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would you rather win 1, 10, 50, 100, or 500 million $Reply
I didn't say this game exists. It was a rhetorical question -- would you bet $2 on a 1 in 53 billion chance of winning $6 million? Apparently so, because you said that any game that awards $6M for $2 is ok. How bad do the odds of winning have to get before you say no? 1 in 800 billion? 1 in a trillion cubed? This is ridiculous that you do not consider the odds of winning when deciding whether to play. The bad casino gamblers play triple zero roulette when double zero is available. They play
Jan 9, 2026, 6:13 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

would you play a multi country lottery?Reply
The idea is interesting. For me it would depend on the cost, the odds, and jackpot amount/growth rate along with the lower tier payout amounts compared to what any current games offer. Somehow I fear that the cost and odds would not be favorable. But, the dollar amounts might be tempting enough for an occasional monster jackpot play.
Jan 8, 2026, 1:41 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

How Astronomical Is It To Get The Number Right In Each Column?Reply
So what your post shows is that in a 6/49 game, where the data per column is sorted ascending, each column has 44 possible numbers instead of 49. So on a per column basis, each number, in a fairly drawn game has a modified expectancy... 1/44 (0.0227) rather than 1/49 (0.0204) when considering sorted over drawn order. Since 5 numbers are not possible in each column, it looks to reduce the odds as C(49/6) has 13,983,816 combinations, while C(44/6) has 7,059,052 combinations. Interesting observatio
Dec 28, 2025, 11:10 am - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

You Can't Lose If You Don't PlayReply
Playing 128 pick 3 numbers the probability of an exact number hit is 12%, 1 in 8.3. This equates to the probability of not hitting to be 1 in 1.14, 88%. If we take the exact odds approach (though unlikely to occur) and assume 1 in every 8 draws will hit playing 128 numbers with a cost of $256 (your example) $2048 will be spent. Offset this by a win of $744 (your example) this leaves a loss of $1304 for the 8 drawing campaign. Your example win of $744 indicates more than just a str
Dec 17, 2025, 8:34 am - realtorjim - Lottery Discussion Forum

my idea for a multi-state lottery
1) Choose 6 numbers from 1 to 68. 2) Tickets cost $1. 3) Match all 6 to win the jackpot, which starts at $25 million. 4) 10 cents of each ticket gets added to the jackpot. 5) Match 5 of 6 to win the 2nd prize of $100,000. 6) Buy 5, get one free. For $5, you get 6 lines, which is either 6 QP or your playslip of 5 sets of 6 numbers plus one QP. 7) Both prizes are all cash (subject to taxes, of course, we can't get around that). No annuity BS. If you win $25 million and want
Dec 12, 2025, 9:28 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Five dollar MMReply
If your claim is that the odds of one ticket winning a straight bet improves to 1 in 128, it means that every single drawing has a number from your list. This is false. Your list wins occasionally, not every single time. Since you know nothing about lotterology, I will fill you in on a little secret.... Because of what you DON'T know about lotterology, that makes my odds correct. There is something that you don't know about lotterology that I incorporate into my system that improves
Nov 22, 2025, 7:32 pm - Lotterologist - Lottery Discussion Forum

Five dollar MMReply
LOL, you can't even get the odds correct. It's 128 in 1,000. That's a much higher number (0.1280, not 0.0078). The 1 in 128 figure would be correct if the lottery only drew 1 of 128 combinations. They don't. They draw 1 of 1,000 combinations. If your claim is that the odds of one ticket winning a straight bet improves to 1 in 128, it means that every single drawing has a number from your list. This is false. Your list wins occasionally, not every single time.
Nov 22, 2025, 5:54 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I bought a bunch of Powerball tickets for the last drawing when the annuity jackpot was $2 billion. I normally don't play that game because the odds of winning are approximately zero. For the same price, I can get far better odds of winning less money but still life changing money. I was willing to try it because it would be fun to spend $600 million in today's money after tax. For Megamillions, the equivalent annuity jackpot would have to be $5 billion for me to play (even then, maybe not,
Sep 26, 2025, 4:59 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Would a pick 6 be viable?Reply
The Ohio classic lotto is a 6/49 game and the kicker is extra. I do not think you get to pick your numbers in the kicker game. The payout vs. odds on the kicker are horrible compared to what the regular daily drawn games pay out. $10 for the front 2, $100 for the front three, etc... they pay out 10% of the odds. Now, that is only for an extra dollar, where most front or back match N sub bets (like a front 3 on a pick 4 ticket) cost extra, but you get to pick your own numbers. Plus I thin
Aug 21, 2025, 12:27 am - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

Maryland's Multi Match odds are variableReply
The PA Match 6 is a 6/49 that is the same way, you only get to pick the top line with the other 2 being QPs. The closest I ever got to that game was a 5 of 6 on the last QP line. The 6th number appeared above it AND on the line I picked... for having 7 of 18, that paid $25 while the 5 of 6 on one line paid $1,000.... matching 9 of 18 would have also paid $1,000 and 10+ of 18 would have paid $2,500. But I have never seen a ticket with even the potential to match 10+, and I played that game ev
Aug 16, 2025, 3:40 pm - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum