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Which gives me a better chance of winning a lottery?Reply
I'm sure I've made plenty of references about those who are bad atmath. I realize that bad at math is overly broad, since people canbe good at math in general but bad at certain aspects of math, butthese discusions *are* about a specific aspect of math. I get thefeeling that you read too much into some of the things I say perhapsconfusing the general use of you as a comment that's specificallydirected at *you*. I know you think I'm mean sometimes, but all I do isstate the truth as I believe i
Feb 23, 2008, 4:10 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of winning with multiple tickets
In this thread we will discuss how to calculate your odds of winning a draw game if you buy more than one ticket. Any lottery's website gives you the odds, but that is for one ticket. When you buy more than one ticket, you can calculate your odds of winning simply by dividing the stated odds by the number of tickets you hold. Let's take, for example, a Pick 2 game. Even if your state's lottery doesn't operate a Pick 2, if they operate a Pick 3 and let you bet on the front pair or bac
Mar 29, 2026, 2:52 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
I've only had a chance to study the new $10 game, but all in all from what you wrote about the other new ones this series seems to favor $100 wins. The 1 in 71 odds for $100 on the new 100X is tied for the Mop'Poly as the best odds for current $10 games (except the Blowout, which of course doesn't compare to anything in terms of prize structure) Also, the new 100X has a lower prize structure that seems to compare to the $10 GRC ($150 and $250 but no $200). What seems most unusual is the new 100X
Jan 13, 2020, 11:07 pm - Cape $cratcher - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Definitively proving better odds on straight picks
Long time lurker, blah blah blah. :) Ok, say I was writing my own lottery software and I was to somehow prove I could almost always get everyone a 25-30% improvement in odds over pure random/auto-lotto on any straight Pick 4 lottery, for example. Would that be worth anything to anyone, or would consistently 25-30% better odds not be enough to make it interesting? Has anyone actually been able to prove to others they're getting better odds than randomly picking numbers? And if so, can your imp
Sep 11, 2019, 11:48 pm - CrazyDewd - Lottery Discussion Forum

MM Increase by Only 5 Million?Reply
I don't really understand what the appeal of Mega Millions is supposed to be now. The odds are worse than Powerball, and the prize amounts are only more for the lesser prizes (like $10 instead of $7, or $500 instead of $100). But then with a 4+1 match, Powerball prize is $50,000, while Mega Millions same-tier prize is only $10,000. So.. same price, but worse odds, and the 'medium' prize is significantly less than Powerball's.. and the jackpot grows slower, too? I guess I just don't understand ho
Jan 22, 2018, 3:16 pm - Rook - Jackpot Games Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
That, and being at the right place at the right time! I bought some earlier at the district office (which has them stocked already), but they should be arriving at other retailers this evening. Of course some retailers will be slow to open the books depending on whether they have shelf space or not. The $50k second tier prize still has decent odds along with the top prize of $250k. This game having odds of 1 in 600 at hitting $500 makes it possibly the best game out there. You ca
Aug 7, 2017, 3:58 pm - Dracos - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Understanding Lottery StrategiesReply
Wheeling is the way to reduce odds, the more lines you play the better the odds. However you must play wheels that don't repeat any winning combinations as you must cover as many possible combinations to keep the odds as per the official draw odds. All reduced wheels reduce odds, the Lottery Statistic Analyser produces maximized wheels that dont repeat combinations. If you want to increase the chances of a prize (no sorry maintain the official odds of a prize) its the only way.
Mar 18, 2017, 8:50 pm - Developer - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
Our new $25 is comparably good, better in some ways in my opinion. It is the most expensive ticket we have, and I've heard stories that FL Lottery once had a $30 game, but alot of people referred to it as a failure. I think the fact that the lottery hasn't created a new one means it must have had poor sales. What I really like about the $30 California Gold is the odds of 1 in 3 million of hitting $10M. Those are great odds for such a massive jackpot, considering the decent odds at everything els
Mar 3, 2017, 12:03 am - Dracos - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Is there a specific game in general that has the best odds?
Just got into lottery recently with the 1.6b pot a few months back, I had never played before. I won like $30 and bought scratch-offs. My idea was to only spend my earnings but I think now I've spent another $75 on top of that in the last couple of months, ha. Not a lot of money to me and I'm just doing it for fun and not all that often. I have read Pick 4 (or some variation) is generally considered to have the best odds, and that playing the same number(s) every time is smart as well. Is that t
Mar 9, 2016, 6:57 pm - kiteman - Lottery Discussion Forum

To strategize or not to strategize? That is the questionReply
The bigger the population of numbers you are left after filtering the better the odds of the winning combination being in it. If you don't filter at all you are left with the whole population which means that it has 100% chance of containing the winning combination. If you filter out 50% of all combinations then the odds of the remaining population containing the winning combination are 50%. If you have a lottery with 100 million combinations then filtering all but one combination out gives you
Feb 13, 2016, 11:34 am - elios311 - Lottery Discussion Forum