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PN, no need to look for grand prize winners as there hasn't been one since August 2013. There were a decent amount of GP winners back when the grand prize winning odds were about 1:10,000,000. In September 2013 they re-matrixed and the odds blew up big time. I used to play this on a regular basis pre matrix change, but now it's just throwing your money away.
Mar 26, 2015, 1:59 pm - msharkey2001 - Lottery Discussion Forum

QUESTION: Please explain California's payout sytem.Reply
Parimutuel betting differs from fixed-odds betting in that the final payout is not determined until the pool is closed: In fixed odds betting, the payout is agreed at the time the bet is sold.
Mar 26, 2015, 1:45 pm - Raven62 - Lottery Discussion Forum

why can't the lottery make a better odds game?
More jackpot winners at cash value say 30 million dollars before taxes.
Mar 15, 2015, 4:27 pm - bigbear29 - Lottery Discussion Forum

friend of mine spent last night $150.00 on Mega + Powerball. Is this too much?Reply
Your friend is/was right, the more tickets he buy the more chances he has to win. With the new matrix of 5/75+1/15, each line has odds better than 1:15 of winning at least a dollars. Inspite of all that a $150 didn't do much to change his odds of 1:258,890,850 of winning the jackpot. Unless he had a strategy that required spending $150 he probably didn't do any better than players who spent $15 buying all 15 megaballs of which I was one who matched 2+1 for $5.
Mar 14, 2015, 3:43 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

is it better to play the Powerball or Megamillions?Reply
I recently looked up the Map of the Continental United States thought about all the convenient stores, gas stations whatever selling MM PB lottery tickets and thought Every once in a while ONE of those spots gets a winner - then l thought about MM's odds and said Astronomical is the word Bud, ..Hope that answers the question. I will play the PB game until they mess with the odds..
Mar 12, 2015, 9:55 am - noise-gate - Lottery Discussion Forum

Post your scratch ticket resultsReply
Thanks! Yes that is a rare find as odds are something like 1 in 3,750 for $1,000. Yet in all these years I can't beat 1 in 300 odds for $500 on $20 tickets. Lottery can be odd.
Mar 10, 2015, 10:20 pm - MattfromPA - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Mega Millions And Powerball Odds Are Approaching The Size Of The Usa Population Of 318.9 Million.
PLAY THE LOTTERY SOMEDAY- IT IS OKAY TO DREAM!
Mar 4, 2015, 12:19 pm - THRIFTY - Lottery Discussion Forum

Another how do I calculate these odds?Reply
Depends on the number of tickets brought for each game. If you don't buy a ticket your odds of winning would be 0 even with 1in10 odds.
Feb 22, 2015, 5:44 pm - RJOh - Mathematics Forum

Dozens of 'dead people' collected NJ lottery prizes last yearReply
This doesn't surprise me .Well they said you are more likely to be struck by lightening than win the lottery but nobody has actually calculated the odds for dead people to win . As we can see here dead people have better odds than living people because lightening can't kill them or already did lol. But it takes two to tangle so if half dozen dead people now play and win it means probably some half dozen dead people are now working in the lottery department too.
Feb 20, 2015, 11:32 am - JoeBigLotto - Lottery News

NC Scratch Offs... $20 Tickets seem to be the Best Bet.Reply
Interesting... the way they describe the odds are confusing to me What's the difference between Approx. Overall Odds and Approx. Combined Odds? The number of prizes are approximate based on the number of tickets printed. Chances of winning and the number of prizes are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won So if I'm reading this correctly, the odds are worse if all the tickets aren't printed? Right?
Feb 17, 2015, 8:35 pm - Romancandle - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum