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Restaurant workers split $4 million lottery jackpotReply
You may not think about it, but deciding whether or not to participate in a pool is a decision about how much you're playing for. That and every other decision you make about playing are also decisions about the odds you're playing against. By never playing in a pool you're not reducing any prize won by your ticket, but you are reducing your chances of winning that prize compared to being in a pool. You're also reducing your chances by not buying 1000 tickets, but increasing them by not buying 0
Oct 23, 2007, 3:13 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

TN's new $20 Scratch off.
TN's First $20 Scratch Off... All I can say about this ticket is NO!!! First off it only has a top prize of $300,000. Not good enough if you ask me. $500,000 We'll talk... Now lets talk odds... A $20 ticket with $10 ticket odds... You be the judge. I see this ticket flying off the shelves (Just like TN's first $10 scratcher which was also a Holiday Themed Scratch off.) However, I'm not liking anything about this ticket. I do like $20 tickets (Won $500 in Florida earlier this yea
Oct 20, 2007, 2:13 am - Tnplayer805 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Hoosier LottoReply
Using the odds and number of winners for the last drawing, I calculate the total number of tickets were ~2,300,000 - 3% free ones =~2,231,000 sold 254637 (free tickets) X odds of 1:7.31 = ~ 1,858,850 tickets 57 (5/6) X odds of 1:48,696 = ~2,775,672 tickets
Oct 1, 2007, 6:29 pm - RJOh - Jackpot Games Forum

What are the ODDS! 2 Jackpot Wins 2 Miles Apart!
See my last post here https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/163135/2 where the California SuperLotto PLUS was won at a 7-11 close to my house, also where I often buy tickets. The MegaMillions Jackpot was won at ANOTHER 7-11 about 2 miles from there last night!! Also a store where I buy my tickets often. What are the odds of this? Of course...this happens to be a week where I'm feeling poor so I skipped buying tickets. ARGH! I think I can't let that happened again. Buy seriously, I mean...2 jac
Sep 22, 2007, 2:42 pm - jarrettac - Lottery Discussion Forum

Why choose your numbers?Reply
I pick my own numbers(combinations) and they could be different each time as I consider any number that hits to be a lucky number. I prefer to pick my own combinations because I can and when I compare how well I'm doing with the overall odds of the games I'm doing better. The games payouts are such that one have to do quite a bit better than just beat the overall odds to come out ahead. For example most games have overall odds of 1:40 to 1:80 of getting even the lowest tier prize which mi
Sep 20, 2007, 8:37 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

In the ongoing quick picks discussions...Reply
Most of those who play their own numbers DO NOT pick their own numbers according to a SOUND system or method based on the game's statistics, that is based on the statistics of the numbers and their patterns. That means that most people who play their own numbers ARE NOT increasing their chances of winning, their own numbers are just as good as quick picks and have just about the same chance of winning. On a jackpot kind of game the odds againt the players are just too high for even good
Sep 17, 2007, 4:15 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

Ga-Mi & FlReply
All 3 states? I get worried myself when I see people make those comments. I am putting the best I can out there but it is a game of chance and the odds of a straight are 10,000 to 1. Please keep that in mind when betting. If I hit at all, the odds are that is is going to be a boxed hit which will give you very little money back. I think the best method of play is to wait for a group of doubles to hit in a row and then play the single side only or vice-versa, and then check the prediction board a
Sep 13, 2007, 6:02 pm - Dead_Aim - Pick 4 Forum

Statistics questionReply
There could be 14 winners in any lottery that players are free to chose any combination, but I doubt if any 6/49 game would have a jackpot that big if it had a cash value of half that amount as most lotteries jackpot do now days. Lotteries with odds of 1:10M or more seldom have a cash value greater than the odds of winning them since that investment syndicate won the Virgina lottery over ten years ago as far as I know. Pick5 games with odds of 1:1M or less of winning the jackpot get ja
Jul 29, 2007, 9:42 pm - RJOh - Mathematics Forum

Pennsylvania Lottery Millionaire Raffle resultsReply
The overall odds of winning (1 in 80) were the best I've seen in any state raffle game so far. But when you do the math that also means there will be 79 losing tickets for every winning ticket. Multiply 79 times 7777 and you'll see there were a whole bunch of people the odds didn't favor. Comparing the PA Raffle to Powerball is apples to oranges unless Powerball sold $2 tickets, assigned each ticket with a different combination and sold out all 146,107,962 tickets with same payoff structure.
Jul 8, 2007, 4:20 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

playing prediction board numbers with your moneyReply
If I ever see a predictor sustaining a 500%+ prize ratio continuously over several months for the games I play then I will try their numbers. Depends on the game because 500% of $100 is $500 so you're only getting 4 to 1 on your money. In Pick-5 games where the odds are 1 to 9, if somebody is averaging 500%, I'd play every combo they predicted. Can you imagine getting $20 back for every $4 you bet playing Rolling Cash 5? But in Pick-3 games where the game odds are 1000 to 1 and payoff od
Jun 16, 2007, 9:55 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum