Lotto and group play
Hi,
I am not sure if this is the right part of the form for this post, but it does deal with lotto and probability.
I usually play lotto 1-2 times a week in California. I play 3 sets of the same regular numbers (never changes) plus 1 or-2 quick picks.
When the lotto gets really big (over 80 mil), I remind my friend and she then runs a lotto pool at her firm.
My question is this...the owner of the firm wants everyone who participates in the pool to play only in the pool and not outside of it. This applies mainly to me and my friend since he knows we are the only regular lotto players and she is in charge of it. So that means we would have to put our regular numbers in with the group picks to play.
Do you think I am giving up too much putting my 3 sets of regular numbers in the pool? If my numbers wins, I will have to give up over 90% to the group on something I would have won on anyways. The flip side is that if the group wins, then I would be included and win.
Any thoughts or opinions.
P.S. The group lotto numbers are always copied and distributed before the draw.
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