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Powerball jackpot at $400 million - Oops! $1.5 billion - $40 mil

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What if someone matched all the numbers but not in the right order. I.e. the powerball and one of the 5 numbers where switched. That would SUCK!!
 
Bird222 said:
What if someone matched all the numbers but not in the right order. I.e. the powerball and one of the 5 numbers where switched. That would SUCK!!
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that's still $2 million (5 numbers with the powerball). $1 million if you match 5 without powerball.

Or are you saying what if you match the powerball and the other 5, but two of those numbers are directly switched? match 4, basically?

I was wondering what would happen if you bought two tickets, same numbers, and they were both jackpot winners.

that splits the pot an extra way. SO, if there are a total 5 winners, you have 2 shares with identical tickets. You could be a jerk and cash both tickets and get 2 slices, thus lowering the winnings for the other 3 winners, or trash your ticket to make the slices larger for the others (still the same for yourself, no?)
Does it work that way?


Also, what if you get a ticket with the 2 winning numbers printed on the same ticket?
You can't "trash" one of those numbers, right? would PB officials have to accept both of those numbers, thus arbitrarily dividing the pie?
 
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zinfamous said:
that's still $2 million (5 numbers with the powerball). $1 million if you match 5 without powerball.

Or are you saying what if you match the powerball and the other 5, but two of those numbers are directly switched? match 4, basically?

I was wondering what would happen if you bought two tickets, same numbers, and they were both jackpot winners.

that splits the pot an extra way. SO, if there are a total 5 winners, you have 2 shares with identical tickets. You could be a jerk and cash both tickets and get 2 slices, thus lowering the winnings for the other 3 winners, or trash your ticket to make the slices larger for the others (still the same for yourself, no?)
Does it work that way?


Also, what if you get a ticket with the 2 winning numbers printed on the same ticket?
You can't "trash" one of those numbers, right? would PB officials have to accept both of those numbers, thus arbitrarily dividing the pie?
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Yeah, I saying match 4 but all 6 of the numbers are the winning numbers. If you have 2 winning tickets you better get twice the money or I would be raising hell. lol
 
zinfamous said:
that's still $2 million (5 numbers with the powerball). $1 million if you match 5 without powerball.

Or are you saying what if you match the powerball and the other 5, but two of those numbers are directly switched? match 4, basically?

I was wondering what would happen if you bought two tickets, same numbers, and they were both jackpot winners.

that splits the pot an extra way. SO, if there are a total 5 winners, you have 2 shares with identical tickets. You could be a jerk and cash both tickets and get 2 slices, thus lowering the winnings for the other 3 winners, or trash your ticket to make the slices larger for the others (still the same for yourself, no?)
Does it work that way?


Also, what if you get a ticket with the 2 winning numbers printed on the same ticket?
You can't "trash" one of those numbers, right? would PB officials have to accept both of those numbers, thus arbitrarily dividing the pie?
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The officials know how many winning tickets are sold. The money is thusly divided up. If someone doesn't claim one of the prizes, the states keep the winnings.
 
SKORPI0 said:
04-08-19-27-34 powerball 10

got the bolded number in 1 ticket, what do I win?
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Nothing.

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