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our pick and quick pick being almost identicalReply
The odds of this depend on the game parameters.
Jan 9, 2011, 2:03 pm - time*treat - Lottery Discussion Forum

Whats good or bad about "Qiuck Picks"Reply
Tiggs and me agree on this. I can accept the possibility that some people may be able to turn a profit on a pick 3 game by figuring out which numbers are most likely to be drawn and by knowing how to play the possibilities, but I find it exceedingly unlikely that jackpot games could be cracked in such a way. Because the low-level payouts are low compared to the odds, since the payouts are biased toward the jackpot, where the odds and pay level out, and because jackpots are extremely hard to win,
Jan 7, 2011, 5:51 pm - Longarm - Lottery Discussion Forum

$330 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot nears record highReply
Todd, thanks for your post, very interesting indeed. BUT before anyone goes out and spends more than what they normally do take a look the math. The odds of winning are long, VERY LONG. For us to win we have to be very lucky and there's very little we can do about it. The difference between buying 1 ticket or 10 is basicly zero. Yes your odds increase 0.000005122% but I'm sorry that's zero -0-. Heck go ahead and buy 100 tickets and compared to buying 1 ticket your odds are only 0.000056
Jan 4, 2011, 3:06 pm - Riverdome - Lottery News

$330 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot nears record highReply
Alright... I am not sure where everyone's confusion is coming from with the odds... Let's take the MegaNumber.... You have a 1 in 46 chance... So, 1/46, 45 numbers can beat you. If you pick 2 numbers, yes there are still 44 numbers that can beat you, but 44 that can beat you compared to 45 that can beat you is better odds. Not that much better odds, but it IS better odds. Let's say you buy 6 tickets. Yes, 40 can still beat you, but 40 beating you is better than 44 beat
Jan 4, 2011, 2:29 pm - breakaway - Lottery News

$330 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot nears record highReply
HERE is my reply https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/214432/1903992 about this odds thing
Jan 4, 2011, 2:05 pm - THRIFTY - Lottery News

What's with NY Sweet Million??Reply
The following took place in regards to the email below that username jacal5 received from the new york lottery in regards to lack of sweet millions winners and what i realized about it. I have to paste what took place in order to make a sound argument. Here is the NY Lottery response to my question regarding the lack of Sweet Million winners: Thank you for your e-mail. It is still true that for $1, the Lottery's new Sweet Million game offers the best odds of winning $1,000,00
Jan 4, 2011, 1:39 pm - THRIFTY - Jackpot Games Forum

$330 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot nears record highReply
Each ticklet is facing odds of 175,711, 536 :1. You have those odds against you 13 times over. You've reduced the odds by 13 combinations and that's as good as it gets, you havent's divided those original odds by 13. 13/175,711,536 is hype, that's all. Thinko of it ie thsi, there are 46 Mega numbers (bottom matrix). The odds against one number hitting are 46:1 (46 to one, or 1 in 45). So you play two Mega numbers. If you say you've just cut those odds to 23:1, you are implying that the
Jan 4, 2011, 10:55 am - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery raffle creates 3 millionairesReply
Congrats to the winners, those were good odds.
Jan 1, 2011, 7:04 pm - sully16 - Lottery News

$237 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised againReply
Well, I don't know who edited that Wikipedia article but it is not correct. I live here in Florida and the Florida Lottery has done no advertising that it will add Mega Millions on January 5, 2011 which is just next week. Hopefully Florida will add Mega Millions but the odds of winning will get worse, the more states that join the MUSL then they change the odds and with Florida being such a populous state and heavy lottery state it will change Mega Millions odds of winning drastically
Dec 29, 2010, 2:20 pm - luisM - Lottery News

Ending Georgia Instant GamesReply
Look at the odds listed of 1 in 10,000, and compare the $2 ticket and the $20 ticket. For 10 times the cost of the ticket, you can win 25 times the prize money for the same given odds! Now that is what I am talking about! Why would anyone want to throw away money on those silly little $1 or $2 games? Oddly enough, the odds between $2 Jumbo Bucks Classic and $5 Giant Jumbo Bucks is the same for winning $500, so the bigger ticket is not always a better bargain 100% of the time, automatically. In t
Dec 29, 2010, 7:01 am - CarHauler - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum