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winoneday

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Jan 6, 2022, 12:36 am

California Lottery is reporting a starting jackpot of $40 Million for Powerball.
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Jan 6, 2022, 12:45 am

I just saw that, but other sites are saying $20M
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Jan 6, 2022, 8:05 am

Quote: Originally posted by winoneday on Jan 6, 2022
California Lottery is reporting a starting jackpot of $40 Million for Powerball.

It was an error on their part, and it's now fixed.

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JuliaM

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Jan 9, 2022, 3:34 pm

Why would anyone play the PowerBall with 1 in 292,201,338 chances of winning $20m when you can go for Canada Lotto 6/49's 1 in 13,983,816 winning $36m? Tax free!
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Jan 9, 2022, 3:49 pm

Quote: Originally posted by JuliaM on Jan 9, 2022
Why would anyone play the PowerBall with 1 in 292,201,338 chances of winning $20m when you can go for Canada Lotto 6/49's 1 in 13,983,816 winning $36m? Tax free!

Well, I guess one reason is that the United States players will typically not be in a position to play Canadian games.

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JuliaM

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Jan 9, 2022, 4:16 pm

Well, I guess that make sense. But for me, I will just play whatever will win me a big jackpot with the best odds, lol. Winning the lottery is all about the odds, plus a bit of luck.
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Jan 9, 2022, 6:10 pm

Quote: Originally posted by JuliaM on Jan 9, 2022
Well, I guess that make sense. But for me, I will just play whatever will win me a big jackpot with the best odds, lol. Winning the lottery is all about the odds, plus a bit of luck.

"Winning the lottery is all about the odds, plus a bit of luck"

Uuuh, Uuuh, Uuuh (throat clearing)

That'z not entirely true..It'z also about Probability SKILLZ tooo.. cauze you don't SHUT DOWN a lottery drawing wit just "luck"..as I DID..

MM 9/3/21

When you're armed wit THAT kinda info & skillz, that'z all they can do to thwart you....even tho I STILL got a "key" number + correct ..Probability Math makez'em tReMbLe in FEAR..!!

-Stat$talker

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The ongoing Mission,..to seek out the Laws of "Probability Math"...

to master its rules to invoke...to Conquer ALL Major Jackpots..!!

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Jan 9, 2022, 7:07 pm

I know, I know.... When I said odds, I mean the lottery. You have to choose the right lottery to play first. So odds is important.

When you talk about probability, you are talking about the skill of playing the lottery. They are not the same. Make sense?

I studied math so I shall know what odds I have before I choose which lottery to play. Then after I choose it, I need to figure out which way to play to have the best probability of winning.
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Jan 10, 2022, 1:18 am

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on Jan 9, 2022
Well, I guess one reason is that the United States players will typically not be in a position to play Canadian games.

Lots of states have 6/49 games, but if much easier to get the right combo out of 13,983,816 playing the Canadian Lottery, I'll pack my bags!

"When will we ever learn?"
JeetKuneDoLotto

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Jan 10, 2022, 1:37 am

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on Jan 6, 2022
It was an error on their part, and it's now fixed.

When did they reduce the starting JP to 20 million?

I thought the 40 million JP was a major selling point for the $2 cost of the ticket?

Those people making errors, they work to hard.

Give them a raise!
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Jan 10, 2022, 11:00 am

They reduced the starting jackpot to 20 million back in March of 2020.
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Quote: Originally posted by JuliaM on Jan 9, 2022
I know, I know.... When I said odds, I mean the lottery. You have to choose the right lottery to play first. So odds is important.

When you talk about probability, you are talking about the skill of playing the lottery. They are not the same. Make sense?

I studied math so I shall know what odds I have before I choose which lottery to play. Then after I choose it, I need to figure out which way to play to have the best probability of winning.

"When you talk about probability, you are talking about the skill of playing the lottery. They are not the same. Make sense? "

Nooo, you're NOT making sense.. Probability iz about predicting ANYTHING..ThunderStorms, Asteroid Impacts, Stock market crash, Presidential Elections, Lotteries, Sports game's outcomes..etc

Math duzzn't care WHUT "thingz" you're computing..whut's really required iz critical reasoning... not automatic assumptions..git some!

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The ongoing Mission,..to seek out the Laws of "Probability Math"...

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JeetKuneDoLotto

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Jan 11, 2022, 12:57 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Ranett on Jan 10, 2022
They reduced the starting jackpot to 20 million back in March of 2020.

Well wouldn't it be fair to decrease the price back to the $1?

Seems like false advertising if you ask me. Aren't their laws that are written to protect the public against these type of shenanigans

Its called MATH. Modus Tollens.

If you increase the price to increase the Jackpot, THEN

If you decrease the Jackpot, you decrease the price.

Thats called SCIENCE!!!
Stat$talker

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Jan 11, 2022, 2:02 pm

Quote: Originally posted by JeetKuneDoLotto on Jan 11, 2022
Well wouldn't it be fair to decrease the price back to the $1?

Seems like false advertising if you ask me. Aren't their laws that are written to protect the public against these type of shenanigans

Its called MATH. Modus Tollens.

If you increase the price to increase the Jackpot, THEN

If you decrease the Jackpot, you decrease the price.

Thats called SCIENCE!!!

"If you increase the price to increase the Jackpot, THEN

If you decrease the Jackpot, you decrease the price.

Thats called SCIENCE!!!"

.. It'z called COMMON SENSE..which is very uncommon.. and a quality lacking in Leaderz, Law Makerz & Politicians today... Most are more driven by greed and corruption than Morals..

...MATH... The final Stochastic frontier...

These are the Lottery Voyages of Stat$talker..!!

The ongoing Mission,..to seek out the Laws of "Probability Math"...

to master its rules to invoke...to Conquer ALL Major Jackpots..!!

...To boldly go,... Where NO Player has gone before...!!
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Jan 11, 2022, 5:27 pm

I won $2 in powerball because I didn't play.

Never give up.

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