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The Odds Are The RealityReply
If you bought 19 million of 20 million possible combinations there would be a million combinations that would result in losing, but your odds would be 19 million in 20 million, or 19 in 20. That's a 95% chance of having the winning combination. Those would be extremely good odds, but you'd be risking the entire 19 million dollars.
Jun 27, 2006, 11:26 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

$82 Million: California lottery jackpot keeps rollingReply
It just goes to show the introduction of an multi-state game doesn't neccessarily mean the end of the in-state game. Hopefully the same will hold true when Florida joins Powerball (it has to happen eventually). And when your compare the jackpot to the odds, it's a real good deal. The cash value is about $41 million, and the odds are 1 in about 41 million.
Jun 22, 2006, 9:25 pm - JimmySand9 - Lottery News

Agent provacateursReply
a system if you will that is created to beat the lottery. how ironic. given the fact the lotteries created odds against anyone doing such a thing. who knows how much statistical analysis they ran before they implemented said games. permutations they ran to see if their lottery matrix could be beaten by some generic code breaker. Knowing that from the moment they went public with the games that hundreds of thousands of people might try and devise a way to win said games. It's not that some creati
Jun 19, 2006, 10:55 pm - four4me - Lottery Discussion Forum

would you still play?Reply
It all depends. What are the overall odds? I don't really care about winning a jackpot, seeing it probably will never happen, but I do care, very much, about my odds of breaking even or winning a good smaller prize.
Jun 17, 2006, 8:28 pm - JimmySand9 - Lottery Discussion Forum

NY Pick10...Reply
I've never understood why anyone would play that game. The odds of hitting the jackpot are 1:8,900,000. And as you said you only win $500K. Overall odds are 1 in17 (compared to 1:8.77 for take 5). I rarely see anyone winning this game.
Jun 5, 2006, 10:28 am - lucky146 - Lottery Discussion Forum

MM MegaplierReply
Higher odds do not guarantee the jackpot will roll 12+ times each run. If someone is meant to win the jackpot, it will happen regardless of odds. After all, do you play to win, or to raise the jackpot? Of course, you don't play until the jackpot hits $250 million, but if everyone were like you there would never be a $250 million jackpot, and players would not play for jackpots under $50 million if it were not possible to win them.
Jun 3, 2006, 1:46 am - ryanm - Jackpot Games Forum

How about P4 odds 1 in 72 ??
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May 29, 2006, 3:17 pm - mazk - Pick 4 Forum

betslips odds helpReply
If the odds are a million to one, and I buy one ticket, the odds are now, nine hundred-ninety-nine-thousand-nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine? Right?
May 17, 2006, 10:46 pm - pacattack05 - Lottery Discussion Forum

betslips odds helpReply
I agree, and I don't really enjoy these discussions too much, because this is pure mathematics, and there really is only one answer. When there is lengthy debate on the topic of odds, it usually means that one side is correctly quoting the appropriate mathematics, and the other side is giving their feelings about how buying more tickets really doesn't lower the odds that much because it's still really hard to win. We've had the debate many times before.
May 17, 2006, 6:47 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Where Is The Money?!Reply
Well if you want to win more often and have better odds, your best bet is to play pick 3 or pick 4. If you want to win big your best bet would be to play Pick 5 and 6 games, although the odds are higher.
May 12, 2006, 1:34 pm - bellyache - Lottery Discussion Forum