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Lotteries long for 'jackpot fever'Reply
Are you suggesting that people are smart enough to know their chances of winning are extremely slim with odds of 1 in 150 million, but will think they've got a realistic chance with odds of 1 in 75 million? Even with smaller games the odds are high enough that the only rational thought is that you won't win. With 1 in 20 million odds spending $1000 a year means you should expect to win once every 20,000 years. For the most part, the lottery pays out 50 cents for every dollar they collect, an
Feb 15, 2007, 3:56 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

AMAZING: Minnesota man wins back-to-back lottery jackpotsReply
I'll give the explanation a try. The odds don't increase equally with each extra ball in the lottery. Every extra ball adds more odds than the previous ball. Odds of winning a 5/31 jackpot are precisely 1 in 169,911. Odds in a 5/32 jackpot are 1 in 201,376. A difference of 31,465. But the odds of winning a 5/33 jackpot are 1 in 237,336, a difference of 35,960 above the 5/32 game. The formula for figuring out odds is a bit complex, but it can be boiled down to this: Start with the t
Feb 15, 2007, 2:08 pm - JAG331 - Lottery News

odds are reducedReply
I think we should just agree to disagree.....haha I just can't understand the concept that if you buy two tickets you don't cut your odds down to 1 in half the amount of one ticket. It doesn't make sense to me. Odds are just that odds.....they don't say what is going to happen they say what should happen. If you buy one ticket the odds are that your numbers will come up 1 in every 175 million drawings If you buy two tickets the odds are that your numbers will come up 1 in every 87.5
Feb 24, 2006, 9:45 am - Bradly_60 - Lottery Discussion Forum

What are the odds
Are the lines you play giving you the best bang for your dollar? Note! The cNr calculations are done using the standard windows calculator set to scientific mode. I have gone over this several times to reduce errors but some may still exist. My left hand types faster than my right which causes hard to find errors in the number values. With that being said, here we go. I will keep this simple as possible so that everyone regardless of you math level will be able to understand it. I
Apr 28, 2014, 9:49 am - RL-RANDOMLOGIC - Mathematics Forum

Asked ChatGPT How To Win the LotteryReply
I said, PROBABILITY of one of the 1000 QPs winning the jackpot . And you said, it appears you have changed your mind and now agree that 1,000 different tickets gives ODDS of 1 in 292,201 of winning the Powerball jackpot Gary mentioned a problem with reading reading comprehension and though there is a dispute over calculating odds, you're the only one confusing probability with odds. Hopefully by highlighting what I said you pretending I changed my mind will help. Oh and you never a
Feb 1, 2023, 1:08 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Asked ChatGPT How To Win the LotteryReply
There uaed ro be some threads here about buying a second ticket to 'cut the odds in half'. For jackpot games there is one and only one wnning set of numbers drawn.to win the jackpot, Powerball jacpot odds are 1 in 292,201,338. So plahyuing two tickets only reduces the odds by one more combunation. Playing 50 tickets only reduces the odds by 50 combinations. So now the odds are 292, 201, 288, anjdx that's a fact Jack. So much for reduciong the odds. Matbe you should take anot
Jan 29, 2023, 8:23 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Fantasy-5 PlayersReply
Here's why it makes sense to play JPT after the jackpot hits one million. The odds to win a set second place prize of one million dollars in PowerBall are 11,688,054 to 1. You could win 2 million if you bought the PowerPlay for one dollar more per line. The odds to win a million dollars in JPT (or possibly more than a million up to a maximum of two million) are 3,122,273 to 1 . Yes, the published odds for JPT are 9,366,819 to 1 but because you get three lines on each ticket you buy (
Sep 18, 2022, 6:31 am - GiveFive - Pick 5 Forum

RNG computer programReply
Sorry I fail to see the difference between RNG and a game of odds ( unless the RNG is rigged then it's different). There was a time when I thought that if you flip a coin many times in row and it's all heads, then the next flip is more likely to be a tail. This is false however, flipping a coin will always give you a 50/50 odds of heads or tails. RNG produce similar results to a game of odds. So that each game does not depend on previous games. Just like a coin flipping (unless it's rig
Apr 9, 2019, 10:25 pm - cddvd - Mathematics Forum

My instant ticket rant.Reply
If I may join this rant, what drives me nuts is when the retailer of a high volume store has no interest in engaging in any conversation about anything regarding the games. Any games. Its not that is busy at the time, there is a noticeable disregard for the lottery buyer, wasting his/her money and thinking there is any better odds with any particular scratch game. I had asked if the 30 dollar scratcher offers any better odds at any bigger prizes than a two dollar one. I see guys buy multiple 20
Jan 26, 2019, 2:36 am - NJJim - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Is it worth playing the lottery with those odds?Reply
Years ago, most of the single state games were pretty good with many of them frequently reaching $20 million to $30 Million with the odds being about the same as the are now for the single state games. Many people across many states were winning decent sized Jackpots with decent frequency. Then the Multi State games came along and did their job and ruined the single state games. After the Multi state lotteries did their job and ruined the state games they then ruined the Multistate games w
Jul 18, 2018, 2:48 pm - Think - Lottery Discussion Forum