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• thaencyder

  

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  I've been playing the same numbers five times ($15 each time) for both powerball and megamllions. The idea is to win the second prize multiple times. It's a strategy that I think is a lot of people use. Unfortunately, I've yet to see any winners. Maybe that one time someone won three tickets for second prize of powerball a while back.  Have any of you on here use similar strategies? If so, for which games? Please do share.
• rcbbuckeye

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by thaencyder on Mar 13, 2023

  I've been playing the same numbers five times ($15 each time) for both powerball and megamllions. The idea is to win the second prize multiple times. It's a strategy that I think is a lot of people use. Unfortunately, I've yet to see any winners. Maybe that one time someone won three tickets for second prize of powerball a while back.  Have any of you on here use similar strategies? If so, for which games? Please do share.

  I used to do that for the All or Nothing game. Tix cost $2, and I would play the same or alternating numbers 5 times. Top prize is $250,000, 5 times would be $1,250,000. Cost $10. I liked the game for the overall odds, 1 in 4.5.

  Best I ever won was $250 ($50 x 5). I quit on it because of cost and the fact I had to buy tix every day. The way Texas set up the game is there are 4 draws a day, like Pick 3 and Daily 4. But you can't buy say, a night draw in advance. If you want to buy advance draws you have to buy ALL DRAWS. So if I wanted to buy for the whole week that's 24 draws.

  No thanks. I wouldn't do that just playing $2 a draw.

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• Stack47

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by thaencyder on Mar 13, 2023

  I've been playing the same numbers five times ($15 each time) for both powerball and megamllions. The idea is to win the second prize multiple times. It's a strategy that I think is a lot of people use. Unfortunately, I've yet to see any winners. Maybe that one time someone won three tickets for second prize of powerball a while back.  Have any of you on here use similar strategies? If so, for which games? Please do share.

  "The idea is to win the second prize multiple times."

  Are playing the same five numbers with five different powerball numbers?

  "When will we ever learn?"
• thaencyder

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Mar 13, 2023

  "The idea is to win the second prize multiple times."

  Are playing the same five numbers with five different powerball numbers?

  I've done that as well. Keeping the same five numbers but picking five different power all numbers in hopes of at least matching the powerball. Others times, I have to admit, too lazy to fill out five slips with same numbers so I just fill out one and get five tickets for a single draw.
• thaencyder

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Mar 13, 2023

  I used to do that for the All or Nothing game. Tix cost $2, and I would play the same or alternating numbers 5 times. Top prize is $250,000, 5 times would be $1,250,000. Cost $10. I liked the game for the overall odds, 1 in 4.5.

  Best I ever won was $250 ($50 x 5). I quit on it because of cost and the fact I had to buy tix every day. The way Texas set up the game is there are 4 draws a day, like Pick 3 and Daily 4. But you can't buy say, a night draw in advance. If you want to buy advance draws you have to buy ALL DRAWS. So if I wanted to buy for the whole week that's 24 draws.

  No thanks. I wouldn't do that just playing $2 a draw.

  Yeah, it's an expensive strategy. I've seen it work a few times for mass cash players (each ticket earning $100,000) so it depends on which game and which state.