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Re:Here’s $100. Can you win $800M at Powerball? by bradleyjg on Friday January 08, 2016 @03:25PM (#10867932)
If you play quickdraw you could get the same numbers twice. I think with that caveat the odds should be the same.
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Re:Here’s $100. Can you win $800M at Powerball? by ethbro on Friday January 08, 2016 @03:37PM (#10868017)
To be fair, wouldn't the odds of QuickDraw picking the same numbers twice (even if there weren't a built in limit against that) be the same odds as winning the jackpot in the first place?
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Re:Here’s $100. Can you win $800M at Powerball? by QuotedForTruth on Friday January 08, 2016 @03:43PM (#10868062)
Only if you are only picking two sets of numbers. If you are doing 10k sets, the last set has a 9999/292M chance of being the same numbers as one of the other sets.
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Re:Here’s $100. Can you win $800M at Powerball? by bradleyjg on Friday January 08, 2016 @03:46PM (#10868092)
Right, that's the birthday problem.
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Re:Here’s $100. Can you win $800M at Powerball? by LanceH on Friday January 08, 2016 @03:44PM (#10868081)
It evens out on expected payout. There is a chance on 10,000 sequential plays that you win the lottery 10,000 times.
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