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Do you spend the extra money and always choose the Powerplay option on all of your games ?

Yes

[ 17 ]

[ 46.0% ]

[ 20 ]

[ 54.0% ]

Total valid votes

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guesser

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Aug 17, 2006, 12:56 am

Just curious
bellyache

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Aug 17, 2006, 1:10 am

Very rarely do I Powerplay my tickets. If I think I may hit something I do, but that isn't very often.
BevsPicks

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Aug 17, 2006, 1:46 am

Sure do!
Just6ntlc

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Aug 17, 2006, 2:42 am

guesser, my vote is no regardless if I was living in a PB state or if MM has the Megaplier applied to any state other than California [pari-mutuel].
weshar75

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Aug 17, 2006, 9:56 am

I powerplay on my powerball ticket because when I win a prize I like the fact that I may get a nice return on my winning ticket.-weshar75
konane

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Aug 17, 2006, 10:12 am

We don't have the option in Georgia but if we did I personally would not spend the extra $$$.

Have fun and the best of luck to everyone!
Prob988

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Aug 17, 2006, 11:09 am

Playing powerplay does not make sense. It raises the pretax expectation value owing to lower prizes from 0.20 to 0.69, a change of 0.49. It costs a buck beyond the original ticket. It's not worth it.
A bet is considered a "good bet" when the expectation value, the ratio of the potential reward to the cost, is 1.00 or better. Large lottery jackpots sometimes approach 1.00, but seldom exceed it - although it does happen on a few occassions.
As a practical matter, I play the lottery with much lower expectation values, but I don't play power play.
starchild_45

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Aug 17, 2006, 11:13 am

Quote: Originally posted by weshar75 on Aug 17, 2006
I powerplay on my powerball ticket because when I win a prize I like the fact that I may get a nice return on my winning ticket.-weshar75

let me echo weshar comments. i too play the powerplay all the time now. i have gotten some of my bigger hits off powerplay option. look at some of the winners who get the big prize these day for powerball. they winners chose the powerplay option.
texas is the only megaplier state for megamillion and when i get there i play that too. ohio has a kicker that seems kinda lame but people are winning on it too.
so more power to the power play option and my friend mister powerball.
guesser

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Aug 17, 2006, 1:34 pm

Quote: Originally posted by weshar75 on Aug 17, 2006
I powerplay on my powerball ticket because when I win a prize I like the fact that I may get a nice return on my winning ticket.-weshar75

How many games do you play per drawing ?
bellyache

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Aug 17, 2006, 1:47 pm

Quote: Originally posted by weshar75 on Aug 17, 2006
I powerplay on my powerball ticket because when I win a prize I like the fact that I may get a nice return on my winning ticket.-weshar75

Since I have a limited amount of money I can play, I'd rather buy a few more tickets then powerplay. If I could afford to then I would Powerplay more often.
JAG331

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Aug 17, 2006, 2:19 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Prob988 on Aug 17, 2006
Playing powerplay does not make sense. It raises the pretax expectation value owing to lower prizes from 0.20 to 0.69, a change of 0.49. It costs a buck beyond the original ticket. It's not worth it.
A bet is considered a "good bet" when the expectation value, the ratio of the potential reward to the cost, is 1.00 or better. Large lottery jackpots sometimes approach 1.00, but seldom exceed it - although it does happen on a few occassions.
As a practical matter, I play the lottery with much lower expectation values, but I don't play power play.

However, the expectation value percentage is higher with powerplay, right?
.20/1.00 = 20%
.69/2.00 = 34.5%
That is why I always choose powerplay.
Franklassgirl30

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Aug 17, 2006, 2:55 pm

I always power play. No exceptions.
fxsterling

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Aug 17, 2006, 7:19 pm

people play to winn 50% power play I sould play 100% may be next time but mm should offer it
scorpio

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Aug 17, 2006, 7:35 pm

me always play powerplay.just last night i won the powerball only again.3x4=12 bucks.
weshar75

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Aug 17, 2006, 7:49 pm

I will spend on an average powerball jackpot $10 ($5 powerball ticket with powerplay for $10). When the jackpot reaches into the $200 million range I will add another $10 and one ticket will be QP's from the terminal and one ticket will be LP generator QP's. If I am going to spend more than a dollar on powerball I am going to powerplay the first line rather than get another line. Reason being when I win I do not want to win $3,$4,$7,$100, $10,000 or $200,000 when I could get $15,$20,$35,$500,$50,000 or $1 million. And before you rant about how the Powerball jackpot is going to only take a dollar to win it. Think of this you will spend your adult lifetime chasing a lottery jackpot as long as it takes. The odds are set so that you will more than likely win a lower prize than get the jackpot prize. Now when you stare down at your winning ticket are you going to want $200,000 for a $1 or $1 million for $2? You have to ask yourself that question!-weshar75

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