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Buying 1 lottery quick pick ticket is random enough as buying 1000 lottery tickets for the same draw

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[ 32 ]

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THRIFTY

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Oct 21, 2022, 11:03 am

You play the lottery less often, when you play quick picks instead of picking your own numbers.
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Oct 21, 2022, 12:21 pm

The 1 Louzy QP won't have the same Oddz az the 1000 ticketz, if the Player haz studied the Statz for the same drawing..and applied Probability Math on the 1000 ticketz...in THAT case?...Noooo

I've posted proof via purchased Lottery ticketz, even wit comparisonz from LP'z Infamous cottoneyedjoe'z "Top Secret Math"(which wuz really just random pickz)..against Ole Stat$'z MatheStaticious strategy..

And just az in the commercial of ABC'z Wide World of Sportz ...cottoneyedjoe'z outcome wuz akin to the skier dat landed on hiz butt in DEFEAT..

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Oct 21, 2022, 12:40 pm

Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Oct 21, 2022
You play the lottery less often, when you play quick picks instead of picking your own numbers.

You're saying that players who buy quick picks tend to buy fewer tickets overall? I don't know of any studies or surveys that have confirmed it. To me it's not intuitive that it's necessarily a true statement.

It think there is more support for the claim that people who play infrequently tend to buy quick picks.
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Oct 21, 2022, 12:44 pm

Quote: Originally posted by cottoneyedjoe on Oct 21, 2022
You're saying that players who buy quick picks tend to buy fewer tickets overall? I don't know of any studies or surveys that have confirmed it. To me it's not intuitive that it's necessarily a true statement.

It think there is more support for the claim that people who play infrequently tend to buy quick picks.
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Oct 21, 2022, 1:27 pm

Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Oct 21, 2022
You play the lottery less often, when you play quick picks instead of picking your own numbers.

No! Lottery Players play less often when the Jackpot is Low, and

Lottery Players play more often when the Jackpot is High!

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Oct 21, 2022, 2:02 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Raven62 on Oct 21, 2022
No! Lottery Players play less often when the Jackpot is Low, and

Lottery Players play more often when the Jackpot is High!

I am buying 1000 lottery tickets in a single drawing, when the Mega Millions / Powerball lottery Jackpots get higher.
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Oct 21, 2022, 2:08 pm

Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Oct 21, 2022
You play the lottery less often, when you play quick picks instead of picking your own numbers.

What increases your chances of Winning the Lottery?

Buying More Tickets for the Same Game!

A mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimensions!

Catch-22: A dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.

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Oct 21, 2022, 2:12 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Raven62 on Oct 21, 2022
What increases your chances of Winning the Lottery?

Buying More Tickets for the Same Game!

You just gave the secret to winning a lottery jackpot someday.

Lotto Bankroll Management Is Very Important Though.
Stat$talker

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Oct 21, 2022, 7:46 pm

Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Oct 21, 2022
I am buying 1000 lottery tickets in a single drawing, when the Mega Millions / Powerball lottery Jackpots get higher.

"I am buying 1000 lottery tickets in a single drawing,"

Ooh yeaa?

And you'll end up broker than Bernie Madoff'z Bank account ..cauze LOz will've maadeOff wit All YO money..!!

NoBoDy single-handedly spendz THAT amount ov dough unless waging in a Lottery Pool..

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Oct 21, 2022, 9:48 pm

It's not about how many tickets. It's about ticket structure. Figure out your main filter then build upon that. Your main filter could be a key number, pair, decade, repeat, count, skips etc. I'd rather play 20 tickets that I pick than 100 quick picks. If your serious about digging deep into the data. The journey is fun and challenging. Just stay within your means and you'll be alright.

GET IT DONE
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Oct 21, 2022, 10:40 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Cmoore50 on Oct 21, 2022
It's not about how many tickets. It's about ticket structure. Figure out your main filter then build upon that. Your main filter could be a key number, pair, decade, repeat, count, skips etc. I'd rather play 20 tickets that I pick than 100 quick picks. If your serious about digging deep into the data. The journey is fun and challenging. Just stay within your means and you'll be alright.

That's my mine of thinking as well. No way I'd drop a thousand from my pocket on QPs.

I'm crazy but I'm not stupid. And I have I've studied where I would play a thousand.

It would go toward a game with better odds like Take 5 (5/39). The payout is not as big, but the odds of getting your money back, if not winning is much, much better.

I'd pick my own numbers so I know what I'm covering and be less likely to get any duplicates or dead sets (sets that have already hit). Even a ton of similar combinations could be the difference in winning or losing.

Maybe a couple of hundred would go to well designed, balanced wheels.

Mega-Millions and Powerball, no matter how you do it, you're talking 250 to 500 combinations total so you need to get the biggest bang for your buck!

Good Luck whatever you choose!

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Oct 21, 2022, 10:48 pm

Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Oct 21, 2022
You play the lottery less often, when you play quick picks instead of picking your own numbers.

The overall odds of one ticket winning something in 1000 drawings is 1:24.8671 and must beat odds of 1:14,494 to win $100. And can't expect to break even. The odds are the same for 1000 tickets in one drawing but there is an expectation of 40 tickets winning something.

And it makes sense to purchase 1000 tickets when ticket sales indicated the chances of the jackpot being won are better than 50% as opposed to doing that in any drawing.

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Oct 21, 2022, 10:56 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Stat$talker on Oct 21, 2022
"I am buying 1000 lottery tickets in a single drawing,"

Ooh yeaa?

And you'll end up broker than Bernie Madoff'z Bank account ..cauze LOz will've maadeOff wit All YO money..!!

NoBoDy single-handedly spendz THAT amount ov dough unless waging in a Lottery Pool..

Stat$talker

"NoBoDy single-handedly spendz THAT amount ov dough"

Viktor Gjonaj spent $6000 on tickets in several pick 4 drawings.

"When will we ever learn?"
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Oct 21, 2022, 11:44 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Oct 21, 2022
"NoBoDy single-handedly spendz THAT amount ov dough"

Viktor Gjonaj spent $6000 on tickets in several pick 4 drawings.

Jerry and Marge Selbee (and I) agree with you Stack!

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Wendy777

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Oct 22, 2022, 12:34 am

I have won more with Quick Picks (Indiana) than playing personal numbers or numbers created using grids or rundown methods. I just won yesterday and the day before from my Quick Pick with the SuperBall.

Recently, I have noticed that at least 10-15 numbers from Quick Picks here in Indiana have been drawn in Ohio. Additionally, a few times I have played my Quick Pick number in other states online and have won.

--Wendy

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