What could worth more?

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KY Floyd — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:05:55 GMT

1. For the 5+1 winner to be better than 41 5+0 winners the lump sum prize would have to be bigger. The Power play of 5 listed above would require an advertised jackpot of $90 Million or so, assuming a single winner.

2. Even then, 41 5+0 winners could potentialy be the better deal. If a single person with 41 winners wanted to share with 40 friends and relatives they could simply give each person a ticket and avoid any tax complications.Depending on state tax rates, the collective tax savin... [ More ]

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Guru101 — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:26:46 GMT

41(5 + 0) winners x 5(The highest multiplier) x $200,000 = $41,000,000.

So mathematically, if the jackpot was less than $41M, then the 5 + 0 wins would be worth more IF the multiplier is 5. However, that's mathematically. For something like this to happen would be very freakish. I'm pretty sure it doesn't say anywhere in the PowerBall's rules about something like that happening, and if it did happen, they would be forced to pay. Not just the $41M for the 5+0 wins, but also the jackpot amount.... [ More ]

What could worth more?

Yukio — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:42:44 GMT

If you play the same numbers on 42 cards, each of them with a different Powerball number. All of them with the Power Play option ...

Which is better? The one winner ticket that has the Five White balls + the RED Power Ball or the 41 tickets matching five white numbers and with the Power Play multiplier