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Except for ticket splitting right? It’s not exact precision. There’s a non zero chance you’re jackpot is only 1/2 or 1/3rd of the value.
by mikkergp 4y ago
Except for ticket splitting right? It’s not exact precision. There’s a non zero chance you’re jackpot is only 1/2 or 1/3rd of the value.
- PaulHoule 4y agoFor optimal play you want to pick a number which is not popular among other players. On one hand there are numbers (like the lottery winner from last week!) that people overbet. There are other numbers that are systematically underbet. The "minimax" solution comes very close to having the lottery pick a random number for you, which a high fraction of players (maybe 70%) do. Since so many people are playing quick picks already the benefits of picking an systematically underbet number are greatly diminished, so you might just bet a quick pick yourself.