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88 1st Place winners in Texas CASH 5Reply
Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on May 23, 2004Quote: Originally posted by keystonechas on May 22, 2004Pa. Cash 5 Feb. 6. 200405-10-15-20-25242 winners. Payout $439.00 eachChasActually some people do play multiples of 5 and is the only winner as Eric Maxwell of Dayton, Ohio with his Magamillions tickets.https://www.lotterypost.com/news/82622.htmMEGAMILLIONS 03/02/04 25 30 35 40 50 +04RJOhYour comparison just does'nt work.Pa Cash 5 odds 575,757 to oneMega Millions odds 135,145,920 to
May 23, 2004, 6:28 am - keystonechas - Pick 5 Forum

Tools You Could Use?Reply
Changing the ballset does not change the odds of winning. It only minimizes the possibility that someone could improve the odds by taking advantage of the peculiarities of a particular ballset.
May 21, 2004, 3:28 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Tools You Could Use?Reply
OpenMindedI stopped reading after I got to this paragraph - ... On the back of the play slip, it is stated that the odds of 6 of 6 from 49 is 13,983,816. These are not the odds. This is only the number of possible combinations. You need to multiply this figure times the number of ballsets (6) and machines (3). ... RegardsColin
May 21, 2004, 2:38 am - Colin F - Lottery Discussion Forum

Dumb Luck in ActionReply
KEYSTONECHAS,I would rather share the Jackpot with people and have something than keep losing money all the time as the saying goes, The bird in your hands is worth more than the thousand in the air . Hey if I am going to beat 1:120,000,000 odds or 1:135,000,000 odds that would be a once in a lifetime opportunity and I want to share the jackpot with as few people as possible and preferably to win it myself. I think it is only human nature to want to have as much of that jackpot as you can poss
May 19, 2004, 10:55 am - whodeani - Lottery Discussion Forum

Buying more tickets = reduced oddsReply
Quote: Originally posted by keystonechas on May 05, 2004How people come up with some of their odds is beyond me.In a 6/49 game the odds to win a 6 number prize is one in 13,983,816To win a 5 number prize one in 54,201To win a 4 number prize one in 1,032To win a 3 number prize one in 57ChasAnd so if you buy 10 tickets (games)6 1 in 1,398,3815 1 in 5,4204 1 in 1033 1 in 6... and that is a fact that no would be pontificating expert can change.Colin
May 13, 2004, 8:30 am - Colin F - Lottery Discussion Forum

Buying more tickets = reduced oddsReply
Colin,Did you merely derive those numbers you supplied to me from a run on your computer model? Seriously, I suggest you work them out with a pencil and paper or even a simple calculator. They really don't add up.It's interesting that you won't address the fact that payoff odds are also effectively reduced as more and more tickets are played. You really are not beating any odds.
May 13, 2004, 6:37 am - ayenowitall - Lottery Discussion Forum

NY Lotto inching closer to all-time highReply
I agree that there are several negatives, when compared with other state lotto games, but I think that 1 in 22 million odds for the top prize are not bad, especially for the largest lottery state in the USA.The odds for winning the jackpot compare very favorably to other states like California (1 in 41.4 million), Texas (1 in 47.7 million), and Florida (1 in 22.9 million).You will find others here who complain about the NY Lotto, and there are valid complaints, but when the jackpot gets this lar
May 12, 2004, 12:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

Buying more tickets = reduced oddsReply
ayenowitallPlaying random selections will usually give you a return in accordance with the advertised odds. This means as you increase the number of tickets purchased over all the draws your chances of getting the higher prizes kicks in.So playing BobP's 164 Lines over 500 Draws in a 6/49 Lotto with a random selection of 28 tickets per draw the expected return is 15%; playing 164 the expected return is 18% because a 5 is expected. For Wisconsin he beat the odds and got 3 fives up giving a return
May 11, 2004, 3:43 am - Colin F - Lottery Discussion Forum

$300.00 worth of QP'sReply
Hi BobP,In Australia, Powerball tickets cost 50 cents a game. A Powerplay 6 is a ticket with six numbers from which the first five came (any-five-from-six) plus one specific number for the Powerball.e.g 10, 14, 17, 23, 31, 40 (from which the first five numbers must come), plus say 37 (which must be the Powerball).The odds of winning Powerball over here are just under 55 million to 1 and as this guy bought six games, the odds against him winning were around 9 million to 1. With a bit of h
May 8, 2004, 6:44 pm - JohnC - Lottery Discussion Forum

Buying more tickets = reduced oddsReply
Thank you BobP. One more example proving the odds calculations. Hopefully with this latest example, this odds calculation issue will be put to bed!
May 7, 2004, 1:38 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum