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The "Holy Grail"Reply
the odds can not change no matter what you do. A strategy improves the odds in some draws balanced by making it impossible to win in others. Two logically inconsistent statements The second being factually incorrect Describe a Powerball/Pick-3/... strategy that makes it impossible to win .
Jan 23, 2016, 10:50 am - dddwww - Lottery Discussion Forum

More state lotteries adding "win for life" gamesReply
Oh, no, I didn't mean that you missed NC in your list! I look at the website just about every day so I know they just put it up there this morning. I was just saying that I was excited that Lucky for Life is coming to my State. Not thrilled about the $2 price point, but it's still better odds than PB at $2.
Jan 22, 2016, 5:35 pm - OneTrickpony - Lottery News

More state lotteries adding "win for life" gamesReply
What does over 40 have to do with getting money every year for life? NOTHING. These are my favorite games and I don't give a crap if I am over 40 I will take $365,000 a year any day or $273,000 after taxes or whatever is left I don't give a crap. Would be A LOT more than I would have otherwise at any age. Don't like the games don't play them. The odds are WAY better than PB or MM and I have already seen about 6-8 winners or more in 4 states. I matched 3 number so far, and also almost won Lucky F
Jan 22, 2016, 12:00 pm - sirbrad - Lottery News

quiz pick-4 daily game oddsReply
Let's say that we start with 4 positions. Each position has 1 in 10 odds for selecting the correct digit. If we hit 3 digits in the correct positions and miss one then what are the odds of doing so. Remember that we don't know which 3 are correct until after the drawing. We have 4 possible outcomes. A+B+C A+B+D A+C+D B+C+D A______ B______ C______ D_______ Hint. We get 4 choices to hit 3 correct, the problem is further complicated by the fact that any 1 of the 4
Jan 22, 2016, 7:02 am - RL-RANDOMLOGIC - Mathematics Forum

Scratch offs verse DrawingsReply
Drawings over scratches every time. Although scratches have a more spread out win possibility, I believe the true odds are worse. What I mean by true odds are, we never know how many tickets are printed up of a particular game. Not only that, all tickets are spread across thousands of stores, depending on our commute, we most likely won't reach a great % of these tickets. Let's take Tennessee's most popular scratch game ($2 - Jumbo Bucks) and use it as an example. According to their website,
Jan 21, 2016, 8:56 pm - JuiceMonster - Lottery Discussion Forum

Don't You Find It Interesting?Reply
That may be true. However, if you don't play, you can't win at all. Not spending $2 bucks on a PB ticket when you are getting 5 to 1 pot odds is insane.
Jan 21, 2016, 11:32 am - travelintrucker - Jackpot Games Forum

Scratch offs verse DrawingsReply
Scratch offs hands down win more often than higher odds terminal games. I also spend more on scratchers so I guess that's to be expected.
Jan 21, 2016, 9:38 am - BuyLow - Lottery Discussion Forum

California Lottery officials seized surveillance footage from store that sold Powerball ticketReply
What are the odds the winner doesn't want someone to see his face. May have a warrant out for them, in a divorce case. There are a lot more reasons.
Jan 21, 2016, 5:16 am - CARBOB - Lottery News

Picking numbers. Would you rather be Good or Lucky and why?Reply
I'd rather be lucky, since it's the only thing that could help me win more than the pitiful amount allowed by normal probability. OTOH, I might choose good if it was a real thing and not just a delusion. I say might because even of you could actually improve your odds by 50% it doesn't really help. All that would do is reduce your losses a bit.
Jan 20, 2016, 4:07 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball reaching record jackpots due to the odds just got harder?Reply
Yeah but the first one could have been the fluke also. The harder odds seems to favor more up in that range over time. I highly doubt it will be only 3 in 10 years. They will change the matrix again if they don't see it going up more often. We will definitely be seeing it in the middle to upper hundred millions more often.
Jan 20, 2016, 1:47 pm - sirbrad - Jackpot Games Forum