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• noise-gate

  

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  If for instance you jumped off the $5.00-$10.00 a pop betting per game wagon,  would it be safe to say " lm gonna be a $1.00/$2.00 " player going forward?
  Playing it safe or being shortsighted?
• Pick3Ma$termind

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  Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on Nov 7, 2013

  If for instance you jumped off the $5.00-$10.00 a pop betting per game wagon,  would it be safe to say " lm gonna be a $1.00/$2.00 " player going forward?
  Playing it safe or being shortsighted?

   The odds of winning do change with buying more tickets. It's only wise when you have a certain method and stick to that method. This applies to any lottery game.
• maringoman

  

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  Can pick 3 and pick 4 wins be called jackpots? if they can then those are the only jackpots that you seriously improve your odds on by buying multiple tickets, I think. On the thread "Post your winning tickets here" majority of the tickets are pick 3 and occasionally pick 4. 

  Personally I've shifted focus to local draw games and I am going in 1 line at a time.

  That money's gone fo ever
• SLOYAROLE

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on Nov 7, 2013

  If for instance you jumped off the $5.00-$10.00 a pop betting per game wagon,  would it be safe to say " lm gonna be a $1.00/$2.00 " player going forward?
  Playing it safe or being shortsighted?

  All 5 of 5 and MEGA BALL®

  1 : 258,890,850

  Jackpot*

   

  5 of 5 plus POWERBALL

  1 in 175,223,510

  Jackpot**

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  With those odds, I don't think it matters if someone bought one ticket or 100 tickets (especially with Mega Millions).

  My motto is: "buy a line and hope it's my time".
• noise-gate

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Pick3Ma$termind on Nov 7, 2013

   The odds of winning do change with buying more tickets. It's only wise when you have a certain method and stick to that method. This applies to any lottery game.

  The odds don't change Pick3- one increases their chances but the odds remain constant to the best of my knowledge..
  I stand to be corrected if l am in the wrong here, but the odds are etched in stone on the back of the ticket so it goes without sayin,.however if l am in error- please correct me.
• Slick Nick

  

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  I think your playing it safe in a wise way. Only 1 ticket wins the game. A couple of tikets, who cares, that's just 2 bucks. Your saving money. And if it's to be it will be.

  Money is a terrible master, but a great servant...
• KY Floyd

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on Nov 7, 2013

  The odds don't change Pick3- one increases their chances but the odds remain constant to the best of my knowledge..
  I stand to be corrected if l am in the wrong here, but the odds are etched in stone on the back of the ticket so it goes without sayin,.however if l am in error- please correct me.

  Odds and chances describe the same thing. The game has odds and the players have odds. The game odds (for most games) are based on 1 winning combination out of all the possible outcomes. A player's odds are based on how many chances they have out of all of the possible outcomes.

  Since only a single winning combination is chosen for pick 3 then the game odds are that 1 winning combination in the 1000 possible combinations. A player with one ticket has odds of 1 in 1000, and player with 2 tickets has odds of 1 in 500. It's 3rd grade fractions, not rocket science.