

Whether you include meaningful numbers on your Powerball ticket or leave it all to chance with a random entry, your odds of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338, with the chances of winning a prize in any category set at 1 in 25. This shows that regardless of whether players choose to select their own numbers or not, the odds of winning remain the same. It can be easy to mark a wrong number or forget to mark the Power Play box, and once your ticket is printed, you are not entitled to a refund.Īround 70 to 80 percent of Powerball players use Quick Pick tickets, and the same percentage of winning entries are Quick Picks.

There is margin for error when filling out a playslip.While your odds of winning remain the same, the chances that someone else has chosen the same line are greater. Canada LOTTO MAX QUICK PICK 649 QUICK PICK BC49 QUICK PICK Daily Grand QUICK PICK Lottario QUICK PICK SUPER 7 QUICK PICK PICK 2 QUICK PICK PICK 3 QUICK PICK. For example, many players use birthdays or other important dates, which restricts the pool of numbers to between 1 and 31. If you can’t decide on what numbers to choose, grab yourself a QuickPick above and your numbers will be chosen for you. There are forty-seven balls numbered 1 to 47 from which seven winning numbers are randomly selected. There is more chance that you will have to share a jackpot if you use common numbers or patterns. Simply choose your favourite seven numbers and sit back and watch the yellow balls drop this Tuesday night.During busy periods, particularly when the jackpot approaches record amounts, you may have to first queue to fill in a playslip and then queue again to purchase your ticket.
