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Moostache

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1. Two thoughts...

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Thu Sep 4, 2025, 04:35 PM

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1) Strictly speaking, the odds of any combination of 6 random numbers are no less likely to win than any other... so 1-2-3-4-5-PB6 has the same odds of winning as any other set of numbers. Sobering when you see the numbers on your ticket and realize THAT little tidbit of chance, no?

2) I am going to buy one quick-pick ticket. I am then going to turn around and buy a second ticket with the exact same 6 numbers as "jackpot insurance"... this way, if I am ridiculously lucky enough to win the jackpot and someone else also hits the numbers (as frequently happened in past huge prizes) then I get 66.6% and the other winner gets 33.3%....LOL! And since my chances of winning are 1 in 290,000,000 anyway, the difference between 1 in 290,000,000 and 2 in 290,000,000 is ludicrously small anyway!!!

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Two thoughts... Moostache Thursday #1

That's outside the box thinking ! KS Toronado Thursday #2

Good idea. I won a free ticket in latest drawing so I just buy the same numbers Captain Zero Friday #4

I stopped playing over a year ago Marthe48 Thursday #3

They have so reduced the odds by increasing number choices to juice jackpots bucolic_frolic Friday #5