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shyguitar

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Feb 19, 2014, 8:56 am

Hi everyone,

I'm just curious to know if there were many winners of the PB or MM jackpots who really just bought one ticket? I'm not talking about someone who goes to different stores and buys tickets but someone who won on a ticket with a one line draw. It seems that often when someone wins a jackpot it might be that the person bought 3 or more tickets. With odds being so astronomically high a person could be a few thousand worth of tickets and still win nothing. Sometimes when I buy my one ticket I just wonder about people who have just bought the one ticket and won.
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Feb 19, 2014, 9:03 am

Ira Curry won half of the $648 million jackpot with 1 ticket of her own numbers.
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Feb 19, 2014, 9:07 am

Quote: Originally posted by Win$500Quick on Feb 19, 2014
Ira Curry won half of the $648 million jackpot with 1 ticket of her own numbers.

Yeah the lady down in GA. right Win? That's who I was thinking of, and why I now will only buy one ticket LOL
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Feb 19, 2014, 9:26 am

Quote: Originally posted by Win$500Quick on Feb 19, 2014
Ira Curry won half of the $648 million jackpot with 1 ticket of her own numbers.

Hi Win$500Quick,

Thanks that's good to know. I was wondering more about people who by QP's like myself who have won with just buying 1 ticket only.
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Feb 19, 2014, 9:47 am

Carl Hunter was picking up a gallon of milk for his wife when he decided to also purchase one Powerball “quick pick” at West Metairie Shell on West Metairie Avenue in Metairie.

This is from the powerball website under winners stories.

http://www.powerball.com/powerball/winners/2008/050808LA-hunter.shtm

Also Jeffrey "Jeff" Pintuff On the way home, Pintuff stopped at the Stewart's Shop on Route 50 in Wilton and purchased the $1 Quick Pick ticket for the December 25th Powerball drawing for $48.8 million.

http://www.powerball.com/powerball/winners/2010/122510NY_Pintuff.shtml

Go to the Powerball website and click on winners stories. Hope this helps.

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shyguitar

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Feb 19, 2014, 10:00 am

Quote: Originally posted by dallascowboyfan on Feb 19, 2014
Carl Hunter was picking up a gallon of milk for his wife when he decided to also purchase one Powerball “quick pick” at West Metairie Shell on West Metairie Avenue in Metairie.

This is from the powerball website under winners stories.

http://www.powerball.com/powerball/winners/2008/050808LA-hunter.shtm

Also Jeffrey "Jeff" Pintuff On the way home, Pintuff stopped at the Stewart's Shop on Route 50 in Wilton and purchased the $1 Quick Pick ticket for the December 25th Powerball drawing for $48.8 million.

http://www.powerball.com/powerball/winners/2010/122510NY_Pintuff.shtml

Go to the Powerball website and click on winners stories. Hope this helps.

Hi dallascowboyfan,

Thanks for that info. I read the article. It gives me hope that some people out there can win with the 1 ticket. The few times I've bought more than one ticket for the MM or PB it's been frustrating because I've gotten the right numbers bought spread across 3 or 4 tickets so won nothing.
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Feb 19, 2014, 2:12 pm

That is correct all it takes is one(1) ticket to win it I'm sure there are some Mega winners as well I didn't click on their stories I just remember these two when they won. Don't forget your ticket for tonight $400 Million

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Feb 19, 2014, 3:26 pm

I agree Dallas! all it takes is one ticket and a WHOLE lot of luck.

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Feb 19, 2014, 8:23 pm

There was a 19 year old girl in Georgia who won a jackpot - I think it was MM before the Megaplier - the first time she ever played. Turned $1 into millions. Sorry if she is the Georgia winner already mentioned.

There was a female prison guard in NY who thought she had bought a ticket for PB or MM and won the jackpot for the game she thought she didn't have a ticket for.

Those who run the lotteries love it when players look for consistency in something that's designed not to have any. So many systems, so many theories, so few jackpot winners.

There is one and only one 'proven' system, and that is to book the action. No matter the game, let the players pick their own losers.
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Feb 19, 2014, 11:14 pm

Quote: Originally posted by shyguitar on Feb 19, 2014
Hi everyone,

I'm just curious to know if there were many winners of the PB or MM jackpots who really just bought one ticket? I'm not talking about someone who goes to different stores and buys tickets but someone who won on a ticket with a one line draw. It seems that often when someone wins a jackpot it might be that the person bought 3 or more tickets. With odds being so astronomically high a person could be a few thousand worth of tickets and still win nothing. Sometimes when I buy my one ticket I just wonder about people who have just bought the one ticket and won.

Sometimes when I buy my one ticket I just wonder about people who have just bought the one ticket and won.

I do too, but then I start thinking about the millions who also bought one ticket and didn't win. Then reality kicks in.
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Feb 20, 2014, 4:02 am

Quote: Originally posted by shyguitar on Feb 19, 2014
Hi everyone,

I'm just curious to know if there were many winners of the PB or MM jackpots who really just bought one ticket? I'm not talking about someone who goes to different stores and buys tickets but someone who won on a ticket with a one line draw. It seems that often when someone wins a jackpot it might be that the person bought 3 or more tickets. With odds being so astronomically high a person could be a few thousand worth of tickets and still win nothing. Sometimes when I buy my one ticket I just wonder about people who have just bought the one ticket and won.

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Feb 20, 2014, 9:24 am

Quote: Originally posted by dallascowboyfan on Feb 19, 2014
That is correct all it takes is one(1) ticket to win it I'm sure there are some Mega winners as well I didn't click on their stories I just remember these two when they won. Don't forget your ticket for tonight $400 Million

Yep, just one ticket.
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Feb 20, 2014, 9:44 am

I WILL ONLY BUY 1 TICKET. THATS IT, ITS HARD ENOUGH TO WIN THE PICK 3. BUT I DO TRY AND MASTER THE PICK 3. I DO OK, I CONCENTRATE ONLY ON PICK 3, ALSO PAIRS I FOLLOW. AND THE DOUBLES, AND DIGIT POSITION
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Feb 20, 2014, 11:12 am

It's not possible to win if you buy more than one ticket I hear.