Coin,
Playing a full 28 number wheel with 98,280 combos and matching all five numbers gives a 1 in 46 chance of hitting the jackpot so even if a player could match all five numbers once out of every three drawings, it would have no effect on the game. Any group of 28 numbers has a 1 in 39 chance of matching all five numbers and so does any group of 98,280 QPs even if the QPs are bought by 98,280 different players.
"Looking at the results drawing after drawing I don't see anyone popping any 5 + 1's repeatedly or consistently."
We're having a realistic discussion and have concluded expecting any group of 28 numbers to match all five numbers once out of every three drawings is unrealistic. And we already discussed the fact matching all five numbers only gives us a 1 in 46 chance of matching the jackpot. With a one out of ten ratio we could only expect to win a jackpot once every 46 times we match all five numbers or once out of every 460 drawings.
I doubt Ronnie expected to match all five numbers and the bonus number especially since one number was used twice and he only used one bonus number, but he did. I tested Ronnie's results using a 4 if 4 abbreviated wheel with less than 5000 combos and found the five number match. With a 1 in 15 ratio a player could play over 17,000 combos a drawing and still break even and that's not including matching the bonus number. But I'm only talking about betting $5000 a drawing which is nothing compared to the $600,000 those Massachusetts player were wagering.
While you're expecting to see multiple jackpot winners, we're looking for ways to create an advantage if the 28 numbers can consistently match four number and average matching all five numbers 1 in 15. If you're looking for Pumpi's "holy grail" winning the jackpot every drawing playing 20 combos, you won't find it here.
"As for 98,280 combos and such, there's a saying in Vegas, "You bet your mind, you lose your mind."
At the worst when Vegas Blackjack games used one deck, shuffled the discards before the hand was completed, and allowed any type of bet from minimum to maximum, the few players gaining an advantage by card counting only took a very small portion of their Blackjack profits. Casino profits are from volume of play and by public ally changing the rules taking any advantage from the player, the casinos that once had 40 Blackjack tables now have 4 to 6 tables. Some of that is because casinos have offered other jackpot card games but from a player's perspective, who would sit down and play a game knowing the the casino change the rules taking away any possible player advantage.
Lotteries are based on volume of play. How many QP players would a lottery lose if they announced because some self pick players found an advantage, they were changing the rules of the game?