16-19-32-34-57 powerball 13....

[global1]

I didn't win.

[RandySF]

1. I won $2!!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I got one of the numbers.

So can't I have 1/6 of the jackpot?

[Cassiopeia]

3. 2 tickets

Got 1 number on 1, not the PB though. Better than usual

ETA:

Clearly it was rigged. Whether anyone won or not!

[rufus dog]

4. I got one number

Is that worth one fifth or one sixth of the pot?

[dhill926]

5. should NOT have bought that new car....

fuck....

[Ron Green]

6. Oh, hell - those were the exact numbers I was going to choose.

I should have gone out to buy that ticket.

[JI7]

7. i wonder if a lot of people avoid putting 13 because of bad luck

associated with it.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

8. possibly

And no one who used a birthday in their numbers won since nothing below 13 was drawn.

[NightWatcher]

9. If no one wins it will be 1.3 billion Wednesday

I'll get er then

[Snobblevitch]

10. I didn't win either.

I suppose I should have bought a Powerball ticket. I have enough problems without having to deal with hundreds of millions of dollars in cash.

If I did have matching numbers, even if there were several tickets sold that won part of the jackpot, nobody outsode of my family and attorney and broker would know about it. (My broker would have shat in his pants. We don't have a huge portfolio, but you would have seen $$ in his eyes.)

[JI7]

12. i think there are some states where you can't stay anonymous

i would rather win maybe a couple million or so and stay anonymous than win 100m and my name made public for it.

[Snobblevitch]

13. In my state it is public information.

Some states don't reveal names, others allow LLCs to redeem the winning ticket. I used to work for a PR firm with the lottery as a client. We always recommended that the Powerball winners do the news conference so that the media got what they wanted instead of camping out in their driveway.

You are right about winning a much smaller amount. It would still be life changing money without national attention.

I am amazed that the jackpot was not won. I wonder what the odds of that were?

[ohnoyoudidnt]

14. I read earlier that only 75% of all possible combinations were picked.

It was a couple hours before the drawing, so that number may be slightly higher.

[JI7]

17. i just looked it up, there are very few states you can remain anonymous

if i wanted to play and lived near any of these states i would probably buy a ticket from there .

not too surprised if nobody won since powerball was 13 and if people use birthday months none of those would have won.

[Snobblevitch]

19. When I was involved with the lottery business,

the jackpots were much lower and did not attract this kind of attention. However, I am pretty sure that the vast majority of tickets sold were 'quick picks' and not chosen numbers. I always told people to not play special numbers. I told them that the time they did not buy a ticket with their numbers is when they would be selected.

[pangaia]

11. I remember once reading a rather convinving explanation

of why you stood a better chance of winning if you did not buy a ticket than if you did buy one.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

15. I've heard stories about people finding winning tickets that had been thrown away.

Other than that, I don't see how that is possible. I'm pretty sure the majority of winners are the people who actually purchased the ticket.

[XemaSab]

30. I won the Nigerian lottery once

Which was strange, because I didn't remember playing.

[jeff47]

34. That's not actually true.

Your odds of winning if you don't buy a ticket is 0.

Your odds of winning if you do buy a ticket are very small...but far above zero.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. Me either. My first ever purchase

[Tennis Magnet]

18. Nobody did either.

It just went up to 1.3 billion. I may break my usual protocol and buy $20 for 10 numbers this time around.

[shanti]

20. Got the powerball number 13 and one other number

Last edited Sun Jan 10, 2016, 03:20 PM - Edit history (2)

On one of my 5 quick picks, fwiw. No trip to Tahiti here....

On edit: Apparently, the powerball number is worth $4.

[bigwillq]

21. Had 1 #. 16.

[branford]

22. I only had a 16 on one of five games.

There will be no champagne and caviar tonight.

[romanic]

23. Is it true that no one won?

I thought it took at least four hours after the drawing to declare if there's a winner or not.

[flamingdem]

24. How do I play this thing. Do I just walk into a 7-11 and then ask for a ticket?

Never done it in my life.

[Snobblevitch]

25. Ask for a Powerball quickpick a d give them $2.

The machine will generate random numbers. There is zero reason to buy more than one ticket, or maybe even one, but there is the slight chance that your numbers will come up.

[flamingdem]

29. Thanks. I guess the new round starts tomorrow?

I'll look for their web page.

[Snobblevitch]

31. I think I bought a Powerball ticket last summer.

I really don't bother with it much. As I wrote before, this jackpot is something that could ruin the family(s) who win.

(I personally know a family who are billionaires. My dad worked for the fily business years ago. I recently read about how a Minnesota Viking player went to a restaurant table full of young people and offered to pay their bill if his family could have their table. One of the young men refused, but gave up their table anyway. His grandfather is a billionaire.

[flamingdem]

33. I'd use the money for fighting for climate change legislation and for helping war victims

That would feel great. I have zero concern that I would change my moral outlook, too old for that.

[pnwmom]

26. Well, we should all thanks our lucky stars then because winning lotteries ruins lives

or so they say.

[Snobblevitch]

32. If a person, or family,

are good people, the money will make them better. If they are badically bad, people, it will make them worse.

[vaberella]

27. I had numbers all over the place. No one won and no one will win. n/t

[Warpy]

28. Me neither

I suppose I could have increased my odds by actually buying a ticket.

[Yupster]

35. I didn't win either, but

if I had only picked the winning numbers, then I would have won. If it wasn't for that one thing ...