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  how many of you always get tickets, and how many of you wait for the jackpot to roll like 10 or 11 times?
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  oops the question is a little messed up
• Chewie

  

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  Always play.  Its me against the numbers.  They out number me, and they always win.  Some day they will be out smarted!

  

  |||::> *'`*:-.,_,.-:*''*:--->>> Chewie  <<<---.*''*:-.,_,.-:*''* <:::|||

  I only trust myself - and that's a questionable choice
• LOTTOMIKE

  

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  Feb 11, 2006, 8:57 am

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  Quote: Originally posted by Chewie on February 11, 2006

  Always play.  Its me against the numbers.  They out number me, and they always win.  Some day they will be out smarted!

  you show them numbers who's boss!!

  
• hypersoniq

  

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  Feb 11, 2006, 9:21 am

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  I have 1 ticket in for every draw... regardless of the jackpot.

  I have a rather simple and somewhat conservative strategy, 1 ticket per 100,000, got 3 for tonight ;-)

  Have an EXCELlent day!
• PrisonerSix

  

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  I'm in a pool at work for Powerball and Louisiana Lotto. There are 6 of us in it and every payday, we put up $4/each and buy 2 Lotto and 3 Powerball tickets for the next 4 drawings. We've won a few small prizes here and there, but nothing big, yet.
  
  I play Louisiana Lotto myself, buying a ticket for every drawing. The prizes are smaller but the odds are better. With a minimum jackpot of $250,000, I could pay off all my debts, including my house, mortgage, etc. and be in a good position.
  
  As for Powerball, I only play it for myself if the jackpots get above $100 million. I figure with the odds the way they are, it isn't really worth it to play when it's less.
  
  PrisonerSix
• Uncle Jim

  

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  I play for every Powerball draw.  Recently I have been playing $5 plus Powerplay.  One set of "birthday numbers...2 sets of carefully (pffffffffffffffffffffffffffft!) selected numbers and 2 sets of Quick Picks.

  So far my strategy has failed miserably.  Last week I hit rock bottom by not getting a single number!  So this week I've started to dig.

  Jim 

  
  Money frees you from doing things you dislike.  Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.  - Groucho Marx
• KRB03

  

  Palm Harbor, FL
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  Feb 11, 2006, 1:09 pm

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  Lotto:

  Every Wed. & Sat. (no matter the jackpot - A few million is perfectly find w/ me)

   

  Fantasy 5:

  Every Thurs. & Sun. (upset b/c we didnt win the lotto the night before)

   

  Mega Money:

  Every Tues. &  Fri (When the Jackpot is between $1.5 - $2 mil / too hard to get #'s to play small jackpot)

   
• emilyg

  

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  fantasy five - every night

  lotto south- NEVER

  mega - 2x/wk

  love to nibble those micey feet.

   

                               
• hypersoniq

  

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  oops, I menat 1 ticket per 100,000,000...

  Have an EXCELlent day!
• mylollipop

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Chewie on February 11, 2006

  Always play.  Its me against the numbers.  They out number me, and they always win.  Some day they will be out smarted!

  .  You can say that again.  I am waiting on the day that the numbers get outsmarted too.  They do, 'cause there are winners!
• CASH Only

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  I play MM almost every drawing. PB usually only when it's 125 million or higher.
• Annual Payments

  

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  I play from the starting jackpot.  a $15 million annuity sounds great.
• CASH Only

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  Quote: Originally posted by Annual Payments on March 3, 2006

  I play from the starting jackpot.  a $15 million annuity sounds great.

  $7+ million lump sum sounds even better!