If a friend of a friend has already won the lottery?

Question

should I now stop playing?

what are the odds of them AND me winning? Will lightning strike twice?

Answer 1

If you know there was only one price - what is the use of playing, if you can't win.

Answer 2

this depends on what you are meaning. If you mean that the odds are now soo high that the chances of you winning "after being a friend of a friend" then maybe, but its drawn by numbers and by chance, not by geography of recent winners or that in relation to your life.

if you mean that you might get a piece of the action. The money isn't yours, i wouldn't count on getting a cut unless you are a true and loyal friend who won't ask for anything until it is offered. But i;m sure you are not asking for this second reason... call me an optimist.

In short, carry on playing. that fact that somebody you know has won. There are other ways of making your millions. isn't there a dream you want to make happen? I procrastinate like everybody else. isn't there something you should be doing for yourself instead of waiting for the lottery to pick you? Take control of your own lottery! start an empire, invent the next "velcro" or make something happen... you know you want to ;)

Answer 3

If that friend of a friend bought another ticket, he would have the same chances as you to win again. Odds are not set by the unwritten trends. Some old lady in Vegas won two million dollar jackpots a couple years apart.

Answer 4

Yes. You should never have started. The return to player on the lottery is one of the worst gambling venues on the planet.

But, the fact that the friend of a friend won is not the reason. The reason is because the odds are terrible.

Answer 5

Only if that person is going to give you some of their winnings! Seriously though the chances of winning the lottery are practically zero, although this incidents will not affect your chances of winning.

Answer 6

the mathematic odds are the same.

Humanly, they appear more slight, because you've never known anyone else that won, now you do (ish) and therefore it has taken more than 10 years... is it going to be another 10 years before someone else you know wins: likely - but only for the reason that winning is unlikely.

Answer 7

the odds don't change. and with the odds stacked so far against you it is not a very good bet. yes stop playing. try flip a coin with a friend, better chances of winning.

Answer 8

No, don't stop. The odds of you winning don't change. Did you know that sometimes, a single person has won big jackpots more than once?

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Answer 9

Your chances of winning are exactly the same as they always were.

Before your friend won the chances of you both winning the jackpot were (roughly) 1 in 14,000,000 * 14,000,000

Now that your friend has already won the chances of you both winning are 1 in 14,000,000 (because he has already won)

Your odds of winning though have always been 1 in 14,000,000

Answer 10

your odds of winning dont change as there is no link between next weeks draw and last weeks draw, however your chance of ever winning are so low you are better off not playing

Answer 11

Yes stop playing and send me all the money you would be spending every day. That way I know I will be winning and you won't so it doesn't matter.