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Do you guys think the mega millions and maybe powerball is rigged?Reply
The exact odds are available on every state lottery website, and a few thousand other places online, as well as on the back of the playslips. The number of states can be found on the official websites for each game, as well as a bunch of other places. As for when the odds favor the players, I guess that depends on what you mean. When players buy more than half of the possible combinations the most likely result is that somebody will win. That happens on rare occasions when the jackpot rolls for
Dec 27, 2009, 9:51 am - KY Floyd - Jackpot Games Forum

Have you given up hope that you will win the jackpot?Reply
Well I've been playing a lottery game where your chances of winning are much better than the odds of being struck by lightning. But lately I haven't even been paying attention to those odds. I've been trying to win the lower prize, which requires you to beat 1 in 81 odds....but even accomplishing that has been next to impossible. On the final weekend/week of this year, I'll be playing heavily and purchasing far more tickets than usual each day...in a last ditch effort..and after that, I'm don
Dec 15, 2009, 12:33 am - recoveryroad - Lottery Discussion Forum

Texas Lottery takes step toward selling PowerballReply
Lotto Texas can survive, Texas is certainly big enough to have enough people playing an in-state jackpot game. But they will have to make big changes. First, and most obviously, they would need to move the drawings to Monday and Thursday. Sure that's when Texas Two Step is played, but they could move that too, and it's enough of a niche game they could move it to one of the days MM or PB is drawn, if not expanding it to daily drawings. Second, and most importantly, they will need to lower the ma
Nov 23, 2009, 3:39 pm - JimmySand9 - Lottery News

Would You Spend $20 On A Raffle Ticket?Reply
In Pennsylvania, there are 500,000 tickets printed for the Millionaire Raffle. It is held twice a year. Here are the prizes: Top Prize (4) $1,000,000 Odds 1:125,000 Second Prize (4) $100,000 Odds 1:125,000 Third Prize (100) $1000 Odds 1:5000 Fourth Prize (5892) $100 Odds 1:85 For a total of 6000 prizes ... The pot is $5,089,200 ... Odds 1:83 In the past, I have purchased three $20 tickets for this game. I missed a $100 Prize by 1 number in the last game. Now, I will buy
Nov 22, 2009, 7:47 pm - Harve$t Moon - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Sport of KingsReply
Thanks I will copy this. You are right about betting horses that have a 1/1 odds, you can't make any money with those odds, I rarely bet on a horses with odds like that. Yesterday was my lucky day, Keenland $69.00 for 4/10 exacta. Belmont $29.00 for Exacta. Turf paradise $15.00 13/8 Ex. Santa Anita 215 $1.Trifecta 134.00 and Ex. 2/1 $34.00 Belmont 7/8 Ex.. I have to find out more about the Dutching system. Let me know when you get more info. I was lucky to pick numbers and use a few from lottery
Oct 18, 2009, 6:03 am - marcie - Gaming Forum

$325 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls againReply
Your odds are determined by how many tickets you have. How many tickets you have is determined by how much money you spend and the cost of the tickets. If a ticket costs $1 and the odds are 1 in 100, then spending $2 will get you two tickets and a 1 in 50 chance of winning. If the odds are 1 in 100 but the ticket price goes up to $2, then spending $2 gets you only 1 ticket, and a 1 in 100 chance of winning. For the same $2 you've only got half as much chance of winning.
Aug 28, 2009, 3:35 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

$325 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls againReply
They should have lowered the odds with a matrix like 5/52 + 1/35, which is quite high btw, raised the price of the ticket to $2 What's the difference between that and odds of 1 in 181,927,200 at $1 per ticket? If players aren't stupid, they should know that doubling the price of a ticket is the same as doubling the odds, except that it is no longer possible to only play $1 per game.
Aug 28, 2009, 1:48 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

PB Quick pick odds.
If you played one(1) powerball quick pick for 6 months, how many times have you matched 3 white balls. I know what the odds are. I want to hear from people who buy a quick pick at the terminal every drawing.
Aug 12, 2009, 9:49 pm - Editgap - Jackpot Games Forum

I need someone to calculate the odds of this happeningReply
After experimenting with that loop, I added a N3 which shows the frequency of someone likely winning twice along with the frequency of a number coming up twice. I was reading an article about this and the writer points out that folks might confuse the odds of them winning twice with the odds of someone winning twice. He points out that new stories about someone winning a lottery twice usually quote the odds of it happening to a particular individual which might lead some to think it happens
Jul 20, 2009, 10:57 am - RJOh - Mathematics Forum

There is no Math when it come to winning.Reply
The odds of someone winning any of the lottery games is the same no matter if they have an elaborate system, dream the numbers, or buy QPs and that's where math comes in. Over time it's the percentage (more math) of the actual odds they pay out that prevents players from making a profit. The odds of your dream number hitting straight is 999 to 1 and they pay $499 to $1. I'd ask what is your winning percentage from your dreams that helped you win money so many times , but we'll never know beca
Jul 12, 2009, 8:52 pm - Stack47 - Mathematics Forum