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I can get closer to a win doing just all ODD/EvensReply
The odds of a 5/39 game are 1:575,757 unless you have all the winning numbers in a pool of 19 numbers(1:11,628). When I look at the last 1254 drawings of Ohio Rolling Cash5, there were only 20 drawings with all even numbers and 177 drawings with 4 of 5 even numbers. TOTAL HITS EVEN NUMBERS (OHIO ROLLING CASH5) MATCH 0 = 37 MATCH 1 = 217 MATCH 2 = 428 MATCH 3 = 375 MATCH 4 = 177 MATCH 5 = 20 You can alway reduce the pool of numbers you play, but the chances that any o
Jul 31, 2008, 4:25 pm - RJOh - Pick 5 Forum

Is there a "Lottery Ego?"Reply
I want to elaborate, although we've gone way off the lottery ego subject...or have we? Is it ego or logic that makes someone believe that a system can pick the right numbers? Is it ego that makes someone feel that, if a person doesn't accept his reasoning, that person is wrong or confused? RJOh, I agree with you that the smaller the number pool, the better a system will work. However, to use the examples time*treat listed (weather insurance) these patterns are based on years and years of data
Jun 27, 2008, 11:21 am - justxploring - Lottery Discussion Forum

$325 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery nears record highReply
Yes, it's actually called the Match 5 Bonus prize. Here's a description of it from the PowerBall website: Match 5 Bonus Prize Whenever the Powerball jackpot reaches a record level, the amount of the jackpot prize is limited to increases for each draw of no more than $25 million. The prize money collected in excess of the maximum $25 million increase, will be placed into the Match 5 Bonus prize pool and will accumulate until there is a jackpot winner. Whe
Aug 30, 2007, 2:36 pm - Guru101 - Lottery News

You buy a 2line ticket to pool with 1 person but they don't pay the $1
Okay, say you worked with a person for 10 years or more but you still only consider them to be a collegue and not a personal friend. I mean, your cool with the person at work but you would NEVER hang out with that person outside of work or business. Next, you both are talking about the lottery. You suggest you pool 2 lines in the MM drawing and the other person agrees. You say you will go and purchase the $2 dollar tickect (QP) and the person agrees to give you the dollar as soon as they
Mar 20, 2007, 9:34 pm - MegaWinner - Lottery Discussion Forum

working out syndicate groups?Reply
The people that run the pools at my job are straightforward about the rules. They print a list of people that have paid and that are already in the pool. Then they post a copy of that list and a copy of the pool tickets on the bulletin board at work. This way there is no confusion and its there for everyone to see; even the security camera can see the list and tickets. The main rule is, if you don't pay up, your name doesn't go on that list plain and simple. When you do pay up, a new lis
Mar 12, 2007, 9:40 am - MegaWinner - Lottery Discussion Forum

Ontario Encore
As a lottery buff who attends the live lottery draws in Ontario, I have learned that when you say YES to the Encore number (the tag game) a lot more happens than you think. The 7 digit number you get is from the pool of 10 million, that is selected from the central computer system. But for those who say NO , then your encore number is from a pool of about 25,000 combinations the central computer uses for unentered tickets. Its rotates the combinations and prints the same number often on N
Jan 8, 2007, 10:34 am - Wintariofan - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery pool loses $36 million jackpot; wrong tickets boughtNews Story
Members of a Belgian lottery pool who thought they had won 27 million euros (US$35.8 million) were devastated when they found the wrong numbers had been entered. The group of 30 from Mouscron, south-west of Brussels, had been using the same numbers to enter the Euro Millions jackpot for weeks. Members of the syndicate started to celebrate when their numbers came up in Friday's draw, reports the BBC. However, the person in charge of buying the ticket had allowed the machine to choose Qui
Dec 11, 2006, 7:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

Ridiculously low non-jackpot prize payouts have me fed upReply
Let me make several points which some of you might have heard me make before: 1) Expanding the number pool beyond 55 or the bonus number pool is not necessary to make this game more attractive and renumerative. In fact, lowering the number pool would do so! 2) Greed drives this game: the greed of the states who profit and the desire by players to be enriched by zillions which is not necessarily greed, but it blinds most to how ridiculous the odds are. 3) Large number field games defy
Oct 19, 2006, 10:12 pm - Greg - Jackpot Games Forum

Texas Woman Sues Over Winning Lottery TicketNews Story
A woman who claims she was part of a $36 million Lotto Texas jackpot pool but was excluded from the winnings has sued six women and the Texas Lottery Commission. Betty Domingo of Lubbock claimed in her lawsuit filed Friday that she is due $2.9 million, her share of the April 29 Lotto drawing. The six women named as defendants selected the lump sum $20.9 million cash value option. A judge issued a restraining order Friday to prevent the commission from distributing the money until the dispu
May 25, 2006, 2:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

probability of euromillions rolloverReply
Euro Millions rolled to 64M jackpot for the 3/24 drawing. In the last drawing, the amount of jackpot determined was 51.9M ( 36M/$63M) and the overall European sales 89M. Based on the increase in the jackpot pool and on the average ratio of incremental jackpot pool over the overall European sales, I figure out that Euro Millions expects the total sales for this drawing being approximately, and maybe conservatively, 86M, which would be equal to 43 million tickets. If one assumes that 43 mil
Mar 21, 2006, 9:18 am - anonymous77 - Lottery Discussion Forum