Colorado Man Wins Two $1M Lottery Prizes in One Day Using Same Numbers...

NBC Los Angeles ^ | April 29, 2020 | AP

[FirstFlaBn]

Whenever the pot gets high, I play the same number 3 times. Rarely do more than three or four different people win. This way, you get a vast majority of any jackpot.

So, you hold about half of the winning tickets and get the 'vast majority' of the pot? Nice work if you can get it.

On odds of winning. Let's simplify it so your limited mental horsepower gives you a chance to keep up. Suppose you were the only entrant in a one digit lottery with four possible numbers. If you buy one ticket, what are your odds of winning? 1 in 4.

If you buy two tickets? 1 in 2. (If you select two unique numbers)

That's not a significant increase in odds of winning? Anyone who has ever walked into a statistics class learns the basics of how independent events work. You clearly don't grasp the concept.

[A Voice]

I’d have a better chance of getting run over by a reindeer than hitting the Lotto.

[Revel]

So if I am thinking correctly. If he had bought only one ticket then he would have won a single 2 million dollar prize.
So he could have saved the cost of a ticket.

[kenmcg]

I play the same numbers every day, for many years. Once I won 6 grand, what a feeling. Chances are I’ve lost more than I won. Bottom line, you gotta be in to win it. You never know.

[BreezyDog]

You are right. There is something not right with this story. All 5 + Powerball gets you the jackpot.

[BreezyDog]

Are you a grandma? As the song goes...

[Taylor42]

The difference is whether or not you buy the multiplier for an extra dollar. The payout for matching 5 non-powerball numbers is $200,000. The payout on ticket with the multiplier is $1,000,000.

I work the customer service desk for a King Soopers grocery store in Colorado Springs and sell lottery tickets.

[NobleFree]

Asked what he and his wife plan to spend the money on, "Joe B." told lottery officials, "the Boss has plans for it."

Yup, he's married, all right.