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Can math and logic improve chances of winning a jackpot?Reply
I pasted the correctly calculated odds above. The odds are posted on the Texas Lottery website and only you know why it was necessary to calculate and show them here. Jackpots are paid for the extremes, so there are 2 jackpots. If there really are two jackpots, someone is ignoring the fact one ticket can only win one jackpot and believe it or not none of the other prizes with two chances to win can't win twice either. The odds are correct on the website (1 in 2,704,156) because once
Aug 7, 2013, 1:24 am - Stack47 - Mathematics Forum

Price and prize changes coming this Sunday for Illinois LottoReply
From the OP: CHICAGO, Ill. Citing the success of the multi-state lottery games like Powerball and Mega Millions offering jackpots in excess of $100 million every other month, the Illinois Lottery has decided to revamp one of its original games, Lotto, in order to give lottery players a chance at potentially bigger jackpots and better overall odds. In other words, since Powerball is drawn on Wednesday nights and so was our lotto game, one of the things we're going to do is move it to Thur
Jul 11, 2013, 6:06 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Canada's Lotto 6/49 is getting a makeover in Fall 2013News Story
Canada's national Lotto 6/49 game is getting ready for a makeover. Starting in September 2013, Lotto 6/49 will offer Canadian lottery players a new $1 million prize that's guaranteed to be won with each and every draw, jackpots that start at $5 million, and new free play prizes that can be won by matching just 2 numbers. With the new $1 million prize that's guaranteed to be won with every draw, Lotto 6/49 will be creating more millionaires every week, said Greg McKenzie, Senior Vice Presi
May 7, 2013, 2:04 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Do some number combinations have better odds?Reply
By beat I literally mean to gain an edge. My definition of beating the odds is different than yours. When someone makes a conditional bet, they aren't beating the odds, but when they win the bet, they beat the odds. The only edge that counts in the long run is did you win or did you lose. When I hit that 7-Spot playing Keno, the house had a 30% edge so when I won over $8000, I didn't gain an edge. Are lottery players trying to gain an edge or are they trying become instant millionaires?
Feb 11, 2013, 2:18 am - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Anyone else find the jump in MM j/p surprising?Reply
MM $12M starting jackpot is a joke. After thousands of pages discussing the PB and MM jackpots, you still don't understand it. The current $20 million prize is an annuity based on the cash value of $14.3 million from the $25 million wagered on the last drawing combined with what is expected to be wagered on the next drawing. Neither game has a money tree so their starting jackpots are based on expected ticket sales. MM had larger sales following the last run, but it was expected because sal
Apr 4, 2012, 9:17 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

POLL - Will You Buy $2 Lottery Tickets?Reply
I WILL BUY A $2 DOLLAR TICKET TO WIN $100 MILLIONS. High lottery jackpots is my thing. https://www.lotterypost.com/news/236022 In Arkansas, lottery officials began offering Mega Millions in 2010, the first second we could sell them, said Julie Baldridge, director of public affairs and legislative affairs for the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. Baldridge said offering both Powerball and Mega Millions complement each other, because players tend to gravitate toward the game with the hig
Aug 31, 2011, 4:09 pm - THRIFTY - Lottery Discussion Forum

I Am A Lottery Winner In My Imagination Whenever I Buy One TicketReply
The key to winning any lottery is just to be a player.I buy one lottery ticket whenever i feel like playing, i used to buy multiple tickets, but i do not anymore since most of the jackpots in new york are won in long island.That is why i stopped playing ny lotto, sweet million and take 5.I do not see the poor neighborhoods winning too many jackpots.I only play mega millions and powerball.I wonder why other players only play mega millions and powerball too.By the way i saw the same pattern with p
Jul 30, 2011, 4:18 pm - THRIFTY - Lottery Discussion Forum

i love it when they PB/MM keep on rolling into high range, Tag teaming high jackpots!
January 04, 2011, MM 380m February 26, 2011. Powerball 182.1M March 25, 2011, MM 319m Apr 6, 2011 current pb jackpot of 218m if we keep this up, ever month of this year we will have a high jackpot :D now here to hoping powerball can join the 300m range MM loves to go hang out with this year. am going to make a prediction, come May, mega millions will once again reach 300 million range power ball and mega millions are tag teaming them selfs in and out of high jackpots runs ev
Apr 3, 2011, 1:00 am - joshuacloak - Jackpot Games Forum

What is a lottery system? What distinguishes a lottery system from guesses, dreams and quick picks?Reply
One system advocate here hitting one jackpot would back you up but it hasn't happened yet. Before we decide no system has hit a jackpot we have to know which game jackpot they were trying to hit. There is a huge difference between trying to create a system to win the $10 million plus jackpots in state Lottos, MM, and PB games than trying to create a pick-3 system with a $500 jackpot. Players decide the amount of their pick-3 and pick-4 jackpots based on their wagers. But if we're talking
Mar 27, 2011, 12:18 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Whats good or bad about "Qiuck Picks"Reply
garyo1954, RJOh, It was stated that the totals included shared jackpots. In case you missed it: Including 2010, three years combined: 1096 drawings (2008 was a leap year) 453 Jackpots paid 383 QP 84.54% 243 PP 53.6% This includes shared jackpots. In other words, if a QP and a PP split a jackpot it would appear as 1 QP and 1 PP for the same jackpot, that's why it totals to over 100%. Might be nice if you thought something out before you try to make someone else app
Jan 7, 2011, 10:15 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum