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Fixed LotteriesReply
four4me: I totally agree, what would be the point in fixing them. With a 22.5 million to one odds to win the big one in Florida how much more against you could the odds get. After all they have to award the top prize to someone. Obviousoly, the other games have much lower odds but are still tough. Now if you want to talk about fixed look at on line poker. It is easy to play several hands at the same time on several computers from the same premise. Don't you think if you had control
Sep 12, 2006, 1:14 pm - floridian - Lottery Discussion Forum

PB Challenge 9/9Reply
exactly the point i have made in the past, in regards to predictors here, and the point some make that yall may not want to share your best numbers in order not to have to share the jackpot. also the arguement that by somehow picking 15 numbers plus 5 and getting some numbers right, is a monumental feat. im sorry but i dont agree it is, and it certainly doesnt lower your odds enough to have a feasible chance at actually winning the jackpot. while i will be the 1st to admit even that (the a
Sep 11, 2006, 3:36 am - nclottoplayer - Jackpot Games Forum

Has This Ever Happened To You?Reply
I have never won more than $2.00 with any lottery quickpicks, they are useless as far as I am concerned. If 50% of the winners are QP'S there is a reason for this, point in case right now, Nobody has won PBALL or BEGFORMILLIONS [megamillions] for weeks, I've hit twice 3 of 5 in this PBALL period and the PBALL this past wed. no thanks to QP'S. I believe the reason people hit on QP'S is because of shear number of non-regular players that play when the jackpots get big, it is more likely that so
Sep 10, 2006, 6:39 pm - jarasan - Lottery Discussion Forum

PowerBall Best and Worst NominationsReply
8-23-06 PowerBall results: 8-17-24-38-51+31 We were both right about our Worst White Ball and Worst Red PowerBall picks; none of them hit. On the other hand, we were both wrong about our Best White Ball and Best Red PowerBall picks; none of those hit either. Each of us scored 50%, which is no great surprise. It's pretty much what I expected. When it comes to singling out balls, it's much easier to be right about which ones will not hit because the odds are much more favorable. In fact t
Aug 24, 2006, 3:33 am - ayenowitall - Jackpot Games Forum

Odds 101Reply
Coin Toss, Its obvious true odds are meaningless when the question is how much can I win for a buck . And you can get $5000 for your buck hitting a Pick-4 straight combination. What happened in your other thread and in this one too, people were saying by playing 10 different straight combinations they now had 10 chances of winning $5000 so they were lowering the odds by a factor of 10. I guess they forgot by playing 10 more combinations, they changed the question to how much can I win f
Jul 7, 2006, 8:00 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Odds 101Reply
KY Floyd Through this entire thread I've only been talking about the odds, which are function of math, not finances. I'm not talking about how much you win or lose or how good a payout you get from a lottery or casino and I never have been Well, I started the thread, you didn't, and it was going to lead to payoffs verses true odds, but kept getting sidetracked. Perhaps next time you can't start your own thread. KY Floyd For flipping a coin there are two possibilities, and the p
Jul 6, 2006, 7:49 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

This may be too big of an idea, but...
The idea of the Powerball and Mega Millions states joining forces on something has been floated around for a while. I've also seen the success of the Millionaire Raffle here in PA. And we've all seen how big jackpots get people out buying tickets in droves. So, how about this. A $20 Raffle with 500,000,000 tickets being sold in every Powerball and Mega Millions state (maybe even Florida), and among those: 10,000,000 tickets will win $100 (Odds are 1:50) 100,000 tickets will win $10,000 (O
May 21, 2006, 9:57 pm - JimmySand9 - Lottery Discussion Forum

any Maths probability, odds whizz kids ?Reply
Brilliant Thoth ! Thanks for explaining. Yes the main National Lottery game in UK is a 6/49 game. My confusion about the odds was highlighted when i saw that for the different prize tiers in that game ......... for choosing 3 numbers correct OUT of the 6 MAIN numbers drawn the odds of doing that correct 1:57 chance (thereabouts). BUT, in the HOTPICKS PIck 3 game cause you are trying to get 3 numbers correct OUT OF the whole series of 49 numbers..... the odds became 1:922 I w
Apr 25, 2006, 3:23 am - luckyluke - Mathematics Forum

Why not a lottery that goes "wide"?Reply
I agree with Coin Toss. I don't play MM or PB for all the reasons mentioned above, so their marketing scheme of advertising a huge jackpot doesn't work for me. If the second and third tier prizes were substantially higher I might consider playing those games. As a potential customer their present payout structure is not appealing and therefore they don't get my money. I don't care if the jackpot goes to one billion dollars I still wouldn't play the game. As RJOh said, the sales are from
Apr 16, 2006, 1:53 pm - Rick G - Lottery Discussion Forum

Preferred lottery prediction methodsReply
Second the data of 1 in 3,800,000 to match all 5 numbers is filled with a lot of near impossible combinations like....1,2,3,4,5,....2,3,4,5,6.......3,4,5,6,7.....3,4,5,7,8..etc. So really the realistic odds are much much less. I wonder why people think those combinations are nearly impossible . Even Gail Howard in her Lottery Masters Guide claims that the combo 1,2,3,4,5,6 will probably never fall because its too far out of balance. The drawing machines and the balls they contain knows
Mar 21, 2006, 12:17 pm - Thoth - Mathematics Forum