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poolshooter4

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Oct 14, 2023, 1:56 pm

California has The lowest Power Ball payout, California is the state we had a problem with once before with the numbers being drawn ( in secret ) the next day, Californians seem to have an inside track on large prize pools.....or is it the lottery somehow doing the unthinkable...... we want/deserve answers, because we're tired of the BS!
Justing618

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Oct 18, 2023, 6:31 am

Quote: Originally posted by poolshooter4 on Oct 14, 2023
California has The lowest Power Ball payout, California is the state we had a problem with once before with the numbers being drawn ( in secret ) the next day, Californians seem to have an inside track on large prize pools.....or is it the lottery somehow doing the unthinkable...... we want/deserve answers, because we're tired of the BS!

You know what's even more odd? The 2 billion dollar powerball ticket and this last billion dollar one. Both tickets where sold 75.6 miles away from each other. So now you think. All the states that play. And all the retailers within those states that sell tickets? And 76.5 miles away another winning ticket is sold. And I don't know if this part is true because I was 2 discussed to look it up. But supposedly the last 3 billion dollar or over a billion jackpots where sold in So Cal.
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Oct 18, 2023, 5:06 pm

If it was rigged, it seems like they would choose a state in which the winner has the option to remain anonymous ?
Stack47

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Oct 18, 2023, 5:30 pm

"You know what's even more odd?"

That some people didn't check the population of Southern California (24 million) or how many stores selling lottery tickets?

Fun fact: Almost 10 million people live LA County alone compared to 6 million people living in the state of Maryland. Eleven states each sold over 4 million tickets in the $1.764 Billion drawing with California selling 17,768,334 and Florida selling another 10,789,215 tickets. It would be even more odd if the winning ticket was not sold in one of those 11 states.

At one time in the PB web site FQAs, it said something like “Around 70 to 80 percent of Powerball players use Quick Pick tickets, and the same percentage of winning entries are Quick Picks”. That same logic applies to the total of number of tickets sold.

"When will we ever learn?"
garyo1954

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Oct 18, 2023, 11:11 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Oct 18, 2023
"You know what's even more odd?"

That some people didn't check the population of Southern California (24 million) or how many stores selling lottery tickets?

Fun fact: Almost 10 million people live LA County alone compared to 6 million people living in the state of Maryland. Eleven states each sold over 4 million tickets in the $1.764 Billion drawing with California selling 17,768,334 and Florida selling another 10,789,215 tickets. It would be even more odd if the winning ticket was not sold in one of those 11 states.

At one time in the PB web site FQAs, it said something like “Around 70 to 80 percent of Powerball players use Quick Pick tickets, and the same percentage of winning entries are Quick Picks”. That same logic applies to the total of number of tickets sold.

Somebody posted one of the social sites the top ten Powerball pots and where they were won. California had five of the top ten, including the top four.

On the news the night of the draw the reporter said the officials told him about 82% is won by QP and only 18% were personal picks.

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Stack47

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Oct 19, 2023, 10:51 pm

Quote: Originally posted by garyo1954 on Oct 18, 2023
Somebody posted one of the social sites the top ten Powerball pots and where they were won. California had five of the top ten, including the top four.

On the news the night of the draw the reporter said the officials told him about 82% is won by QP and only 18% were personal picks.

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We'll probably never get the actual percentage of total QP sales or even when a jackpot is won. It seems more likely self picks have a majority when the Jackpot is $20 million and under $100 million because many play their pet numbers regardless of the jackpot size.

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Hamofguy1

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Oct 20, 2023, 8:47 am

California just a lucky state I think !

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Oct 20, 2023, 9:48 am

The most populated states would have the most players and would have the best probability of wins...

California
Texas
Florida
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Stat$talker

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Oct 20, 2023, 12:22 pm

Quote: Originally posted by ddude003 on Oct 20, 2023
The most populated states would have the most players and would have the best probability of wins...

California
Texas
Florida
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois

"The most populated states"

Hell, KHaLiPhOrNyA?.. iz a Country..!!

Anytime it takez over 20 hrz to drive from one end of the same State to itz other...

IZ AN un"BEAR"ably BIG COUNTRY
lottobrain

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Oct 20, 2023, 6:00 pm

Quote: Originally posted by ddude003 on Oct 20, 2023
The most populated states would have the most players and would have the best probability of wins...

California
Texas
Florida
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois

New Jersey should be added to this list. For the jackpot drawing, California sold $35 million dollars compared to Texas I believe at $21 million and maybe a couple at $19 million others. The rest with double digit teens of millions. California just sells more tickets, but occasionally even small states like Delaware sell a winning ticket.
Justing618

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Oct 22, 2023, 12:50 am

Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Oct 18, 2023
"You know what's even more odd?"

That some people didn't check the population of Southern California (24 million) or how many stores selling lottery tickets?

Fun fact: Almost 10 million people live LA County alone compared to 6 million people living in the state of Maryland. Eleven states each sold over 4 million tickets in the $1.764 Billion drawing with California selling 17,768,334 and Florida selling another 10,789,215 tickets. It would be even more odd if the winning ticket was not sold in one of those 11 states.

At one time in the PB web site FQAs, it said something like “Around 70 to 80 percent of Powerball players use Quick Pick tickets, and the same percentage of winning entries are Quick Picks”. That same logic applies to the total of number of tickets sold.

Well beings you wanna spout off about California's population. Do some research on how many states sell lotto. Then how many retailers per state. And another "odd" thing the stores where so close together. The 2 billion dollar one had that glitch remember? The numbers where not posted till the next day? Also there's no state tax in California on lottery. Now as you stand on the outside looking in. It's a "game" to you. But standing on the inside looking out its a "buisness" to the powerball. And a billion dollar buisness at that.
ddude003

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Oct 22, 2023, 5:14 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Stat$talker on Oct 20, 2023
"The most populated states"

Hell, KHaLiPhOrNyA?.. iz a Country..!!

Anytime it takez over 20 hrz to drive from one end of the same State to itz other...

IZ AN un"BEAR"ably BIG COUNTRY

Don't know what route your taking or what car your driving and... Its about 15 hours unless you have to take a potty break every 15 minutes... In that case you should see your doctor...

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