Some players like to bet in numbers that someone else has used in the past to win a jackpot. If you do so, you are guaranteed that you will not win one in the lotto.
Powerball has two drawings each week. With a set of five numbers and the Powerball number, it will provide you with a chance of being drawn once in every 2,809,628 years. As such, it is not best to keep using the same set of numbers every week.