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Virginia woman wins Cash 5 lottery top prize 12 times for total of $1.2 millionReply
Some players rather than choosing to play games with million dollars jackpots, choose a game they think they can win and buy enough tickets to win a million dollars when they win. Although I've never done the math, I suspect the odds of winning a million dollars are the same either way.
Jul 6, 2017, 12:30 pm - RJOh - Lottery News

It doesn't really matter what numbers you chose for the Powerball/Mega Millions right?Reply
My Math was completely off back there. Try 3,240 stadiums with a capacity crowd of 80,000 people a piece, and having ONE winner, from all of those stadiums combined. That's the odds we talking about here.
Jul 5, 2017, 9:52 pm - noise-gate - Lottery Discussion Forum

It doesn't really matter what numbers you chose for the Powerball/Mega Millions right?Reply
There are 208 PB MM drawings held in a single year. The odds of winning the jackpots are 1 in 258 million or higher. Which means that on average, each distinct set of numbers should come in once every 1.25 million years or so. Bottom line, you can play 1 through 6 and they're just as likely to win as any other set of 6 numbers, but you'd better be in it for the long haul.
Jul 5, 2017, 7:42 pm - EdG1955 - Lottery Discussion Forum

New York Dream Team 07/01/17 - 07/31/17Reply
Great post Long Odds! , so sorry I missed it. Just came back, after a long vacation, but I always follow your predictions cause you're always on target!
Jul 5, 2017, 6:21 pm - Coconutwater - Pick 3 Forum

Question about pick 5/pools
Does anyone do or know how to get involved in a pick 5 small pool (like 2-3 people in total). I live in NJ and I often buy $15 or $20 everytime the jackpot goes over like $500k or $600k, and it occurred to me that splitting a jackpot between $600k-1mil three ways is pretty darn good especially with better odds of like 3 people playing $15 or $20 each. Anyone know if there are any small pools around in things like that with the pick 5? I would guess the only rule would be the
Jul 4, 2017, 5:38 pm - mikeharness - Pick 5 Forum

Virginia woman wins Cash 5 lottery top prize 12 times for total of $1.2 millionReply
The odds against matching five numbers is 278,256 to 1 and exactly the same for players buying 25 cent tickets or multiple $1 tickets. Her system was to play birthday numbers.
Jul 4, 2017, 4:19 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle - XXIVReply
Thanks for the update. Assuming 420,000 are sold. Odds of winning a million will be around 1 in 105,000. 1 in ~52,500 of winning $100K or more. And around 1 in 70 of winning at least $100. All in all, not too shabby for a numbers game, though hoping they adjust the prize structure and/or add more early-bird prizes (ie. 1 $50K plus 50 more $1K) for the next go around.
Jul 4, 2017, 11:58 am - Ron5995 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Virginia woman wins Cash 5 lottery top prize 12 times for total of $1.2 millionReply
Wow! The odds of this must be astronomical! She should sell her system for picking her numbers
Jul 3, 2017, 10:29 pm - Toronto - Lottery News

Wisconsin SuperCash $$Reply
Think I'm gonna send them an email with that suggestion. After all, odds are no one will hit the jp anyway. LOL
Jul 3, 2017, 4:31 pm - LiveInGreenBay - Jackpot Games Forum

Wisconsin SuperCash $$Reply
I had some numbers partially picked. I then remembered that there are 6 numbers and the odds are nearly 1.7 million. I think it is better to go with pick 3 or 4 or B5 even though the jackpot is often shared.
Jul 1, 2017, 9:59 am - pickone4me - Jackpot Games Forum