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quiz pick-4 daily game oddsReply
Match Probability Odds 0 65.61% 1 : 0.52 1 29.16% 1 : 2.43 2 4.86% 1 : 19.58 3 0.36% 1 : 276.78 4 0.01% 1 : 9999.00
Jan 22, 2016, 4:46 pm - JADELottery - Mathematics Forum

Just found me a Pyramid Goldmine P-3 SystemReply
Jimbo, jimbo, jimbo, how many sites did you cycle through before you made it back to LP? It's easy to beat the odds but it takes stomping them to earn a profit in most cases. However I am inclined to agree that some very fundamental probabilities are being overlooked here. Retirement, only if one plans on living in a cardboard box pushing their belongings around in a shopping cart. RL
Jan 21, 2016, 6:44 pm - RL-RANDOMLOGIC - Lottery Systems Forum

How the lottery generates the ticket numbersReply
The story referenced by JadeLottery is almost certainly in error. Assuming it is, it's a safe bet that the reporter got accurate info from the lottery spokesman and then screwed it up. Just about every reliable source says that the terminal generates the numbers, and the job of the central computer is to create a record of each play and after that record is created authorize the terminal to generate the ticket. I'm not sure what you think is difficult to prevent. If you think it would be diff
Jan 19, 2016, 2:15 am - KY Floyd - Mathematics Forum

Lottery veterans question Tennessee family's behavior before claiming Powerball winningsReply
lejardin, Thank You. I am also changing my lottery playing. I think that I can wait till the jackpots for Mega Millions and Power Ball reach $150 - $200 million before I play. Most of us here at LP know the odds but when the jackpot breaks records then we all hope that it will be one of our tickets that wins. I am dissolving any agreements, promises, pledges that I made for this past PB run. I start clean for another record breaker. We are here at LP to commiserate with one another a
Jan 16, 2016, 8:58 pm - music* - Lottery News

OK Even though Law of Probability Says Exact Powerball Number Can Come Up Twice in a Row It'll NeverReply
It has never happened because there is only a 1 in 292 million chance of ANY particular combination happening on the next drawing. You tell me a combination and I will tell you the chances of THAT combination coming up are also 1 in 292 million so it just isn't going to happen either. All combinations are equally probable so if the last drawing was 4 8 19 27 34 10 then there is a equal probability that the next drawing on Sat will also be 4 8 19 27 34 10 vs 1 2 3 4 5 6 vs 8 12 17 23 56 2
Jan 15, 2016, 1:47 am - dddwww - Mathematics Forum

Wild CardReply
Well, I am crushed. Bad news, folks: Wild Card is ENDING. The last game will be held February 24th. This is a statement from a lottery official: Just like with our scratch tickets, lotto games have a life cycle and it s necessary sometimes to end a game whose playership has fallen off to pave the way for new games to be implemented. This news comes immediately following the mega sales from POWERBALL MANIA. So... I don't know what it means to you, but it tells me that Wild Card, one of the
Jan 14, 2016, 4:00 pm - GGStarlings - Jackpot Games Forum

$1.5 BILLION: Wednesday Powerball record jackpot still risingReply
good at math but poor at insight. It's people who can't grasp what the simulators are showing that are either poor at insight, or perhaps they're just in denial of reality. The more you play the more likely you are to get results that match probability, and91% of the $2 ticket price goes to prizes with extremely steep odds. Only 346 out of every 292,201,338 tickets can be expected to win one of those prizes. The house always wins, and that's because players lose. The more money players b
Jan 14, 2016, 12:19 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Lottery Monte Carlo Simulation Results. Shows likelyhood of winning the PB.Reply
First) Everyone knows the odds Second) You make some crazy assumptions... 70% of tickets are quickpick. So your assumption of using the same number throughout the simulation is invalid for most ticket purchasers. So you should try a new random number (for the quickpick with the similar RNG used by quickpick vending machines) to match another new random number (powerball with the same constraints). For instance there are 8 total sets of balls? 4 white 4 red. You need to run a random nu
Jan 13, 2016, 3:07 pm - lcoleman - Lottery Discussion Forum

$1.5 BILLION: Wednesday Powerball record jackpot still risingReply
Last Saturday night, I had a nightmare that I won. I think all my fears collided: kidnappings, threats, family breaking up, you name it. You know...now that I think about it, I wonder how many newspaper articles I read before bed that were all negative winner stories. That would explain that dream! Yet, I am buying less tickets this time. When no one won on Saturday, it psychologically made me realize how bad the odds are. I spent about $30 and my husband spent $20. This time I'm spending
Jan 13, 2016, 2:22 pm - dk1421 - Lottery News

Anonymity for this huge jackpot. Let's settle this right here and now.Reply
If you live in a state where you can't remain anonymous, can you wear a disguise at press time? I have seen some of the winner's pictures on Powerball and Megamillions website in the winner's stories section where they are holding the presentation check up in front of their face. This is the first jackpot of its size, but with the new odds I bet it wont be the last. With billion dollar jackpots more commonplace, the idea of someone wining this much will fade like it did after someone won t
Jan 12, 2016, 6:45 pm - TheMeatman2005 - Lottery Discussion Forum