Lottery strategy tomorrow night?

[Tskware]

So . . . how do you plan on winning the $1.2B prize tomorrow night? Do you have a preferred purchase location? A set of numbers you play? A time of day to buy? There must be a secret somewhere.

Personally, I subscribe to what I call "The Act of God" theory. You do have to buy a few tickets, because everyone knows "The Lord helps those that help themselves". But beyond that, I think it is a waste of money to buy 10 or 20 or even 100 tickets. Either God wants you to win . . . or not.

But he knows my heart, and well knows that I will use the money to build infrastructure in poor communities that need it, like Jackson Miss. and Martin County Ky, and to cure hunger in the third world, cure cancer everywhere, and so on.

 

[ukalumni00]

Have always felt winning the lottery is simply fate. Never buy a ticket until it gets large and only 1 set of numbers at that. If it is meant for me to win then it will happen.

 

[Ryan Lemonds Hair]

My strategy has been to not purchase any lottery tickets and so far I haven't lost any money so it seems to be working.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

Play the numbers from Lost. Nothing bad could come from that

 

[funKYcat75]

I quick pick 4 tickets for $6 when it reaches a billion. Probably spent about 20 bucks in the history of lottery tickets and have won $6. Somebody's got to win. Might as well be me.

 

[lex cath]

$10 quick pick but if I get the same mega ball twice I know it’s automatic loser, at least I have hope if there are no duplicates

 

[Mdnerd]

I’m up HUGE over my lifetime. Not one cent wasted on a lottery ticket.

 

[ukcatz12]

I bought one ticket and I'm pretty confident I'm going to win. At least I'm buying everything I want under the assumption that I'm going to win. Best case scenario I win, worst case I'm massively in debt. But hey, if you owe the bank $1 million that's your problem, if you owe the bank $1.1 billion that's their problem.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

The only lottery tickets I have ever bought were the nights before exams in college on the theory that if I won, I could blow it off and UK would let me just pay to have someone else take the test for me later when they hit me up for a massive donation.

 

[cole854]

I’m up HUGE over my lifetime. Not one cent wasted on a lottery ticket.

You aren't up at all then.

 

[TortElvisII]

There have been exceptions lately, but typically when the lottery gets big, it is all birthday numbers when it is won.

 

[Mdnerd]

You aren't up at all then.

Up a whole lot more than 99.9999% of you saps who sink money into it…

 

[funKYcat75]

You aren't up at all then.

My oldest got a bunch of KEES money which comes from the lottery, so I guess I would be up overall.

 

[CAT Scratch FVR]

It's almost never the #14. Good luck.

 

[TortElvisII]

If I win, Scott Drew to Lexington. Done deal.

 

[Tskware]

I also look to buy from a gas station or liquor store where folks that look down on their luck tend to congregate, no doubt that is where the bulk of the winning tickets are sold. Have you ever seen a big winner sold in Beverly Hills or Palm Beach, or even from the Kroger Store in Chevy Chase?

The logic and evidence is irrefutable.

 

[TortElvisII]

I also look to buy from a gas station or liquor store where folks that look down on their luck tend to congregate, no doubt that is where the bulk of the winning tickets are sold. Have you ever seen a big winner sold in Beverly Hills or Palm Beach, or even from the Kroger Store in Chevy Chase?

The logic and evidence is irrefutable.

It might help you to hang out with some of those people.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

I also look to buy from a gas station or liquor store where folks that look down on their luck tend to congregate, no doubt that is where the bulk of the winning tickets are sold. Have you ever seen a big winner sold in Beverly Hills or Palm Beach, or even from the Kroger Store in Chevy Chase?

The logic and evidence is irrefutable.

Have you tried standing over a fire in a barrel under a bridge while wearing gloves without fingers and a dirty trench coat and dreaming about your winnings?

 

[jameslee32]

Play on Monday as well.

 

[BankerCat12]

I will spend $20 and hope for the best

 

[tls]

So . . . how do you plan on winning the $1.2B prize tomorrow night? Do you have a preferred purchase location? A set of numbers you play? A time of day to buy? There must be a secret somewhere.

Personally, I subscribe to what I call "The Act of God" theory. You do have to buy a few tickets, because everyone knows "The Lord helps those that help themselves". But beyond that, I think it is a waste of money to buy 10 or 20 or even 100 tickets. Either God wants you to win . . . or not.

But he knows my heart, and well knows that I will use the money to build infrastructure in poor communities that need it, like Jackson Miss. and Martin County Ky, and to cure hunger in the third world, cure cancer everywhere, and so on.

Lol

 

[tls]

It's almost never the #14. Good luck.

Wasn’t the power ball 14 on the last big one???

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

I’m up HUGE over my lifetime. Not one cent wasted on a lottery ticket.

Horse racing? Casinos?

 

[BBBLazing]

I buy tickets when the jackpot gets big. Generally $10 worth of quick picks. I refuse to pick my own numbers, because if those numbers won and I forgot to buy a ticket I would be pissed. The first ticket I ever bought, at the behest of my wife when the jackpot was big, was 1,2,3,4,5,6. She was mad, and said "that will never win". I said "exactly, but it has the same chance of any other set of numbers." I tend to buy tickets more often when I'm travelling and go to some podunk gas station. It seems that more winning tickets come from them than vendors where I live. I've always heard that if you pick your own numbers, pick at least one number larger than 31. Because everyone picks birthdays, that will limit your odds of splitting it if you were to win.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

A guilty pleasure of the wife and mines.. is that HGTV show "My Lottery Dream Home". Pretty enjoyable.

But almost every lottery winner has a story of why they bought said lottery ticket.. and almost all of them were some sort of "sign". Maybe something a family member said or an odd set of numbers that meant something.

Who knows, maybe it's all fluff from the show producers.. but it does make you think about fate.

 

[LowerLevelSeatA]

A guilty pleasure of the wife and mines.. is that HGTV show "My Lottery Dream Home". Pretty enjoyable.

But almost every lottery winner has a story of why they bought said lottery ticket.. and almost all of them were some sort of "sign". Maybe something a family member said or an odd set of numbers that meant something.

Who knows, maybe it's all fluff from the show producers.. but it does make you think about fate.

And a lot of “$20 scratchers “. We like to watch that show too and we always laugh when they are like yeah every week i buy 3 of those $20 scratch tickets. I’m like, geez I would be hesitant to buy one $20 scratcher. I’ll play a few dollars on the mega/powerball maybe a few times a month but that’s about it for me.

 

[BBBLazing]

And a lot of “$20 scratchers “. We like to watch that show too and we always laugh when they are like yeah every week i buy 3 of those $20 scratch tickets. I’m like, geez I would be hesitant to buy one $20 scratcher. I’ll play a few dollars on the mega/powerball maybe a few times a month but that’s about it for me.

I have a friend that buys $100 worth of scratch offs daily. He brags about his winnings. But it is like everyone's friend that goes to a casino. He says he won $1000, but he never tells you when he goes and loses $2000. It is simple math. Unless you win the Powerball or MegaMillions, you will never be ahead. If you have the resources to buy your tickets and want to dream, it is fine, and the money helps Kentucky kids with college tuition. But it really is a tax on the poor and ignorant that use it as a retirement plan. I saw a guy in a gas station this weekend buy $300 worth of MegaMillions tickets and put $7 worth of gas in his car. His car and clothes weren't worth $300. Sad to me.

 

[CAT Scratch FVR]

Wasn’t the power ball 14 on the last big one???

I said almost never. Now we're looking at the lightning never strikes twice theory. It's snowballing. Stay away from 14. Could be a billion dollar mistake.

 

[Tskware]

I bought my $6 worth of tickets last night on the way home. I expect to be so rich by tomorrow morning

 

[Elbridge]

I stayed away from the 14 damnit!

 

[TortElvisII]

7 13 14 15 18 9

Likely will have multiple winners since they're all birthday numbers.

 

[HymanKaplan_rivals48997]

take the money you've wasted on the lottery over the last year.

buy an 8 ball

take the dollar you WOULD have spent today, roll it up, and proceed

that's a winner.

 

[TortElvisII]

7 13 14 15 18 9

Likely will have multiple winners since they're all birthday numbers.

Nobody won. Too low I guess.

 

[Tskware]

OK, my strategy for the next drawing is to throw out all the low numbers, there is no way they will all hit like that again. What could go wrong?

 

[JonathanW_rivals]

I buy tickets when the jackpot gets big.

I think more people do buy tickets the bigger the pot. But that is interesting. Because I think for most whether you win 100M or 500M or 1B, you and your family is set for life. And the amount does not change your odds. It protects you from if there are several winners. But has there ever been more than 2 or 3 winners of a large (100M+ jackpot)?
And I say that, but I am probably more likely to but them to with a large jackpot. But not because I would not be equally happy with a 100M one as a 1B one, but because I rarely buy a ticket, so it just doesn't occur to me unless they are telling us over and over how large it has gotten, and then I think yeah why not throw down $2.

 

[Catman100]

take the money you've wasted on the lottery over the last year.

buy an 8 ball

take the dollar you WOULD have spent today, roll it up, and proceed

that's a winner.

Killed!! LMAO

 

[Tskware]

One winning ticket (ONE!!) sold at gas station in Lebanon, Maine, population 6500. Largest single ticket sold by this gas station previously was $1000

Figures. I guess solving world hunger and curing dread diseases will not be in my immediate future after all.

 

[vhcat70]

Your strats didn't work.

 

[It'saDoneDeal]

You know if you buy two tickets you literally DOUBLE your odds. It's a can't-lose pro strategy. Probably too advanced for you dum-dums.

 

[TortElvisII]

You know if you buy two tickets you literally DOUBLE your odds. It's a can't-lose pro strategy. Probably too advanced for you dum-dums.

My lottery strategy is guaranteed to work. I just need a little over 50,000 years to prove it.