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RJOh wrote: ``Had I played and picked 31 as my key number, my odds of picking the other five winning numbers would have been 1:1,712,304``. Yes, if you could know a priori that 31 would be picked. But looking forward, you cannot know that. So your true odds are the probability of matching a combination with 31 (1/1,712,304) times the probability that one of those combinations is drawn (1,712,304/13,983,816). That is 1:13,983,816, the same probability as matching all 6 randomly. So your odds a
Jun 13, 2013, 2:27 pm - mathhead - Mathematics Forum

Any CA Hot Spot (keno) players?Reply
Luckily the discrepancy was they were paying a few bucks too much, so I didn't make a fuss. ;) But still, I don't like it when things don't add up properly. So I looked into it some more and found that the CA Lottery website has some incorrect prize values shown. I notified them of this but they haven't responded yet. Some example prize values I have come across that are wrong, for 10-spot at least (which is all I play) are: match 6/10: shown on website as $12, should be $15 match 6/10+
Jan 18, 2013, 7:35 pm - Jon D - Lottery Discussion Forum

Do some number combinations have better odds?Reply
The odds of just 17 hitting are 37 to 1. And the odds against Black are 1.11 to 1, but that doesn't increases the chance of 17 winning. But that's pretty useless information taken alone, since you've made 4 other bets along with it. I explained the real effect; it lowers the chances against by one and lowers the payoff by $1 for every additional bet. Do you really believe betting on Black will decrease the odds of a bet on 17 against winning? It's that you are saying that 6.6 to
Jan 12, 2013, 5:05 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Do some number combinations have better odds?Reply
If it makes you sleep better believing playing those 4 extra numbers give 17 a better chance of being the winning number, there is nothing I can say. Again, I never said that or made any claim remotely similar to that. The odds against winning the accumulative bet become 6.6 to 1, but the odds against 17 winning are still the 33 to 1 because the accumulative effect reduced the number of losing outcomes, but doesn't increase the chances of 17 winning. The first part of
Jan 12, 2013, 2:41 pm - Boney526 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Secret Weapon Used By 6 Jackpot Winners To Win $ 20M
Six first prize lotto jackpots worth $ 20M were won with JUST one wheeling system-Balanced Wheel 608.No other lottery system in the world has been credite with winning six top prizes.use this multiple jackpot-winning system and you may become the next lottery millionaire. Balanced Wheel 608 allows you to choose 18 of the numbers in your lotto game and arrange those 18 numbers into 42 six-number sets (lines or combinations).The odds are greatly reduced when you play with 18 numbers rather than
Jun 26, 2012, 3:47 am - Abdi - Lottery Systems Forum

Odds on MisinformationReply
Thanks for your response nickbrownsfan. 1) Knowing what numbers are being played a lot is good info to have. No sense betting on numbers that will likely produce sharing of the pot. In my first post I suggested that, from what some players had told me, they don't bet on sequenced numbers because they believed the odds were worse and sequences never hit. Of course we all know the odds are the same for sequenced and unsequenced numbers. But my sample of people saying they don't play sequenced n
Mar 14, 2012, 11:20 pm - Cautious - Lottery Systems Forum

Buying More Tickets Does Not Increase Your Odds.Reply
People stop at what they can afford People with serious money don't need to play the lottery. You're making the assumption that they would play just because they may have the money to reduce the odds. You assume that they don't have better ways to invest they're money. Why would anyone wager $175,000 on a 1 in a thousand chance?, You're defeating your own argument. Even if this imaginary person had the cash to widdle the odds down to a 50/50 bet by playing 87,000,000 combinations, It's sti
Mar 5, 2012, 3:11 am - Bigheadnick - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Scratch Offs
Heres what the odds on GRAND PRIZES that are remaining as of Jan 4th,2012 on all the scratch off games. $1.00 279 Grand prizes left/ 1157 potential. best odds on Dueces Wild game 35/50... Payout $4K $2.00 64 Grand Prizes left/ 265 potential. Best odds on 10X The Money or Triple Your Money 5/10 6/12... Payout at $30K for each game $3.00 28 GRAND Prizes left/ 80 potential. Best odds on Crossword or Wild Bingo 11/20 5/6... Payout at $50K for each game $5.00 29 Grand Prizes l
Jan 4, 2012, 11:25 am - CDanaT - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

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Heres what the odds on GRAND PRIZES that are remaining as of Jan 4th,2012 on all the scratch off games. $1.00 279 Grand prizes left/ 1157 potential. best odds on Dueces Wild game 35/50... Payout $4K $2.00 64 Grand Prizes left/ 265 potential. Best odds on 10X The Money or Triple Your Money 5/10 6/12... Payout at $30K for each game $3.00 28 GRAND Prizes left/ 80 potential. Best odds on Crossword or Wild Bingo 11/20 5/6... Payout at $50K for each game $5.00 29 Grand Priz
Jan 4, 2012, 11:15 am - CDanaT - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Ohio Lottery kicks off 2012 with raffle drawNews Story
By Todd Northrop For four lucky Ohio lottery players, 2012 will begin with a windfall of one million dollars. The winning numbers for the Ohio Lottery's New Year's Raffle game were announced this evening. The full list of lottery results can be found on Lottery Post's Ohio Lottery Results page. The $20 tickets for the raffle went on sale in November. 500,000 tickets were available. This is the fifth consecutive New Year's Raffle for the Ohio Lottery. The game has the best odds to win
Jan 2, 2012, 8:56 pm - Todd - Lottery News