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Tip For Any System UsedReply
I think you've failed to account for the QP's that are sold for drawings that don't produce a winner. QPs don't typically produce a winner when half of the combinations have been played. QP's produce a winner when enough have been sold to cover the odds. For PB there's about 1 winning QP for every 145 million, and for MM there's about 1 winning QP for every 176 million. Typically, a lot of those QP's are sold in the drawings that produce no winners.
Oct 27, 2006, 11:35 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Systems Forum

New Jersey 23-October through 30-OctoberReply
Thanks: With 1000 to 1 odds, it seems kind of unlikely that one will get to the skill level that would give you those results. (one Combo, One Draw, One Win)
Oct 27, 2006, 7:46 am - Raven62 - Pick 3 Forum

Revealed: How to WinReply
Good article but I am sure they misrepresented the views of the scholars. No one trained in math or stats would say the odds were reduced drastically given the method used. the only way the odds can be reduced drastically is toplay large numbers of different combinations. they did not. They played a small number of sets of numbers but played them consistently and religiously. As much as some of them would deny it they operated more like a religious person praying year in year out for some
Oct 26, 2006, 11:29 am - Fibonacci - Mathematics Forum

Tip For Any System UsedReply
I agree and proof is the QuickPick system* which is totally random but picks 70% of the jackpot winners. The question is How many combinations must a system* pick before it's likely to pick a winner? . From what I've read the QP system* usually pick a winner when it has picked about 50% or more of the possible combinations and for the lower tier prizes it matches the odds. Once in a while someone using that system hits the jackpot when less than 50% of the possible combinations have been so
Oct 25, 2006, 1:28 pm - RJOh - Lottery Systems Forum

Personal NumbersReply
Looking back at PB since 1/3/2004, only 7 times has the winning numbers been chosen where the highest number of the 5 WB's was 31 or less, and of those 7 times, only once was the Jackpot hit (12/22/04). So far in 2006 it's only happened twice - 1/11 and 8/2. Neither were hit. 7 out of 294 isn't too great, let alone winning once in 294. When I started playing PB about 12 years ago, I had 'my 5 numbers' I always played, and in retrospect, that was a mistake because all 5
Oct 22, 2006, 3:14 pm - guesser - Jackpot Games Forum

canada 6/49 numbersReply
thats what i dont know the system guarantees every draw 2 to 3 winning numbers every draw and like i said before all of a sudden my odds have dropped to only needing 3 to 4 numbers
Oct 21, 2006, 10:25 pm - luckyhorse - Lottery Systems Forum

Ridiculously low non-jackpot prize payouts have me fed upReply
Those kind of payouts would bankrupt the lotteries. When you have that many prize divisions, chances are one of the prizes are going to be pretty small in comparison to the odds. And if you don't like it, don't play, simple as that.
Oct 19, 2006, 10:24 pm - JimmySand9 - Jackpot Games Forum

Winning Money vs Earning MoneyReply
For one thing, the folks you mentioned in the OP, those who become well off working for it....people know of them but do not actually know them, but the neighbor next door or the co-worker that hits a jackpot, well that's a lot different.......people know them by name, might have their phone numbr, etc.... As for people that tell you the lottery is a crazy waste of time, etc...whenever someone says, Do you know the odds against winning? That's like getting struck by ligtning twice, etc... ,
Oct 17, 2006, 2:11 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Record Hot Lotto jackpot
$11 million for Wednesday, 10/18, the first time the annuity jackpot exceeds the odds per dollar of hitting the top prize. I will be playing $3 of Hot Lotto in DC Tuesday on my way to Florida.
Oct 15, 2006, 1:06 pm - CASH Only - Jackpot Games Forum

Are you ready for some PB? SchoolingReply
[Posted by tntea: Your main focus should be on the white balls. Not the powerball number itself. It has always baffled me when customers came in trying to figure out what the PB number will be.. Heck.. get it and only it you get $3... Are you going to spend $10 trying to hit the PB for $3... ? I am not... However the focus on getting as many white balls will get you closer to the big pot.. So we begin now?] I disagree. It's true that catching the PowerBall alone (1 in 68.96 odds) pays $3,
Oct 14, 2006, 10:24 am - ayenowitall - Jackpot Games Forum