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Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
The easy way to understand the difference is from the end of Tucker's last post... 4/500,000... this is where probability stops... one ticket gives you 4 favorable outcomes to the 500,000 possible outcomes. This is the reality of any game. Only here we have 4 top prizes instead of one. 1/125,000... this is where the Odds are... which is favorable outcomes to unfavorable outcomes. He is correct in performing the division here because for every favorable outcome there are 125,000 unfavorab
Mar 30, 2026, 11:00 am - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

It looks as if the $5.00 MM ticket is doing poorly.Reply
While there are games that cost more than $5..... $10 scratchers, $20 scratchers, $50 scratchers, $20 raffle tickets, etc., the difference is that in those games, you have a vastly higher chance of winning a large amount of money. The problem with the new $5 MM is that they didn't change much of anything. It includes the multiplier for lower prizes (instead of giving you a choice to pay the extra $1). They included a 10X possibility but re-arranged the other multiplier odds to give you preci
Mar 14, 2026, 9:36 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
Odds and probability both describe the same thing (basically, chances of winning ) but in a different format. If I flip a fair coin, the probability of it landing on heads is 1/2, or 0.5, or 50% (all the same number). The odds of it landing on heads are 1:1. Clearly, 1 and 1/2 are significantly different numbers. That's why odds uses the : while probability uses the . so you don't mix them up. But when the chances of winning are really low, it doesn't matter much which label you use. If
Mar 28, 2026, 3:38 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

EXCLUSIVE: Weeks-long computerized draw error prevented many DC Lottery tickets from winning a prizeNews Story
Certain combinations had no chance of winning for three weeks By Kate Northrop Following independent observations by Lottery Post members of an unlikely statistical anomaly in Washington, D.C. draw outcomes, the DC Lottery identified a software problem that meant certain combinations had no shot at winning prizes in three games. The DC Lottery has implemented a fix for a coding error that prevented some tickets from winning in three of its local draw games for three weeks. After
Apr 22, 2026, 1:47 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
There is only one set of winning numbers drawn and each set played is an attempt to match that set. Suppose you only bought one ticket but they drew two sets of numbers? What would that do to the odds? I didn't say each additional ticket cuts the odds in half. That's another part of his inability to understand 3rd grade fractions. He seems to think that we're saying that 2/100ths is twice as much as 1/100th (and might even understand that much) but also thinks that we're saying 2 x
Mar 31, 2026, 12:43 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

DC Lottery offers compensation for players affected by computerized draw errorNews Story
DC Lottery offers several pathways for remediation after programming error caused untold tickets to lose out By Kate Northrop After Lottery Post alerted the DC Lottery to a possible error that prevented tickets from winning in three of its local draw games for weeks, the DC Lottery has announced several different forms of compensation for players who may have been impacted by the computerized drawing glitch. Last week, Lottery Post reached out to the DC Lottery after Lottery Post mem
Apr 27, 2026, 7:22 pm - Todd - Lottery News