Shared $18 Million Jackpot, Slim Pickings? - What's Your Opinion: Fate, Random, ...?

Reply #7

TinFoilHat85705 — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:53:15 GMT

That depends on how deep you're questioning the system of the game. Most of the public knows there's winning/draw numbers. What they may not know is that there are test draws. What the test draw files available from PB's web site seem to indicate is that for every single draw, 4 pre-tests happen, then the public draw, followed by a post-test. That file does not indicate whether or not there's always 4 tests, 1 real draw, and then another test or if the fifth draw is always the public draw. Only... [ More ]

Reply #6

rdgrnr — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:54:18 GMT

I'd like to know if there is a prescribed number of test draws assigned before they do them or if someone decides as they go along which is or is going to be the official drawing.

Reply #5

ca-dreamin* — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:28:03 GMT

I would say it's just one of those random occurrences.

Now if it was won in the same city or by the same people or there were more similarities to the story then I would say there's something bigger going on.

Reply #4

RJOh — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:32:46 GMT

Up to now I haven't follow the test drawings because I haven't played PB in a year of two. Now that it's coming to Ohio I might check them out. I have no reason to not think all the drawings are random including the test drawings, if I didn't I wouldn't play.

Reply #3

TinFoilHat85705 — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:13:59 GMT

Hey RJOh, what do you make of the 32 test draws that have matched all 5 WB's? Or rather, what do you make of the percentage that only 2 of the total 34 were draws? Do you think the PB chose to not make those other tests be draws or do you think that in all randomness, it was just truly random in the universe that only 2 of the 34 were draws

Reply #2

RJOh — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:40:55 GMT

01/09/08 - 02 13 20 21 23 +24

02/08/03 - 02 13 20 21 23 +35

12/27/00 - 15 22 24 32 39 +18

04/03/93 - 15 22 24 32 39 +18

It almost happened again in '08. If you check most lotteries, it's not unusual for a combination of 5 or 6 to repeat when 0.1% of the possible combinations have been drawn.

Reply #1

badboy00z — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:33:45 GMT

The same numbers drawn in itself is pretty amazing.

Shared $18 Million Jackpot, Slim Pickings? - What's Your Opinion: Fate, Random, ...?

TinFoilHat85705 — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:43:20 GMT

I'm just curious what the rest of you think about this situation...

On December 27, 2000 there were two different winners of the PowerBall, one in Delaware (anonymous family group of 9) and one in Louisiana (individual chose personal #'s not QP).

The numbers that won it were: 15, 22, 24, 32, 39 with PB of 18.

About seven years prior, on 4/3/1993... those exact same numbers were drawn (down to the PB #). So far, this is the only time all 5 matched with a winner. One other had no winner.... [ More ]