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Does Mathematical Innumeracy foster superstitions and support the belief in them?Reply
jimmy: Don't you think it's more likely that Delta Draw, observing that most of his detractors have a lot of trouble differentiating between: It's none of my business if he calls himself Catwoman so I won't ask why you think homophones are important to this discussion. You still can't give me a mathematical reason why 10 to 1 odds are generous when a system needs to show a 20,000.02% profit. This is the Mathematics Forum not grammar forum.
May 24, 2011, 4:52 pm - Stack47 - Mathematics Forum

Does Mathematical Innumeracy foster superstitions and support the belief in them?Reply
jimmy: One would think that those who believe systems can be designed to beat the lottery odds would welcome a systematic way to test their efficacy We never saw a test of an actual lottery system. However you did show how 50,000 random pick-3 QP players would do if they all bet $1 in 20,000 drawings. Don't now why you believes 54 years is a valid test or how that even applies to realistic pick-3 play when almost all of the systems in the Systems Forum are for the next drawing, the next week
May 24, 2011, 11:48 am - Stack47 - Mathematics Forum

Does Mathematical Innumeracy foster superstitions and support the belief in them?Reply
You've started some lottery/math threads and I've started a few of my pseudo-science threads, along with a few other threads begun recently involving forum-topic-appropriate discussion possibilities, but mostly they haven't taken off like rockets. That's true. Witness the ridiculous responses to my recent attempts to introduce backtesting of lottery systems - not conducive to a successful launch. One would think that those who believe systems can be designed to beat the lottery odds would w
May 24, 2011, 8:51 am - jimmy4164 - Mathematics Forum

How do you know if your Lottery System is getting better ?Reply
Tha depends on what your goal is? If you are trying to retire early, then yes, your statement would hold true. But if you can be happy with the chance to win anywhere from $50 to several thousand dollars a day, P3 may be for you. In P3 you have the option to narrow a P3 Pick to 1 or 2 combos and play it/them multiple times. You can walk away with several thousand of dollars and you have the options to do that any day of the week (as far as opportunity) and you don't have to pay taxes on it. (Did
May 23, 2011, 2:15 pm - Dead_Aim - Lottery Systems Forum

How do you know if your Lottery System is getting better ?Reply
ESP is only one tool. The Megaplier and PowerPlay is a good value. They gurantee a 2X prize to start. A good system will reduce the odds.
May 23, 2011, 10:01 am - Domeman - Lottery Systems Forum

Of Cat Washing and BacktestingReply
I could live with the 200,000 rounds at a minimum $5 bet per round if the starting bankroll was $1,000,000. But since the bankroll is limited to $5000 the system needs a 20,000.02% profit just to win a dollar. Most players would be overjoyed if the could win $10,000 in 100 rounds with a starting bankroll of $5000. Without a quit when you're ahead option, you'll eventually succumb to the long-run odds/house edge/payouts mismatch that goes with such games. Bluejay and Jimmy keep saying the
May 22, 2011, 4:09 pm - Stack47 - Mathematics Forum

Correct way to win any states pick 3Reply
Wait your in Canada. So you should have no problem playing online, although I'm not sure we're supposed to talk about it on LP. Look it up, there's a couple of reputable sites, and the payouts 90% of odds. One dollar straight wins you 900 dollars.
May 20, 2011, 11:24 pm - Boney526 - Lottery Systems Forum

Who really winsReply
You don't get off the hook that easy Joker. The odds of 1/9999...Below Yo ItsAScam, how's this...??? Michigan Midday for 5-19-2011 is 0171.
May 19, 2011, 7:59 pm - CutlassBob - Lottery Discussion Forum

Of Cat Washing and BacktestingReply
Back testing and simulation is based on the much heralded Bluejay challenge no system player will take . That's part of the problem if your definition of back testing is based on jimmy4164 thread. As I've said before his test seems to be picking a combination and seeing how many times it would have hit in the past which is the same as calculation the odds of it hitting any time. That may be fine for testing pick3 systems which only have a 1000 or 220 possible outcomes and over 700 drawings ye
May 17, 2011, 11:13 pm - RJOh - Mathematics Forum

Your Spending Limit Or Loss Limit Whenever You PlayReply
121,043 tickets won a Free Play on March 11, 2011 and if the 1 chance in 10 probability held up, about 1.2 million tickets were sold. The actual monetary payoffs including the jackpot were around 40% of the total wager. Bet 12,000 of those free plays won another Free Play in the next drawing. It's obvious how winning a Free Play once every 10 drawings limits QP player losses if they don't bet another $1 too, but is little help to SP players. Beating odds of 575,757 to 1 once in a lifetime
May 17, 2011, 6:21 pm - Stack47 - Pick 5 Forum