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Are pre-draws corrupting your lottery strategy ?Reply
So what? Just because the odds of an event are 1 in 1000, doesn't mean that you simply have to wait a certain number of draws for them to show. In fact if there are 1000 possibilities, chances are that many will take over 3000 draws to show. I'm not going to do the math to show that as it's fairly complicated, but it's essentially what I had written, expanded out to include the number of draws that you wish to test for. There are easier, statistical tests, and software which can
Jan 10, 2012, 2:33 pm - Boney526 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are pre-draws corrupting your lottery strategy ?Reply
No boney your analysis is incorrect. That is not how the rules regarding the degrees of certainty work. The odds are not 1/1000 for a single straight played combination....this is where people time and time and time again get it wrong ..!!! Your odds are 1/1000 if you play 1000 combinations whereby you'd only win 500 dollars in most states and even less in new jersey. IF youre only playing one single straight played combination the odds go welllllllllllllllllllllll over a 1000 draws
Jan 6, 2012, 5:46 pm - crow - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Jersey: 11/1 - 11/30/2011Reply
Apparently this had really messed with the normal odds too... However I just won 3 x $2 yesterday so who knows but this is what they have to say: Odds and Prizes Loaded With Lincolns Promotion Prize Amount Odds of Winning Winners per 150,000 $5 1 in 7 21,429 $500 1 in 75,000 2 Total 1 in 7 21,431
Nov 21, 2011, 10:38 pm - ChaosX - Pick 3 Forum

Texas: 11/1 - 11/30/2011Reply
NN ? Most people mistakenly believe that they have a 1/1000 chance at winning at pick 3....these kind of odds are very deceptive and most lotteries feed into this deception,and here is why : Your chances of winning are NOT 1/1000 for a straight played combination....they are only 1/1000 if you play 1000 combinations whereby you'd only win 500 dollars in most states. IF you only play 1 straight combination and want to reach a 99% degree of certainty it CAN go as high as 4602 plays to ac
Nov 2, 2011, 10:03 am - crow - Pick 3 Forum

Looking for scratch players from TNReply
hey PATTYH ... you'll be tickeld to know that ruby red 7's in tennesse are 1 in 3.30 and the same exact game in nc has the odds set at 1 in 3.93 ... both similar games, however in nc the top prize is only 70k ... in tennessee the top prize is 77,777, as you well know. BUT, there are only 2 top prizes remaining ... in both states. It concerns me when the top prizes get low in quantity. It's possible that they ahve already been discovered and put back ... or its even possible they have been destro
Sep 28, 2011, 10:08 pm - tarheel1 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

New Jersey: 9/1 - 9/30/2011Reply
Hey Calabs, you've got a couple really serious flaws in that math, but I think I can work it out a what the actual odds are. I understand what you did to get the 13.6% but it's flawed because of the 220 combos, certain ones are more likely to show than others. It's more accurate to test out of the 1000 possible straights, treating your boxes as 3 or 6 straights, and triples as 1. The other flaw is a lot harder to deal with, because it has to do with the fact that your picks can i
Sep 24, 2011, 2:40 pm - Boney526 - Pick 3 Forum

Winning at NY Take 5Reply
All odd or all even numbers being drawn does happen, but not very often. That said, on Sept 13 all evens came out with 3 Jackpot winners of $28,389 each. Based on that, my guess is the next time we'll see all odds or all evens, it'll be all odds. If you're interested in all odds or evens being drawn, here's some data for you; There are 11,628 possible combinations of all even numbers being drawn out of a total of 575,757. There are 15,504 possible combinations of all odd numbers being
Sep 20, 2011, 12:38 pm - GiveFive - Pick 5 Forum

Why Do Mathematicians Consider The Lottery RandomReply
Stack, I barely know how to play craps, so I'm not really sure how to do take what you said in. But based on my understanding of the Don't Pass bet, you're forgetting to show the effect of getting a 2,3,12 or 7/11 on the come out roll - which makes the edge of the much small - but existant. But I'm not really 100% sure what you're asking on that. I also know most Casinos allow to to take the odds - and that lowers the edge significantly. It's not really possible for him to get mo
Aug 28, 2011, 1:53 pm - Boney526 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Why Do Mathematicians Consider The Lottery RandomReply
I read that simulation, and although, to get an accurate representation of the odds of the PB 28 not being drawn over 270 draws, I think more simulations would have been necessary, the 50000 simulations done showed it to be a 47/50000 chance, in other words, close to 1 in 100, which has nothing really to do with averages, it's just a computer finding what the odds are likely close to by running the game through a bunch of times. It has nothing to do with averages, although casinos, sportsbooks,
Aug 27, 2011, 10:47 am - Boney526 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Those of you who keep track of your scratch off spending, ...Reply
The closest we have to other states is our $5 Set for Life scratcher, which has a big $2,000,000 top prize, but terrible payouts for the lower prizes, so as a game, you are likely to be well below 50% return unless you hit the big one. Much better games to play for low and mid level prizes are Red Hot 7s and Wild 10s. I couldn't agree more with Set for Life. I don't play them anymore since I never hit anything decent. 10 bucks at most. Here's the table of odds for Set for Life
Aug 24, 2011, 5:38 pm - redhot7 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum