Playing the lottery?

Question

Ok, they say that when you are going to win it doesnt matter how much you play but, do you think playing more often then usual might increase your chances??

ex: instead of playing once a week you place twice a week. and instead of playing 1 dollar you play 2 dollars. What do you think? I think it make sense the more you play the more chances you have. Just like the more you drink and drive the more chance you have of getting a DUI or getting in a car accident =)

Answer 1

If you play twice as much, you have double the chance of winning, as long as your numbers are different. If you play 1000000 times a week, and all the numbers are different, you have a much better chance to cover the numbers that are drawn, than if you have only one chance.

Answer 2

If you buy more tickets to a particular drawing you will increase your odds very slightly. Instead of a .0000000001% you'll be .0000000002% to win.

But each time you play a different drawing your odds are back to 1 in whatever million.

So the answer to your question is yes but it won't increase your odds to any significant chance of winning.

Answer 3

well u r increasing the odds ,but the chance of hitting the jackpot is way still far ,the odds of been hit by lighteneing r less than winning the lottery jackpot,

Answer 4

yes, the more you play the more likely you are to win but the truth of it is that you are still very unlikely to win ever. it seems like much of the time winners are groups of people, like coworkers that pool money and buy 1,000 tickets when the jackpot is huge and they split the winnings.

Answer 5

i personally think that if i was to try that someone who did it once a year would win the jackpot