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Georgia Lottery Scratch OffsReply
I haven't played any of the new tickets yet but from what I've been experiencing and judging on the comments I often see here, The GA Lottery has taken a turn for the worst. It seems they have been gradually raising the overall odds for each new game they come out with. Its either the overall game odds or the odds of the prizes each new game has. It sucks that GA has gone to these levels to increase their profits.
Mar 30, 2016, 2:20 pm - BlueSilverNinja - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Great Pick-3 Straight system, but needs help with reductionReply
Yes Amber, the filters haven't made a whole lot of sense to me. When you filter out a type of play, like all odds, all evens, high-low, repeats, just because those types of plays happen at a lower rate, its not doing anything to improve your odds. If your system is calling for 100 plays, but you only want to play 20, you are just as likely to be right by randomly picking 20 of them than by using these filters. Or, maybe look at it the other way. See which filter covers roughly the number of p
Mar 28, 2016, 10:03 am - Wisconsin3054 - Lottery Systems Forum

Goseahawks Smallest any game Matrix (NEW INFO)Reply
Ok i see. That will add a lot of potential doubles I think so I will have to rework the calculations. Also, as far as even numbers dominating the game, the aren't really any different as odd numbers as far as the odds go. The chances of all odds coming up is the same as the chances of all evens coming up. 12.5% per draw or 1 in 8. Also means 1 in 4 will be either all odds or all evens and 3 in 4 will be some kind of mix. I don't think the means much for your system but just throwing that out
Mar 17, 2016, 12:35 pm - Wisconsin3054 - Lottery Systems Forum

New York: 3/1 - 3/31/2016Reply
The game naturally either produces 3 odds 1 even because there are in a sense more odds in the game than even... Or 2 odds 2 even 13579 2468
Mar 10, 2016, 11:58 pm - MoneyMike$ - Pick 4 Forum

North Carolina: 2/1 - 2/29/2016Reply
So I decided to buy a Lucky For Life tix today......THEN I researched the top prize winners and odds. WOW, since Jan 2015 (NC just started it this month), there have only been 2 winners of 1k a day for life in ALL 20 states that participate and 40 25k a year winners in the same time frame. Granted your top prize odds of: 1 in 30,821,472 is still better than 1:300 quadramillionzillion (I know, I exaggerated a bit) in the PB or MM and 1 in 1,813,028 to win 25k for life is about the same (1.
Feb 18, 2016, 10:37 pm - itpmguru - Pick 3 Forum

quiz pick-4 daily game oddsReply
What are the odds of matching 1 digit to the correct position with 4 selections? 10% * 4 40% What are the odds of matching 2 digits to the correct position with 4 selections? 1% * 3 3% What are the odds of matching 3 digits to the correct position with 4 selections? .01% *2 .02%
Jan 22, 2016, 7:48 am - phileight - Mathematics Forum

Question Regarding The Odds of The Pennsylvania Millionaire RaffleReply
Not sure a simulation is useful unless you believe the sales follow a specific distribution and/or will be less than the maximum allowed tickets. According to PA lottery records, all past Millionaire Raffle drawings have sold out, which pretty much satisfies the advertised odds. As the simulation approaches infinity it will converge on the theoretical (advertised) probabilities. Just for kicks I ran a simulation of about 2.5 M trials using a beta distribution* with range of sales from 300k to
Jan 16, 2016, 8:19 pm - LottoMetro - Lottery Discussion Forum

I Maintain that the Theory Any Powerball Combo can Win Is BS
Is there any College to Contact that would run a non-stop Powerball Computer Simulation for say a year shooting out winning combinations every 10 seconds or so? The law of probability says all numbers have equal chance of winning. I say this is BS I maintain that if Powerball Lasted 1000 years you'd still never see a winner with 5 consecutive numbers in a row or even 6 numbers in a row ( i.e. Powerball __ 1,2,3,4,5 or Powerball __ 19,20,21,22,23 and so on or 1 Powerball 2,3,4,5,6 Yes Probability
Jan 10, 2016, 8:32 am - BrunoDog4 - Mathematics Forum

A Couple of Observations about Huge PowerBall DrawingsReply
Since it is acclaimed that the odds of winning the big one are app 250 mill to one,what are the odds of a winning ticket in not being picked if more than 250 million lines are sold? I guess the odds are as much chance as you throwing a marble on the beach and try to pick it up blindfolded in just the one attempt. I look at it this way.If you don't get the jackpot this time,there'll be another one over the horizon to have a crack at.
Jan 10, 2016, 3:12 am - Power8411 - Lottery Discussion Forum

$700 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot raised just hours after initial estimateReply
Hope it works out for you. Presumably, you bought 250 tickets without Powerplay. With the jackpot odds being 1 in ~292 million, your combined odds of winning is still a far out 1 in ~1.17 million. Even hitting 2nd place, which pays $1 million (except California) with 250 tickets is 1 in 46,752. More realistic, but still a huge long-shot. Good luck! Personally, I bought two tickets with Powerplay, since hitting 2nd place is 25 times more likely than 1st. That extra $1 million will come in hand
Jan 7, 2016, 6:05 pm - Ron5995 - Lottery News