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What is a lottery system? What distinguishes a lottery system from guesses, dreams and quick picks?Reply
So we could express the odds by saying 1/3:30 X 1/3 (or 1/2):30 X 1/3 (or 1/2), (or 1/1):30? I don't know if that would work. I've never tried calculating the odds that way. The reason we divide by 3!, which equals 6, is because we don't have to match the order the numbers are drawn in. If we did, then it would be 1 in 24,360. The lottery sorts the numbers chosen from the same pool from least to greatest. For example to calculate for Hoosier Lotto it's: (48*47*46*45*44*43)/6! = 8,8
Apr 14, 2011, 1:51 pm - Guru101 - Lottery Discussion Forum

$151 Million: Lottery riches up for grabs in Mega Millions gameNews Story
By Todd Northrop The jackpot for Friday night's multi-state Mega Millions lottery draw now stands at $151 million, the largest since January 4th, when a $380 million mega-jackpot was split by two winning tickets from Idaho and Washington. The lump-sum cash payout of Friday's jackpot is $94.3 Million, if the winner decides to take the whole thing at once. The lottery drawing, set for 11 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, will be the 11th since the last time a ticket was sold that matched all s
Mar 9, 2011, 10:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

Determinism vs Randomness and ChanceReply
your continual blatherings of the lie that I don't understand the odds there as well are a bore. I don't care if you understand the odds or not but I said Just another example of your illogical and unrealistic assumptions of how people play lottery games . Thanks for again posting that worthless information from your imaginary Challenge statistics. If you spend more than that, you'll hit more often so just multply. If you play box tickets, you'll hit more often, but the prizes will be p
Feb 24, 2011, 11:49 pm - Stack47 - Mathematics Forum

Mega Millions lottery winner recounts epic winReply
thanks, and you are correct. just as i stated before most of these JP wins are aquired at the hands of low dollar output QP's. and that's what i was preaching to the LP choir about........have fun with it, play within your means, and for crying out loud QUIT acting so desperate by throwing a bunch of money at something that really involves the fate quotient, with odds like that attached to it. people lose their common sense minds when it comes to this stuff. it bears repeating at LP,
Jan 7, 2011, 3:49 pm - visiondude - Lottery News

$330 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot nears record highReply
Todd, With 13 tickets you have covered 13 sets of a posssible 175,711,536 sets of numbers, leaving 175,711, 523 sets not covered. From GURU101, if you buy a $5 quick pick, your odds are 1 in 35,142,307(175,711,536 / 5). I happen to have $13 worth of tickets, so my odds would be 1 in 13,516,272, which is about the same as a single line in a Pick 6/49 Lotto game. If the magic fraction odd reduction worked, those 13 tickets would have covered some 40,000,000 + combinations. They don't
Jan 4, 2011, 10:25 am - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Lucky and unlucky Scratch-off ticket numbersReply
I don't think we have any such formula in GA. Have you actually found that law that outlines the formula? I would be curious if we have such a law on the books. You say you are pretty sure that there was 9 losers in a row, but what none of us knows is if there wasn't a big winner, such as a $500 winner in that pack. I pulled out the actual losers that I found in the trash. It isn't as bad as I remembered, but pretty bad. 004-008 lost, 009 was missing, and 010 lost. I assume 009 was a winner, but
Dec 21, 2010, 6:57 pm - CarHauler - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

$750,000 Winner - Jingle Jumbo Bucks - 2010Reply
If you had kept the winning tickets, or at the very least memorized or written down the ticket numbers, you would have known that the tickets had been played since you left the store. Never be afraid to ask the cashier what the ticket numbers are. I have found that I won on #017 and #007 on a sigle roll, so that would lead me to the conclusion that #12 was most likely a winner as well, and I wish I had bought it. Another thing I have found is that after a big win of at least 3-4 times the value
Dec 6, 2010, 5:40 pm - CarHauler - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Lucky and unlucky Scratch-off ticket numbersReply
Seems odd to lose for a week straight on a ticket that wins somewhat regularly. I have never purchased more than 3 tickets straight without a winner, on any other days, but then again, I have never purchased more than 4 of those in a row. There doesn't seem like much reason to buy a lot at a time, if you are only going to get your money back. Would you advise buying more tickets from the roll that had the $40 winner? One line of thinking is that the roll is less likely to have many more prize
Nov 27, 2010, 3:40 am - CarHauler - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Scratch off methods.Reply
CarHauler it is very interesting how you break down the odds, and very helpful. I live in TN where we have many of the same games GA has but with less payouts. The odds sound roughly the same though. How long have you guys had Jumbo Jumbo bucks? You said it has a 500,000 payout...here in TN it would probably just have around 200 or 250,000. We do get the Jingle Jumbo bucks (or we have the last 2 years) and I think it has the best odds but only comes around this time of year. I played it
Nov 23, 2010, 3:12 pm - TheOtherOne - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

HOw to get the 3 numbers in Pick3: Check your State Previous Pick4 & Pick3Reply
i also meant to say: what s worse, what plays last week throughout the week the following week it plays the opposive following the same things i just said and what plays 1 month the next month is the opposite...it reminds me of the heisenburg cat and atoms charges....again, HOW THE HELL CAN YOU REMEMBER ALL OF THAT WHAT YOU DID PREVIOUSLY, DO THE OPPOSITE AND MANTAIN IN ANY ASPECT THAT YOU LOOK AT IT MANTAIN A: 50/50 CHANCE that a number can show up or not and a 50/50 chance of Evens/odds ect
Nov 19, 2010, 3:46 am - pumpi76 - Lottery Systems Forum