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      01-09-2016, 07:50 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by saleen556 View Post
Odds are based on how many combinations can be made out of the numbers in the game. Has nothing to do with how many play. They increased the amount of numbers by 10 in the first five numbers and decrease the powerball number by I believe 7. This made the odds go from like 1in175million to like 1 in 280million. That's why it's gotten so big. Nobody has won the jackpot since the change.
True. If 7 million people each have a deck of cards, each person's odds of cutting the ace of spades is 1-in-52. More people playing just means more people will come up with the ace.

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