Powerball Spread!

[enchanted spirit]

So, I thought it'd be fun to use my cards to help me play (win? LOL) the Powerball. This is the 1st spread I made up on my own, and I'm not even sure it'd qualify as a spread! But it was fun and I got some interesting results. Although the winning numbers have not been announced yet, so we'll see how I do.

Here's how I did it - I'd start with the 1st number and just pull cards off the top, minors counting as the number on them, courts 11, 12, 13, 14. I'd add the numbers until I got a major. Then I'd use the number of the minors for 1 number and the major would be another number. Majors counted for the number they represent. It worked out pretty well, only 1X did I end up adding up over 55 and then I scrapped the whole stack for that number and did another one.

I used 6 different decks, 1 try per deck, and then got 4 quick picks (and was thinking $10 would be better put towards another deck than lotto tickets, but what the heck?). Several of the decks gave me both 5 and 6 and I thought that was pretty weird, and then I got a 5 and 6 on one of my quick picks. Funny, huh?

I hardly ever play the lotto, but caught the drawings the last 2X and knew it was getting up there. But since we're on the subject, the last time I bought 10 tries I got ALL 6 of the numbers on different tickets!!! I was sooooooo bummed! LOL

 

[celticnoodle]

It worked out pretty well, only 1X did I end up adding up over 55 and then I scrapped the whole stack for that number and did another one.

one thing you could consider, when you get a number that adds up to higher then what you can use, such as '55' as you mentioned--why not add those two digits together and get a '10'?

this looks very interesting, and I'll be interested in seeing how well it works. If it does work, something tells me AT will be filled with many lottery players!

 

[enchanted spirit]

one thing you could consider, when you get a number that adds up to higher then what you can use, such as '55' as you mentioned--why not add those two digits together and get a '10'?

this looks very interesting, and I'll be interested in seeing how well it works. If it does work, something tells me AT will be filled with many lottery players!

I thought about doing it that way, but since it only happened one time it wasn't really a big deal. Maybe next time? Assuming there will be a next time . . . maybe I'll win? LOL I can only imagine the response to this spread if I won tho - LOL - didn't even think of that! But it was fun and I figured my odds weren't any worse than a quickpick. And I kind of wanted to see which deck (if any) came closest. Could you imagine if one of those decks gave me the winning numbers? Oh my . . . I'd have to have it framed!

 

[celticnoodle]

I thought about doing it that way, but since it only happened one time it wasn't really a big deal. Maybe next time? Assuming there will be a next time . . . maybe I'll win? LOL I can only imagine the response to this spread if I won tho - LOL - didn't even think of that! But it was fun and I figured my odds weren't any worse than a quickpick. And I kind of wanted to see which deck (if any) came closest. Could you imagine if one of those decks gave me the winning numbers? Oh my . . . I'd have to have it framed!

and, now that you've posted this spread, you better let us know how accurate it is!

it may become the most used spread here on AT!

 

[enchanted spirit]

and, now that you've posted this spread, you better let us know how accurate it is!

it may become the most used spread here on AT!

Nope, didn't win.

But 6 was one of the numbers - so that was interesting!
Otherwise, missed it by a mile, the only other number I got was 47.
By deck, here are the results:
BBC- 1 (6)
Medieval Cats- no numbers
Medieval Enchantment- 1 (6)
Universal Waite- 1 (47)
Zerner Farber- 1 (6)
Tarot Nova- no numbers

BUT, it was a lot more fun than a quickpick, and I'd guess about the same odds. Actually 6 was the only number I got in my 4 quickpicks. LOL If anyone else tries this, let me know how it works out for you! I will probably do it again, but I will do 1 with the cards and 1 quickpick and see how it goes. I was feeling extravagant tonight!

 

[celticnoodle]

oh well, you tried! it was an interesting experiment. if you try it again and win, be sure to let us know!