[L.A.Justice]

Congratulations...Joe B...You are a very lucky man...

I played Powerball...I did not have too much success...I usually do "quick picks"...Maybe I should play same numbers over and over again...

I did win $125 on a 25 cent machine at some Indian casino many years ago...What was the largest amount of money you ever won at a casino?

[Vermont Lt]

Whenever the pot gets high, I play the same number 3 times. Rarely do more than three or four different people win. This way, you get a vast majority of any jackpot.

If you are inclined to play multiple tickets, your odds are not going to be improved significantly. Playing the same numbers three times significantly increases your share if you win.

[FirstFlaBn]

My GF and I found $160 laying on the sidewalk in Vegas in 1972. We were walking between two casinos after using a free drink coupon at the first one and a free roll of nickels at the second.

Rate of return: infinite

[chiller]

I don’t play, so I don’t know.

I assume he plays multiple numbers....and I hope that the same number didn’t win 2 days in a row.

[mylife]

Good thing the lottery and pot stores are still open!

[A Voice]

WOW..... some people have all the luck.

Played quite a few years using the same numbers.

Finally sat down one day and calculated the monthly expenditure for lottery tickets vs. returns and decided never again.

Congrats Joe B. and may you do a lot of good with your windfall.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Two of his plays, with his own numbers, hit all five numbers and the Powerball.

Didn't he just hit the 5 numbers?...that's 1M

With powerball...jackpot!

correct?

(Sorry, I don't do lottery)

[Oshkalaboomboom]

I don’t get it. If he played the same numbers that means he bought 2 tickets, just at different stores so when the number was called he had the same winning ticket just with 2 shares of the jackpot instead of one. The headline makes it sound like he played 2 times and hit the jackpot 2 times, which would be incredibly lucky. Am I missing something?

[Revel]

So if I am thinking correctly. If he had bought only one ticket then he would have won a single 2 million dollar prize.
So he could have saved the cost of a ticket.

[kenmcg]

I play the same numbers every day, for many years. Once I won 6 grand, what a feeling. Chances are I’ve lost more than I won. Bottom line, you gotta be in to win it. You never know.

[NobleFree]

Asked what he and his wife plan to spend the money on, "Joe B." told lottery officials, "the Boss has plans for it."

Yup, he's married, all right.