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wander73

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Feb 23, 2017, 9:26 am

Like seriously. You throw in the extra dollar and hoping patiently you hit something or anything.

Once in a while it does do a 5. It's been mostly 2x. Why not just bring back the old format which was better? It caught a lot of attention.

There has never been a 10x has there. I am not mad or nothing but powerball odds being what they are it's rediculous.

If they're adding a 10x add to all the drawings and let people win it that way too.

The megamillions is way better and the way the game is played. The odds aren't in many peoples favor but it's better in MHO.

Of course I know the lesser games are better.
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Feb 23, 2017, 2:35 pm

Quote: Originally posted by wander73 on Feb 23, 2017
Like seriously. You throw in the extra dollar and hoping patiently you hit something or anything.

Once in a while it does do a 5. It's been mostly 2x. Why not just bring back the old format which was better? It caught a lot of attention.

There has never been a 10x has there. I am not mad or nothing but powerball odds being what they are it's rediculous.

If they're adding a 10x add to all the drawings and let people win it that way too.

The megamillions is way better and the way the game is played. The odds aren't in many peoples favor but it's better in MHO.

Of course I know the lesser games are better.

I agree with you. I played the powerplay when it first started with the 10x but after awhile all I saw was 2 and maybe the occasional 3x I stopped. Also the 5+0 numbers don't even multiply so what's the point? The megamillions is way better imo in that regard and it costs $2 the same as 1 powerball ticket anyway.
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Feb 24, 2017, 12:09 am

Quote: Originally posted by wander73 on Feb 23, 2017
Like seriously. You throw in the extra dollar and hoping patiently you hit something or anything.

Once in a while it does do a 5. It's been mostly 2x. Why not just bring back the old format which was better? It caught a lot of attention.

There has never been a 10x has there. I am not mad or nothing but powerball odds being what they are it's rediculous.

If they're adding a 10x add to all the drawings and let people win it that way too.

The megamillions is way better and the way the game is played. The odds aren't in many peoples favor but it's better in MHO.

Of course I know the lesser games are better.

Powerplay is for the players that understand if they win, it will probably be a lower tier prize and for an extra buck they can double their winnings or more. But when the jackpot is very high like in the last drawing and if I were spending $20, I'd get 10 tickets instead of 7 PPs.
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Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Feb 24, 2017
Powerplay is for the players that understand if they win, it will probably be a lower tier prize and for an extra buck they can double their winnings or more. But when the jackpot is very high like in the last drawing and if I were spending $20, I'd get 10 tickets instead of 7 PPs.

That's the way I always thought about The PowerPlay.

Whenever I buy a PB ticket (which isn't often) I buy the PP simply because I don't pay much attention to the size of the jackpot. Sure, like anyone else I'd love to win millions, but I realize I'm probably not going to and that it's much more likely I could win a lower tier prize.

Also, I never want to know what it would feel like to learn I won a million dollars, but if I had spent one dollar more I could have won two million. Here's why;

In upstate NY a few years ago, a guy went into a deli and asked for a QP MM ticket. The clerk accidentally hit the Megaplier button and told the guy the ticket cost two dollars. The guy refused the ticket, so the clerk gave him another one dollar QP, and bought the Megaplier ticket for herself. She won two million dollars with it.

How'd ya like to be that guy?? G5

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Feb 25, 2017, 9:17 am

Quote: Originally posted by GiveFive on Feb 25, 2017
That's the way I always thought about The PowerPlay.

Whenever I buy a PB ticket (which isn't often) I buy the PP simply because I don't pay much attention to the size of the jackpot. Sure, like anyone else I'd love to win millions, but I realize I'm probably not going to and that it's much more likely I could win a lower tier prize.

Also, I never want to know what it would feel like to learn I won a million dollars, but if I had spent one dollar more I could have won two million. Here's why;

In upstate NY a few years ago, a guy went into a deli and asked for a QP MM ticket. The clerk accidentally hit the Megaplier button and told the guy the ticket cost two dollars. The guy refused the ticket, so the clerk gave him another one dollar QP, and bought the Megaplier ticket for herself. She won two million dollars with it.

How'd ya like to be that guy?? G5

OOOOHHH yikes lol.

Yes that does happen. But isn't the clerk supposed to state that.
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Quote: Originally posted by wander73 on Feb 25, 2017
OOOOHHH yikes lol.

Yes that does happen. But isn't the clerk supposed to state that.

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Wander73, I like the Megaplier in Mega Millions better than the Power Play Option in Powerball.

I hope that one $2 ticket is the only one that matches all 5 numbers plus the PB to win the largest PB jackpot in United States history of over $2 Billion Dollars! I hope that one $2 ticket is the only one that matches all 5 numbers plus the Mega Ball to win the largest Mega Millions jackpot in United States history of over $2 Billion Dollars!
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Feb 25, 2017, 9:47 pm

Quote: Originally posted by wander73 on Feb 25, 2017
OOOOHHH yikes lol.

Yes that does happen. But isn't the clerk supposed to state that.

"Isn't the clerk supposed to state"....... what? Not sure I understand what you're asking.

There's a bit more to that story...

The clerk was actually the woman who owns the deli. She also owns and lives in the house that is attached to it. The man who refused the ticket lives on the same street the deli is located on. He passes it everyday knowing that there's a woman in that deli who has what could have been his two million dollars. G5

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Feb 25, 2017, 9:54 pm

Quote: Originally posted by GiveFive on Feb 25, 2017
"Isn't the clerk supposed to state"....... what? Not sure I understand what you're asking.

There's a bit more to that story...

The clerk was actually the woman who owns the deli. She also owns and lives in the house that is attached to it. The man who refused the ticket lives on the same street the deli is located on. He passes it everyday knowing that there's a woman in that deli who has what could have been his two million dollars. G5

I wonder if he still goes inside that store to buy anything.

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Feb 26, 2017, 3:47 am

Quote: Originally posted by sam9009 on Feb 25, 2017
I wonder if he still goes inside that store to buy anything.

My guess is that he probably does not.

It happened in the upstate village of Roscoe, NY which is located in Sullivan County. There's not much there and it's pretty rural, so maybe he still does. It's not like he has a choice of a lot of other convenience stores/deli's there.

I first learned of it when a story about it appeared in The Times Herald Record, a newspaper published in Middletown, NY. G5

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Feb 26, 2017, 7:56 pm

I'd rather spend that extra dollar buying another ticket.

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Feb 26, 2017, 8:20 pm

Quote: Originally posted by GiveFive on Feb 25, 2017
That's the way I always thought about The PowerPlay.

Whenever I buy a PB ticket (which isn't often) I buy the PP simply because I don't pay much attention to the size of the jackpot. Sure, like anyone else I'd love to win millions, but I realize I'm probably not going to and that it's much more likely I could win a lower tier prize.

Also, I never want to know what it would feel like to learn I won a million dollars, but if I had spent one dollar more I could have won two million. Here's why;

In upstate NY a few years ago, a guy went into a deli and asked for a QP MM ticket. The clerk accidentally hit the Megaplier button and told the guy the ticket cost two dollars. The guy refused the ticket, so the clerk gave him another one dollar QP, and bought the Megaplier ticket for herself. She won two million dollars with it.

How'd ya like to be that guy?? G5

Always take the mistakes. He cheaped out and it cost him. As the commercial says, "You never know..."

BTW. I bought 5 Mega Millions tickets on Friday with the Mega ball. I hit the bonus # on two tickets. So I won $6 instead of $2.

I made a profit...

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Feb 26, 2017, 10:01 pm

Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on Feb 26, 2017
Always take the mistakes. He cheaped out and it cost him. As the commercial says, "You never know..."

BTW. I bought 5 Mega Millions tickets on Friday with the Mega ball. I hit the bonus # on two tickets. So I won $6 instead of $2.

I made a profit...

If you bought 5 tix with the megaplier, then you spent $10. If you won $6, then you lost $4.

Or am I missing something?

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Feb 27, 2017, 5:54 am

Power play odds are posted-

Looks like they use 43 balls. Below are the power play odds and the number of balls for each number 2 through 5 - and 10 when the jackpot is less than $150,000,000. This may explain why you see more 2's & 3's

X 2- 1:1.79 (24 Balls)

X3= 1:3.31 (13 Balls)

X4= 1:14.33 (3 Balls)

X5= 1:21.50 (2 Balls)

X10= 1:43 (1 Ball)

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Feb 27, 2017, 8:39 am

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Feb 26, 2017
If you bought 5 tix with the megaplier, then you spent $10. If you won $6, then you lost $4.

Or am I missing something?

Without the Megaplier: Spent $5, Won $2, Lost $3!

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