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- Thread starter Keerock
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Otis
Footballguy
lawl
41 * 5 = 205 tickets....I am guessing 41.
Thorn
Footballguy
Sorry pal, you're conflicted out, and I chased this amber lamps first.
Zegras11
Footballguy
you get to divide it by 6,744
Otis
Footballguy
Fine, then I'll just file the first lawsuit. Maybe I'll file preemptively tonight.
Jojo the circus boy
Footballguy
How many double PBall # tix did u guys buy (power # matches one of the 5)
That's where the real $$$ is
That's where the real $$$ is
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Insoxicated
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Everyone lawyered up in here?
Otis
Footballguy
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Insoxicated
I have my assault squad positioned outside the keerock residence ready to move on my mark....
Jojo the circus boy
Footballguy
Double numbers are least likely to be won so less chance for sharing
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Insoxicated
Again... Wat?I don't think you know what a random number is
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Insoxicated
It's the gift that keeps on giving, clark
sporthenry
Footballguy
Powerball website down
You'd think with all that money, they could upgrade their servers and such. But I guess everyone is looking to see their dreams not come true.
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Insoxicated
Pretty sure they took the money and fled the country.
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Insoxicated
Set up us the spreadsheet
sporthenry
Footballguy
I think he is saying most people don't select their PB# to be the same as their 5 regular #'s thus less chance to have multiple winners/split the winnings. There is also no such thing as a random number in a computer so I wonder how their computers do quick picks.
mquinnjr
Footballguy
What is this, the Facebook IPO?
so we won $41?
Jojo the circus boy
Footballguy
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Insoxicated
-90%?It IS like the Facebook IPO
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Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Is "million" implied here?
didn't take long to turn that $410 into $41.
how are we going to split this windfall up? $1 per person.
how are we going to split this windfall up? $1 per person.
Jojo the circus boy
Footballguy
Review past large jackpots with no winners and you'll find a disproportionate set of double number non-winners
sporthenry
Footballguy
Can't tell if schtick or not. But odds are if someone wins, there will be multiple winners. That means 360 becomes 180 or 120 very quickly. So in order to minimize your chances of getting multiple winners, you select tickets that have the same PB as one of your regular numbers b/c people want to diversity their numbers. So if you win with one of those tickets, you probably won't have someone to share it with. It doesn't change the odds of your ticket winning, but it changes the odds of someone else winning.
Thorn
Footballguy
All numbers below 32? Going to be split lots of ways.
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Insoxicated
Double who what now? Have you been drinking? On a weeknight? It's okay... You can come clean here.
Thorn
Footballguy
sporthenry
Footballguy
http://engineering.mit.edu/live/news/1753-can-a-computer-generate-a-truly-random-numberLot of engineering mumbo jumbo, but in the end, computers are logical instruments that can't think for themselves (hence why we don't have to worry about them taking over, at least not yet). Anything a program does is programmed. So how can we expect a computer to all of a sudden give us a random number. As the article states, we can create algorithms that can be very tough to discern but there has to be a pattern or something telling the computer what number to pick.
5 digit know nothing
Footballguy
30% of tickets purchased are not random, it's ok, I'll take the TKO
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Insoxicated
Now you're making even less sense. I didn't think that was possible.30% of tickets purchased are not random, it's ok, I'll take the TKO
Anonymous Internet User
Footballguy
if no one wins this drawing, i might have to drive out to AZ from SoCal ... maybe a detour to Vegas? ;-)
I will take my winnings in wheat pennies.
