Right Place, Wrong Time

Reply #13

justxploring — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:35:01 GMT

That would mean that if I had just spent a few more dollars, I could have won over $117,000 instead of nothing. I would rather believe what LckyLary wrote, so I don't beat myself up too much since I stopped and thought maybe I should buy a few more. Knowing that I hardly ever go into that store and for no reason decided to stop there, then suddenly that very day someone wins Fantasy 5 at that retailer shouldn't upset me, because that's the luck of the draw. I'm sure 100 other people bought ti... [ More ]

Reply #12

pacattack05 — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:29:55 GMT

Again, I don't know if it's the case here in Florida.

I'm thinking like this:

Someone comes in and purchases 20 Qps. Let'say that the terminal screen holds 20 qps in the list. Someone just bought that list. So now it generates 20 more, so when the next person comes in to buy 5 10 or 17, whatever, it's already there to be printed out.

I don't know for sure, but I'm only going by what I experienced in Cali. I don't like it either, but again, an rng is an rng, whether it's been sitting th... [ More ]

Reply #11

justxploring — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:55:04 GMT

This doesn't make sense to me, Pac. How could the terminal have generated numbers before buying the tickets? I thought that at the moment I said I want 5 quickpicks some kind of RNG would use the machine's algorithm to produce combinations based on time, previous picks, etc. I've read that stores often run tickets ahead of time for PB and MM when it's very busy, but I didn't think they could actually look at the screen and select the numbers. It concerns me that someone working in a stor... [ More ]

Reply #10

pacattack05 — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:39:19 GMT

I don't know how the machines work in Florida, but when I lived in California, a friend was working behind a counter at a liquor store. He asked me to come behind the counter one day, and asked me to look at the list of p-3 numbers that were generated by the machine.

He asked me if I liked any of the numbers on the list, on the screen. I told him that I didn't like any of them, and then I asked him to hit the generator for a better list. He said that he couldn't. That list had to be used up... [ More ]

Reply #9

justxploring — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:49:04 GMT

Okay - I get it.

Sometimes it still looks like a horse in striped pajamas to me however.

Reply #8

Coin Toss — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:23:57 GMT

In many of his books the late Kurt Vonnegut used to talk about something happening and nothing at all could have been done to change it because that moment in time was structured that way...

I think LckyLary is exactly right, you wouldn't get his two. It's not like the numbers are being dealt from a deck of cards or even a six deck shoe or something, or that the QP is dealing with a small group of combinations of numbers.

Reply #7

justxploring — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:50:15 GMT

Thanks. I feel much better now. LOL

Seriously, I hate to sound stupid but are you saying that if I buy 3 Fant 5 tickets at 5:05pm and the next person who gets a Fant 5 tickets buys 2 at 5:25pm, I wouldn't get his 2 combinations had I purchased 5 in the first place

Reply #6

LckyLary — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:29:54 GMT

Those neurons are really hot tonite, I see!

The nature of the QuickPick terminal is probably a buzzing quartz crystal that sends a stream of numbers at an unimaginable rate. The very exact timing of the clerk hitting the Enter key on the terminal determines the exact instant the stream is sampled. Even the slightest variation will give a totally different set of numbers. You could have won if you took an extra few seconds to hold the door for someone OR even if you didn't hold the door but in... [ More ]

Reply #5

pacattack05 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:56:19 GMT

If is a mighty big word.

IF a grasshopper had a machine gun, the birds wouldn't bother it ....LOL (Author: Clyde Adams- A Navy buddy)

Most people don't realize that all of us win the lottery many times over on a daily basis, and the only difference is that it doesen't involve the lottery.

We get up in the morning, God willing....We just beat the odds. We take a shower without slipping in the tub and breaking our necks. We drive to work without being hit by someone not paying attention... [ More ]

Reply #4

justxploring — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:14:12 GMT

Yes, I know exactly what you mean. But this was a QP. Someone yesterday won $117K where I was standing hours, minutes, seconds before/after. But who knows? Maybe if I didn't stop to pickup a frozen dinner or if I had walked just a little bit slower from my car or.....

Reply #3

RJOh — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:59:23 GMT

When I check the lottery website for winners and their locations, I know the right location could be any where since I pick my own numbers so I played the right game/wrong combination even if all the winning numbers were in adjacent lines on my losing ticket.

I'm halfway there because I'm playing the right game, it's that right combination that I've got to work on now.

Reply #2

Luminus — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:09:26 GMT

Justxploring isn't the winner.

Reply #1

pacattack05 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:53:36 GMT

Congratulations....WTG...

Don't spend it all at once justxploring...

I would sign the ticket right away.

Right Place, Wrong Time

justxploring — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:15:40 GMT

The following numbers were drawn last night for Florida Fantasy5. 2 winners will share $235,613.02

The winning FANTASY 5 numbers were:

03 - 16 - 21 - 27 - 31

The winning tickets were sold at the following locations

Publix - Quick Pick

24600 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 300

Bonita Springs (Lee County)

Royal Palm Beach Hess - Quick Pick

11711 Okeechobee Boulevard

Royal Palm Beach (Palm Beach County)

So why am I posting? Because every day of the week I go into this Publix