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Do some number combinations have better odds?Reply
The math, and the physical means of the draw. Because of the way the draw happens, you can conclude that every combination is equally likely, so long as there is no physical biases going on in the way the balls are drawn. Now if we found out that some balls were heavier than others, or differently shaped, missing or something of that sort, then you can find that bias and combos would be more likely. The best thing I can compare it to is a roulette wheel. So long as there is no bi
Jun 17, 2012, 4:39 pm - Boney526 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Do some number combinations have better odds?Reply
Ronnie316 Mega millions has had 16 drawings with 5 even numbers and 10 draws with 5 odd. There are 28 odd and 28 even numbers. The odds for a draw having all 5 even or odd is exactly the same but you can see from the history that the totals for each are quite different. If the game runs long enough then most likely the totals for each will move closer and closer to each other. Odds tell us what we can expect over a span of drawings but for a single drawing they are not so telling.
Jun 6, 2012, 4:05 am - RL-RANDOMLOGIC - Lottery Discussion Forum

Post Your IL Lucky Day Lotto EZmatch Results Here!Reply
I played an EZmatch today, nada. The prizes were $5, $20, $50, $100 and $500. When I saw that I didn't have the $5 I knew it was toast. I played QP ticket at 12:26 and got (changing the numbers a little) 08 09 16 27 37 played another QP a few hours later, at a different place, and got 09 10 16 27 37 Thank you guys for the info on the EZmatch odds. I don't know how that comes out to 1:4.89 overall (I'm sure somone here does) but I think the retailer told Gr8ful1 right, put the
May 30, 2012, 6:42 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Do You Think That 1 Quick Pick Ticket Is Random Enough To Win A Mega Millions Or Powerball Jackpot?Reply
The only guarantee the lotteries make about one QP is, the player will get five random numbers between 1 to 56 and one random bonus number between 1 to 46. QPs generated from unsold combos doesn't change that guarantee or prevent the live ball drawing from having one of those combos. They called it a glitch when a player bought multiple ten combo QPs and two of the tickets had the same ten combos. They even showed the odds against that randomly happening. Because they called it a glitch, it m
May 24, 2012, 11:44 am - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

When was the last time you saw a multi-state lottery jackpot...Reply
The March 27 MM Jackpot, which had an annuity value of $363M actually had a pretax expectation value of 1.10, which was higher than the record setting expectation value of the following $640M annuity jackpot because of the Poisson probability distribution, which favored 3 winners (the number actually obtained). The ticket sales were $652 million just for that one drawing and with 3 winning tickets the overall odds of winning the jackpot were 3 in 652 million or 1 in 217 million. And that's
May 18, 2012, 11:32 am - Stack47 - Jackpot Games Forum

Buying More Tickets Does Not Increase Your Odds.Reply
This post was/is very interesting. I love seeing the different people share there way of showing how they look at the odds. The Goal is to win the 5 white balls and 1 MM right.. Regardless if you had to split it...Right.. I like looking at it like this. Let's say each combination is bought and each single ticket (Line) is placed in a large spinning cage.. Now one line will be drawn from the cage. If you bought one ticket you have 1:(total amount of combos). Now to increase yo
Mar 22, 2012, 7:02 pm - tntea - Lottery Discussion Forum

Buying More Tickets Does Not Increase Your Odds.Reply
OK Floyd, I'll play. The Illinois Little Lotto - a 5/39 game , 1:575,757 - jackpot tonight is $250,000. So using your math above I'll put $100,000 on it, reducing the odds against me to 5.757 to 1, 575,757 / 100,000 according to KY Floyd. Surely anyone can make a score at those odds, cutting 575,757:1 down to 5.757:1. The starting jackpot is $100,000, tonight's is $250,000, so I'll play my $100,000, make a $250,000 score and there you go, right. 250% return, not bad. In poker is c
Mar 15, 2012, 6:54 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Odds on MisinformationReply
Stack47. Thank you. I agree with the first part of your post. Knowing that some numbers are often played, we could avioid those numbers and have a better chance of not having to split the pot if we do win. Does anyone have a list of the most popular plays? Re your comment that Nobody is saying any other one combo has better odds of winning . I think you'll find in this chain at least one posting saying that one number combo has better odds, for example nickbrownsfan post below. He sure sou
Mar 14, 2012, 4:10 pm - Cautious - Lottery Systems Forum

Buying More Tickets Does Not Increase Your Odds.Reply
RICH GET RICHER WALL STREET GUYS WIN $254M WITH $1 LOTTERY TICKET. FINANCE PROS TURN $1 INTO $254M WITH LOTTERY. THEY'RE RICH AND RICHERER. November 2, 2011 POWERBALL WINNING NUMBERS: 12-14-34-39-46+ POWER BALL ( 36 ) Thrifty is right, each individual ticket (one line of numbers) is up against the very same odds, 175,000,000 to one. There is one, and only one set of sinning numbers drawn - not one set of winning numbers drawn for each line played.That's why the frac
Mar 5, 2012, 9:32 am - THRIFTY - Lottery Discussion Forum

Weak Powerball Sales?Reply
Pick4Master: Don't think there is much reason for the Managers/Operators/Technicians to rig the Big Lottery Games because the Odds of winning are kind of high. When the WX gets better, here in Wisconsin, I am going to go out side and shoot some photos of a GRAPH, laid out on a deserted street. The graph will show MagaMillion Lottery ODDS vs. 5of5 + Megaballwinning numbers , using one inch per division for the X-axis The odds are 1:175,711,536. Using 1 /per division that's 175,711,536
Feb 25, 2012, 2:04 pm - BlueDuck - Lottery Discussion Forum