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Apr 30, 2026, 2:55 pm

Please forgive me in advance.

But if we don't have at least one Lottery Post Player among the 89 second prize winners, who used their system to win, well, well, well.

Enough said 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I will be getting my QP for the Saturday draw. $5M after taxes is still good.

I believe winning the lottery jackpot is a 💯 % factor of luck.

May Fortuna, goddess of chance or lot vindicate me.
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Apr 30, 2026, 3:04 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Brock Lee on Apr 30, 2026
this image shows why lots of people played those 5 numbers.

It was definitely because of the patterns on the playslip. In my state (Nebraska) two people won $1 million. The playslip for Nebraska shows those numbers as a column, and I bet the Nebraska $1 million winners also won this way. This reminds me of the story years ago when a bunch of people won the second place prize of $100,000 from a fortune cookie. This type of thing would only happen once in over a decade. I wish it was me. It actually annoys me that I didn't think of this strategy, but I definitely wouldn't start doing lines of patterns based on a extremely rare coincidence in which winning numbers match patterns on a play slip.

Smart lottery winners form trust to claim their winnings. They send an attorney to the lottery headquarters to claim the prize in trust, so that ONLY the name of the trust is revealed. And they tell NO ONE, especially relatives.

If you ever win a lottery and you are single, the only person you should ever marry is someone who was truly in love with you BEFORE you won the jackpot!

People can talk about strategies and gimmicks all they want, but unless your ticket actually matches at least 5 of those 6 balls, you are just another person who tried to win a game yet ultimately failed.
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Apr 30, 2026, 3:08 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Justing618 on Apr 30, 2026
Anyone find it odd. This is going on right before they add another country to the game?

You ve got good observationz,...I also suspect It'z moe honey for the NEW fliez ..

The eazy commonly spread out numberz.. that'z why there were sooo many winners...CrOoKz .!!

If it lookz like a duck, qwackz like a duck ..walkz like a duck...

I'll BET, It'z probably...a Duck

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Top 10 Total 5 + 0 Wins

	Total	Occurrence Interval					Draws							Jackpot					Winners →																																				State Winners →
	5 + 0	Index	Date Days	Year	Month	Day	A	B	C	D	E	PB	xN	Annuity	Cash	Sales			Total			5 + 1	5 + 0				4 + 1				4 + 0				3 + 1				3 + 0				2 + 1				1 + 1				0 + 1				5 + 1	5 + 0	5 + 0
	Wins	Index	Date Days	Year	Month	Day	A	B	C	D	E	PB	xN	Annuity	Cash	Total	Regular	Power Play	All	-xN	+xN	-xN	-xN		+xN		-xN		+xN		-xN		+xN		-xN		+xN		-xN		+xN		-xN		+xN		-xN		+xN		-xN		+xN		-xN	-xN	+xN
1	89	1525	740100	2026	4	29	03	19	35	51	67	15	2	$143,000,000	$65,200,000	$21,340,047	$18,886,422	$2,453,625	361,663	268,353	93,310		62	$1,000,000	27	$2,000,000	6	$50,000	2	$100,000	231	$100	83	$200	451	$100	176	$200	11,674	$7	4,255	$14	9,362	$7	3,209	$14	73,494	$4	25,503	$8	173,073	$4	60,055	$8	IN, KS	AR, AZ, CA, GA, IL (3), IN (14), KS (5), KY, LA (6), MI, MN, MO, NE (2), NJ (14), OR, PA (5), WI (4)	AR, IL, IN (5), KS, LA (5), MS, NJ (4), OR (3), PA (2), RI, SC, WI (2)
2	81	206	736341	2016	1	13	04	08	19	27	34	10	2	$1,590,000,000	$983,505,233	$1,343,334,683	$1,270,206,274	$73,128,409	26,110,646	23,067,311	3,043,335	3	73	$1,000,000	8	$2,000,000	827	$50,000	107	$100,000	20,544	$100	2,834	$200	47,685	$100	6,597	$200	1,164,124	$7	157,552	$14	895,097	$7	120,695	$14	6,343,237	$4	840,981	$8	14,595,721	$4	1,914,561	$8	CA, FL, TN	AZ (3), CA (12), CT (3), FL (11), GA (2), IL (2), IN, KS (2), KY (3), LA, MA (2), MD (3), MI (5), NJ, NY (5), OH (3), OK, PA (3), RI (2), TX (3), VA (2), WA (2), WV	AZ, FL, IA, NC (2), NJ, TN, TX
3	43	731	738178	2021	1	23	05	08	17	27	28	14	3	$23,000,000	$17,357,620	$56,577,900	$51,041,966	$5,535,934	1,032,769	809,201	223,568	1	35	$1,000,000	8	$2,000,000	38	$50,000	19	$150,000	1,241	$100	384	$300	2,011	$100	575	$300	54,107	$7	15,981	$21	32,965	$7	9,537	$21	221,876	$4	61,371	$12	496,927	$4	135,693	$12	NJ	AZ (2), CA (7), FL (4), IL, MA, MO, MT, NC, ND, NJ, NM, NY (11), TX, WA, WI	FL (2), GA, IL, NH, NJ, NY, PR
4	40	374	736929	2017	8	23	06	07	16	23	26	04	4	$759,000,000	$480,500,936	$487,510,768	$457,683,204	$29,827,564	9,397,724	8,173,094	1,224,630	1	34	$1,000,000	6	$2,000,000	331	$50,000	62	$200,000	7,790	$100	1,311	$400	17,884	$100	2,834	$400	428,330	$7	68,584	$28	327,019	$7	50,186	$28	2,261,486	$4	339,904	$16	5,130,219	$4	761,743	$16	MA	CA (3), CO, CT, FL (3), GA (2), MA (2), MD, ME, MI (3), MN, NC, NJ (2), NM, NY (3), OH, PA (4), SC, TX (2), VA	CT, IL, LA, NM, PA, VI
5	39	1090	739085	2023	7	19	07	10	11	13	24	24	2	$1,080,000,000	$558,055,095	$264,386,691	$240,717,270	$23,669,421	4,840,566	3,881,931	958,635	1	36	$1,000,000	3	$2,000,000	195	$50,000	62	$100,000	5,396	$100	1,609	$200	9,131	$100	2,565	$200	242,802	$7	67,123	$14	153,237	$7	39,368	$14	1,054,868	$4	260,327	$8	2,416,265	$4	587,578	$8	CA	CA (7), CT, FL (4), IL, IN, KY, MA (3), MD (2), MO, NH, NJ (2), NY (5), OH, TX (4), WI, WV	FL, PA, RI
6	34	110	736005	2015	2	11	11	13	25	39	54	19	3	$564,000,000	$381,138,450	$399,607,067	$379,050,492	$20,556,575	5,971,080	5,313,272	657,808	3	33	$1,000,000	1	$2,000,000	283	$10,000	35	$30,000	9,151	$100	1,160	$300	14,488	$100	1,876	$300	482,666	$7	59,809	$21	244,820	$7	30,739	$21	1,537,561	$4	191,664	$12	3,024,267	$4	372,524	$12	NC, PR, TX	AZ (2), CA (3), FL (2), IL, KS, LA, MD (2), MO (3), NC (2), NH, NJ, NY (4), OH (3), PA, TX (3), WA (2), WI	PA
7	28	205	736337	2016	1	9	16	19	32	34	57	13	3	$948,000,000	$587,700,000	$929,998,415	$880,642,344	$49,356,071	18,315,365	16,232,797	2,082,568		25	$1,000,000	3	$2,000,000	396	$50,000	55	$150,000	10,323	$100	1,231	$300	27,359	$100	3,518	$300	666,711	$7	83,944	$21	570,222	$7	73,318	$21	4,378,332	$4	561,212	$12	10,579,429	$4	1,359,287	$12		AZ (2), CA (6), CT, FL, GA, IA, MA, MD, MI (3), NY (3), OH (2), PA, TX, VA	CT, TX (2)
8	23	981	738831	2022	11	7	10	33	41	47	56	10	2	$2,040,000,000	$997,617,687	$600,586,371	$551,846,856	$48,739,515	11,206,807	9,219,281	1,987,526	1	22	$1,000,000	1	$2,000,000	225	$50,000	42	$100,000	6,054	$100	1,208	$200	15,376	$100	3,237	$200	382,903	$7	80,597	$14	321,538	$7	69,132	$14	2,494,250	$4	538,309	$8	5,998,912	$4	1,295,000	$8	CA	CA (3), FL (2), GA, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO (2), NC, NJ (3), OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, WA	FL
9	20	1424	739865	2025	9	6	11	23	44	61	62	17	2	$1,790,000,000	$820,600,000	$537,936,787	$489,114,112	$48,822,675	9,982,364	7,988,476	1,993,888	2	18	$1,000,000	2	$2,000,000	232	$50,000	90	$100,000	5,820	$100	1,559	$200	14,498	$100	3,782	$200	353,686	$7	91,457	$14	287,096	$7	72,304	$14	2,147,248	$4	534,340	$8	5,179,876	$4	1,290,354	$8	MO, TX	CA (2), CO, FL, IL (2), KS, MA, MI, NJ, NY (2), OH (2), OR, TX (2), WV	KS, TX
10	19	979	738826	2022	11	2	02	11	22	35	60	23	2	$1,250,000,000	$620,400,000	$399,519,543	$366,180,580	$33,338,963	7,250,620	5,933,100	1,317,520		16	$1,000,000	3	$2,000,000	189	$50,000	49	$100,000	4,719	$100	1,082	$200	10,827	$100	2,345	$200	283,957	$7	64,508	$14	214,060	$7	47,970	$14	1,604,070	$4	356,878	$8	3,815,262	$4	844,685	$8		AZ, CA (2), CO, GA (2), MD (2), MN, NC, NJ (2), NY, OR, TX, VA	AR, MT, NJ

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justAndy1970

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Apr 30, 2026, 4:05 pm

I love reading these forums were the loosers try to figure out how the winners beat the odds and won.
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Apr 30, 2026, 4:20 pm

On Illinois the pattern would look like what Brock Lee posted but going diagonally down to the left.
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Apr 30, 2026, 6:06 pm

Those 89 winners are lucky they each get a million and that they don't have to split the million 89 ways. Martin TV show has a lottery episode where Martin won a $2.5 million jackpot only to see that 299 random other people had the same exact winning numbers, ouch. Gina, Martin's girlfriend, literally jumps the lottery official when she finds out that Martin is one of 300 people who won the lottery, lol. The lottery official decides to not press charges against her because he understood that she was upset that Martin had to split 2.5 million with 299 people and didn't win it solely.

Edit. 62 people won the $1 million and 27 people won the $2 million. Each person is still lucky that they don't have to split the money.
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Apr 30, 2026, 6:22 pm

Somehow I think the Powerball jackpot will still pass the current Mega Millions jackpot
winoneday

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Apr 30, 2026, 6:32 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Down on Apr 30, 2026
Somehow I think the Powerball jackpot will still pass the current Mega Millions jackpot

Are you interested in a friendly wager?

The loser buys $20 in lottery tickets. The winner chooses the game. Both winner and loser split any money won evenly.
grwurston

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Apr 30, 2026, 6:44 pm

Can't follow that pattern in Md.

List Pick 3 singles by low sums, high sums. Separate each sum row by consecutive pair and non consecutive pair combos. These 3 pair groups. 14 17 47, 25 28 58, 36 39 69 are in 63 combos. 54 combos do not have them. Which sums do the 3 pair groups appear and not appear? Look at root sum groups 147, 258, 369. Play accordingly.
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Apr 30, 2026, 6:49 pm

Quote: Originally posted by winoneday on Apr 30, 2026
Are you interested in a friendly wager?

The loser buys $20 in lottery tickets. The winner chooses the game. Both winner and loser split any money won evenly.

I see what you did there. If the loser lost, that means he or she didn't win any money, so therefore he or she doesn't have any "won," money to split evenly. Very clever "bet," you proposed, lol.
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Apr 30, 2026, 7:10 pm

Quote: Originally posted by rundown99 on Apr 30, 2026
It was definitely because of the patterns on the playslip. In my state (Nebraska) two people won $1 million. The playslip for Nebraska shows those numbers as a column, and I bet the Nebraska $1 million winners also won this way. This reminds me of the story years ago when a bunch of people won the second place prize of $100,000 from a fortune cookie. This type of thing would only happen once in over a decade. I wish it was me. It actually annoys me that I didn't think of this strategy, but I definitely wouldn't start doing lines of patterns based on a extremely rare coincidence in which winning numbers match patterns on a play slip.

it's interesting that powerball payslips are not standardized across every state

"don't believe everything you read on the internet." -- abraham lincoln

"abraham lincoln is a liar." -- william shakespeare
Tucker Black

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Apr 30, 2026, 10:37 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Brock Lee on Apr 30, 2026
it's interesting that powerball payslips are not standardized across every state

Legally, each state runs their own game. The only difference between PB and an in-state draw game is that someone else (MUSL) draws the winning numbers, someone else (MUSL) collects the jackpot contribution of 68 cents per ticket, and someone else (MUSL) pays the jackpot. Everything else (playslips, ticket paper, second place prizes, etc.) is done by the state.

It's why the question "is there enough money in the prize pool to pay all these second place prizes?" is irrelevant. There is no prize pool for second place prizes nationwide. Each state has its own prize pool.
Justing618

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Quote: Originally posted by Stat$talker on Apr 30, 2026
You ve got good observationz,...I also suspect It'z moe honey for the NEW fliez ..

The eazy commonly spread out numberz.. that'z why there were sooo many winners...CrOoKz .!!

If it lookz like a duck, qwackz like a duck ..walkz like a duck...

I'll BET, It'z probably...a Duck

And it was about to surpass MM. Or to deplete all the funds before the U.K gets in. I wanna know if it was quick picks or someone picking them. And Tuesdays MM draw was not drawn . They just showed numbers and said "technical difficulties "........Like you said ft it walks like a 🦆 Quacks like a 🦆... You know the rest Statzeeeee...... I get what your saying to. Give the alore everyone and there mother is winning.....
BaltimoreRon

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May 1, 2026, 7:09 am

"Losers" had to do it sorry, I am a stickler for vocabulary.

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