On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 9:08:50 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-01-12 6:23 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 10:28:26 PM UTC-5, Cheryl wrote:
> >
> >> I think I'll buy a few more chances this week since no one won.
> >
> > Mathematically speaking, the difference between buying 1 ticket
> > and 5 tickets is not worth the extra $8.
>
> I always figure that your chances are 50-50. You either win or you don't.

Sorry, the chances are less than 1 in 292,000,000. "Wired" gave the
analogy that it's a little better than the odds of having your name randomly
drawn from a hat that contains the names of everybody in the United States.

50-50 would be a drawing with two balls, where you only have to match
one of them. Powerball is considerably more complicated, with
correspondingly lower odds of winning. Even roulette has better odds
than Powerball.

Cindy Hamilton