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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

Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpotReply
The odds of winning are the same, but the odds of sharing the jackpot are higher.. It is like in NZ a lotto official said that there were usually about 3,000 tickets with 1,2,3,4,5,6 ... When picking your own numbers, people want a logical reason... Birthdays is another (so more likely to share prizes/ jackpots if the numbers are 1 - 31.
May 6, 2026, 2:59 am - kao1632 - Lottery News

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
* True, but only if British players are willing to go for the 30 year payout if they find the odds attractive enough.
Apr 15, 2026, 1:09 am - noise-gate - Lottery News

Lotto Max game changes will go into effect this weekend, including bigger $90 million jackpotsNews Story
Guaranteed cash prizes to be awarded every drawing, but odds are harder By Kate Northrop This weekend the Canadian multi-province Lotto Max draw game gets its revamp, which promises jackpots capped at $90 million (US$64.7 million) and guaranteed $100,000 (US$71,940) cash prizes with every draw. Canadians will get the chance to try out the new iteration of the multi-province Lotto Max draw game on April 11, which will include a bigger jackpot cap at the cost of a higher ticket price.
Apr 10, 2026, 11:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

New Hampshire Lottery launches $30 scratch-off ticket offering record $3 million top prizeReply
It's because the odds of winning the NH scratch off is 780 times better than PB/MM.
Apr 9, 2026, 6:37 am - Tucker Black - Lottery News

Virginia man wins 20 times in a single Pick 4 lottery drawing, racking up $100,000News Story
Loyal player uses same numbers every single day, hits 20 winning tickets at once By Kate Northrop A Virginia man plays Pick 4 every single day, and his big $100,000 payout finally arrived when he purchased 20 lottery tickets for one drawing. One loyal lottery player won 20 times in a single Pick 4 drawing this month, netting him a $100,000 payday. Prentice Douglas is consistent with his lottery lifestyle. Every day, he'll play the same numbers in the Virginia Lottery's Pick 4 dra
Mar 30, 2026, 6:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

EXCLUSIVE: Weeks-long computerized draw error prevented many DC Lottery tickets from winning a prizeReply
According to JADELottery, the odds of the DC 5 drawing producing a singles combination without any repeat digits for 41 consecutive drawings is 1 in 242,413. It's not impossible, but improbable. By the time the game reaches its 50th consecutive drawing without a repeat digit, those odds become 1 in 3.685 million. that math is not correct. the probability of singles occurring in any one pick 5 drawing is 0.3024. the probability of it happening n times in a row is 0.3024^n. that means the pro
Apr 22, 2026, 2:04 pm - Brock Lee - Lottery News

EXCLUSIVE: Weeks-long computerized draw error prevented many DC Lottery tickets from winning a prizeNews Story
Certain combinations had no chance of winning for three weeks By Kate Northrop Following independent observations by Lottery Post members of an unlikely statistical anomaly in Washington, D.C. draw outcomes, the DC Lottery identified a software problem that meant certain combinations had no shot at winning prizes in three games. The DC Lottery has implemented a fix for a coding error that prevented some tickets from winning in three of its local draw games for three weeks. After
Apr 22, 2026, 1:47 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpotReply
Players have been playing those vertical rows since the first lottery slip was placed on a lottery stand in stores. The odds on it coming in are the same as any other 5 numbers.
May 5, 2026, 10:40 am - billybucks - Lottery News

Michigan $733,968 Fantasy 5 jackpot winner wins again, this time a $1M Millionaire Raffle prizeReply
That $733,968 Fantasy 5 jackpot was split, meaning this guy pocketed around $366k from a prize that started at $100k and rolled over. Pretty impressive timing just before nailing the 1-in-100,000 shot at the Millionaire Raffle's $1M top prize. Stories like this show that consistent play across games can pay off big, even if the odds are the same for everyone. Congrats to him on turning tickets into treasure twice over!
May 4, 2026, 9:55 pm - RichW - Lottery News