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Sweet Magnolia's in Virginia Kiss 634Reply
I agree stop posting your picks. It's only by chance that your numbers come up. There are dozens of states that have Pick-3. Odds are that some of your numbers will come up, anyone can do even I can see!-343 990 493 229 543
May 5, 2002, 7:51 pm - Guest - Lottery Discussion Forum

An interesting hypothetical questionReply
Since the chances of one combination being picked in the Biggame is 1:76M, why would a person or a group of people play a combination more than once? To increase your odds of winnings, you must play more combinations not one combination more.RJOh
May 4, 2002, 11:41 am - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

Predictions 5-3Reply
I don't know why people put up their predictions . And whenever they get it right, it's by chance. Picking a bunch of #'s, a lot of #'s and calling it your predictions is a bunch of BS. Odds are that if you put out like 50 Pick-3 picks, that one will win $$$. Case Closed.
May 3, 2002, 6:25 pm - Guest - Lottery Discussion Forum

MUSL "Hot Lotto" $1.7 million ($930,000 cash) Saturday 5/4Reply
You should contact the PA Lottery and ask them to replace Super-6 with Hot Lotto. Incidentally, your odds of 1 in 113 million are slightly inaccurate (1 in 40> million), as there are almost 120 MILLION combinations in a 6/69 matrix. As a side note, an extra reason why Hot Lotto for PA makes sense is that MUSL rules allow the cash/annuity choice to be made at time of ticket purchase. Super-6 players must still choose when they play.
May 2, 2002, 8:37 pm - CASH Only - Lottery Discussion Forum

ODDs of winning big ball are 1 in 62, butReply
Your odds of 9+ BILLION :1 would be correct if the order of matching the first five numbers mattered. However, the first five numbers can be matched in ANY ORDER, as you are not asked to pick them in the proper sequence (there are 120 ways the first five numbers can be drawn; it does NOT matter how they come out.) Only with the BIG MONEY BALL does draw order matter.
Apr 29, 2002, 6:48 pm - CASH Only - Lottery Discussion Forum

ODDs of winning big ball are 1 in 62, butReply
Who says there are 76,275,360 combinations possible? If the first ball can be anyone of 50, and the next anyone of the 49 remaining, etc. then there are 50*49*48*47*46 posibble combinations for the first 5 balls times 36 possibilities for the big money ball, for a total of 9,153,043,200 possibile combinations.The odds of winning the jackpot are therefore 1 in 9,153,043,200
Apr 29, 2002, 5:32 pm - dnassoc - Lottery Discussion Forum

Biggame-why $12 mil?Reply
1) Recent huge jackpot gave Big Game much publicity; 2) Many players who won smaller prizes in the $331 million draw decided to put money back into the game; 3) Knowing that the odds of winning will skyrocket next month, some are trying to hit now instead of later.
Apr 24, 2002, 6:47 pm - CASH Only - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery Director software: any reviews?Reply
Hi Gerg:My name is don and I purchase the sofware last year and I mglad I purchase it.It's very user friendly and very good information for selecting your numbers to play as well as wheeling systems. I won more that $9,000.00 playing the German 6/49 lotto, which have very high odds.Don
Apr 23, 2002, 7:24 am - DonSilk - Lottery Discussion Forum

Re: Formula for nobody winning is ((N-1)/N)^T where N is ...Reply
Ok. Let's assume that 10 tickets are sold and the game is that you have to pick a number between 1 and 10 so that the odds for each ticket are 1 in 10. You're assuming that, say, somebody picks the number 5, then none of the other players can then pick that number. When you go in to buy lottery tickets, the computer doesn't spit back the ticket because that combination of numbers has already been selected.
Apr 19, 2002, 4:16 pm - Guest - Lottery Discussion Forum

my comments about the GA winner featured at cnn.comReply
It's not the first time nor will it be the last time that a first time player hits the jackpot. That's why the odds are as high as they are, makes anybody a possible winner. I always think people who get upset over such a triviality are more than a little jealous.
Apr 18, 2002, 1:42 pm - megamillionaire - Lottery Discussion Forum