Posted on 12/09/2023 2:08:22 PM PST by boycott
LOS ANGELES - Two Southern California residents are bound to be feeling very lucky today.
According to the California lottery, two Mega Millions jackpot tickets were sold at the same Encino gas station on Friday night.
The Chevron gas station is located on Ventura Blvd near Lindley Ave.
The two tickets held the winning numbers of 21-26-53-66-70 with a jackpot number of lucky 13. The unique win earned the ticket holders a grand prize of $395 million to share.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
I've read these lotto tickets are sold in over 40 states. I see people waiting in line to buy these tickets. Two from the same state and same exact gas station bought the same ticket? What are the odds? I am not accusing anyone of doing anything wrong but I would like to hear more on how that happened.
Fraud?
...lottery denier!..
If they were both quick pick it’s because the so-called randomizer is based on the computer click.
RND or rand function in some software tools
Does location and other timing factors come in to play?
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California had over 39 million people. Thats why.
(computer click.)
Computer (server) CLOCK ⌚
Thanks, autocorrect 😁🙄🙄🙄
Has not had.
I have double-bought the same numbers before using the slip to fill out. Accidentally.
Yes very likely if not quick pick
“ Fraud?”
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Not likely. What is likely is two players playing the same play slip with a player picking up (intentionally or accidentally) another person’s used play slip.
More likely would be the same player picking the same combination of numbers on multiple play slips or accidentally giving the clerk the same play-slip multiple times.
Maybe. Maybe not.
Perhaps the person split the jackpot with themselves by buying two tickets. They may have hoped for a smaller prize.
A lady in Vancouver BC bought two tickets, because she dreamed the numbers. She was only expecting $20 on each ticket, but she won the jackpot and was the only winner.
Hmmm... What are the odds...
I feel sorry for that gas station. Everyone will be looting it.
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I feel sorry for the ticket winners, because they will have a target on their back.
California had over 39 million people.
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I knew that.
If the people who bought the tickets knew each other and just purchased tickets with the same numbers, no.
That would be a waste, though, as they could have just split the cost of a single ticket - they didn’t get any more money as the pot gets split. But some don’t think things all the way through like that.
The lotto machines are likely made be Dominion... The same people who make voting machines. The ‘fix’ is in.
Many people double up (or more) on the same numbers. The idea is that, should numbers win the smaller prizes, winnings are multiplied. For example, second place $1 million prize is not split like the jackpot, every winning ticket gets the full mil.
I don’t really get it, but I see people doing it.
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