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One $2 Powerball ticket with a $100 million jackpot. The smaller prizes pay back about 32 cents a ticket on average.
Expect to lose $1.34 of the $2.
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How this answer was worked out| You pay | 1 x $2 = $2 |
| Average back per go | 1 in 290,000,000 of $100,000,000 + $0.32 = $0.66 |
| Average back in all | $0.66 |
| Back per $1 paid | $0.33 |
| Expected loss | $1.34 |
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