Will you let the machine place your bet?

As the Powerball jackpot swells to $1.7 billion after no winner was declared on Wednesday night, some experts are suggesting that players should not to use one of the game’s most popular features.

Quick Pick — which allows lottery computers to randomly pick the numbers for players — is very popular, with around 70% to 80% of players using the feature when they buy tickets, according to a Powerball.net report.

But lottery expert Dawn Nettles warned that the machine algorithm is flawed, with the system capable of spitting out duplicate numbers — which could increase the likelihood of sharing the big prize . 5

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To avoid this, Nettles said there was only one tried-and-true way to improve your chances of hitting the big jackpot and getting

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