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Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
If you hold two tickets for Pick 2, betting on 37 as well as 65, your odds of winning are 1 in 50. The calculation is 2 [number of distinct bets you have made] divided by 100 [number of possible outcomes]. 2 divided by 100 is 1/50. 2/100=1/50=0.02=2% Don't know how else it could be explained better! But it looks like some here just don't understand why a 2% chance of winning a game with 100 outcomes is a 1 in 50 chance. Hopefully explaining how buying 10 chances gives an actual 1 in 10
Apr 1, 2026, 3:35 am - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
A lot of people (maybe even most?) don't even realize that odds aren't the ratio of the number of chances compared to the number of possible outcomes Thank You ! Finally, somebody that understandz whut Oddz really meanz ... Written in Arial Black , not Tucker Black .. -Stat$talker
Mar 31, 2026, 10:31 am - Stat$talker - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
Each ticket is a 1 in 300M chance to win. It doesn't matter whether two tickets were bought by one person or two different people. Each ticket is a 1 in 300M chance. If you buy two tickets (different numbers) then you have a 1 in 150M chance of winning because you are holding TWO TICKETS. Each ticket alone is 300M but you have TWO of them. 300M divided by 2 is 150M. If you buy a third ticket, your chances of winning improve to 100M. Not 75M (half of 150M), it's 100M because you have thre
Mar 30, 2026, 2:17 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Never did this beforeReply
I don't understand how you can fail at such simple math. 1) In what alternative universe do you live where 1,221,759 divided by 5 is 38,719? 2) If you wanted to bring your odds down to under a million you don't need to buy 11 lines. Just 2 would do it.
Mar 28, 2026, 1:37 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Illinois mom uses children's birthdays to win $800,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpotNews Story
Mother's plans for the prize are fitting By Kate Northrop An Illinois mother is glad she used her children's birthdays for her lottery numbers, since they just won her an $800,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot in the Illinois Lottery. With a check for her prize secured, one Illinois woman will put her winnings towards the very thing that inspired her $800,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot win: her children. Something magical happened that day, the winner said in a press release. Everything c
Mar 27, 2026, 8:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

NY Dream TeamReply
LONG ODDS........... these LOTTO STATS AINT STAT...ING much any more..... SUM 13 AND 14 used to be on F I R E....
Mar 26, 2026, 5:42 pm - Andrew1209 - Pick 3 Forum

Texas: 3/1 - 3/31/2026Reply
What are the odds of one digit being drawn in the same position 5 times in a row in the same evening drawing? I don't remember ever seeing that happen before. , I see digit 2 may drop in the 2nd position. 72x: 723 724 729 721 726 x27 : 327 427 927 627
Mar 23, 2026, 11:18 pm - LottoIntuitive - Pick 3 Forum

Retired Ohio firefighter to pay for daughter's wedding with $160,000 Rolling Cash 5 lottery jackpotNews Story
Extraordinary coincidence of numbers and dates By Kate Northrop A retired firefighter will be able to contribute to his daughter's wedding after a $160,000 Rolling Cash 5 lottery jackpot came his way through coincidental means. An Ohio man stayed consistent and true to his lottery play for years, and now he has a $160,000 Rolling Cash 5 jackpot to show for it. J.R. of Dublin has played the same lottery numbers for years, inspired by a concoction of important and special dates in
Mar 19, 2026, 9:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

$10M Mega Millions Win!Reply
You cut the odds in half each time you double the number of unique combinations purchased. I've tried off and on to teach coin toss how 3rd grade fractions work for perhaps 15 years or more, but the concept is apparently too difficult. I even tried suggesting considering what would happen if you split the Mega/Power ball choices into odd and even sets and bought one ticket with an even ball and one with and odd ball, thinking it was so simple that a 6 year old could understand it, but appar
Mar 18, 2026, 1:43 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

$5 million Lotto 6/49 win will send Canada couple of 48 years on "delayed" honeymoonNews Story
Not a moment too soon to embark on lifetime trip By Kate Northrop A Canadian husband and wife of 48 years are deciding where they want to go for their delayed honeymoon after winning $5 million (US$3.6 million) in Lotto 6/49. 48 years after saying I do, one Alberta couple is finally going to embark on a dream honeymoon thanks to a $5 million Lotto 6/49 win. Wanda and Slav Rosa of Grande Cache decided to purchase a Lotto 6/49 ticket for the Jan. 17 drawing while visiting Petro Can
Mar 16, 2026, 7:55 am - Todd - Lottery News