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Powerball ChangesReply
The odds are being reduced to about 175 million to 1. About the same odds as MM. The extra $2 will fund a larger second prize fro $200000 to $1000000. It's ok with me since I always play powerplay anyway. I won't pay an extra dollar after the change for the powerplay though.
Jan 2, 2012, 9:29 am - rcbbuckeye - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery stop loss limit=$60 annually with three playing methods starting in 2012Reply
I feel that powerball jackpots will go to $100 millions and $200 millions so fast that we are not going to have any chance of playing mega millions.By the way the new powerball odds will be lower than current mega millions odds.Take a look at it on the questions and answers section in the powerball website.
Dec 31, 2011, 1:49 pm - THRIFTY - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery stop loss limit=$60 annually with three playing methods starting in 2012Reply
Mega millions jackpot jumped from $12 millions to $15 millions on last night drawing.That's the problem with high odds and low starting jackpots games.It takes a long time to push those jackpots higher. Mega millions will have a hard time competing against powerball $40 millions starting jackpot next month unless they increase the starting jackpot to $40 millions too or merge with powerball to create a national lottery.Can you imagine a national lottery with a $100 millions starting jackpot and
Dec 31, 2011, 8:59 am - THRIFTY - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mathematics and the LotteryReply
You're probably right and you don't have to prove it because the odds of anyone ever proving you wrong are probably the same as their odds of ever winning a lottery jackpot.
Dec 29, 2011, 1:58 pm - RJOh - Mathematics Forum

Maddogs Mega Millions Challenge 12/23Reply
i just posted a message about birthday numbers here in aust; well the odds are easier but 24 people won it with all bday numbers, $200k ea, odds are 1 in 8 mill and $2.60 gets you 4 lines
Dec 24, 2011, 5:35 pm - savagegoose - Jackpot Games Forum

North Carolina: 12/1 - 12/31/2011Reply
I think they're dropping a number on either the 1-59 set or the powerball set itself. Odds are still astronomically high - I'm no better off buying 10 tickets than 1 ticket. I just grab a single QP whenever I'm in the store. My odds are roughly the same no matter what.
Dec 21, 2011, 8:10 pm - swngnblues - Pick 3 Forum

more luck in state lottery or mm or pb winning 5 + 0Reply
No question, the state games have the best odds of winning a jackpot but if winning smaller prizes more often is fun PowerBall beats them all. Just look at their overall odds of winning a prize. Ohio Classic Lotto possible combos of 6/49 numbers = 13983816 MATCHES ODDS WINNING COMBOS 6/6 1 : 13983816 1 5/6 1 : 54201 258 4/6 1 : 1032 13545 3/6 1 : 57 246820 _______________________________________________ overall odds are 1 : 53.6 MegaMillions possible combos of 5
Dec 7, 2011, 7:34 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

Ohio's New Year's RaffleReply
I read about the raffle on the Ohio lottery website. Interesting that they say it's the best odds to win a million dollars, but I don't see what the odds are or how many tickets they are selling this year. Is it 500,000 tickets again?
Dec 4, 2011, 9:14 am - rcbbuckeye - Jackpot Games Forum

20 Years and Never HitReply
You could play the same numbers for the next 100 years and still not win...that's just the odds of the game. I thought you were perhaps looking for some new advice on numbers to play or how to better your odds but you've only told us you've never hit which, by the way, 99.9% of lottery players never have either as far as a jackpot.
Dec 1, 2011, 5:51 pm - lottolaughs - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Jersey: 11/1 - 11/30/2011Reply
The odds of any one number straight is 1 in 1000. For a single, there are 6 ways it could come out box. so 6/1000=167.666666667. Doubles have 3 ways, so 3/1000=333.3333334. Any specific triples's odds are 1 in 1000, flat, or 10 in 1000 for any triple.
Nov 19, 2011, 7:27 pm - Boney526 - Pick 3 Forum