Talk:Powerball
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[edit] odds
the odds should be explained, as in why, when there are only 42 numbers in the powerball, are the odds 68?
Because you need to calculate in the odds of not hitting the other numbers.
The odds entered were copied directly from documentation from MUSL. Juggaleaux 02:37, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
Odds of just powerball:
Odds of jackpot:
the rest are similar
--vossman 18:03, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- Why is it a factorial? Can't the same number show up more than once? thus (55^5) * 42 ? --70.111.218.254 14:22, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] external links
Here is a page (and a Google gadget) for viewing power ball results, comparing the results to your tickets, and displaying any winnings. If it is appropriate for the external links section I'd appreciate someone adding it. http://myi40.com/didiwin.php --Chainsaw76 00:38, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Analysis section
This section is very unencyclopedic in terms of tone and information, but one cannot deny that the information is interesting. Can anyone think of any ideas on how to fix it up? --Lunar Jesters (talk) 20:00, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Powerball
I think that the education lottery is an awsome idea to help kids and teachers in school.
[edit] Immortal Players
Initially, this section said, "Finally, one might argue that the only sensible reason to play the lottery is for a chance at the jackpot. If you were to live forever, a winning strategy would be only to buy tickets when the cash-payout after taxes is better than 146 million dollars, giving at least one-to-one odds on the jackpot. At two Powerball drawings per week, you would average about 1.4 million years between jackpots. However this assumes that the odds stay the same for millions of years, and, since the rules have changed three times in ten years, each time reducing the jackpot odds, the immortal player can expect to go much longer between jackpots."
This is incorrect. The chances of success in the lottery reach fifty-fifty at only 92.3 million attempts. At 146 million attempts, the chances of success are roughly 63.2%. This should read "giving at least one-to-one payout on the jackpot", indicating that, were you to make the attempt every time the payout was this large, you would get an average return on your one dollar of at least one dollar.
If one feels the need to include this section, one might also point out that such a player would have spent far more than he made, especially as there is a strong possibility that he will split the jackpot. Filksinger 16:43, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Georgia
I read in an article that the state of Georgia left Powerball in 1996 to join Mega Millions. Why did it left a certain lottery game just to join another? Couldn't Georgia play them both? 61.9.126.41
