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Do you like online games w/automatic QPs?

Yes

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[ 34.8% ]

[ 15 ]

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CASH Only

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Dec 23, 2003, 8:28 am

The overwhelming majority of US lottery computerized games allow players to select all their numbers _or_ ask for quick-pick(s). Generally, games in which numbers are wholly or partially selected by lottery terminals are not very popular. The one high-profile game with automatic quick-picks, PA's "Super-6", will be retired next month. Still waiting to hear whether the new PA game, "Match Six", which will also feature three sets of numbers per play, will allow players to choose all their numbers.
four4me

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Dec 23, 2003, 12:55 pm

I have to admit that although I voted yes. I prefer to pick my own numbers but when I'm in a hurry or very busy I buy quick picks.
interceptor

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Dec 24, 2003, 9:43 pm

your still not gonna win the big pot quickpick or not. with quickpicks your simply helping the machine shove aside more sets of payout numbers than it would have done on its own. since it knows which sets of numbers are drawn before the balls drop, and it knows beforehand which sets of numbers were not drawn.................................................................hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.when you pick your own, your forcing the machine to act or react to your draw. if ten million people pick their own numbers, then the machine has to countermove ten million times. if ten million people ask for quick picks, then the machine will give you what it already has. no problem. low tier pay out numbers. winners are simply tokens. once you understand this you begin wondering how to undermine it................
Bradly_60

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Dec 25, 2003, 8:20 pm

Well how can you explain 70% of more of jackpot winners have tickets that were QuickPicks or EasyPicks. It just goes with the numbers. More quick pics are bought so more winners are easypick tickets.
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interceptor

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Dec 25, 2003, 10:19 pm

its more like quelling the masses thirst for money. or their thirst to win money. they have to believe that "someone " has won a large amount of money. in order to continue playing. like. nutshell game or something of this nature. maybe the person who is about to play the shell game is informed by theirr friend that its a sham. therefor, their friend does not play the game . not because of foresight, but because of insight. someone told them...............thus becomes another person not duped. only because of the "information" and if you check..................of the percentage of "jackpot winners you speak of, what percentage of them is actually "low-tier " payoff? is it 85 percent low-tier and 5 percent high tier? is the information given correct because it came from the state source?worldcom was giving information about itsself and look where they are. so, think about it real careful before you immediatly accept information. no matter where it comes from. only, if it makes oneself feel better believing they are not being lied to and cheated...............then i say let them believe on this basis... for their mental welfare, if nothing else. but if you are seriously looking for the truth behind lotto, youve come to the right place.
johnph77

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Dec 26, 2003, 3:14 am

To further query: If 70% of jackpot winners came on QuickPick or EasyPick tickets, what percentage of all tickets in that game were QuickPicks or EasyPicks? If the 70% percent total percentage figure stands or is less, then any prediction method in the world isn't even worth the work. If that figure is more than 70% then the people who choose their own numbers, either by random or some method, are on to something.

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Dec 27, 2003, 10:37 am

I can see automatic QPs for "niche" games like Lotzee. But they don't belong in "state jackpot" games like Super-6 or Match-6.
vincejr

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Dec 29, 2003, 1:29 pm

With all due respect to interceptor, for those lotteries that still use the "ping pong ball" method of picking their winning numbers, it does not matter whether or not the central lottery computer knows which combinations have been covered or not, as it is the ball draw, not the computer which determines the winning numbers. All it does allow for, however, is for the lottery officials to quickly notify the public that there was or was not a winner or winners.
As far as whether having automatic quick picks are good or bad, I don't think it really matters.
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Jan 7, 2004, 8:28 am

Vince:
People who wheel numbers (ie Gail Howard) don't like mandatory QPs.
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Jan 9, 2004, 2:28 pm

Another "game" with mandatory QPs is Ohio Kicker, which you can play ONLY in conjunction with its Lotto...
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Jan 12, 2004, 9:29 am

Many in PA remember "Hearts & Diamonds"-
5/26, quick-pick ONLY...
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Jan 15, 2004, 1:33 pm

The WORST "automatic quick-pick" was the 5-digit bonus number found on each New Jersey Pick-6 ticket (one per play) until September 2000. An exact match (no bonus prize for a 4/5 match) entered the player into a periodic bonus drawing, which featured a top prize of $50,000/yr for 20 years; the annuity was mandatory even after the cash option began in 1997.
Lotto Czar

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Jan 15, 2004, 2:07 pm

Do you think that's what killed hearts and diamonds. My theory was that opeople didn't trust a game where the numbers are generated thru computer animation, as opposed to bouncing balls, spinning wheels, or something they can see happenl. But then, it was a totally different format (cards), and some people in Pa 9but not me) don't like different.
Again, Delaware's card lotto had to be quick pick to incorporate the instant win aspect of the game.
Does Ohio still have the six digit kicker? How does that work? Are there smaller prizes for not having all six? The last time I noticed (years ago) it seemed similair to original 50-cent buy a pre printed ticket games (last 5, last 4, last 3 wins.
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Jan 15, 2004, 2:13 pm

Czar:
OH still has Kicker (OH "was" supposed to change its lotto early this year). I don't know all the ways of winning or prize levels. IMO when OH changes its lotto again, Kicker should be retired.
When WV had its in-state Lotto, there was an "Easy 8s" that played like OH Kicker. The numbers were printed even if you DIDN'T play.
BTW, Connecticut's Cash 5 has a 50c "Kicker" option where you play a sixth number (which cannot be used as one of the regular numbers).
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Jan 15, 2004, 5:34 pm
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