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Florida Lottery's repeat winners don't always come out aheadReply
'Toss, I remember you mentioning in the past that you worked at a casino(s) before. Talk to me a little bit about the odds of Pick 3 vs. Roulette...and any trends you've seen in your experiences while at the casino. The reason I ask is because, while I'm pretty strong with Pick 3, I prefer Roulette due to seemingly better odds...and I can generate more money faster and more consistently. In the end it's all numbers, but I saw where the table game produced much better results for the money I w
May 14, 2012, 7:14 pm - Lucky Loser - Lottery News

Question about Lump Sum or AnnuityReply
There is truly a $625k prize on a $10 game but I dont even consider it a game as the odds are 12 million to 1 for each dollar spent as apposed to 4.8 million to 1 for each dollar spent on the $500k prize in the $20. game. Its almost like they are probing the public to find the height of their stupidity. Even the $1 million Raffle is only a 6 million to $1 long shot which is 1/2 the odds of getting the $625k.
May 12, 2012, 11:54 am - Ronnie316 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Why can't I ever get a good win on scratch tickets?Reply
If you play $3000 in scratchers, you most likely will win back roughly $1500, unless you hit a ticket that has a major prize. Don't know about your state, but in Texas, thay list how many prizes there are in a scratch game. Usually there might be 6 top prizes out of 6 million printed tickets. Odds of 1 in a million. Overall odds anywhere from 1 in 2.5 to 1 in 5. Scratchers sell better than the online games because people like instant gratification. I always liked the anticipation of a lottery
May 10, 2012, 1:59 pm - rcbbuckeye - Lottery Discussion Forum

Arkansas scratch offs??
Hi Everyone, I'm a new poster, but I've been lurking off and on for while. I was wondering if anyone out there had any luck with Arkansas scratch off tickets? I've been playing at least once a week since the lottery was introduced here, but my biggest win has been $15. That happened once. I've won $10 a few times. All other wins have been breakeven prizes. I usually play the $3 cards. The odds are about the same as the more expensive tickets. Sometimes the odds are better. I've had my be
May 7, 2012, 1:02 am - ARPlayer - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Calculating odds for a subset of numbersReply
CALCULATE ODDS combination size 5 basic pool size 56 (B) Bonus pool size 46 smallest match no (B) number 3 largest match with bonus 5 smallest match with bonus 0 tickets or chances per draw 200000 possible combos of 5/56 + 1/46 numbers = 175711536 MATCH ODDS WINNING COMBOS ODDS 200000 CHANCES MATCHES 5/5+B 1 : 175711536 1 1 : 879 0.00 5/5+0 1 : 3904701 45 1 : 20 0.05 4/5+B 1 : 689065 255 1 : 3 0.29 4/5+0 1 : 15313 11475 13 : 1 13.06 3/5+B 1 : 13781 1275
Apr 27, 2012, 3:16 pm - RJOh - Mathematics Forum

Do most people who win the lottery jackpots buy just one Ticket or multiple tickets?Reply
Hi L.L. Thanks for your response. I agree about the staying in your budget that's why I tend to buy just one ticket for MM or PB due to that reason though I usually pay the extra dollar for the multiplier. Last night I splurged for PB and bought 3 tickets without multiplier. I guess my thoughts about buying one line has been that it just takes one line to win (though having that one line puts you in the 1 to 175 million odds of actually being able to win) wish are pretty impossible odds, lol)
Apr 26, 2012, 8:16 am - shyguitar - Lottery Discussion Forum

Why Play Pwerball or Mega-Millions ?? Play you're States games !!Reply
The back of my MM card says it pays $250,000. for 5+0. I have been looking at the $20 scratcher card in AZ that pays $500,000. on odds of 1 in 240,000. Not sure about my math but it sounds like a better pay-out for the odds, plus tons of smaller prizes cut the expense by quite a bit. Im the guy who wants to spend $500. at a whack, so this game might be for me. Any suggestions? I bought $200. worth the other day as a teaser and got back $115. It took me 3 years of buying MM and PB to hit $
Apr 24, 2012, 11:29 pm - Ronnie316 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Which odds are better?Reply
The object is to match winning lines as closely as possible. If 70% of winning lines can be categorized by parameters, the question on everyone's mind should be how many lines are in that pool compared to the whole universe of that game. As I said earlier, if the pool is 70% of the total in order to win 70% of the time it is obviously meaningless. But if the pool is as low as 30% of the total it would be a valuable tool. In other words, even though you give up winning 30% of the time, you wou
Apr 17, 2012, 8:55 pm - Ronnie316 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Buying 1 Lottery Ticket Gives You A 50/50 Chance Of Winning A Lottery Jackpot.Reply
no i dont really have any feeling at all except that i disagree with the analysis of the shotgun method... if you play 10 tickets of quick picks my opinion is that you will do worse than if you play a 3 power number wheel... he may have won...but that type of luck has odds tougher than the actual odds of winning the mega million jackpot...
Apr 13, 2012, 6:11 pm - LottoBoner - Lottery Discussion Forum

6 tickets from LA win $1 million megamillions 4/10Reply
Hmmm, after doing some calculations, I've determined that, in terms of MEGAPLIER sales, the anticipated prize fund is 48.392% of sales, and 19.2076 cents of each $1 wagered on the Megaplier goes to pay the $1,000,000 prize winners ($750,000 actually, because the original $250,000 is covered by the first regular $1; also for the other prizes, you have to individually calculate the odds of winning $40,000, $30,000, $20,000, or an extra $30,000, $20,000, or $10,000, and so forth down to the extra $
Apr 12, 2012, 9:30 pm - ryanm - Lottery Discussion Forum