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• DC81

  

  MI
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  Dec 26, 2008, 8:58 pm

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  Mine is along the lines of "dammit, I didn't win *sigh* I hope no one else did" because then there's the next drawing with the even bigger jackpot and the dream lives! If someone wins it depends on how big the jackpot was and where the winner was located as to how I react.

  You can't predict random.
• mymonthlypicks

  

  Virginia Beach,Va
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  Dec 26, 2008, 9:35 pm

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  Always one number off

  If OBAMA'S The ANSWER

  How STUPID was the QUESTION?
• dphillips

  

  Albuquerque, New Mexico
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  Dec 27, 2008, 11:59 am

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  Ah, yes, if truth be told -- when I check my tickets and lose, I am guilty of sometimes saying, "why do I play this game!"

  Now, my new playing stragegy for the 2009 New Year is this:

  1. Since POWERBALL has the odds of a person winning as 1 in 146,107,962 and...

  2. HOT LOTTO has the odds of a person winning as 1 in 10,939,383 - then my purchases are more toward HOT LOTTO with the Sizzler option.

  I know my chances are slim with POWERBALL (and that is not to say I will never win), but with the odds so stacked heavily against me, I do not spend $5.00 with the Power Play option, making it $10.00. Now, I spend $1.00 or a $2.00 POWERBALL investment with a Power Play option.

  Finally, even with HOT LOTTO and having all 5 numbers, let alone winning the jackpot which starts at $1 million,  a win of $10,000 and I play the Sizzler, is  $30,000.  Of course, I can't retire on $30,000 but after taxes it is more money toward my savings account or a credit card balance.

  -- Bye, bye!  When you win, may you glow as brightly as the
• ConstantlyB

  

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  Dec 31, 2008, 2:32 am

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  In response to fja

  Quote: Originally posted by fja on Dec 14, 2008

  Well I guess I still have to go to work!!

  .......that's the one right there!!!
• justxploring

  

  Wandering Aimlessly
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  Jan 2, 2009, 12:38 am

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  Tonight I won nothing.  When that happens, I have a different reaction than when I win a few dollars or even a Free Play.  Sometimes I think it's worse to get very close even though you win more money.  That's one of the only reasons I might prefer a Quick Pick to my own numbers, because I don't have that "if I only spent one more dollar I would have won" feeling when I'm one number off.