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Do you have to be a US citizen to win this?
I'll be heading to the US on Tuesday and will play if I can win.
I'll be heading to the US on Tuesday and will play if I can win.
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Yep. Friday @ 11pmOriginally Posted by CJDynasty
When is the drawing, Friday?
IMASOLEMAN18 wrote:
coping 5 in quick picks tomorrow if i win everyone in this thread gets a dolla
$1? you cheap @%%, that's at most $110.
Originally Posted by Mitchellicious
Do you have to be a US citizen to win this?
I'll be heading to the US on Tuesday and will play if I can win.
Originally Posted by xilegacy
Originally Posted by Mitchellicious
Do you have to be a US citizen to win this?
I'll be heading to the US on Tuesday and will play if I can win.
I'm pretty sure you have to be a citizen but if you win I can cash out for you
I don't work in an office. And that's my smallest pool right there. I'll post pics tomorrow of all of my tickets when all 3 pools have purchased their tickets. I'll collectively have over $100 in tickets.Originally Posted by Infyrno23
Airforce1king your office pool only put up $20 together?
i always thought those things were like maybe 30 people and they were puttin in like $20-$50 a piece.
if you guys won 10k off of doing $20 go rounds... thats awesome
^I do all the math. And we all have an understanding of how the money shall be distributed. It's an even system I created to be fair. Basically, every extra dollar you chip in = $100K. So if there are 11 people playing and 1 person gives $2 and 10 people give $1 and we win, each person is to give $100K to the $2 person. So the $2 person walks away with an extra mill ($100K X 10) and every one else is only missing $100K apiece. Say one person gives $4 and everyone else only gives $1, then the $4 person is entitled to an extra $300K from everybody else. It's $100K for every EXTRA dollar he puts in. So 10 people give him $300K of their winnings and he walks off with an extra $3M and everyone else is only $300K shorter. We capped it off at $5.Originally Posted by ricer yo
tried that once, where everyone puts in a diff amount. actually had someone do the calculations of what they would receive if we won. some who put in like $10 were salty that someone who just had $1 or $2 would still get a nice chunk. in the end, we found out it was easier to just do $5 per person.Originally Posted by AirForce1King
I'm in three lottery pools at work and we GO IN. All we play is Mega Millions. Since January we have won $10,000 twice. After taxes, it's about $7000. Split amongst our group, I came away with about $650 or so. Got my snow tires with that money. Winning $10K isn't as cool as it sounds. Seeing you have every number except 1 is kinda heart breaking.
Spoiler [+]1. Have a designated, trusted person to handle the money. This same person will deal with the money ALL the time.
2. Write everyone's name down on a piece of paper and how much their paying.
3. Tape/Staple that paper plus the tickets to another piece of paper and make copies and give to each person involved in the pool. (BE CAREFUL OT TO WRINKLE/STAPLE THROUGH THE BARCODES!!! If they can't scan them at the store then you have to mail the tickets in. So if you win like $7 or something, you gotta wait 3-4 weeks for it to come in) If you can't give to everyone, then give to at least 3 other people. You need to have at least more than 1 person with a copy of the numbers. Regardless of how long you've known someone and how well you think you know them, blood will be shed if you eff with someone's MILLIONS.
4. If for whatever reason you can't get copies, E-Mail a pic of each ticket including the dates to at least two/three of the people involved.
Here's a previous one I use with one of my groups:
Originally Posted by bc60997
This thread makes me laugh...of course everyone wants to win and YES IT WILL BE ME ON FRIDAY...
People talking about they go in unless you are buying 1000's of tickets then you are not increasing your chances whatsoever and at that the increase is so small that it isn't worth the trade off. Whether you buy $1 or $5, you are not going to increase your chances by anything that warrants the money you are probably wasting.
Again if you hit $304 million and bought two tickets instead of one of course you would tell me I am an idiot, but mathematically it does not make sense.
interesting, but isnt it true that most jackpot winners are from quick picks?Originally Posted by bc60997
One type of system for mega millions would be if you have 50 people playing $10/per = $500.00
This system would allow you to buy 500 tickets - there are 1 to 46 numbers to pick for the megaball - this would allow you to pick each number 10 times totaling a winning amount of $20 b/c you have every number 10 times. In turn it would be stupid that if you planned on investing $500.00 to not invest $520.00 b/c that would still equal buying the original $500.00 in tickets.
Never pick numbers in a series, always pick 3/2 or 2/3 even/odd or odd/even - don't pick numbers that end in the same digit, always pick numbers that total between 106-179 b/c statistically that is where the winning tickets have fallen about 85% of the time.
That is one of the simplest strategies that I can think of and it works for Powerball too and just increases your chances from the original 1 in 176,000,000
I am a financial analyst and have done extensive research on ways to beat the system and w/o huge pools of money it is simply a waste and just rolling the dice.
AGAIN this is why I laugh at people saying they go b/c they have 10 people and buy 50 tickets. Until you get to atleast $500.00 in tickets you are not even SLIGHTLY INCREASING YOUR CHANCES...
Originally Posted by aveezytheBEAST
interesting, but isnt it true that most jackpot winners are from quick picks?Originally Posted by bc60997
One type of system for mega millions would be if you have 50 people playing $10/per = $500.00
This system would allow you to buy 500 tickets - there are 1 to 46 numbers to pick for the megaball - this would allow you to pick each number 10 times totaling a winning amount of $20 b/c you have every number 10 times. In turn it would be stupid that if you planned on investing $500.00 to not invest $520.00 b/c that would still equal buying the original $500.00 in tickets.
Never pick numbers in a series, always pick 3/2 or 2/3 even/odd or odd/even - don't pick numbers that end in the same digit, always pick numbers that total between 106-179 b/c statistically that is where the winning tickets have fallen about 85% of the time.
That is one of the simplest strategies that I can think of and it works for Powerball too and just increases your chances from the original 1 in 176,000,000
I am a financial analyst and have done extensive research on ways to beat the system and w/o huge pools of money it is simply a waste and just rolling the dice.
AGAIN this is why I laugh at people saying they go b/c they have 10 people and buy 50 tickets. Until you get to atleast $500.00 in tickets you are not even SLIGHTLY INCREASING YOUR CHANCES...
Originally Posted by Kingtre
Originally Posted by bc60997
This thread makes me laugh...of course everyone wants to win and YES IT WILL BE ME ON FRIDAY...
People talking about they go in unless you are buying 1000's of tickets then you are not increasing your chances whatsoever and at that the increase is so small that it isn't worth the trade off. Whether you buy $1 or $5, you are not going to increase your chances by anything that warrants the money you are probably wasting.
Again if you hit $304 million and bought two tickets instead of one of course you would tell me I am an idiot, but mathematically it does not make sense.
save the statistics lessons buddy...i don't think anybody in here is spending mortgage money on quick picks...i understand the -ev and the fact that i have more of a chance of getting into a car accident on the way to pick up my tickets but the if i buy 5 tickets and you buy zero my chances, no matter how small, are greater than yours
plus its all 50/50 - i win or i don't