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Connecticut Lottery launches its first $50 scratch-off ticketReply
Not necessarily. It depends on the odds of winning the prize. Having very good odds (relatively speaking) of a $50 ticket winning a $4 million prize can be a very good lottery buy. Massachusetts: $50 ticket has a $25 million top prize, odds of 1 in 10,080,000 Connecticut: $50 ticket has a $4 million top prize, odds of 1 in 1,333,333 Now, you tell me which one is the better buy. There is no right answer, but I'm interested in hearing reasoned opinions.
Dec 14, 2023, 11:38 am - Todd - Lottery News

Virginia: 11/1 - 11/30/2023Reply
The end of the month is here and the tug-o-war for odds and evens go like this... D draw 19 odds 11 evens... odds favored... N draw 19 evens 11 odds... evens favored...
Nov 30, 2023, 10:56 pm - DYELLOMAN - Pick 3 Forum

Is the Powerball jackpots rigged by the Multi State Lottery Association? ( MUSL)Reply
The reason is number of tickets (lines sold) which is population. Also CA spends more money per person on tickets. They buy a lot! If in all states that play only one single person in the State bought a ticket, but in California every person in the State bought a ticket, the odds of the line of numbers coming up for everyone in all States is the same, 292 million to one. BUT 40 million lines of numbers mean the odds for California wining go way up. Just like if you buy $10 dollars worth
Oct 12, 2023, 1:57 pm - JSeattle - Jackpot Games Forum

Asked ChatGPT How To Win the LotteryReply
So now the odds are 292, 201, 288, anjdx that's a fact Jack. So, it's a fact (Jack) that odds are expressed as just a single number? You appear to think that mathematics is a loose concept that can be changed to fit whatever narrative you want to propose. Which, of course, it is not. Mathematics are a factual way of stating something, and I've already provided it in detail. If you want to make up a different way to say how hard a lottery is to win, then that's fine. Just don't call it
Jan 31, 2023, 5:12 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Michigan ticket printing error!!Reply
30+30+20+20? In PA each game has two documents you can download online one gives odds...the other gives instructions on the game. On the odds form it shows odd by each prize and does so by breakdown. So it would show $100 prize $50+50. Then the odds of winning it They $100 prize $30+$30+$20+20 and the odds of winning it
Jan 27, 2022, 4:20 pm - BT3100 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

PA's $50 ticket coming 12/27-12/28Reply
I watched the YouTube video. The poster does a good job with his videos. Watching all those losers one after the other makes ya not feel so bad when you get 2 or 3 in row. Overall tickets have been very tight so far this year. A major shift I've seen has been from matching numbers to symbols. Seems like if you don't get a symbol your odds of winning drop significantly. Between symbols and bonus areas to pay there is little to no space left to match numbers. The state of the games have become sad
Jan 12, 2022, 7:42 pm - BT3100 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Do you play PB & MM despite the jackpot size or..Reply
I buy PB tickets regardless of the size of the jackpot, because I'm much more interested in winning PB's second place prize than I am a jackpot. PB's second place prize carries odds of about 11 million to one. I live in Florida. Florida Lotto's odds of winning a jackpot are double that of PB's second place prize (they're almost 23 million to 1) and many times it's jackpot is less than 5 million. Just like PB, Florida Lotto is drawn on Wednesday's and Saturday's, costs two dollars per line, a
Jun 13, 2021, 7:39 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

My questions about ScratchersReply
AND, with the odds stacked as they are, is there really any better odds in the cards that charge 10, 20 or 30 dollars? Sure the top prizes are bigger, but that's just the lure. I suspect they cannot possibly offer better odds because the same restriction of where the physical winning cards are is the same. You do not have access to pick any one of every card in a given game. This question I can never get answered by anyone that answers any official lottery contact number in NY, NJ, or Pennsylvan
May 15, 2021, 9:05 pm - NJJim - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Rigged PowerballReply
It's Not the Odds: MegaMillions Odds=1 in 302,575,350 It's Not the Odds: PowerBall Odds=1 in 292,201,338 It's the Martians Interfering with the Drawings: Making it next to Impossible to Win.
Jan 14, 2021, 2:54 pm - Raven62 - Jackpot Games Forum

Total number of scratch off tickets by game in FLReply
Does Florida post overall odds? In PA I look at the overall odds which are posted on PA lottery website. For example a $10 game may have 5 Jackpots at $500k. Looking at the odds chart the odds of winning $500k are 1 in 1, 000,000. If there are 5 top prizes there are 5 million total tickets.
Dec 16, 2020, 2:55 pm - BT3100 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum