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buying multiple tickets, but only changing one number?Reply
I am basically guaranteeing myself that 5th number. True. Now you just need 4 more. Wouldn't my odds of winning the jackpot then essentially be 1:2,164? Not so much. In a 35 Choose 5 game, if you buy 31 tickets, your odds of a jackpot are 31/324,632 = 1 in 10,472
Apr 6, 2012, 3:01 am - time*treat - Jackpot Games Forum

NYT5- Jackpotismine tagline numbers ONLY PLEASE!!Reply
Just from an odds stand point, playing with a set of 23 numbers makes the odds of picking the 5 winning numbers 33,649 to 1. I was hoping a zero would be drawn last night and I got my wish. I see that 33 and 36 were also drawn with it. I did some research and saw that what you said is true, more often than not a 3, 6, 10, 13, 16, 20,23, 30, 33, 36 will be drawn. So my question is: What does your gut say about one of them being drawn tonight? Does your gut tell you we might see a number from
Apr 2, 2012, 5:00 am - GiveFive - Pick 5 Forum

How much more have you spent on the record jackpot than normal?Reply
I voted $20 but spent 19 and my heartbeat it' not racing at all, odds are sick I'm doing pretty good on Cash4 games and using my profit, otherwise would buy 3 only. I have no problem betting 40 to 50 everyday on C4 beacuse it takes money to make money and the odds are not sick!
Mar 30, 2012, 5:23 pm - SOLO1 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions fever sweeps nation as jackpot hits $540 millionReply
Odds were 1 in 175 million now it's 1 in 176 million whoohoo those odds are rough! Once that first ball drops you'll instantly know if you won or lost the jackpot. Yep it will happen that fast. LOL!! The guy in the second video didn't even realize it went to $500 million, he was so surprised.
Mar 30, 2012, 9:59 am - Nikkicute - Lottery News

$500 MILLION: Mega Millions sets all-time lottery jackpot recordReply
just saw this on the net. i slightly modified the last part. Now, let's compare the odds of taking home one of those big jackpots to the odds of some other activities: Getting pregnant from a one-night stand: 1 in 20 Getting struck by lightning: 1 in 10,000 Dying in an airplane crash: 1 in 355,318 Being dealt a royal flush in a given hand of poker: 1 in 655,750 Dying from a flesh-eating bacteria: 1 in 1 million. Winning the mega million jackpot : 1 in .
Mar 28, 2012, 1:40 pm - surimaribo24 - Lottery News

New Illinois ticket: 5 PRIZES OF $4,000,000 PAID IN GOLD BULLION OR CASH!Reply
WOW! I Like this ticket! If you compare the odds with the odds of$20.00 Florida Lottery Scratchers this ticket is a dream Florida is one of the most populous states with also one of the most heavily visited (who also buy tickets) Florida Lotto is such a SCAM!!!!
Mar 18, 2012, 6:34 pm - TheRightPrice - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Buying More Tickets Does Not Increase Your Odds.Reply
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 175000 possible combos of 5/56 + 1/46 numbers = 175711536 MATCH ODDS WINNING COMBOS ODDS 175000 CHANCES EXPECT MATCHES 5/5+B 1 : 175711536 1 1 : 1004 0.00 5/5+0 1 : 3904701 45 1 : 22 0.04 4/5+B 1 : 689065 255 1 : 4 0.25 4/5+0 1 : 15313 11475 1 : 0 11.43 3/5+B 1 : 13781 12750 1 : 0 12.
Mar 18, 2012, 3:19 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

Buying More Tickets Does Not Increase Your Odds.Reply
The One In 1000 Project: A Lottery Post blog exploring what exactly happens when you improve your odds of winning Mega Millions or Powerball to 1 in 1000. (Spoiler alert: not much.) No one could improve their odds better than owning all the MM or PB tickets bought in their town and yet how many PB or MM jackpot winners are there in their town?. Put another way. If they owned a piece or every ticket sold in the country what are their chances when many drawings go with no jackpot winners i
Mar 17, 2012, 3:06 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

Does when you buy your lottery ticket increase your odds of winning?Reply
It is advertised as a game with two chances to win a nice prize. Before you buy a $2 ticket, the combined overall odds of winning something are 1 in 3.66 with a 1 in 4.8 chance of winning something instantly. But if your ticket isn't a instant winner, the overall odds are 1 in 15. As lottery games go, it's an OK game because it's actually two $1 games. It's a 5/52 pick 5 game that pays $5 for matching 2, $25 for matching 3, $500 for matching 4 and $100,000 for matching all 5 cards. The instan
Mar 13, 2012, 8:43 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Does when you buy your lottery ticket increase your odds of winning?
Hi everyone!!!!! I JUST LOVE THIS WEBSITE!!!!! I was just wondering if you had a better chance of winning a MM or PB jackpot if you buy your tickets the day of the drawing instead of buying say a couple days in advance. Most of the stories that I've read of lottery winners seem to buy their tickets at the last minute before the drawing happens. I've never heard of anyone winning a jackpot off of an advance play either. What do you all think and rdgrnr PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REPLY TO MY POST you
Mar 12, 2012, 3:53 pm - vagirl - Lottery Discussion Forum