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In response to "FWIW - I'm not actually leaving until tomorrow morning...but I'm not exactly *here* today. I bought a " by MojaveMeg

Thank you for doing this. I was wondering what the odds were that of that many quick picks if there could be any duplicate tickets.

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Mar 29 '12, 18:36

I wish I had more in my PayPal account to play with (or that it takes so long to get money into it).

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- but then you also have to draw against all the other tickets you drew against the first one and so on... - Reagen Mar 29, 18:51 2
  - *reads* Hmm. Yes, interesting. Uh huh. Uh. Huh. *blank stares* -- nm - JaxSean Mar 29, 19:10
  - *brain explodes* -- nm - Jovian Mar 29, 18:52
The odds of getting a duplicate ticket are 1 in 175 million. -- nm - Bacon Mar 29, 18:38 1
- For two tickets. It's a little more complicated for multiple tickets - Reagen Mar 29, 18:40
About the same odds as we have of winning. :) -- nm - Reagen Mar 29, 18:38

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