We won $35 this evening from picking 3 of the 5 white balls right in a number series. The odds say that there is a 1 in 250 chance of doing that. So out of 84 picks - the lottery spreadsheet clearly beat the odds again - though not at the level I'd hoped it would.
We've won cash in 3 of our last 3 drawings. For a total earnings of just over $100 this early in the year and because of that we still have over $100 in our earnings bank to bolster future picking sessions.
The Powerball website is reporting there was a jackpot winner in the state of Louisiana - so we'll rejoin the drawings in about 3 weeks.
The payment spreadsheet is up to date as of this evening. Thanks for your support! John
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
We win $39 tonight!
The lottery picking spreadsheet really strutted its stuff this evening by predicting that the top number for the powerball pick would be 24 and that's exactly the number that showed itself today. When I saw that this number really stood out among the rest as I was working with the numbers this evening I threw it a few more times into the mix so that it had a better chance of being pulled when the numbers were randomly generated out of the overall pool of powerball numbers I'd selected. (21 out of the 42). It worked. 24 showed up on four different number picks generating the money we earned this evening. I should have trusted my gut and included it with more frequency. Not that we would have won the jackpot this evening but our take would certainly have been higher probably in the multiple hundreds of dollars. The white ball numbers were a little on the weird side too. The sum of the five was way below average - so that threw the spreadsheet off on it's predictions - plus the we had yet another 2 even, 3 odd pick - the tenth 2/3, 3/2 combination in a row - which is highly unusual based on past drawings.
The great news is that we are still above $100 in our banked funds with this latest win which bodes well for us in having a better chance of continuing that trend with future draws. We also had excellent participation in this drawing - with 28 people joining our group for this evening's drawing. Welcome, Mr. Moody, to the KW Lottery Pool!
Banked balances and payments are up to date. Thanks! John
The great news is that we are still above $100 in our banked funds with this latest win which bodes well for us in having a better chance of continuing that trend with future draws. We also had excellent participation in this drawing - with 28 people joining our group for this evening's drawing. Welcome, Mr. Moody, to the KW Lottery Pool!
Banked balances and payments are up to date. Thanks! John
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Pool starts off 2008 right with a $28 win
We pulled in $28 off two good number sets this evening. (One powerball number right and one powerball plus one whiteball.) Watch this space for jackpot updates and don't forget to check the "Pool Financials" link to see if you owe money for this last drawing. (See the "Notes" column on the spreadsheet. Thanks! John
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Happy New Year KW Lotttery Pool!
Many people didn't get at opportunity to tender their dues - or we didn't know if the jackpot was going to be reset again. Even so, we do have a nice surplus in our winnings pot of $105 - so I'll use that to fund those regular participants for this coming Wednesday's (January 2nd) drawing. You'll see a notation as such in the "Notes" column in the "Pool Financials" link to the right. Please plan to repay that $2 or $5 amount when we got back from the break.
We had a good year in 2007 - winning a total of $562. Our largest single night win was $68 - which we accomplished about a month ago. We fared a little better our first year as a pool in 2006 - winning a total of $748. Our biggest win to date occurred that year with a $331, one number away from winning $200,000 win on October 18th.
If we won more in 2006 than 2007, some might be wondering why I keep changing the spreadsheet and don't go back to the "old" ways of picking numbers because it appeared more lucrative. Though I don't have the exact records to prove it because the 2006 records are not complete I think if we remember that we participated in more drawings at first - every Wednesday and Saturday - plus the fact that we also participated in every drawing regardless of the jackpot level - that could account for the difference in winnings as well. More drawings - more chances to win. Of course that also equates to more coming out of your pocket for drawings. Everybody was required to ante up $5 too - we didn't have a $2 participation level - and we had more initial participants too. We average about 25 to 30 people now. Back then when the pool first started we had up to 50 - sometimes a little more. I think these factors could account for the difference in winnings and not so much whether or not the methods of picking numbers were better.
Something else to remember about our 2007 "season." We also had an unbelievable run of eight straight winning participation weeks in a row - something else that tells me we are heading in the right direction with how the spreadsheet picks numbers.
I'm comfortable with our performance and overall results for 2007 and hope you are too. As always, I'm open to your feedback about the pool. I'm looking forward to our best year in 2008 - crossing my fingers, doing the lucky dance (sorry....no public demonstrations of that), and crunching the numbers to hopefully bring us some big wins for this year. We're an interesting mix of people and I think we'd have some great stories to tell if we hit it big!
Thanks again for your outstanding support of the Kendall-Whittier Lottery Pool the past year two years! Without it the pool simply wouldn't exist!
Sincerely,
John
We had a good year in 2007 - winning a total of $562. Our largest single night win was $68 - which we accomplished about a month ago. We fared a little better our first year as a pool in 2006 - winning a total of $748. Our biggest win to date occurred that year with a $331, one number away from winning $200,000 win on October 18th.
If we won more in 2006 than 2007, some might be wondering why I keep changing the spreadsheet and don't go back to the "old" ways of picking numbers because it appeared more lucrative. Though I don't have the exact records to prove it because the 2006 records are not complete I think if we remember that we participated in more drawings at first - every Wednesday and Saturday - plus the fact that we also participated in every drawing regardless of the jackpot level - that could account for the difference in winnings as well. More drawings - more chances to win. Of course that also equates to more coming out of your pocket for drawings. Everybody was required to ante up $5 too - we didn't have a $2 participation level - and we had more initial participants too. We average about 25 to 30 people now. Back then when the pool first started we had up to 50 - sometimes a little more. I think these factors could account for the difference in winnings and not so much whether or not the methods of picking numbers were better.
Something else to remember about our 2007 "season." We also had an unbelievable run of eight straight winning participation weeks in a row - something else that tells me we are heading in the right direction with how the spreadsheet picks numbers.
I'm comfortable with our performance and overall results for 2007 and hope you are too. As always, I'm open to your feedback about the pool. I'm looking forward to our best year in 2008 - crossing my fingers, doing the lucky dance (sorry....no public demonstrations of that), and crunching the numbers to hopefully bring us some big wins for this year. We're an interesting mix of people and I think we'd have some great stories to tell if we hit it big!
Thanks again for your outstanding support of the Kendall-Whittier Lottery Pool the past year two years! Without it the pool simply wouldn't exist!
Sincerely,
John
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