Want to play 15 lines of MM should I use all the numbers?

Reply #17

KY Floyd — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 07:45:53 GMT

Not that I think you'll make a rational decision about it, of course, but the most likely result, by a significant margin, of playing all 15 mega balls is that you'll lose much more than if you buy just 1 or 2 tickets. That means that doing it would be really stupid unless you've got more money than you need.

The lottery keeps 50% off the top and almost 38% goes to the top 2 prizes, paying out only 12 cents of every dollar for prizes with odd better than 1 in 750,000. Unless you spend well ov... [ More ]

Reply #16

shyguitar — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:22:51 GMT

You might be right about repeating numbers on those 15 tickets. The only good thing about using all of the 75 numbers is getting at least a 1 to 1 for 8 dollars if just a 2x hits but would still be down 22 dollars since I always spend the extra dollar for the multiplier and total costs of those 15 tix would be 30 dollars.

Reply #15

shyguitar — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:18:06 GMT

That sound like a good way to do it but I don't know how to wheel numbers.

Reply #14

shyguitar — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:10:06 GMT

I have no software program to use and don't even have a working computer. Do you mean the Lucky For Life Game or is there a Luck for Life game too? I like playing the Lucky for Life game because if you get 2 numbers you win 3 dollars and have gotten 2 numbers at times. I do not like Mass Cash, even though you only have 5 numbers out of 35 numbers to win a 100k prize you have to get at least 3 numbers to win a prize which is 10 dollars and have only gotten 3 numbers once (though ticket price is j... [ More ]

Reply #13

shyguitar — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:02:56 GMT

Sorry your brother hasn't had luck playing this way. With the matrix having 75 numbers it seems like an impossibility to get 5 numbers correct no matter how one plays. In terms of frequent numbers I tend to play quick picks but would not be using QP's if I play 15 lines.

Reply #12

shyguitar — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 12:58:32 GMT

Thanks

Reply #11

shyguitar — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 12:57:53 GMT

Thanks for your response. Since I always play the extra dollar for the multiplier I would most like lose 22 dollars if I just got the Megaball correct and it was 2x. I haven't done this yet but really want to try it. Totally understand about eating into your budget if you played this way regularly. After doing this, will most likely just go back to my normal, not often playing of the MM unless jackpot is very high.

Reply #10

RJOh — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:16:16 GMT

I've played 15 lines like this a few times this year but, because I like to play the other games that really eats into my playing budget, and the odds are really not in our favor. If you play MM only, it's not a bad way to go.

Staying on budget I find I do better if I decide which game I prefer to play based on odds and jackpot size and concentrate on it rather than trying to cover all the games.

Reply #9

JAMORA — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 06:44:14 GMT

QPs, at least here...tend to duplicate some of the numbers before it....so I'd play hot and cold, then QP to pick up the middle....

Reply #8

JAMORA — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 06:39:25 GMT

I tried this with cash 5 in NC.....was not a good bet....you're better off with numbers repeating across tickets...I like to use the draw statistics for my picks (Some all cold, some all hot) and randomly throw in QPs in between to pick up #s on both....

Reply #7

maximumfun — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 06:31:15 GMT

Can you make a mix - 1/3 favorites - 1/3 least used - 1/3 wheeled

Reply #6

RJOh — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 02:08:31 GMT

Went back to MassLottery website and looked at results for Feb 2015 and they were different than those posted for Year 2015, so I think I have the correct results now.

Reply #5

RJOh — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:24:12 GMT

Assuming you have software to do this you should generate several groups of 15 lines with all the different parameters and test them on the last 214 drawings since the last MM matrix change and then you would have some idea of which way to proceed.

Ohio is joining the Luck for Life game so I will be doing the same with it before buying a ticket. One problem is I download the previous drawings from the Massachusetts lottery website and it showed the drawings of Feb 9 and Feb 12 having the same... [ More ]

Reply #4

Todd — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:02:42 GMT

Reply #3

zephbe — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:26:39 GMT

My brother does that and hasn't had any luck doing it. Have you tried playing frequent numbers for different draws

Reply #2

sully16 — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:47:47 GMT

yes

Reply #1

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:37:37 GMT

I put together 2 sets of numbers playing all 75 numbers and all 15 megaballs for a total of 30 lines. This entire year the best those sets have done is 2+1.

The good thing is that you know you have the numbers that will be drawn. And you know you will win at least a dollar. The bad thing is that you will usually lose 14 dollars, and it is still very difficult to capture even the first 5 numbers on the same line.

I've played 15 lines like this a few times this year but, because I like to pl... [ More ]

Want to play 15 lines of MM should I use all the numbers?

shyguitar — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:43:53 GMT

I am thinking of playing 15 lines of MM with the multiplier which would cost 30 dollars. Here is my question: since there are 75 numbers to play and 15 Megaball numbers I could just capture all 75 numbers and all 15 Megaball numbers on the 15 tickets and the minimum prize I can win would be 2 dollars if the Megaplier was just 2x and I only had the Megaball number correct. On the other hand I could mix up those 75 numbers across those 15 tickets with duplicate numbers on different lines and could... [ More ]