What are the common problems you face when playing Mega Million?

Reply #16

Todd — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:07:36 GMT

Reply #15

LottoL — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:43:11 GMT

I beat my expectation of 3 winning numbers and got 4 (8 - 14 - 22 - 50).

Unfortunately, I got the same results trying to throttle down to ten numbers and got 1. (8)

Par for the course. I'll keep on trying.

Good Luck!

LottoL

Reply #14

psykomo — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:47:35 GMT

5-# GAME.............I boil it to................10 '##############

6-# GAME.............I boil it to.................13'##############

THIS work's with most JACKPOT game's for a 3 or 4 PRISE !!!!!!!

MM with a mega ball is not that EZ

PB with a power ball is not that EZ !!

LOL

PSYKOMO

Reply #13

LottoL — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:53:27 GMT

Hi RjOh,

Going down to 10 numbers is my personal goal. I haven't been too successful with it, but I'm still trying. After running the previous 21 numbers thru my anaylsis, it looks like I'll be settling on the following numbers for Maddog's MM challange: 07 - 08 - 09 - 17 - 21 - 23 - 24 - 28 - 29 - 34 - 47 - 48. If history is any indicator, I've probably captured just one number - if that many!!

Good Luck!

LottoL

Reply #12

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:28:25 GMT

My problem, not being close enough to a state that offers Mega Millions.

Reply #11

tntea — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:23:38 GMT

My problems.. Picking the wrong numbers

Reply #10

DC81 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:16:01 GMT

Fighting the urge to buy just one more ticket... Actually I wasn't going to even buy a single MM ticket until this coming Tuesday but I gave in and ended up buying two. My local grocery store's (store where I get a lot of sucky picks with consecutive numbers) machine was down and maybe I should have taken that as a sign but I went ahead and bought a ticket each at two gas stations. If anything I'm getting an idea as to the quality of the numbers picked by their machines...

Reply #9

RJOh — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:55:52 GMT

You have participated in the Maddog MM challenge and know most to the time the winners are lucky to get 3 winning numbers in a pool of 12, you've gone and made it even tougher for yourself by trying to do it with a pool of 10. Good luck.

Reply #8

Mega-ThinkTank — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:36:18 GMT

Having a system or work-out just means you're spending a little more time doing it. Most players consider that extra time spent as entertaining, not as extra work to be rewarded.

I do agree, it's entertaining and I definitely expect to be rewarded. I'm in it to win. That extra is actually the difference between a real player and a QP player. I'm the first.

Reply #7

LottoL — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:36:35 GMT

The problem I have is similar. Trying to narrow down my general selection of numbers to a halfway decent size. For instance, in the upcoming MM draw on Friday June 27th, I would venture that the following set of twenty-one numbers would capture three winning numbers, hopefully four, but I doubt it. (05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 14 - 17 - 18 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 28 - 31 - 36 - 38 - 40 - 46 - 47 - 50 - 51 - 56) Now, trying to narrow down this field to about 10 numbers without eliminating my projected thre... [ More ]

Reply #6

psykomo — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:34:34 GMT

G@@D POST M-TT:

MEGA problem ........................the mega ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

POWER problem ........................the power ball

LOL

PSYKOMO

Reply #5

apic3wizz — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:58:38 GMT

Common problems?? Losing! LOL

Reply #4

RJOh — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:49:34 GMT

possible combos of 6 with 49 numbers are 13983816

MATCH ODDS WINNING COMBOS HITS/ 1 CHANCES

6/6 1 : 13983816 1 0

5/6 1 : 54201 258 0

4/6 1 : 1032 13545 0

3/6 1 : 57 246820 0

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overall odds are 1 : 53.6 expect 0 prizes with 1 chance

winning combos 260624 = 1.86 % of possible combos

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possible combos of 5 with 56 nu... [ More ]

Reply #3

Guru101 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:38:38 GMT

I'd like to point out that it's a lot easier to win a Pick 6 game than it is PB or MM not purely on the reason that the odds are a lot less. It also has to do with the fact that the 6 numbers are all in the same pool. Which is why I switched over to Hoosier Lotto(although I do still get PB quick picks sometimes). Having all 6 numbers in the same pool means my methods will have a much bigger effect on my winnings.

Reply #2

four4me — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:08:50 GMT

My guess is lots of people do that.

My mom used to go to the track shed get prepared a couple days in advance pick her horses and jockeys then while standing at the betting window change her plays and low and behold the horses she picked in the first place won. She called it stupidity... i called it fear of winning .

If your sure about something stick with it don't change your picks at the last moment.

Reply #1

RJOh — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:45:53 GMT

Your problems are not unique. When you look all 56 numbers and try to pick a few of the 2.5% of the 176M possible combinations that will win something you're going to be unsuccessful 97.5% of the time same as most MM players. Having a system or work-out just means you're spending a little more time doing it. Most players consider that extra time spent as entertaining, not as extra work to be rewarded.

Doubting yourself is the results of how you've done in the past. I usually keep several file... [ More ]

What are the common problems you face when playing Mega Million?

Mega-ThinkTank — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:04:37 GMT

I'm assuming the members on LP are thoroughbred players of the lottery games and I count myself as one. This is my first post but I've frequent this site for some time now.

I would like to see how far along the major players on LP in their system/method? I'm just putting in the finishing touch of what's been a 10 (plus) years of trail and tribulation in understanding lottery numbers. Not that I'm any expert but I consider myself good -- damn good.

The problems I have is a lack of hopeful c... [ More ]