Powerball

first attempt at reduction

So I've said playing lotto is a mugs game and I'll go on record as saying that playing Powerball is even more stupid, but that said, with $30mill up for grabs and having reasonable success with the Sat and Wed lotto selections I thought I'd "give it a go"

As expected  ... it was a dismal failure in terms of wins, though it was satisfying to see that I correctly picked 3 of the drawn numbers using only only 18 of the 40 numbers.

Once again though, to wheel 14 numbers and play them all would still cost a small fortune but at-least you have far fewer numbers to make your "personal choice" from ... especially when you combine it with the "PowerHit" which assures you get the Powerball with whichever 6 of the 18 numbers you choose

The numbers I predicted were

actual numbers were