Its not exactly the same but its pretty close when the chances are so low anyways.<p>Playing 10,000 times in 1 drawing gives you the probability of winning the jackpot:<p>0.00003422297813=10000&#x2F;292201338<p>Playing 10,000 times in 10,000 drawings gives you the probability of winning the jackpot:<p>0.00003422239258=1-((292201338-1)&#x2F;292201338)^10000<p>The difference gets more significant if you play more.  For 10 million plays its:<p>.0342 vs .0336<p>If you play only 100 times the probability of a jackpot is the same to 7 significant digits.<p>-edit I put it on $1M and let it run.  I hit the 5 numbers, $1M prize, at some point around $150k spent.