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Formula for nobody winning is ((N-1)/N)^T where N is ...
A few messages ago I was wondering how to calculate the odds that nobody would win. Looks like it's ((N - 1)/N)^T where N is the total pool of numbers and T is the number of tickets sold. Let's apply this to the drawing just held: 2,744,447 won $1 with the odds of 1 in 62. So there were approximately 170,155,714 tickets sold. (76,275,359/76,275,360)^170,155,714 gives 10.75% chance that nobody wins.
Apr 17, 2002, 5:02 pm - Guest - Lottery Discussion Forum

Question about Mega MillionsReply
The Mega Millions jackpot will always reach like $500 million because now your odds almost double to like 1 out of 134 million.
Apr 17, 2002, 12:49 pm - Guest - Lottery Discussion Forum

What Powerball is suggesting..
Hello All,In another thread I mention a survey on the Powerball web site. By the looks of it, it would seem that Powerball might change to a 2 dollar a bet game. Based on the survey questions, the game would keep the same number of balls and hence the same odds. The amount per bet would change from 1 to 2 dollars. This would cause the base jackpot to be 20 million and all prizes to increase in one way or another.So what do you think? Is Powerball going the right route by charging more but keepin
Apr 10, 2002, 6:34 pm - someday22 - Lottery Discussion Forum

The new name is officially "Big Game MegaMillions"Reply
Here's the link for the official press release which contains the number pools, odds, and prize structure.-Todd
Apr 10, 2002, 4:07 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

OFFICIAL: New BG odds 1:135 million!!Reply
Tom wrote:Does anyone have any thoughts on whether a lottery game where the odds are already astronomical needs to madeeven more astronomical? Would it be awful if they actuallyhad a winner every week or two, instead of 1 person winningan absurdly huge amount of money?To answer Tom's question, I think that if big Game brought aboard New York Ohio without changing the game's matrix and raising the odds ... than yes, you would witness more winners and lesser pools. And eventually, there would be
Apr 3, 2002, 9:48 am - Guest - Lottery Discussion Forum

About the "NEW" Big Game...Reply
i AM WITH YOU ON THIS ONE MY MONEY WILL NOT BE SPENT ON THE BG!! SMALLER PRIZERS BUT BETTER ODDS I SAY!!
Mar 20, 2002, 6:36 am - annie - Lottery Discussion Forum

Big Game in NJReply
I live in Ohio and I play the Biggame in Michigan, so I'm looking forward to it coming to Ohio this summer. The overall odds of winning something is 1:31 and I have always gotten a dollar or two back for every $30 I've spent, but I have to travel back to Michigan to get my small winnings. I have never won more than a $100. If your system is as bad as you claim it is, then post it so the rest of us will know what not to do. There are several people who post their picks for the Biggame on this boa
Mar 7, 2002, 1:29 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

Pick 3 Fairy, Todd and Hope-for-TomorrowReply
as a low budget player really like the seven numbers 1000 to 7 odds? very tough -il.
Mar 3, 2002, 7:34 pm - Guest - Lottery Discussion Forum

Protest Changing the Big Game!Reply
Powerball has odds of 1:35 for $3. RJOh
Feb 20, 2002, 3:15 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

ElGordo Press Release - The Fat One Strikes again!
The Fat One Strikes again!The worlds biggest and richest lottery in the world, theSpanish El Gordo lottery, also called The Fat One is buildingup for its second big draw of the year on 22nd December 2001!With a TAX FREE prize pool of US$1.2 billion, this lottery could see you become a millionaire overnight. Over 38 thousand tickets win prizes in the ElGordo, that's 1 in 6 chances of winning a prize and with odds like that, who could afford NOT to be in the DRAW!These are the best odds for a
Oct 18, 2001, 5:39 pm - Guest - Lottery Discussion Forum