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Working Scratch of tactics threadReply
So far, I've identified several strategies First, selecting the game: There's the basic expectation where you sum up the products of the prize value and the probability of hitting that prize. This doesn't take into account the volatility of the game such as with Super Set For Life where it's pretty much all on none. There's rating the games by the sum of the log value of the prize value to price ratio divided by the log value of the odds against for that prize. This favours the lower
Dec 13, 2009, 5:53 pm - jwhou - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Listings of Jackpot > odds?Reply
goododds, Jackpot than odds doesn't really happen that often, for one thing. For another, it doesn;t do anything to change the odds, the jackpot is more, that's all. You''re still up against odds of 176 million or 195 million to one (5 + 1) and 20 million to one in many Pick 6 games. You also can't assume you'll be the one to hit. And you can't assume no one else hits if you do. Here's why I repeatd that; Let's say there's a Pick 5 game with odds of 100,000 to one. No one has hit
Nov 28, 2009, 2:00 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Why do the folks in the East always seem to win??Reply
if I understand correctly, that since I live in a state that had low numbers of tickets sold compared to the higher population centers of the East, that my chances of winning a JP are basicly slim to none. No the odds of YOU winning are exactly the same as anybody anywhere else. Think of it this way if somebody in your house buys 1 MegaMillion ticket the odds for somebody to win in your house is 1:175,000,000... And if 175,000,000 tickets are sold outside your house, the odds are
Oct 8, 2009, 6:21 pm - markp1950 - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Illinois Halloween RaffleReply
From the Illinois lottery website: Your Best Shot at a Million! Since only 500,000 tickets will be sold, your odds of winning a million dollars have never been better! 4 Prizes of $1,000,000, odds are 1 in 125,000! 5 prizes of $100,000 each, odds are 1 in 100,000! 500 prizes of $1,000 each, odds of 1 in 1000! THAT S 509 TOTAL AVAILABLE PRIZES WITH OVERALL ODDS OF 1 IN 982! ________________________________________________________ I look at it this way, 500,000 tickets will be
Oct 2, 2009, 1:51 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

MI and OH need new gamesReply
The game has worse odds than classic 47 and mega millions, but if the payout changed, I would love to see a game like this. I gave up on mega millions a while back. The odds are simply terrible. It's a big deal if you win 150 dollars. The small prizes are there just to make it look like the game has better odds of winning when it's just the odds of winning a 2, 3 dollar prize. At least classic 47's lowest prize is 5 dollars, than 100, and 2500, and the jackpot. Huge differences in the prizes, an
May 19, 2009, 3:25 pm - Classic47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle tickets sold outNews Story
Drawing to be held Jan. 3 The last ticket for the Pennsylvania Lottery's Jan. 3 Millionaire Raffle was sold Saturday at 10:21 a.m. at McCunes News, 606 Central Avenue in Johnstown, Cambria County. Sales of Millionaire Raffle tickets began on Oct. 27 and were to continue until 5 p.m. on Jan. 3, or until all 500,000 tickets were sold. The winning raffle ticket numbers will be randomly selected at 7 p.m. on Jan. 3 when the Lottery's live drawing show will televise the selection of the four
Dec 28, 2008, 9:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

How to Prove Your Lottery IS Fixed?Reply
I am new. The first thing I picked up on LP was a difference in terms: lotto and lottery... and I still get 'em mixed up. The wife of a kid I grew up with just finished her career in a State lotto/lottery commission admin office. The State began with Power ball, then added P3 later on... I started playing P3 and HotLotto a short time ago and really don't have enough time-in-service to comment in length about fixed games, only opinion. But in conversation with my old pal and his wife regard
Aug 29, 2008, 3:37 am - CurtisC - Lottery Discussion Forum

Against the odds GA. 12/5-8
012,013,023,123,124,134,234,235,245,345 346,356,456,457,467,567,568,578,678,679 689,780,789,790,801,890,891,901,902,912 BUDWARD's Thirty ************************** 885 990 099 308 507 069 871 384 294 784 917 504 752 615 Last seven days in GA. Jottery There are 220 (IIRC) box p3 numbers. Your green list above contains 30 of them, leaving 190. 220 - 30 = 190 Using your 1 week time frame ~ In drawing one, the odds of the pulled number not matching one of your gre
Dec 5, 2007, 6:54 am - Blackapple - Pick 3 Forum

A dollar and a dream true for PB and MM?Reply
2/ 175,711, 536, etc.... In lotto this is the same as 1/ 175, 711, 535 The tenth dollar, or tenth line of numbers would not be as shown as in these wonderful lottle hype charts all throughout this thread, but in reality it's: 1/175,711,526. Click. Now I get it. I really don't know how I could have been so stupid for so long. Each ticket reduces the odds by only 1. It makes so much sense, now. If I buy a 2nd ticket the odds drop from 1 in 175,711,536 to 1 in 175,7
Sep 10, 2007, 4:49 pm - KY Floyd - Jackpot Games Forum

A dollar and a dream true for PB and MM?Reply
If you continue that 146/5 13 more times, for a total of 14, then the odds become zero . That's the flaw in it. I'm sorry to repeat myself for the 37th time, but the people who agree with you are the only ones who think that anyone else thinks it works that way. Those of us who understand it have never said any such thing. It's all about proportions. Buying the 5 tickets that Guru has used in his example makes you 5 times more likely to win. Notice how the 5 is repeated. 1 in 145 million
Sep 6, 2007, 1:56 am - KY Floyd - Jackpot Games Forum