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how would YOU change the payouts?Reply
LOTTOMIKE myself i would change the pick 3 payout for a straight to a thousand dollars i would change a pick 4 straight to 10,000 dollars That's a nice thought but those are true odds and no entity that is in business to take bets stays in business by offering true odds. The only true odds available are on pass line (and Don't Pass) on casino crap tables, but you have to have the line bet to make the odds bet. Many years ago the game of Faro was taken out of casinos bec
Feb 23, 2007, 6:32 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery Formulas, Possibilities and Odds
I have just posted a new reference page on my website listing lottery formulas, possibilities and odds for all lottery matrices from 2/2 to 7/100. http://www.johnph77.com/math/lo.html My usual caveat - non-commercial, nothing to sell, for reference only. Horizontal scrolling will be necessary if your horizontal screen resolution is less than 1600px - sorry. Next on the agenda will be bonus ball games for the above - I expect the next update to this page will occur in about 2-3 weeks.
Feb 22, 2007, 6:42 am - johnph77 - Mathematics Forum

% of Lottery Players That Make a ProfitReply
Hypersoniq Rjoh, I will have to agree to disagree on this for sure.....Each game type have something in common. It a game of numbers with odds, you can win at each and be profitable. They all have advantages and disadvantages. It only about perspective that gives your potential for success in either game. 38 years is a long time to wait for that one win that will put you over the top, when tomorrow is not promised to any of us. You got to play the odds to be successful in any game, you will ne
Feb 18, 2007, 4:37 pm - WSN1 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Megaball 41Reply
The odds are 1 in 2,116. It doesn't matter what mega ball you start with, just the next two drawings have to match it. This should happen on average once every 20 years with the current MM matrix. Odds are 1 in 1,764 for PB. So, something like this should happen once every 10 years in either PB or MM...doesn't seem too farfetched or rigged to me. 208 drawings a year between the two games.
Feb 18, 2007, 11:31 am - JAG331 - Jackpot Games Forum

AMAZING: Minnesota man wins back-to-back lottery jackpotsReply
I think when they say the ods against.... in a case like this the focus is on the odds against the same person hitting, and I think that is actually nore a mystical thing than a mathematical thing. Consider: What are the odds against hitting this jackpot? 1:170,000, Sue. Yeah, but I hit it last draw, so now what are MY odds?
Feb 16, 2007, 7:56 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

AMAZING: Minnesota man wins back-to-back lottery jackpotsReply
I hit 4 of 5 in our state lottery twice in the same week, I don't know if this was lucky or unlucky, because the payout only $400 total, but 5 of 5 would have been $500,000. The article said the odds were 1 in 170,000, what are the odds of doing that twice in a row?
Feb 15, 2007, 1:30 pm - tony95 - Lottery News

Lotteries long for 'jackpot fever'Reply
IMO Hot Lotto will continue to add states. By the time it comes to Tennessee (if it does) it probably would have longer jackpot odds. I agree one reason Lotto South was replaced by GA-KY-VA Lose for Life was that the jackpot odds were too low. In fact, Lotto VA was replaced by Lotto South; both games had the SAME 6/49 matrix.
Feb 15, 2007, 10:32 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery panel rejects new Gov.'s call for smaller prizesReply
Yes the higher the payout percentage the higher the excitement and the higher the revenues. Sometimes though when you have a high payout percentage and all that money goes to super inflated jackpots a lot of little people dont realize the higher percentages. Not every scratch off game needs to have million dollar payouts. That is where I think these lotteries get wacky. Let the online games have the huge payout of millions and tens of millions. Let the scratch off games have reduced life changin
Feb 13, 2007, 2:15 pm - qutgnt - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery introduces new raffle gameReply
The reason you refuse to explain the answer is because you are unable,Plain and simple.There is know way that i can think of that would explain the odds of 1 in 200,000,There will be 800,000 ticket's sold, this we both know.This is not like a regular lottery drawing,due to the fact there will be a winner with each ticket drawn.Belive me if you would explain your reasons,i would have a open mind.The other prizes are 2 tickets 50,000 and 100 tickets 500.00 dollars.So how does this relate to the od
Feb 11, 2007, 7:05 pm - Ronald99 - Lottery News

Sex offender wins $14 million Florida Lotto jackpotReply
giving the number of sex offenders on the population my question is: What are the odds ..What are the odds that a sex offeder would win the lottery...Cases like this make me think sometimes that the lottery is corrupted which is not but it makes you wonder sometimes... More important than winning the state's lottery is the movie Red Planet.. ...
Feb 10, 2007, 10:13 pm - pumpi76 - Lottery News