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Best Odds to win a Million dollar Lottery Raffel !Reply
When you think about it, 31,000 tickets at $50 each the odds are actually 1,550,000 per dollars spent. A pick 5/39 game has odds of 575,757 per $1 ticket or 1 in 11,516 with $50 worth of tickets.
Dec 13, 2008, 10:34 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

what are the oddsReply
Well the 50% odds are that the lottery will hit one of your 10 picks *somewhere* within a 69 draw period. If you say the odds are 50% (.5) that your numbers will hit within that period, you have 1/69th the chance for each day. 50% / 69 = .725%, or something like that. I'm not exactly sure on that calculation, but it works out to be somewhere around the standard 10:1000 percentage (1%), which is what you would expect for any day having 10 picks out of 1000 possible combinations.
Dec 9, 2008, 12:13 pm - Stew12 - Lottery Systems Forum

what are the oddsReply
There are only 10 different numbers(0-9) in a pick3 game which cover all 1000 possible combinations. If you play 10 combinations then your chances of a straight hit are 10:1000 or 1:100. If you're talking box hits, double or triple then the odds changes. The odds are usually printed out on the back of the play slips and are available at the lottery websites.
Dec 7, 2008, 5:02 pm - RJOh - Lottery Systems Forum

what are the oddsReply
In Pick-3, if you got 10 unique combos, then yes, your odds would be 1:100 of having the winner. However, it has been my experience that QP's quite frequently give repeats, which increases your odds considerably.
Dec 7, 2008, 4:58 pm - Shawn67 - Lottery Systems Forum

what are the odds
If I play random numbers on pick3, quick picks for example, for a $500 prize: what are the odds if I pick 10 numbers to play day and night for 14 days? 1 in 3.57? If I play 10#s the odds are 1:100 , correct? and then by letting the machine roll out 28 numbers against my set of 10 does that mean divide 100/28=3.57 or 1 in 3.57 ? (if my 10#'s are the same throughout the 2 week period)
Dec 7, 2008, 4:53 pm - jr-va - Lottery Systems Forum

Greetings. Had to register so I can ventReply
To those that don't take or have the time to look deeply into the consecutive numbers vs the total odds will not know. Hehe, in reality that sequence of numbers; 1,2,3,4,5 has never came up in any jackpot (pick 5/6) games yet. So, you are right, this set of numbers are worse than the actual game odds. It may never be for the next 2 million years...Take notes for those of you who play 1,2,3,4,5. Hehe
Nov 13, 2008, 8:52 am - diamondpalace - Lottery Discussion Forum

Developing a winning MegaMillions SystemReply
How would that formula work with a game like MegaMillions where the overall odds of winning a prize are 1:39.8? Could that formula be used to calculate if the real odds of winning a prize are different than those posted on the play slips and at the MM website?
Nov 9, 2008, 9:59 pm - RJOh - Lottery Systems Forum

Playing Holiday instant tickets.Reply
I don't understand. Tennessee started off strong in 2004. Their games were fun and I could actually win on them. I think greed is taking over. I've noticed a steady climb in overall odds (from ~1:3.2-~1:3.8 for an average $5 ticket.) Giant Jumbo isn't a bad tickets odds wise. Might have been a bad book... I've had my fair share of those.
Nov 7, 2008, 11:24 am - Tnplayer805 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Why is keno so hard to win?Reply
1 in 3 mil eh...that's staggering.I never took the time to research the odds because I assumed the game was tangible.Would've never guessed the odds were that bad.It just seems so insultive to get match zero and get a sympathetic $2...... Kinda like the lottery saying ..since you suck today,we'll feel bad for you and give you a parting gift. sheesh
Oct 4, 2008, 10:33 am - JonnyBgood07 - Jackpot Games Forum

International super lottery to create jackpots of $500 million or moreReply
the survery over on usamega had me thinking... about a 10c a play game for the international lotto. of course there would also need a really hard to win game to get it to jackpot so i thought a 7/99 game, i think i calcualted odds right at 1 in 1,120,529,256thats right 1 in 1 billion odds. but at 10c us a play even people in 3rd world countries would play. you could have so many options for playing combinations and wheelsthere on the entry form. you could play every number from 1
Sep 16, 2008, 11:15 am - savagegoose - Lottery News