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The Pigskin Challenge: 4-6-05Reply
Aye, do you think it's possible that the PB BigWigs have become intimidated by the relentless perseverance of the Pigskin Challengers to cash in on a jackpot and felt that they had no choice but to raise the odds by adding several white balls?
Apr 6, 2005, 5:58 pm - pigskin - Jackpot Games Forum

IL Eve (Good For 3 Days)Reply
Back to Back all odds .....whoa ! Rare ....bold call ! Back to Back.. pretty good sharp shooting going on there.
Apr 5, 2005, 10:51 pm - WIN D - Pick 3 Forum

Illinois Lotto draw now on Monday.
Dont forget all those in Illinois to get your lotto tickets today as they are now starting three times a week. The lotto is an unheard of 30+ million for a 10 million to one odds matrix. Someone has to hit this sucker soon. Remember me when you hit it! Good luck.
Apr 4, 2005, 10:16 am - qutgnt - Jackpot Games Forum

Merging Powerball and Mega Millions?Reply
I would also switch the match 4 and match 3+1 prizes, since it's slightly easier to match 4 than it is to match 3+1. Adopting DrEw's prize structure would give only 4.03% of the prize pool to the jackpot winner. Under a 50% return rate, this means only $0.02 of every $1 played would go to the jackpot, which sort of defeats the purpose of a high rolling jackpot game. BTW, the odds of matching 0+1 under a 6/48 + 1/20 matrix are 1 in 46.79.
Apr 3, 2005, 12:38 pm - ryanm - Lottery Discussion Forum

Merging Powerball and Mega Millions?Reply
Personally, I like having two separate games, rather than one big game. Also, I think at some point the laws of diminishing returns kicks in. The odds get so high that the effect of a larger player base matters less.
Apr 2, 2005, 6:17 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Merging Powerball and Mega Millions?
Imagine if the two combined into one giant, truly national lottery.Make the odds 1 in 250 million or something along those lines.Make the Jackpots start at 30 million, possibly climbing up to 500 or 600 million.They could call it Mega Ball.Good idea?
Apr 2, 2005, 6:13 pm - Blalron - Lottery Discussion Forum

Pick Three, why you like it & dislike itReply
actually the money maker for all states is scratch offs.Really? Scratch offs offer the worst odds. Truely a sucker's game.
Apr 1, 2005, 12:08 pm - fast eddie - Pick 3 Forum

Fortune cookie fuels record Powerball winsReply
Just goes to show you...when it comes to the obscene-odds jackpot games, don't waste too much time trying to anticipate the numbers that will be drawn. Use any 5 or 6....they stand just as good a chance as any researching you can do. I only wish I had seen that fortune cookie.
Apr 1, 2005, 8:22 am - Badger - Lottery News

Probability QuestionReply
Fenris -The chances of a 9 appearing in any particular draw, whether it has appeared in the immediate previous draw or not, is still 271::1,000.Your math for a 9 not appearing in consecutive draws is correct. And the way you would determine the odds of a 9 not appearing in x number of consecutive draws is to take the chances of a 9 not appearing - 729::1,000, or 0.729 - and determining its result by using your consecutive draw number as an exponent in the same manner you did before - say (0.729^
Apr 1, 2005, 12:52 am - johnph77 - Mathematics Forum

110 $100,00 WINNERS !!??Reply
PowerBall having a matrix of 5/53 that paid $100K and a jackpot of $25M, had 110 players hit all 5 winning numbers. Now one would think that MegaMillions with a matrix of 5/52 that pays $175 and a jackpot of $75M could do even better because the odds and the payout are better.RJOh
Mar 31, 2005, 7:34 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum