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Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
I too have had 'trouble' with what's being argued so passionately in this thread. When I lived in the Northeast, although I lived in New York State, I lived in close proximity to Pennsylvania. Every Fall The PA Lottery (for what I'm guessing is the last 20 years or more) holds their Millionaire Raffle. According to the raffles official rules, a maximum of 500,000 tickets can be sold. The PA Lottery has always advertised the odds for the raffle at 125,000 to 1 because there are 4 top prize w
Mar 30, 2026, 7:56 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Millionaire For Life ...ripoffReply
The current odds of hitting the top prize in Cash 4 Life are 1 in 21,846,048. Where I live we have Lucky for Life instead and the current odds of hitting Lucky for Life top prize are 1 in 30,821,472 The new Millionaire For Life odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 22.9 million . Depending on where you live, the odds could either improve or get a little harder for you. There is also the difference in the amount won. I play Lucky for Life a lot, I will be playing the new
Jan 31, 2026, 10:10 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Ok, now that we have the historical data posted, many of you can run your own analysis. During the 2017-10-31 to 2025-04-04 run of MM, there were on average about 1.81 5 + 0 winners per draw. Now, there are only on average about 0.53 5 + 0 winners per draw... hmm, interesting, since the odds are slightly better now than before. There's on average a little more than 3.5 times more 5 + 0 winners in the previous run of MM. Additionally, our calculation of the odds of getting 5 + 0 a
Jan 24, 2026, 7:47 pm - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Sales would have to increase by about 50% to get the odds of a win to 3%.
May 25, 2026, 12:36 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
Anyone been able to find FLORIDA 300X THE CASH? The odds on it are really good right now.
May 21, 2026, 11:31 pm - ScratchJack - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpotReply
The odds of winning are the same, but the odds of sharing the jackpot are higher.. It is like in NZ a lotto official said that there were usually about 3,000 tickets with 1,2,3,4,5,6 ... When picking your own numbers, people want a logical reason... Birthdays is another (so more likely to share prizes/ jackpots if the numbers are 1 - 31.
May 6, 2026, 2:59 am - kao1632 - Lottery News

Fantasy 5 Group Balance Strategy: Why Spreading Numbers Across Decades Wins Big
I've been digging into Michigan Fantasy 5 draws lately, and one pattern jumps out, winning combos rarely clump in one decade like all teens or 20s. Historical data shows that most jackpots spread across groups: 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-39, hitting 3-4 groups on average. All from one group? Super rare, under 2% odds. Smart play: mix low-high with 2-3 odds/evens, aiming for sum 55-125 (avg 11-25 per number). Skipped this last week and whiffed; now wheeling balanced sets like 5-17-24-29-31 from smart
Apr 30, 2026, 11:19 pm - RichW - Jackpot Games Forum

89 second prize winners for the powerballReply
I love reading these forums were the loosers try to figure out how the winners beat the odds and won.
Apr 30, 2026, 4:05 pm - justAndy1970 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Balancing Odds and Cost 😁Reply
That's an interesting way of looking at it, regardless of the odds, we go for what has the most financial value.
Apr 28, 2026, 9:18 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Balancing Odds and Cost 😁Reply
The odds of getting 5 out of 58 are 4,582,116 and they don't change just because there is a Millionaire ball.
Apr 26, 2026, 9:39 pm - Think - Lottery Discussion Forum