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In response to "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" by slipping jimmy

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

Posted by Peglegpete (aka Peglegpete) Jan 13 '16, 16:43

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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

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