Some Consolation Thoughts: Have a Beer: Powerball: $900 Million or 240, $100 Million Jackpot Winners

Reply #11

TheOtherOne — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:56:44 GMT

I rarely buy the powerplay option on mine, except when they run specials like they just did.

It catches up real quick when paying $2 for each ticket, so I only bought 2 tickets at a total of $4. That was plenty for me -- I prefer to stick with $1 each with the hope of winning a large jackpot.

So if tickets hit $5 each? Forget it.

Reply #10

Guru101 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:32:10 GMT

Pumpi, you need to take into account that if the cost was $5 per ticket, people wouldn't be buying as many lines. Most people, out of the ones that would actually play, would probably only buy 1 ticket. Your profit and jackpot figures are exaggerated.

Reply #9

Stack47 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:30:28 GMT

Powerball ran a promotion with the powerplay option and on Saturday it was 10 times. The payoffs indicate about 1 out of 4 tickets used the powerplay option. Powerplay only affects the secondary prizes and gives players a better return, but it looks like 75% of players are still buying $1 tickets.

PB and MM are now based on volume of play with millions of players and the jackpots grow accordingly. It's possible some of the players that spend $5 a drawing might buy one ticket instead of 5, bu... [ More ]

Reply #8

Todd — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:05:34 GMT

Reply #7

pumpi76 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:15:41 GMT

and a code for rare people, for people that have rare features wise, tiny minorities, disabled people, people with strokes, those kinds of people probably will never win...or people important to this planet....

I think that online gambling should be let to games that are tiny in nature, like Pick2, Pick2+1, Pick1+2, Pick2+2, Pick2+3, ect that cost no more than 25 cents...or to sports....THAT S IT...If they are going to let it go towards other stuff of online gambling like sport betting or Pic... [ More ]

Reply #6

pumpi76 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:36:33 GMT

plus sorry to spoil your fun but you are talking about: 3,360 Yearly Powerball winners each winner of $100 Million dollars PER YEAR...Who does that???Does the Stock Market do that???You are talking about A HUGE shifting in investors interests and people from wallstreet to Powerball...HURTING THE ECONOMY...Could cause the economy to go into a deep recession/depression...

Reply #5

pumpi76 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:56:16 GMT

But do you think that is something big??? That is nothing....Remember scratchoffs?? Each state has like: 40 types of scratchoffs...They cost: $2, $5, $10, $20, $30....If each one of them was a machine lotto and all the states were to join forces you would had seen: 240, $100 Million dollars Jackpot Winners x 14 = 3,360; $100 Million dollars Powerball Winners in the USA every year...Becareful is more like: 17 or 23 and not 14....

And let me spell it out...That s...

3,360 yearly Powerball Ja... [ More ]

Reply #4

pumpi76 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:08:23 GMT

and make sure it has a code so that whenever VIP s need to win them for important stuff to help the USA, a particular state or province or the world, it can be done so....and the VIP s submit the code and win like by magic....

Reply #3

pumpi76 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:46:18 GMT

But if they decide to create this PB/MM for $10 or $11 the ticket, PLEASE chose something else some other game, chess, monopoly, something, some kind of accessible easy game because Powerball is very, very similar to that bird-devil in the movie: Jeepers Creepers2 with HUGE CLAWS....

I would not want anyone getting cardiac arrest, trying to win Powerball and the bouncing balls oh my gosh...

i think you got better odds winning the supercomputer that beat Kasparov, beating it: 5,000 times th... [ More ]

Reply #2

pumpi76 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:40:46 GMT

And this is a consolation thought to the countries of: Mexico, Philliphines, Russia, Brazil, Nigeria, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan....

Because the population of all the states of the USA that have Powerball MegaMillions is: 217 Million that means that the countries of:

Mexico, Phillippines, Japan

each of you will have had: 120, $100 Million dollars Winners Every year, had they had: Powerball and had it cost: $10 the ticket...

the countries of:

Russia, Nigeria, Pakistan,

Reply #1

pumpi76 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:11:54 GMT

is also not taking into account the other: 50% of every dollar the state gets...Otherwise it will had been:

That s: 480 $100 Million Jackpot Winners every year....lol..

Some Consolation Thoughts: Have a Beer: Powerball: $900 Million or 240, $100 Million Jackpot Winners

pumpi76 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:58:41 GMT

Could you imagine if Powerball costed: $5 per ticket....Every 4 months Powerball reaches: $300 Million at: $1 dollar the ticket...Could you imagine the Powerball jackpot had each ticket cost: $5...

It will had been: $300 Million x 5 = $1.5 Billion dollars Powerball jackpot EVERY 4 MONTHS...Or there will had been: FIVE $300 Million dollars Powerball Jackpot winners every 4 months...Five for Powerball and $5 for MegaMillions...

Had Powerball cost: $10 the ticket you will had seen a: $3 Billi... [ More ]