I think this would be a good choice....Roll it into Fridays mega?
why not? What else makes senseI think this would be a good choice....Roll it into Fridays mega?
30% of tickets are not quick draw (aka random), there's an 8.8% chance that a white ball matches a given powerball number in a random situation, those 30% of all tickets purchased probably do not conform anywhere near to that 8.8% number probably less than 1%. Lottery in the early days had the supernumber (aka powerball number) picked from the same batch of balls and not a separate set. So people from that era are used to picking a different number for their supernumber (aka powerball).Let's say there were 400 million tickets sold (not sure of the exact number).If they were all random quickpicks 8.8% would be "double number" = 35,200,00030% were not quickpick = 120 million filled out by handUnder random circumstances 8.8% should have a white number match the powerball number = 10,560,000Let's say 1% of the people that filled out numbers by hand used a "double number" = 1,200,000So out of 35,200,000 tickets if totally random as potential winners, divide by 35 for the number of matching powerball winners = 1,005,714 - tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number when all tickets are random.But since 30% are manually filled out, and I am assuming < 1% have "double numbers" the actual number of tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number is...(35,200,000 - (10,560,000 - 1,200,000)) / 35 = 738,285...or 26.6% less potential winning tickets due to the powerball matching a white number compared to the increased number of chances that someone will win when the powerball does not match a white number due to the preference for manual ticket writers not to match the powerball with a white number.Wat?How many double PBall # tix did u guys buy (power # matches one of the 5)That's where the real $$$ is
30% of tickets are not quick draw (aka random), there's an 8.8% chance that a white ball matches a given powerball number in a random situation, those 30% of all tickets purchased probably do not conform anywhere near to that 8.8% number probably less than 1%. Lottery in the early days had the supernumber (aka powerball number) picked from the same batch of balls and not a separate set. So people from that era are used to picking a different number for their supernumber (aka powerball).Let's say there were 400 million tickets sold (not sure of the exact number).If they were all random quickpicks 8.8% would be "double number" = 35,200,00030% were not quickpick = 120 million filled out by handUnder random circumstances 8.8% should have a white number match the powerball number = 10,560,000Let's say 1% of the people that filled out numbers by hand used a "double number" = 1,200,000So out of 35,200,000 tickets if totally random as potential winners, divide by 35 for the number of matching powerball winners = 1,005,714 - tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number when all tickets are random.But since 30% are manually filled out, and I am assuming < 1% have "double numbers" the actual number of tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number is...(35,200,000 - (10,560,000 - 1,200,000)) / 35 = 738,285...or 26.6% less potential winning tickets due to the powerball matching a white number compared to the increased number of chances that someone will win when the powerball does not match a white number due to the preference for manual ticket writers not to match the powerball with a white number.Wat?How many double PBall # tix did u guys buy (power # matches one of the 5)That's where the real $$$ is
Yeah, but now that you told everybody, there is now a 27% greater chance of splitting the pot if you select double-numbers.30% of tickets are not quick draw (aka random), there's an 8.8% chance that a white ball matches a given powerball number in a random situation, those 30% of all tickets purchased probably do not conform anywhere near to that 8.8% number probably less than 1%. Lottery in the early days had the supernumber (aka powerball number) picked from the same batch of balls and not a separate set. So people from that era are used to picking a different number for their supernumber (aka powerball).Let's say there were 400 million tickets sold (not sure of the exact number).If they were all random quickpicks 8.8% would be "double number" = 35,200,00030% were not quickpick = 120 million filled out by handUnder random circumstances 8.8% should have a white number match the powerball number = 10,560,000Let's say 1% of the people that filled out numbers by hand used a "double number" = 1,200,000So out of 35,200,000 tickets if totally random as potential winners, divide by 35 for the number of matching powerball winners = 1,005,714 - tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number when all tickets are random.But since 30% are manually filled out, and I am assuming < 1% have "double numbers" the actual number of tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number is...(35,200,000 - (10,560,000 - 1,200,000)) / 35 = 738,285...or 26.6% less potential winning tickets due to the powerball matching a white number compared to the increased number of chances that someone will win when the powerball does not match a white number due to the preference for manual ticket writers not to match the powerball with a white number.Wat?How many double PBall # tix did u guys buy (power # matches one of the 5)That's where the real $$$ is
That's ok the mathematically challenged still don't have a clue.Yeah, but now that you told everybody, there is now a 27% greater chance of splitting the pot if you select double-numbers.30% of tickets are not quick draw (aka random), there's an 8.8% chance that a white ball matches a given powerball number in a random situation, those 30% of all tickets purchased probably do not conform anywhere near to that 8.8% number probably less than 1%. Lottery in the early days had the supernumber (aka powerball number) picked from the same batch of balls and not a separate set. So people from that era are used to picking a different number for their supernumber (aka powerball).Let's say there were 400 million tickets sold (not sure of the exact number).If they were all random quickpicks 8.8% would be "double number" = 35,200,00030% were not quickpick = 120 million filled out by handUnder random circumstances 8.8% should have a white number match the powerball number = 10,560,000Let's say 1% of the people that filled out numbers by hand used a "double number" = 1,200,000So out of 35,200,000 tickets if totally random as potential winners, divide by 35 for the number of matching powerball winners = 1,005,714 - tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number when all tickets are random.But since 30% are manually filled out, and I am assuming < 1% have "double numbers" the actual number of tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number is...(35,200,000 - (10,560,000 - 1,200,000)) / 35 = 738,285...or 26.6% less potential winning tickets due to the powerball matching a white number compared to the increased number of chances that someone will win when the powerball does not match a white number due to the preference for manual ticket writers not to match the powerball with a white number.Wat?How many double PBall # tix did u guys buy (power # matches one of the 5)That's where the real $$$ is
They'll figure it out eventually.30% of tickets are not quick draw (aka random), there's an 8.8% chance that a white ball matches a given powerball number in a random situation, those 30% of all tickets purchased probably do not conform anywhere near to that 8.8% number probably less than 1%. Lottery in the early days had the supernumber (aka powerball number) picked from the same batch of balls and not a separate set. So people from that era are used to picking a different number for their supernumber (aka powerball).Let's say there were 400 million tickets sold (not sure of the exact number).If they were all random quickpicks 8.8% would be "double number" = 35,200,00030% were not quickpick = 120 million filled out by handUnder random circumstances 8.8% should have a white number match the powerball number = 10,560,000Let's say 1% of the people that filled out numbers by hand used a "double number" = 1,200,000So out of 35,200,000 tickets if totally random as potential winners, divide by 35 for the number of matching powerball winners = 1,005,714 - tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number when all tickets are random.But since 30% are manually filled out, and I am assuming < 1% have "double numbers" the actual number of tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number is...(35,200,000 - (10,560,000 - 1,200,000)) / 35 = 738,285...or 26.6% less potential winning tickets due to the powerball matching a white number compared to the increased number of chances that someone will win when the powerball does not match a white number due to the preference for manual ticket writers not to match the powerball with a white number.Wat?How many double PBall # tix did u guys buy (power # matches one of the 5)That's where the real $$$ is
If you still have not grasped this. You are less likely to split a pot with a powerball matching a white number.They'll figure it out eventually.30% of tickets are not quick draw (aka random), there's an 8.8% chance that a white ball matches a given powerball number in a random situation, those 30% of all tickets purchased probably do not conform anywhere near to that 8.8% number probably less than 1%. Lottery in the early days had the supernumber (aka powerball number) picked from the same batch of balls and not a separate set. So people from that era are used to picking a different number for their supernumber (aka powerball).Let's say there were 400 million tickets sold (not sure of the exact number).If they were all random quickpicks 8.8% would be "double number" = 35,200,00030% were not quickpick = 120 million filled out by handUnder random circumstances 8.8% should have a white number match the powerball number = 10,560,000Let's say 1% of the people that filled out numbers by hand used a "double number" = 1,200,000So out of 35,200,000 tickets if totally random as potential winners, divide by 35 for the number of matching powerball winners = 1,005,714 - tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number when all tickets are random.But since 30% are manually filled out, and I am assuming < 1% have "double numbers" the actual number of tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number is...(35,200,000 - (10,560,000 - 1,200,000)) / 35 = 738,285...or 26.6% less potential winning tickets due to the powerball matching a white number compared to the increased number of chances that someone will win when the powerball does not match a white number due to the preference for manual ticket writers not to match the powerball with a white number.Wat?How many double PBall # tix did u guys buy (power # matches one of the 5)That's where the real $$$ is
Oh the irony. Get out of the boat, would ya?If you still have not grasped this. You are less likely to split a pot with a powerball matching a white number.They'll figure it out eventually.30% of tickets are not quick draw (aka random), there's an 8.8% chance that a white ball matches a given powerball number in a random situation, those 30% of all tickets purchased probably do not conform anywhere near to that 8.8% number probably less than 1%. Lottery in the early days had the supernumber (aka powerball number) picked from the same batch of balls and not a separate set. So people from that era are used to picking a different number for their supernumber (aka powerball).Let's say there were 400 million tickets sold (not sure of the exact number).If they were all random quickpicks 8.8% would be "double number" = 35,200,00030% were not quickpick = 120 million filled out by handUnder random circumstances 8.8% should have a white number match the powerball number = 10,560,000Let's say 1% of the people that filled out numbers by hand used a "double number" = 1,200,000So out of 35,200,000 tickets if totally random as potential winners, divide by 35 for the number of matching powerball winners = 1,005,714 - tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number when all tickets are random.But since 30% are manually filled out, and I am assuming < 1% have "double numbers" the actual number of tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number is...(35,200,000 - (10,560,000 - 1,200,000)) / 35 = 738,285...or 26.6% less potential winning tickets due to the powerball matching a white number compared to the increased number of chances that someone will win when the powerball does not match a white number due to the preference for manual ticket writers not to match the powerball with a white number.Wat?How many double PBall # tix did u guys buy (power # matches one of the 5)That's where the real $$$ is
Going back to 11/5/97 there has only been one incident where a Powerball jackpot was split between more than one winner (two: KY and NE) on 11/3/1999 when the winning number had a powerball that matched one of the five white numbers. (aka "double number")1-3-7-8-26 | 7Over that same span there have been 11 split jackpots where the winning number had a powerball number that did not match any of the five white numbers.168 times over that span the winning number had a "double number"1420 times over that span the winning number did not1/168 = 0.5952%11/1420 = 0.7746%Oh the irony. Get out of the boat, would ya?If you still have not grasped this. You are less likely to split a pot with a powerball matching a white number.They'll figure it out eventually.30% of tickets are not quick draw (aka random), there's an 8.8% chance that a white ball matches a given powerball number in a random situation, those 30% of all tickets purchased probably do not conform anywhere near to that 8.8% number probably less than 1%. Lottery in the early days had the supernumber (aka powerball number) picked from the same batch of balls and not a separate set. So people from that era are used to picking a different number for their supernumber (aka powerball).Let's say there were 400 million tickets sold (not sure of the exact number).If they were all random quickpicks 8.8% would be "double number" = 35,200,00030% were not quickpick = 120 million filled out by handUnder random circumstances 8.8% should have a white number match the powerball number = 10,560,000Let's say 1% of the people that filled out numbers by hand used a "double number" = 1,200,000So out of 35,200,000 tickets if totally random as potential winners, divide by 35 for the number of matching powerball winners = 1,005,714 - tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number when all tickets are random.But since 30% are manually filled out, and I am assuming < 1% have "double numbers" the actual number of tickets with a "double number" and the correct powerball number is...(35,200,000 - (10,560,000 - 1,200,000)) / 35 = 738,285...or 26.6% less potential winning tickets due to the powerball matching a white number compared to the increased number of chances that someone will win when the powerball does not match a white number due to the preference for manual ticket writers not to match the powerball with a white number.Wat?How many double PBall # tix did u guys buy (power # matches one of the 5)That's where the real $$$ is
Extremely cool.The guy that won in KC picked the retired numbers of KC Royals players. That's pretty awesome.
I can do either. They are pretty paltry jackpots... should I wait until one of them gets a bit bigger?So, are we in tonight's drawing? Or Saturdays?
Might as well wait, we have been so good at winning so far that it seems silly to split a measly 40-50M. Actually, whatever's easiest for you. Honestly, we would all be ridiculously happy to win something regardless of the level.I can do either. They are pretty paltry jackpots... should I wait until one of them gets a bit bigger?So, are we in tonight's drawing? Or Saturdays?
SentAnyone?
I think I prepaid for a couple of periods. If not, please let me know.ThanksAnyone?
Will send. Am having trouble with They Who Shall Not Be Named.Anyone?
You're all set for the next period. The following have paid:Angry Beaversditka...mike ditkaFantasy GirlGetzlaf15huskers15KeerockPigskin FanaticTecumsehI think I prepaid for a couple of periods. If not, please let me know.ThanksAnyone?
yes. I'm not paying interest...It's ten bucks a month right?
I thought I was in for a few periods as well? If not, let me know and I will re-up. I'd rather do a period or more at a time, so what would that be?You're all set for the next period. The following have paid:Angry Beaversditka...mike ditkaFantasy GirlGetzlaf15huskers15KeerockPigskin FanaticTecumsehI think I prepaid for a couple of periods. If not, please let me know.ThanksAnyone?
It's $10 per 5 weeks.I thought I was in for a few periods as well? If not, let me know and I will re-up. I'd rather do a period or more at a time, so what would that be?You're all set for the next period. The following have paid:Angry Beaversditka...mike ditkaFantasy GirlGetzlaf15huskers15KeerockPigskin FanaticTecumsehI think I prepaid for a couple of periods. If not, please let me know.ThanksAnyone?
sent for 3 periodsIt's $10 per 5 weeks.
SentIs the club taking new members for the new period? PM me the details so I can get in this thing if you are.
Your escrow will cover you...The service I have been using to fund my participation seems to need some documents to verify that I am, in fact, who I say I am. As it turns out, I have none of the documents they suggest readily available, so I am probably going to have to sit this one out until I get this resolved. I'll pay whatever necessary to make it up for the next drawing.
Check the spreadsheet... I'm AFKfor how long have i paid? i think i sent $20
Fwiw I once saw a lottery special. Iirc you can save a boatload in taxes by first forming some type of corporation and claiming the winnings through the corporation rather than as an individual.That said you'll in nothing (save a handful of $2 winners etc. The lottery is a tax on those who are bad at math.Wouldn't they still have to pay taxes on the money given to them if they live in states with income taxes?I have wondered if one could move to a state without income taxes before they cashed in their winning ticket to avoid said taxes.As a Tennessee resident (no state tax on lotto winnings and no state income tax) I'm willing to work with Kee on claiming the prize when we win this badboy. Unless folks don't like an extra 5% profit (assuming Kee lives in a state with taxes).
Pretty sure that would be the way we go when we win...Fwiw I once saw a lottery special. Iirc you can save a boatload in taxes by first coming some type of corporation an claiming the winnings through the corporation rather han as an individual.That said you'll in nothing (save a handful of $2 winners etc. The lottery is a tax on those who are bad at math.Wouldn't they still have to pay taxes on the money given to them if they live in states with income taxes?I have wondered if one could move to a state without income taxes before they cashed in their winning ticket to avoid said taxes.As a Tennessee resident (no state tax on lotto winnings and no state income tax) I'm willing to work with Kee on claiming the prize when we win this badboy. Unless folks don't like an extra 5% profit (assuming Kee lives in a state with taxes).