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Does Lottery Software work?Reply
The reason lottery software does not work is because the draws are memoryless . We can analyze past draws ad nauseum, but whatever was found does not carry into the future draws. Even a Markov Chain generator applies probability to the future possible states... why this fails in the lottery is that it is an independent event with no dependency on past or future events. None. I can make my own losing number picking systems for free (I do it all the time), I would never pay someone else to cre
Oct 3, 2025, 10:07 am - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

Montana Lottery aims to prohibit bulk purchases after group takes gamble on $1.6 million jackpotReply
So a well designed lottery game in your estimation is one where the odds are so high, no one ever wins the jackpot, but the state in question gets money forever. OK, dude. The rest of us here are glad you don't run our state lottery as we actually buy lottery tickets to win. Now, you may be correct when referring to the new Megamillions @ $5.00 per ticket. As I wrote when it first was proposed, you will see America's first $3 ,4 or 5 billion lottery jackpot. Who knows how high it wi
Sep 30, 2025, 9:04 am - JohnGalt3 - Lottery News

MM $5, PB $2, Powerplay $1IReply
I'm looking at it as it's much more likely for a player to win on the gimmick considering the 292.2 million odds. Would you like to expand on that thought to see if it makes any sense? Powerplay doesn't do anything to improve your chances, much less make it much more likely. The chance of winning any prize at all is 1 in 24.87, or 4%. That means there's a 96% chance that instead of wasting $2 you've wasted $3, but while it's only half (again) as much as the regular $2 cost, that extra $1 gi
Sep 19, 2025, 11:40 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Montana Lottery aims to prohibit bulk purchases after group takes gamble on $1.6 million jackpotReply
This is a hard one. If I lived in Montana and played that game with hopes of winning because the odds are better, I would feel bad if an outside entity did that. Well, if I had a bunch of friends and we are stinking rich and we could go to some State and buy off a lottery and make a profit, for the fun of it and a good laugh later, would I do that? I don't know. Is it a moral or ethical question or is it a business/investor question? Well, got my PB and MM ticket, hoping no o
Sep 19, 2025, 6:35 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery News

Location of WinnersReply
There are several factors that contribute to this phenomenon in my country: - *Accessibility and Marketing*: Lottery tickets are often more accessible in lower-income areas, with more retailers and prominent advertising. This can make it more likely for people in these areas to buy tickets. - *Financial Stress*: People in lower-income areas may feel more financial stress and see the lottery as a way to escape their financial difficulties. This can lead to more frequent purchases. - *
Sep 15, 2025, 7:29 am - tokecap - Lottery Discussion Forum

$1.8 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now second-largest ever as ticket sales surge across the USAReply
The probability that no one wins the jackpot thus causing a rollover is given by: Chat, AI \left(1 - \frac{1}{292{,}201{,}338}\right)^N Where N is the number of tickets sold. Using estimated ranges: If N 300 million: \left(1 - \frac{1}{292M}\right)^{300M} e^{-300M / 292M} e^{-1.03} 0.36 \; (36\%) So about a 35 40% chance of rollover under that assumption. If sales are even higher as they likely are rollover odds would reduce further.
Sep 5, 2025, 9:30 pm - Fbom - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
I'm just done with Mega Millions altogether. I played it since it was available in California, so a sample size that runs around 20ish years. The most I ever won was matching 3 numbers for probably around $10. $5 a ticket just became a barrier I wasn't willing to pass through. Whatever I would have normally spent just went to other draw games like California Fantasy 5 tickets instead. The actual jackpot total plays no part in my decision to buy a ticket or not. I also just get 1 ticket per
Aug 23, 2025, 10:30 am - GoodLuckDude - Lottery Discussion Forum

because in lotteries the more you study, the more difficult it becomes to predict the next drawReply
Currently I am experimenting with a 2 step process. Step 1. Classify the last 150 draws (NOT the full history) which gives each digit a fair chance to appear 15 times in each position. Use a strict classification boundary of one standard deviation above and below the 10% expectancy, and eliminate hots and colds as outliers. Step 2. Fill in the remaining neutral numbers into lists and use them in a QP generator I wrote in Python. The end result is just one combo, free of any bias I ma
Aug 14, 2025, 8:58 am - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
CAPE - I knew it, I knew it - you'd have the answer !! Thanks !! The odds 5k to 20K ......... are way way off the chart !! But maybe FlLot keeps it like that just so those that are seriously addicted to buying ...... will, keep buying and buying .... like a broody hen sitting on a China egg you said ... if I were truly smart I'd be spending my time and $ on something else ... Addiction, is one of the hardest things to stop ....... I stopped drinking and smoking over 45 years ago both a
Aug 10, 2025, 6:47 pm - skeptic - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

REPOST: GOT Absent All odd and All even combos five draws?
Aug 27, 2015, 5:30 pm Absent All odd and All even combos five draws will bring back an all even or all odd combo within 10 draws right. 90% of the time _______________________________ But why is it that when: All evens returns... it begins or ends with 0 or 2 All odds returns... it begins or ends with 5 or 7
Jul 22, 2025, 10:30 am - Blackapple - Lottery Systems Forum