How much are you willing to wager on your system?

Reply #4

jimmy4164 — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:51:01 GMT

Stack47,

My game of choice was the 5/39 Ohio Rolling Cash 5 where a 2 number matches pays $1, 3 numbers pay $10, and 4 pays $300. I played the system every day for 6 weeks at a profit helped by two 4 number matches before I noticed the system was failing to consistently match 3 numbers numbers so I took my small profit and ran.

Now, this is an intelligent approach to playing the lottery!

(Minimizing losses while you wait and hope for the Big Win

Reply #3

Stack47 — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:14:10 GMT

Had I read BobP's opinions on wheels before playing a 3 if 5 of 15 number 13 combo abbreviated wheel, I'd known I'd probably still lose $3 even if I matched all 5 numbers which I did. It was less than a week later when I read it in Lotto Logix so I entered the same 15 numbers using the same order into five other 15 number abbreviated wheels to compare results. None of them showed a 5 number match but the 4 if 5 wheel preformed as expected and the 3 if 4 wheel and Lucky's 2 if 2 wheel also had 4... [ More ]

Reply #2

jimmy4164 — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:59:26 GMT

My recommendation to poor people -- unemployed, on welfare, etc -- has always been:

Limit your weekly Lottery spending to no more than what you can earn (or used to earn) in Hour.

For those with money left over at the end of the week, I up the amount to one(1) hour!

This applies to either PPs or QPs.

Reply #1

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:02:54 GMT

As little as possible, LOL.

A few years ago I stumbled onto BobP's Lotto Logix and I read in there about the beauty of a 2 line wheel. In other words, in a pick 6 game, if you play 12 numbers all different in 2 lines, and capture just 5 of the numbers, you are guaranteed to have at least 3 numbers on 1 line. Compare that to playing 9 numbers on a 3 line wheel, and you are spending an extra dollar, and playing 3 fewer numbers. Granted the coverage is a little better, but to me not enough to sp... [ More ]

How much are you willing to wager on your system?

Stack47 — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:36:24 GMT

Since there has been much debate on system play vs quick picks and I mentioned given the choice when playing MM, I would choose playing the 2 if 5 of 56 number abbreviated wheel over playing 46 QPs because of the coverage, I was wondering how much system players are willing to risk on each drawing.

Pumpi and I are discussing pick-4 systems and I suggested one with a minimum play of $12.50. Many members participate in Maddog's challenges and I'm assuming some of them play their numbers in PB a... [ More ]