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New Jersey couple wins $3 million lottery prize six months after winning $1 millionReply
A husband-and-wife team defied insurmountable odds 0 Apparently the odds were completely surmountable. That's not how probabilities are calculated at all. That's exactly how odds are calculated. For instance, the odds of someone winning both PB MM jackpot would be 1 in 292M*290M. That's the odds of winning both games if you buy only a single ticket for each game. If you buy 10 tickets for each game the probability of winning either is increased tenfold to 1 in 29.2 and 1 i
Nov 21, 2025, 8:21 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

New Jersey couple wins $3 million lottery prize six months after winning $1 millionReply
I'm talking about the 1 in 1.2T odds mentioned in the article specifically which is independent of how much you play. You can play a 100 or 1000 games, the odds above are not going to change since odds of winning those big prizes are calculated based solely on odds of each of those two games. On the other hand, the more you play the more chances you have of winning something which is common sense and you can't combine both. I don't know how else to explain it further.
Nov 18, 2025, 7:08 pm - johnnyBlaze - Lottery News

New Jersey Lottery lowers odds of winning Fast Play Progressive jackpotNews Story
Lottery intends to provide larger jackpots by reducing chances of winning By Kate Northrop The New Jersey Lottery announced last week that the odds of winning the Fast Play Progressive jackpot will decrease to allow for larger advertised jackpots. Fast Play Progressive jackpots will be harder to win in New Jersey, but Lottery officials say that the change will enhance the playing experience. As of Tuesday, July 1, the odds of winning the Fast Play Progressive jackpot lowered fro
Jul 8, 2025, 7:16 am - Todd - Lottery News

New York Lottery launches new Million Dollar Raffle with best odds of winning $1 millionNews Story
More than a dozen million-dollar prizes up for grabs in brand-new raffle By Kate Northrop The New York Lottery has launched a brand-new Million Dollar Raffle, giving New York players the best odds at winning $1 million in any New York Lottery game. To commemorate the Erie Canal's 200th anniversary, the New York Lottery has debuted a statewide Million Dollar Raffle bursting with 15 $1 million top prizes and more. This year, the Erie Canal turns 200 years old, and to celebrate, the
Aug 7, 2025, 8:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

New lottery number experiment pays off for North Carolina woman with $212,371 Cash 5 jackpotReply
Congrats to Dorothy on that sweet $212k Cash 5 hit, proof that shaking up your method can click on the first go, even if it's pure luck at 1 in 962,598 odds. Whatever her new approach was, blending 2-3 odds with evens and spreading across groups like 1-10, 11-20, etc., pops up in over 90% of draws historically, so it's worth tweaking if you're in a rut. Sticking to sums averaging 10-34 keeps combos realistic too, unlike all-low or sky-high shots that rarely land.
Apr 26, 2026, 9:09 pm - RichW - Lottery News

New Jersey couple wins $3 million lottery prize six months after winning $1 millionReply
That's not how probabilities are calculated at all. Just like MM PB, each game has winning tickets with specific probabilities to that game. For scratch-offs it's # of printed tickets containing that prize amount divided by total number of tickets. And since these two games are not dependent, the combined odds is just multiplying the odds of winning each of those prizes individually. For instance, the odds of someone winning both PB MM jackpot would be 1 in 292M*290M. Probabilit
Nov 18, 2025, 5:02 pm - johnnyBlaze - Lottery News

Massachusetts man wins double $1 million Powerball lottery prizes in one drawingReply
What happened to this guy was a fluke... A lottery fluke as I call them. Lottery flukes happen more often that most players realize. How many times have you read about a big winner that a clerk sold him/her a ticket that the player didn't ask for or even want? I should have pointed out in my post above that the reason why I'm playing for a second place PB win and not a jackpot is this - the odds of matching the first 5 numbers are 1 in 11 million whereas to win a PB jackpot by matching
Jul 21, 2025, 8:25 am - GiveFive - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery releases its own Cash Pop draw gameReply
I misstated something from the PAlottery website yesterday. I said the odds of getting a possibility of a $250 prize on a $1 bet was 15,000 to 1. The odds for that are actually 1,000 to 1. When you factor in the 15 possible numbers, that's where the 15,000 to 1 comes from. In case anybody finds this useful, here are the bet amounts and the prize ranges. $1 bet, prize range $5 to $250 $2 bet, prize range $10 to $500 $5 bet, prize range $25 to $1,250 $10 bet, prize range $50
Nov 22, 2025, 6:44 am - OhSoClose - Lottery News

Washington's Lottery announces St. Patrick's Day RaffleNews Story
Washington players get a crack at best odds at winning $1 million By Kate Northrop The Washington Lottery has announced that it will be holding a St. Patrick's Day Raffle for the very first time, advertising the best odds at winning a million dollars. Washington lottery players who participate in the Washington Lottery's newest raffle will have the best odds at winning a $1 million prize beginning later this month. The last time that Washington's Lottery held a raffle was in Nove
Jan 8, 2026, 8:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

Persistent Kentucky man wins $150,000 Powerball lottery prize: "It's just a dollar."Reply
Count me in as someone that always adds the PowerPlay option because I don't care what the jackpot amount is. I play for a second place win. To each his own, but IMHO it's worth it because the odds of winning a second place prize of two million dollars by matching all five white balls are 1 in 11,688,053. Winning two million bucks with those low odds makes sense to me. I know of lottery's that have worse odds than 11 million to 1 and pay out less than 2 million to any winner(s). And th
Aug 23, 2025, 11:19 am - GiveFive - Lottery News