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In response to "More stats fun. -- (link)" by Beryllium

do the odds really go up the more people play though? it's not like they add numbers to the pool that they're drawing from when more people buy tix -- nm

Posted by slipping jimmy (aka chris) Jan 13 '16, 16:38

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Powerball officials go by sales. $$ amounts means a certain % of the chances the winning ticket has been sold. I heard 85% chances it was sold -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 16:43 9
- clarification/edit: I read earlier today that there is an 85% chance the winning ticket was sold for tonight -- nm* - Peglegpete Jan 13, 16:46 7
  - 15% of all possible combos not covered so a slight chance this could go yet another round, 2Billion pot? - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 13, 17:29 6
    - I had the same thought yesterday. there will be a $$ amount limit when people say fuck it and stop making as many pools or plunging hundreds each week -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 17:31 5
      - you're so pretty -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 17:33 4
        
        hundreds is out there, but that was my point re: if there's a limit, at least for the $20 range. - b. Jan 13, 17:39 3
        
        At $2 a play, for ever person who plays $20 today and doesn't at $2B, 10 more people are just as likely to plop down the $2 who didn't before -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 17:41 2
        
        I just meant people who have been playing. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 13, 17:43 1
        
        I have 2 regular numbers I play year round, and plunge a bit when the pot gets hi -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 17:45
- oh, duh, I misread - yah, that's it. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 16:43
I've thought it's that the odds of winning alone change. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 16:42

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