 possible combinations. Even with only 25 numbers there are over 50,000 combinations. Aside from the cost, it's wildly impractical to fill out the cards and buy that many t... [ More ]

Reply #6

RJOh — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:25:51 GMT

I don't have the guts either. Because of commons sense I have a few could have and should have stories but I don't have any big regrets either.

Reply #5

kjs703 — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:10:25 GMT

Yes -- you are correct it is gambling and you should put-up or shut-up as you say.........

It is so tempting just to say....heck -- I am matching these numbers regularly, let's go for broke and wheel

these numbers. But honestly, I have not the guts to shell out the thousands it would cost to do so.

Call me a wimp, but I would rather try with a small budget and get lucky rather than spend thousands and be unlucky.

Thanks for you suggestions....anyone else

Reply #4

kjs703 — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:01:14 GMT

I too try to stay around $20 for a drawing. I usually have four tickets (with five lines per ticket). The two times I decided to take the numbers off one ticket and mix and match -- (and play $30) I ended up with the following results:

First Time -- the ticket I used -- did not have the numbers on it and so failed to match anything.

Second time -- I ended up with two -- three number wins (funny part the same three numbers) -- for a fourteen dollar win.

If I knew for sure, one of the... [ More ]

Reply #3

RJOh — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:49:45 GMT

When the MegaMillions jackpot was at $390M, I took a chance and I played one of those what if I had spent more groups and lucked out. I played 34 different numbers with 15 different bonus numbers using 65 lines and matched a 4+0 for $150. The number I missed was on the winning ticket twice in two other lines so with a little more luck I could have won $250K.

After that I said to myself, I would be happy to be that lucky regardless of the jackpot size, but I can't convince myself to spend t... [ More ]

Reply #2

Omniscient — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:33:37 GMT

If you can, and I know you want to stay on budget, but try and squeeze out an extra 5 #'s and shuffle around those numbers or go up or down by one to get a better chance at hitting. Bottom line is, you need more tickets to have a better chance at winning. I usually play 20 dollars as my max betting per day unless the jackopt is very high or I feel very lucky on a particular day with my number picks.

Good luck!

Omniscient

Reply #1

RJOh — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:27:43 GMT

If you're getting all 5 winning numbers on a single ticket, then you're doing as good as can be expected without spending more money. You can try mixing your numbers a little differently but it's now mostly up to luck.

*You might want to run a test and pick more lines, but not actually play them to see what might have happened had you spent more money.

Mega Used/Unused

kjs703 — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:49:16 GMT

Here are the Used and Unused numbers for Mega as of 4/3.

AS of 4/3/07

used (last 12)

3, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,

21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35,

36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46,

48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55,

unused(last 12)

1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 19, 20,

24, 27, 28, 30, 32, 41, 47, 52, 54, 56,

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Used (last 6)

7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 26, 33,

34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 42, 43, 46, 48, 49,

51, 53, 55,

unused (last 6)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11... [ More ]