Buckeye 5

Reply #15

four4me — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:18:35 GMT

selection, selection, selection is the way to go picking the right numbers and playing 10 tickets is more than enough. 50 bucks a day will get old real fast unless you win enough to keep throwing that much money away.

Reply #14

hot lotto — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 08:20:28 GMT

Not quick picks but from calculating possibility to win within a short period of time.And Yes,I do play every week but the amount of the tickets only depends on maths.I do some accurate calculating and see if I will beat the odds or not from past winners and make a plan to play,including how much tickets to play.50 tickets is perfect as I always believe but maybe I wont stick to one lotto a time.Maybe I would start the lottery poll and play 10 kinds a time and guarantee a winner within them

Reply #13

Platinum298 — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 04:34:14 GMT

DoctorEW220, It certainly seems that way. The only times I have ever won was when I was playing the Pick 3 many years ago and I was putting down maybe $5 worth of numbers. Lately I've been playing $20-$25 a week on various games and not hitting anything. It almost seems like the lottery gods strike you down when you try to win LOL. It seems like one of those things that happens when you least expect it go figure. I'd be curious to hear about someone who tried to win... [ More ]

Reply #12

Platinum298 — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 04:28:07 GMT

hotlotto, I noticed your signature says 50 tickets a time! see if the winner is made for you . I've often considered doing this. Over a short period of time just to see if it could produce a big winner. I think it teeters on the borderline between casual and compulsive lottery playing but I'd consider doing it for a short stint. That would be $50 a week and $400 if you did it for 2 months. I don't know but I have always liked the $50 figure. It seems like a realistic amount of... [ More ]

Reply #11

hot lotto — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 01:23:17 GMT

Its more like a investment when a lottery poll get started by someone who can post his prediction and let others to check and vote.If the prediction wins more than he invested,It would the only way to be trusted to win the lottery.

Reply #10

RJOh — Sun, 11 Apr 2004 23:57:39 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Platinum298 on April 09, 2004 If you spent around $80 on one drawing,how realistic would your chances be of getting all 5 do you think? Have any of you ever dropped a considerable amount on a lottery game and won?ToddIf you spend X dollars on tickets for a 5/37 lottery your chances of matching 5 are X/435,897. If you want a more realistic answer, just pick 100-1000 of the best combinations you can think up, write them down(don't play them) and check them every draw... [ More ]

Reply #9

DoctorEw220 — Sun, 11 Apr 2004 23:36:04 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Platinum298 on April 09, 2004Got a question about this 5/37 game. It claims the odds of hitting 3 out of 5 on this are 1 in 88. So if I purchased 88 auto-pick tickets,I'd be guaranteed to hit 3/5 on at least one of the tickets? If you spent around $80 on one drawing,how realistic would your chances be of getting all 5 do you think? Have any of you ever dropped a considerable amount on a lottery game and won?ToddPlatinum298i only win when i don't put much money on... [ More ]

Reply #8

Platinum298 — Sun, 11 Apr 2004 06:42:39 GMT

I know exactly what you mean about the generator producing bad combinations. I'd say for every 10 quick picks,you get about 3 dead combinations. At least in my case it has. Or like you said,ones that are very similiar to previous drawings. If I were to drop $80 on the Buckeye 5,I'd have to go with quick picks simply because there's no way I'm gonna fill out all those bet cards. LOL. Now,however,if I was going to put $10-$20 on it,I'd probably take the time out and pick my own numbers which... [ More ]

Reply #7

four4me — Sun, 11 Apr 2004 03:50:49 GMT

There is a big difference playing your own numbers and buying quick picks 80 guickpicks should produce a winner. But might not like Bob said then the next eighty guick picks could produce 10 winners or more and the next 180 produce nothing. Quickpicks are not the way to go. The lottery can generate numbers on quick picks that wouldn't hit till the cows came home. Many times the guick pick generator punches numbers that are similar to the ones that hit in the last 5 to 10 games and are so far fro... [ More ]

Reply #6

MrSteel01 — Sat, 10 Apr 2004 14:45:00 GMT

a guy won on on the same number by playing the same number every day for over 2 years on the b/5 played over $ 10.00 a day

Reply #5

hot lotto — Sat, 10 Apr 2004 02:26:38 GMT

no,bobp.the lottery could be made to provide the combinations that would guarantee a win...The lottery could be made to provide the combinations that would guarantee a big wine even...Its just not the time Human beings find the last secret

Reply #4

BobP — Sat, 10 Apr 2004 01:28:24 GMT

When they say your chances of a 3# or any prize are 1 in 80, they mean you will average a prize for every 80 tickets purchased. If you don't win a prize in the first 80, then you can hope to win 2 prizes in the next 80, it's an over time thing not guaranteed. It would be very interesting if it were guaranteed, if the lottery could be made to provide the combinations that would guarantee a win, but they won't, mostly because they can't, even if they wanted to. BobP

Reply #3

hot lotto — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 10:40:01 GMT

Thanks Rjoh..I was wrong then..

Reply #2

RJOh — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 10:28:21 GMT

If winning the top prize of $100K was as easy as buying $80 worth of tickets, everybody would be doing it. The odds of 1:88 for a match3 in a 5/37 game if based on the fact that there are 435,897 possible combinations of fives and with any 5 numbers, at least 3 of those numbers will be part of 4,960 of those combination hence 4,960/435,897 =1/88. You should note that 201,376 of those combinations don't have any of the five numbers.RJOhNote: Since 1 combination has a 1:435,897 chance of winning... [ More ]

Reply #1

hot lotto — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 09:01:26 GMT

Knowing one winning number for sure and investing 80$,The chance of hitting 5 would be around 50% for me.I dont know how its like for other lotto players

Buckeye 5

Platinum298 — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 04:35:39 GMT

Got a question about this 5/37 game. It claims the odds of hitting 3 out of 5 on this are 1 in 88. So if I purchased 88 auto-pick tickets,I'd be guaranteed to hit 3/5 on at least one of the tickets? If you spent around $80 on one drawing,how realistic would your chances be of getting all 5 do you think? Have any of you ever dropped a considerable amount on a lottery game and won?ToddPlatinum298