Destiny

Reply #20

Ronnie316 — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:32:44 GMT

Except RNGs dont print out a predetermined set of numbers. They change each milisecond.

Reply #19

Ronnie316 — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:28:54 GMT

You can be a winner without winning the lottery. Look at me, IMA winner.

Reply #18

haymaker — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:27:10 GMT

If you think you can, you can. if you think you can't, you can't

either way you're right.

I believe that is attributed to Henry Ford.

Reply #17

jjtheprince — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:50:38 GMT

It is destiny, and I'm destined to never win.

Reply #16

yoho — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:33:47 GMT

basically you're defining the word destiny. Because we know the winning numbers last week now, you're calling it destiny, you're calling it fate. Then sure,

if you define it that way, go ahead.

But you're looking at it the wrong way. It's not the QPs or whatever spitting out the right numbers . It's the big draw machine spitting out the right numbers.

it doesn't matter whether you're in california or michigan or whatever. That QP or self pick number means nothing at that poin... [ More ]

Reply #15

Masone — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:45:53 GMT

2 locations, 3 locations, it doesn't really matter. It's all the same.

Think about this: the winning powerball numbers were 10-13-14-22-52 and 11. The winning numbers were printed via Quick Pick. Now ask yourself this question, how many locations printed this specific set of numbers? 1. What could you have done at your specific lotto buying location to generate this specific set of numbers on a QP? Absolutely nothing. Because no matter what you or anyone else did, your location and the mil... [ More ]

Reply #14

Stack47 — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:58 GMT

Over 232 million PB tickets were sold before the deadline and the players could only sit back and wait for the results. It was the numbers drawn that determined the winner and not where or win the tickets were bought. For the winner to say they it was destiny, they would have to retrace every step they took in their lifetime and the events leading to their conception. Any slight miscue along the way could have prevented their destiny from being fulfilled.

If the winner was destined to win the... [ More ]

Reply #13

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:09:51 GMT

Winning a jackpot is nothing more than a series of events that can't be quantified. Were his/her

thoughts or actions controlled by some outside force; maybe, maybe not. It's easy to assume that

a person who wins big was the result of some Devinne plan but I would say that the win was just a

chance event or a combination of perception, skills and chance etc....

I had a good friend who was leaving for work one day when she slipped, fell and broke her neck and died

there on the... [ More ]

Reply #12

Coin Toss — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:49:29 GMT

Masone,

What about the same QP being sold in different locations?

I don't know if that has happened with a jackpot winner in a 5 + 1 game but it certainly has in a 5/39 one.

Double destiny

Reply #11

RJOh — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:25:37 GMT

If you assume the winners are pre-destined to win then why not assume they don't even have to buy a ticket, some one else will buy the winning ticket and they will end up cashing it because it was all pre-destined.

That must be why some clerks end up cashing in their customers winning ticket, it's all pre-destined.

Reply #10

Party1377 — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:03:43 GMT

WOW WTF? LOL some people have to much time on there hands. It's all freaking random. Nothing in lotto predetermined that is crazy talk.

Reply #9

Stack47 — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:40:44 GMT

In the next few weeks two or more lottery terminals in about 44 state/jurisdictions will print MM and PB jackpot winning tickets. Should we assume the winners were pre-destined to pick the right store, in the right town, in the right state, and at the right time or were all the circumstances leading them to buy those winning tickets at the right time at the right place, the results of the Butterfly Effect

Reply #8

onlymoney — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:26:20 GMT

Right, so I could rob a bank thinking it was part of my destiny to do so.

I did no wrong, just did what I was meant to do from the beginning of time right?

Silly people. lol

At least noise-gate gets it.

Reply #7

onlymoney — Sun, 05 May 2013 22:58:59 GMT

Ha ha, so true, anything is possible.

Maybe Jimmy and Bonehead can teach us how to apply the math to this.

Reply #6

Coin Toss — Sun, 05 May 2013 22:56:18 GMT

Or are we predestined to believe in free will.

Reply #5

redhot7 — Sun, 05 May 2013 22:52:21 GMT

only that specific RNG machine will spit out those specific numbers.

Not necessarily. More often than not, large jackpot is won by more than one ticket and both tickets are Quick Pick. Every RNG machine has the potential of picking the winning numbers provided that you print the ticket at the exact microsecond when the machine picked the right numbers.

Reply #4

noise-gate — Sun, 05 May 2013 21:31:47 GMT

If Destiny was involved, why stop at the lottery. How about getting a messy divorce,having a blowout in the fast lane on the highway, being robbed of the vacation money with the family in Disneyworld?

Nope- its just picking the right numbers or the right numbers being dealt to you with a QP.

Reply #3

helpmewin — Sun, 05 May 2013 21:00:17 GMT

Reply #2

noise-gate — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:29:20 GMT

Exactly.

Reply #1

onlymoney — Sun, 05 May 2013 19:01:34 GMT

If our fate is already set in place, what happens to free will

Destiny

Masone — Sun, 05 May 2013 18:51:18 GMT

When I look at the QP, isn't winning it considered destiny? It's hard to articulate my thinking here, but I will do the best I can.

Stores that play the lotto have a RNG machine. Let's say the winner came from a gas station in Michigan. Now the way I look it is this, the winner isn't the ticket, it's the RNG machine. So in a way it's predetermined because only that specific RNG machine will spit out those specific numbers. As a player in California(or anywhere that isn't that gas station i... [ More ]