You Never Know, It Could Be True!

I just love this winner's story. And you never know, there really might have been some magic force at work there!

Carol Weyer of Des Moines said she couldn't believe the coincidence that was happening as she claimed the $10,000 top prize in our "Roll 'Em" scratch game.

She claimed her prize at the Lottery's headquarters office in Des Moines on a Thursday afternoon. And just that morning, one of her friends had sent her an e-mail predicting that she’d have good fortune.

Weyer said she kept thinking about that e-mail as she claimed her prize. Like I said, you just never know! 

Comments

[Mary Neubauer]

Great question, J. Thanks for sending it in! I’ve addressed the odds involved in Powerball several times here in the blog, and here are a couple of entries that I think provide a good overview of the topic for you:

http://www.ialotteryblog.com/2009/03/about-the-odds-in-powerball-.html
http://www.ialotteryblog.com/2009/03/one-more-thought-about-powerball-odds-.html

Bottomline, it’s completely random as to when a particular number is selected in the game. No one can predict when a number will come up next. A number may be selected a lot within a short period of time (for example, 24 was the Powerball number in back-to-back drawings in January of this year) and then not be drawn again for some time. That’s just part of the random nature of the game.

[j]

Why hasn't the #24 ball been dropped for the powerball since last January?