Should I play 1-2-3-4-5-6 or what?

Reply #7

pacattack05 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:12:14 GMT

I once received 17 cents on a straight bet because I shared it with 5072 other people.

Reply #6

Coin Toss — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:03:50 GMT

Pac

The ceiling on Pick 3 and 4 shuts the game off to any additional plays once it has been hit, but if a number that's locked does get hit, the people who did play it get paid the full amount.

The payoffs are fixed usually at something like $40, $250, $290 (straight box for $1) and $500 (depends on the state). They're not split like jackpots are.

Reply #5

pacattack05 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:07:54 GMT

Only in theory.

Just read what four4me wrote. They now have a 30 million dollar cap on 123.

You calculations are rong. Pick 3...so 3 times a 1000=3000X 2 drawingsX 365 days a year= 572 years.

Actually, 572 years, 8 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 8 hours, 46 minutes, and 27 seconds. But who's counting

Reply #4

NUMBERZ — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:56:47 GMT

Pick 3 has 1000 combinations. 1000/ 730 drawings a year at 2 drawings a day is once every 1.369 years.

Reply #3

four4me — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:50:32 GMT

Pac according to Florida's lottery web page cash 3 has a fixed payout.. and since 123 hasn't came out straight since Sat, Sep 2, 2000

50. straight = 250 bucks 1.00 straight = 500 bucks

They now have a 10 million dollar cap on the cash three game.

Reply #2

pacattack05 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:03:23 GMT

Exactly, that's why I never play 123 in the p-3. My calculations show that with 2 drawings a day, it would take 572 years before 123 ever comes out.

With thousands of people playing that number everday, my share would be about 17 cents, so I never ever play 123.

Reply #1

KY Floyd — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:47:08 GMT

Apparently Terry Fisher is either an idiot with no understanding of probability, or playing fast and loose with what (n)ever be picked means. With only 104 drawings per year it will take nearly 1700 years to have 175,711 MM drawings. If there were no duplication of winning combinations only 1 of every 1000 combinations would be drawn in that time. That makes it a pretty safe bet that 1,2,3,4,5,6 won't be drawn in 20 lifetimes, but that's true for every other combination, as well. Serotic is righ... [ More ]

Should I play 1-2-3-4-5-6 or what?

MillionsWanted — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:18:31 GMT

According to Gail Howard a lot of playslips are already pre marked with those numbers which will give a low jackpot when they're finally drawn.

According to Terry Fisher there's no way in hell those numbers ever will be picked.

According to Robert Serotic those numbers are just as likely to be picked as anyone else.

Well, my reason for not playing those number is that I'm sure there's several thousand people playing those same numbers on one line each week. The jackpot will be worth onl... [ More ]