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• dzhao888

  

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  Hi, All,

  I bought a $5 quick pick Mega Millions for Mar 18, 2011 drawing in a 7/11 store, I just noticed one of 5 lines with the following numbers:

  09 14 33 38 42 MEGA 38   <----- note 38 appears twice

  Is this a problem? If this is a problem ticket, does that imply something wrong with the system? In that case, is the drawing still valid?

  I am a new comer here, I will greatly appreciate your opnions on this.

   

  Dave
• Spincognito

  

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  no problem. mega-ball drawn from seperate pool of numbers. good luck!
• CutlassBob

  

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  No Problem & Welcome to Lottery Post dzhao888.

  Good Luck to you.

  Cutla$$Bob

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• sully16

  

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  Quite often when I pick my numbers I have the same money ball as the same as my winning ball.

  Good luck to you , and welcome to Lottery Post.

   
• B$Rizzle

  

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  In response to sully16

  Quote: Originally posted by sully16 on Apr 11, 2011

  Quite often when I pick my numbers I have the same money ball as the same as my winning ball.

  Good luck to you , and welcome to Lottery Post.

  
• dzhao888

  

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  Thank you all! now I know.
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  Quote: Originally posted by dzhao888 on Apr 11, 2011

  Hi, All,

  I bought a $5 quick pick Mega Millions for Mar 18, 2011 drawing in a 7/11 store, I just noticed one of 5 lines with the following numbers:

  09 14 33 38 42 MEGA 38   <----- note 38 appears twice

  Is this a problem? If this is a problem ticket, does that imply something wrong with the system? In that case, is the drawing still valid?

  I am a new comer here, I will greatly appreciate your opnions on this.

   

  Dave

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• Todd

  

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  <Moved to Jackpot Games forum>

  Please post in the appropriate forum ... thank you.
• Guru101

  

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  Here is the payout chart for Mega Millions(from Powerball.com). The mega ball can be the same as one of the white balls because the mega ball is picked from a separate pool of numbers.

  Match	Prize	Odds
  +	Grand Prize	1 in 175,711,536.0000
  	$250,000	1 in 3,904,700.8000
  +	$10,000	1 in 689,064.8471
  	$150	1 in 15,312.5521
  +	$150	1 in 13,781.2969
  	$7	1 in 306.2510
  +	$10	1 in 843.7529
  	$0	1 in 18.7501
  +	$3	1 in 140.6255
  	$0	1 in 3.1250
  	$2	1 in 74.8008
  No Matches	$0	1 in 1.6622
  Overall Odd of Winning:	1 in 39.89

  Gonna win.
• rdgrnr

  

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  Welcome to Lottery Post dzhao888.

  Best of luck to ya!
• guesser

  

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  Not sure about Mega, but in Powerball, over the last year, a white ball has hit in conjunction with the same number red ball six times.
• dallascowboyfan

  

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  Welcome to the LP dzhao888......
• savagegoose

  

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  its only a prob if 38 doesnt come out in both barrels.

  " Still swinging, still missing "
  2014 = -1016; 2015= -1409; 2016  = -1171; 2017 = -1257 ; 2018 = - 1380 =  TOT =  - 6233

  keno historic = -2291 ; 2015= -603; 2016= -424; 2017 =-427; 2018= -223   TOT = -3968

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