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Virginia man who won $1,000 a week lottery prize in Cash4Life says it's just "good"News Story
It's okay By Kate Northrop A Virginia man didn't really have anything enthusiastic to say about winning a lottery prize of $1,000 a week for life in Cash4Life. A Virginia lottery player had a rather subdued reaction to beating tremendously difficult odds to win $1,000 a week for the rest of his life. Felipe Arriaza, of Alexandria, won the Cash4Life second prize of $1,000 a week, which is accomplished by beating the 1 in 7,282,016 odds of matching the first five numbers in a drawi
Dec 21, 2023, 8:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Lottery Fantasy 5 ticket worth over $64,000 to expire WednesdayNews Story
Prize will go by the wayside right before Thanksgiving By Kate Northrop A winning Florida Lottery Fantasy 5 ticket worth over $64,000 is set to expire tomorrow if someone doesn't come forward to claim it. One lucky or not so lucky lottery player will lose out on claiming $64,564.01 from the Florida Lottery if they don't visit a Lottery District Office with the winning ticket before Thanksgiving. Someone bought a winning Fantasy 5 Quick Pick ticket at the Shell Food Mart on Southw
Nov 21, 2023, 3:16 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Virginia woman scoops $912,000 jackpot one week after winning $50,000 in the same gameNews Story
First win was just a warm up By Kate Northrop A Virginia lottery player defied the odds when she won $50,000 in an online game and then a $912,000 jackpot in the same game just one week later. A Virginia woman was only just warming up when she won a $50,000 prize in a digital lottery game. Just one week later, she won yet another prize in the same game, this time a jackpot worth $912,936. Jennifer Minton was not expecting to win a $50,000 prize in the Virginia Lottery's Safari Qu
Nov 1, 2023, 1:41 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Virginia man bags $120,000 in Pick 4 with 8-8-8-8 combinationReply
Proof as to what is the best odds lottery game, and I repeat it is right here. #LOVEMYPICK$ always. Amazing. I am living proof it does work as well. JUST WON again $$$ last night, already had posted it in the NC forum ... --- Outstanding, happy for him. Coming from a Regular PICK 4 winner, won so much alreadhy this year, and again just last night #God is Good just won again, PICK 4 over (Before taxes set in) $20,314.00 #BEYOND happy so, I know he is OVER THE MOON. and I shall
Sep 28, 2023, 1:47 pm - Cassie8620 - Lottery News

Missouri widow wins $199,000 lottery jackpot with numbers related to her late husbandNews Story
Lottery winner in shock from gift from Heaven By Kate Northrop A Missouri woman who lost her husband says she won a $199,000 Show Me Cash lottery jackpot with numbers inspired by her late spouse. An anonymous Missouri woman is six figures richer after winning a lottery prize using a special set of numbers with heartfelt meaning. On Aug. 16, the nameless woman, who remains anonymous under Missouri's laws regarding lottery winner privacy, entered the Missouri Lottery's Show Me Cas
Sep 14, 2023, 12:58 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Virginia sailor sets new record for largest instant lottery prize won online in U.S.News Story
Lucky winner sails into $1,817,588 jackpot By Kate Northrop A Virginia man set a record for the largest instant online lottery prize won in the United States at $1,817,588 right from the comfort of his car. Byron Bundoc didn't need to buy a lottery ticket at a brick-and-mortar retailer to win big. Instead, he won over $1,800,000 while sitting in his driveway. Earlier this month, the Virginia Beach native had just returned from participating in a volunteer event when he arrived ho
Aug 15, 2023, 6:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball & Mega Millions: A HistoryReply
Not only should the lower tier payouts better reflect the odds, they should better reflect the ticket price doubling. Thanks for posting this payout and odds history. Another useful history would be the (total player payout) / (total player cost). ie, what's the % of player money, in aggregate, that gets siphoned away from them playing these lose-a-lot lotteries. Some more useful tidbits: For Mega Millions, 93.5% expected loss, no megaplier, 3 or less ball hits 92.2% expe
Aug 4, 2023, 7:20 pm - Wavepack - Jackpot Games Forum

Box odds questionReply
Type Number of Example Total Combos Box Combos 24 Way Box 210 1234 5040 12 Way Box 360 1134 4320 6 Way Box 45 2233 270 4 Way Box 90 2223 360 705 Play 1 of each box type odds are 4/705 on hitting box Play 3 of each box type for a total of 15 box plays and your odds are 1 in 47 (15/705 reduces to 1 in 47) of hitting for box money. Decimal .021276 chance
Jul 20, 2023, 1:37 pm - kdsjeter - Mathematics Forum

Box odds questionReply
Play Types Odds Prize Payouts Odds Prize Payouts STRAIGHT 50 Play $1.00 Play 50 Play $1.00 Play 1:10,000 $2,500 $5,000 1:2,500 $750 $1,500 BOX 50 Play $1.00 Play 50 Play $1.00 Play 4-WAY 1:2,500 $599 $1,198 1:625 $190 $380 6-WAY 1:1,666.67 $400 $800 1:416.67 $126 $252 12-WAY 1:833.33 $200 $400 1:208 $63 $126 24-WAY 1:416.67 $100 $200 1:104 $31 $62 STRAIGHT/BOX Cost $1 BOX STRAIGHT* BOX STRAIGHT* 4-WAY 1:10,000 1:2,500 $599 $3,099 1:2,500 1:625 $190 $9
Jul 11, 2023, 12:08 pm - Raven62 - Mathematics Forum

New scratch-off game from Florida Lottery offers $250,000 a year for life top prizeNews Story
New games offer more than $2 billion in total cash prizes, Lottery says By Kate Northrop The Florida Lottery released a new Year for Life family of scratch-off games, with the highest price point ticket featuring a $250,000 a year for life top prize. As of today, Florida lottery players can pick out a ticket from the Florida Lottery's latest Year for Life family of instant games, with varying annual top prizes at different price points. There are a total of four different games a
Jul 3, 2023, 7:15 pm - Todd - Lottery News