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ideal lottery pool size
do you like to play the lottery in a pool or by yourself? what's the best size for a lottery pool in your opinion?
Mar 13, 2026, 12:20 am - Brock Lee - Lottery Discussion Forum

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I chose just me. I don't need any lottery drama like what happened with Philip Tsostos when he won the lottery and his coworkers sued him each for a cut of his winnings because they had participated in a lottery pool with him. Philip claimed he bought a separate lottery ticket aside from the pool's ticket and claimed that his solo lottery ticket was the one that won not the lottery pool ticket. It was a huge mess. He won his lawsuit case but this is a cautionary tale on why lottery pools can be
Mar 13, 2026, 7:17 am - Lotto Motto - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I have been wanting to start a lottery pool for PB/MM/other games for a long time now. But, as I am retired and do not have any office/work buddies any longer I have been am unable to locate enough people to make it feasible. I have no family close by and very little contact with anyone else these days, but no pity please, I am one happy individual with this 99% of the time. I have spent quite a bit of time researching the subject and have sketched an outline (still very incomplete) of what
Jun 20, 2025, 1:47 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

MM $5, PB $2, Powerplay $1IReply
If a lottery pool buys Powerplay, it means the last 1/3 of the pool's money has a zero chance to win the jackpot. The purpose of a lottery pool is to maximize the participants' chances of winning the jackpot. Throwing away the last 1/3 of the pool's money on Powerplay will not change the amount of each participant's share should they win, but will reduce their chances of winning by 1/3. That makes no sense. There is a way to guarantee a $2 million win for second prize (assuming this is n
Oct 2, 2025, 4:55 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

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Just me. One time I tried to join a very small lottery pool (total two people) but the other person forgot to purchase the ticket before the cut-off time.
Mar 13, 2026, 3:28 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

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01) Payments to the administrator: Someone out sick and fails to pay for a drawing - cover for them or not - are they out for the drawing or out forever? This one should be very easy. If you had a pool of say 100 people, I would be shocked at a 100% collection rate for every drawing. If someone fails to pay for a drawing (sick or not, that's irrelevant, people can fail to pay for any reason), why would they be included in the drawing? If you played the same numbers every week for years
Jun 20, 2025, 3:18 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

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Tucker, I think you misunderstood. My numbers 1 and 2 are just things to be considered and decided upon when setting up the agreement/contract for the lottery pool. I have not read every article in the universe about lottery pool troubles, but I have read quite a few over the years about payment issues and ticket purchases. Example 1: Kind of like my number 1 - https://www.lotterypost.com/news/340732 Example 2: Kind of like my number 2 - https://www.lotterypost.com/news/3260
Jun 20, 2025, 9:15 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

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Wuz in a Lottery Pool once..A member absconded with remaining funds after we'd played a few times ... Soo ,.. NOOO MOOE ... It wuz a blessing in dizguise .. Imagine whut may've happened had we won some real money.! Enron ain't the only bizzness you will find crookz . -Stat$talker
Mar 13, 2026, 9:45 am - Stat$talker - Lottery Discussion Forum

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Oh no, I don't like what am hearing. You are new to the pool and you don't know all the rules. Don't know how many members make up the pool. That's scary. It's always said great lottery pools have laid down rules that members sign against. It's like a legal binding contract. If you don't how how many people are in the pool, how sure are you someone is not getting 5M when you are getting 1M? What happens if the relative buys a ticket and it wins and the relative keeps the winnings to
Jun 18, 2025, 9:24 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

would you play a multi country lottery?
there was some chatter about powerball expanding to other countries with one shared prize pool. for me that would be a permanent turn off regardless of which countries. what do you think?
Jan 8, 2026, 1:08 pm - Brock Lee - Lottery Discussion Forum