Picking numbers on a budget

Reply #8

savagegoose — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:07:35 GMT

yeah i was going to say what he said. but he said it 1st so ill just agree.

asnd i spend $9.70 a week on various lotto's, and im lucky if i win it back ever 4 weeks. i mean the $10 back every 4 weeks. so $40 down 10 up.

Reply #7

Lucki723 — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:02:14 GMT

Reply #6

ameriken — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 03:24:37 GMT

Personally, I would completely avoid q-pix. I like using my own numbers.

If you have your own numbers and want to make the most of your money, go to the wheeling section on Lottery Post. If it's a 6 number game you're playing, for $5 you can wheel 11 numbers with a guaranteed 4 number hit if 6 of your 11 numbers are drawn, like below. That way you always have 11 numbers in the game on a regular basis and eventually some of those are going to hit.

Here's an example of how $5 can be stretche... [ More ]

Reply #5

S157855 — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:37:49 GMT

edit.. my budget is 120.00 a month so i occasionally play predictions that look good

ive never been able to solve a rubiks cube in under 5 minutes ..

what i do is get 1 ticket with 2 lines for 10 draws

1 line is a set of numbers based on names using numerology

1 line is a quick pick

i stopped getting quick picks in mass amounts 2 months ago because overall i was throwing money away.right now i have 2 lines classic 2 lines mm 2 lines pb that all play for 10 draws thats 60... [ More ]

Reply #4

garyo1954 — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:36:50 GMT

Excellent questions!

First things first. Forget the odds. If you're going to buy a lottery ticket those are the last thing on your mind. Nobody buys a ticket thinking, I have a 1:195,000,000 shot. If they do, they wouldn't buy the ticket. Or they are crazy like most of us. Not a problem with me, but some people might be sensitive to the issue.

The good news is everybody has a budget. It may be $2, $20, or $200 but there is a limit for everybody.

The Rule of Thumb for Budgets is NEVER B... [ More ]

Reply #3

joker17 — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:56:19 GMT

I primarily play the Pick-3, and at this point I'm just trying to recoup my expenditures......

Reply #2

sully16 — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:07:02 GMT

I always play 5 dollars for Jackpot drawings and thats it.

Reply #1

Coin Toss — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:33:33 GMT

Let's see, the odds againt winning PB 5+1 are 1:195,249,054

Odds against 5 + 0 are 1:5,138,133

The Match 5 prize with Power Play option will always be multiplied 5X s for $1 million cash.

For MM it's

5 + 1 1:175,711,536

5 + 0 1:3,904,701

The Match 5 white balls prize with Megaplier option will always be multiplied 4X s for $1 million cash.

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Personally I think it's better to put an additional dollar on the Powerplay or the... [ More ]

Picking numbers on a budget

NoShame — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:28:33 GMT

Suppose you had only a limited amount of cash to spend on lottery tickets for one jackpot. How would you go about picking your numbers? Would you pick a few quick picks mixed with self picks or would you do all quick picks? If you do some quick picks would your numbers be slightly different from the QPs themselves or far away from it as possible? In other words, if you had only five tickets you could buy would you work with one set of numbers and have each ticket be slightly different (change on... [ More ]