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Gearing up for the end of the stupid 6Reply
Not so fast. prob987The odds of getting at least $2 is 1 in 6. Pretty good for a draw game. The powers that be wanted to have a game where the jackpot rolled if not hit, plus the better chances of smaller prizes like an instant game. Like instant games, chances are better or worse depending on the prize.What does make it different is that prizes are awarded for matching more than the numbers drawn. As smd173 (and others) point out, this is done by duplicating picked numbers on the bonus pla
Jan 23, 2004, 9:20 am - Lotto Czar - Jackpot Games Forum

The Lottery Commission Doesn't Want You To Win...
Big surprise there isn't it...I'm reading these posts about quick-picks,praying and system-bashing here at lottery post. So here is my two cents. For Free!!Do you really think that the lottery would exist if it payed out more than it took in? We all know the answer to that one, now don't we.The Michigan Lottery just adopted the new extra play that I've been told Illinois has had for awhile now. At first I was thrilled. That is until I saw the odds of this thing. Winning yourself $10 has odds of
May 20, 2002, 5:57 pm - Sedertree - Lottery Discussion Forum

Knowing the Unknowable Future NumberReply
When all four digits are even for two drawings, there are only five digits they could be I don't know how hard he worked to cherry pick those particular results, but it doesn't matter that they happen to be all even. The odds of any particular drawing being all even (or odd) digits is only 1 in 625 instead of the 1 in 10,000 chance when selecting from all 10 digits, but once you choose any specific 4 digit result the chances of a result with those same 4 digits isn't affected by which 4 dig
Jun 13, 2025, 1:23 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Virginia: 6/1 - 6/30/2025Reply
It's been 558 draws since a trips was drawn. What are the odds? About 1 in 273. The odds are edging up slowly still but soon the math will start to get weird because of the exponent in the odds calculation like this: overall odds of not hitting = odds of not hitting each draw number of draws
Jun 1, 2025, 10:39 am - parlayman - Pick 3 Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I will not play Mega Millions until the lower tier prizes are commensurate with the odds and the ticket price. For example, that means that the pre-Megaplier prize for matching 4 numbers (odds 1 in 38,860) needs to be about $97,150 (38,860 X $5 ticket price X .5) to get me interested. The pre-Megaplier prize is $500, which is also the typical prize for the 3-ball, whose odds are 1 in 1000. Otherwise, take the prize for matching three numbers plus the Mega Ball. The odds of matching that
May 10, 2025, 12:10 am - Hermanus104 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Asked ChatGPT How To Win the LotteryReply
If one ticket does not change the odds of the other ticket , how could 499 more tickets effect the odds of any of the other 499 tickets winning? What are the odds or probability of winning the Powerball jackpot with 1,000 different tickets? The ChatGPT said, The more tickets you buy, the greater your chances of winning. , but here is a difference between odds, probability and chances. Depends on how it's calculated. If 1000 players each have one ticket, each ticket has odds of 1 in
Feb 1, 2023, 2:17 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Asked ChatGPT How To Win the LotteryReply
While we're on the subject of the more tickets you buy, the greater your chances of winning , it's reasonable for one player to purchase 1000 PB tickets and easy for a group. Using the number of the total outcomes divided by the number of chances method, the odds are reduced to 1:292,201. But we need the probability before determining the odds of an event occurring. And despite the opinion that 95% of the people on this site do not understand how probabilities work , the formula is simple. I
Jan 30, 2023, 5:31 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
Hey -Pants77, (and Skeptic) thanks for posting about your experiences with the $20 Gold Rush Limited, as indeed I find it completely uninspiring. Sure the winning odds of 1/2.65 looks favorable, but so many are simple $20 money back wins, and with $200 wins at 1/1,500, and higher $ wins even more slim odds this game is all about money back or hoping you're one of the 1/756,000 to hit a $1M. Even so, everything else being equal, I'll take 2 $50 500X tickets over 5 $20 GRL any day, as even correct
Dec 10, 2022, 1:04 am - Cape $cratcher - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Whats up with the PB in Powerball?? Last 5 in the 20's??Reply
Forget all of the 20s. Let's consider the odds of getting those specific results. With 26 numbers to choose from the odds of 25 being the power ball is 1 in 26. With 26 numbers to choose from the odds of 21 being the power ball in the next drawing is 1 in 26. The odds of 21 being the power ball again in the next drawing is still 1 in 26. And so on. Besides those results having exactly the same probability as any other 5 consecutive results, the odds of any 5 consecutive results are 1 in 26^5,
Sep 18, 2021, 2:44 am - KY Floyd - Jackpot Games Forum

Do you play PB & MM despite the jackpot size or..Reply
Personally, I've considered what you say here in Texas. The odds of hitting 5+0 in MM or PB are approximately 1 in 12 million to 1 in 13 million (depending on the game). The odds of hitting the Lotto jackpot in Texas are approximately 1 in 26 million. Right now the Lotto jackpot (cash, not annuity) is $3.99 million. Of course, the biggest difference is the cost of a ticket. $2 for MM and PB ($3 with multiplier), $1 for Lotto. The Texas 2 Step occasionally will roll to a million plus, and the
Jun 10, 2021, 11:14 am - rcbbuckeye - Lottery Discussion Forum