Powerball at 1.5 billion.

[wawazat]

It seems like the odds would be more favorable when the amount is smaller, with so many saying they only buy when the prize is high.

I believe the odds are calculated against the number of possible numerical combinations, not the number of tickets sold.

Now the odds of being the sole winner would be MUCH higher right after someone wins and the jackpot resets.

Id be perfectly ok if I won it alongside 19 other people, hahaha. That is still around $20mm after lump sum and taxes.

 

[El Pablo]

It seems like the odds would be more favorable when the amount is smaller, with so many saying they only buy when the prize is high.

The odds are the exact same. Only thing that may change is your odds on sharing a prize in the unlikely case you did win.

(I should have read all comments before replying, lol)

 

[Chuckie]

Only thing I ever got from the lottery . . . was a paper cut off the ticket

 

[redleg10]

I'm in for $2

 

[ratski]

man, if I were to win the big one, maybe I can finally afford that silver colored Raven I've had my eye on.

 

[dennishoddy]

We are part of a lotto group with about 75 members. If it hits this big one we will each get a few million. I'll take it.

 

[davek]

I buy a PowerBall ticket every now and then. I got one once that had the jackpot numbers for the previous week, Chances of winning are hundreds of millios to one, but exactly zero if you don't take the chanc.

 

[O4L]

I have a few coworkers that went in together on lotto tickets and won...









...$2 each.

 

[turkeyrun]

Wif will buy 2 or 3 when it MEGA.
A meal out will cost $30, and she prefers to eat at home.
Can't win without a ticket and $1B would let me retire in the style I feel I deserve.

 

[Bocephus123]

1.6 this morning... roll the dice before its too late!