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I bought two QP tickets f/ this last MM drawing; here are the numbers:
41 43 54 55 56 01
03 05 09 12 13 12
Both lines were "unusual" but when I first looked at them, I thought they'd do as well as any others...and I was right, they did just as well as all the other losing tickets. It used to "bother" me when the mega-ball/powerball was the same as a number in the five, but I've won a few bucks recently with tickets like that.
Not long after the Texas Lotto first started, a man got six QP on a ticket and two lines were identical. I read that the odds against that are the same as picking the winning numbers. Seems like I remember someone in here having the same thing happen to them on their state lottery, was a five number game, though.
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Quote: Originally posted by mikeintexas on Sep 7, 2013
I bought two QP tickets f/ this last MM drawing; here are the numbers:
41 43 54 55 56 01
03 05 09 12 13 12
Both lines were "unusual" but when I first looked at them, I thought they'd do as well as any others...and I was right, they did just as well as all the other losing tickets. It used to "bother" me when the mega-ball/powerball was the same as a number in the five, but I've won a few bucks recently with tickets like that.
Not long after the Texas Lotto first started, a man got six QP on a ticket and two lines were identical. I read that the odds against that are the same as picking the winning numbers. Seems like I remember someone in here having the same thing happen to them on their state lottery, was a five number game, though.
Interesting... identical QP's on the same ticket for a single draw??? That would be kinda bogus (unless you won with those 2 lines).
Now those numbers you got "appear" a little unusual to me... however, they still could yield a winner just as much as any other set!
If those numbers had been dealt to me, as irrational as it sounds, I would "feel" as though they were unlikely to win... I can't explain it... like I said "irrational".
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Quote: Originally posted by Romancandle on Sep 7, 2013
Interesting... identical QP's on the same ticket for a single draw??? That would be kinda bogus (unless you won with those 2 lines).
Now those numbers you got "appear" a little unusual to me... however, they still could yield a winner just as much as any other set!
If those numbers had been dealt to me, as irrational as it sounds, I would "feel" as though they were unlikely to win... I can't explain it... like I said "irrational".
Yup, there was an article in the Amarillo paper about it and they quoted some math prof. from a local college about the odds of it happening. I also remember another man from Texas playing one of the nationwide lotteries in New Mexico who got 6 or 7 QP and they were all the same number. I saw a photo of all the tickets, but still wondered if it *might* be some sort of hoax. If not, then there had to be something wrong w/ that lotto terminal, wouldn't you say?
Both lines looked funny to me, the one with all low numbers and the other with mostly high numbers. I understand intellectually that any set has the same chance as any other, but like you say, there's the "feel" about them. I wouldn't consider myself very superstitious, but when I buy a ticket and the multiplier is the same as one of the other numbers, I buy another ticket. I also buy another ticket if the clerk makes a mistake about the annuity/cash option. I have playslips to keep that from happening, but sometimes I don't have them with me when I remember to buy a ticket.
I used to play a set of numbers, my birthday, my old h.s. football number, my lucky number, my age...but had to quit when my age got higher than the highest numbered ball. <grin> I used to play the number in the fortune cookie when I ate Chinese food but never had any hit for any amt. I've tried number generators, was in a pool for a while, made a dartboard number chart but never had any luck w/ those. Now it's just QP for me, one usually but sometimes a couple. I don't keep records, afraid that would discourage me but I know I'm down for the year, but over the last couple of months I'm prob. ahead a little bit.
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In about 1 of 11 drawings the Mega number is the same as one of the white balls. Therefore, nothing unusual about the 8/27 and 9/3 draws. Also, sequential numbers are not unusual. In a random drawing, any of the alloted numbers can be drawn. The only pattern in Mega Millions is that there really is no pattern.
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Quote: Originally posted by mikeintexas on Sep 7, 2013
I bought two QP tickets f/ this last MM drawing; here are the numbers:
41 43 54 55 56 01
03 05 09 12 13 12
Both lines were "unusual" but when I first looked at them, I thought they'd do as well as any others...and I was right, they did just as well as all the other losing tickets. It used to "bother" me when the mega-ball/powerball was the same as a number in the five, but I've won a few bucks recently with tickets like that.
Not long after the Texas Lotto first started, a man got six QP on a ticket and two lines were identical. I read that the odds against that are the same as picking the winning numbers. Seems like I remember someone in here having the same thing happen to them on their state lottery, was a five number game, though.
I remember someone posted the tickets with the same #last year. it was during the Mega millions frenzy