Mega Millions and Powerball extra $1 plays - what % of tickets?

Reply #10

Stack47 — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:14:21 GMT

In the 1/19 drawing 19,151 players without PP shared $89,357, for an average prize of $4.67, and 1,247 players with PP shared $15,468 for an average of $12.40.

1247 players spent $2494 to win $15,468 so the average win was really $6.20. I didn't think about it until after I read your post so my figures were off too.

Reply #9

savagegoose — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:02:38 GMT

plus u didnt look at the power play players that didnt win, they lost twice as much as the the non power play players.

i mean how many power play tickets didnt wina prize

Reply #8

KY Floyd — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 21:17:50 GMT

Looking at statistics for only one drawing is a great way of learning something about one particular drawing that already happened, but it's not always a good way to find out what's likely to happen in any other drawing. Some drawings reflect typical results, and some don't, so let's look at another drawing. In the 1/19 drawing 19,151 players without PP shared $89,357, for an average prize of $4.67, and 1,247 players with PP shared $15,468 for an average of $12.40. Tickets without PP won about 1... [ More ]

Reply #7

Stack47 — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:06:14 GMT

The statistics are probably the same in every state but the PB results favor Power Play. The 25,551 dollar players had an average win of $4.29 and 1616 Power Play players had an average win of $53.

Looking at the volume of play in both games, it's easy to tell which jackpot was higher.

Reply #6

savagegoose — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:06:34 GMT

nothing like it here, i dont think id like it, im glad its not an option.

say you had $2 to spend, you would buy 1 game and megaply it?

or 2 sperate games?

id go for the 2 games. halving the odds form 1 in 175 mill or what ever to under 1 in 100 mill, ahh id feel so much likelier to win.

but then our games are a whole different world. chewaper to play easier to hit the jackpot, but dont pay anything for less than 3+ numbers,

powerball, here donesnt pay for anything under 2+p

Reply #5

sully16 — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:39:14 GMT

so do I , getting 5 numbers seems easier than getting 5 plus the mega or powerball.

Reply #4

dr65 — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:02:19 GMT

Thank you Coin Toss those are interesting numbers. I play the extra dollar when I play. Looks like so many in your example do not..wow.

Reply #3

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:58:38 GMT

I've noticed that also. Actually, I went thru a period where I didn't play the extra dollar either, but I know if I only won 200k or 250k, and could have won a million, I would be really mad at myself. LOL.

Reply #2

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:37:27 GMT

Thanks Coin Toss for the info......

Reply #1

iGlenn — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:13:28 GMT

Powerball provides this info on their website.

http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb_totalwinners.asp

Mega Millions and Powerball extra $1 plays - what % of tickets?

Coin Toss — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:09:30 GMT

From watching the drawings and seeing the winners of lesser prizes than the jackpot announced it seemes like there are a lot more people still playing $1 instead of the Megapier or the Powerplay.

Missouri provides a lot of information on their site, these are the results for the most recent MM and PB drawings (within Missouri):

POWERBALL

Sat Feb 19:

Total MO Winners (without Power Play): 25,551 Total Won: $109,571

Total MO Winners (with Power Play): 1,616 Total Won: $85,705

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