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How to pick games
Hey guys, I am wondering if you guys can help me out with trying to pick games... and figure out what I could be doing wrong. My state is Kentucky and I will go in and calculate the total number of winning tickets left and calculate the total prize money left, then I can find the average prize for a game. Then I can use the odds of winning to calculate the expected value of a lottery ticket bought. Right now the only game I see that has an expected value greater than the purchase price is Cash K
Jan 11, 2017, 1:29 pm - DrSayre - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Another how do I calculate these odds?
A scratcher has odds to win the following prizes. $5M - 1 in 6M $2M - 1 in 6M. What are the odds of winning a prize of at least 2M?
Feb 21, 2015, 10:15 am - JWBlue - Mathematics Forum

New Mega Millions GameReply
Back in the day, the majority of LP posters understood why changes were made to some of the games and how to calculate simple odds. Now we have members who can't grasp the concept of creating a $1 million secondary prize and retaining the $1 ticket price. We can't buy one PB ticket for a $1 so if someone wants to compare odds it must be a comparison of two MM tickets to one PB ticket. no one, including Mr. Grief is putting a gun to anyone's head to play MM or PB. Maybe the lotteries rea
Oct 28, 2013, 10:25 am - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

I need someone to calculate the odds of this happening
Have been a premium member for a year and just re upped . I have learned a lot in the past year from this site. Today I could not come up with some 3 digit numbers but wanted some action. I went to the store and told the clerk to give me 2 quick picks dollar straight. I looked at the 2 tickets and both had 334. I thought the clerk made a mistake. HOWEVER in Maryland the computer generated quickpicks have a QP on the tickets. My quesiton is what are the odds of having the computer pick the SAME n
Jul 19, 2009, 7:12 pm - jmr99vet - Mathematics Forum

Hmmm, law of averages perhaps ?Reply
Thanks for the reply johnph77Just like to ask your advice on what i term negative logic if i may ?Given that the organisers are obviously doing their level best to counter any trends that might begin to appear, if i have identified that the average gap between occurances of number 'x' is larger than 49, is it right to assume that in future draws the gap will be less than average simply in order to return the 'x' gap average back to 49 ? Or should i highlight this as a trend and calculate based o
Nov 29, 2004, 7:07 am - TycMozo - Mathematics Forum

Wyoming Lottery to launch 2by2 game SundayReply
Of course the odds are stacked against you. It's called the lottery. The only thing you've proved is that the game generally has better odds than a lot of other games. For example, calculate the amount of time and money spent to win the average $2 million jackpot in a 6/49 game with twice-weekly drawings. I think you'll be waiting a lot longer and spending a lot more than 2by2.
Mar 14, 2021, 8:20 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Pick TenReply
It not clear how they calculate the odds. (They Pick 20 Numbers, Prizes are Awarded for Matching 10 of the 20 Numbers.)
Apr 25, 2019, 7:43 am - Raven62 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
For anyone looking to calculate the odds of the important prize tiers, here is the info you'll need for the new $20 10k/Week for Life game.
Sep 14, 2017, 11:19 pm - Dracos - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

How to calculate the odds
I was wondering if anyone knew the math formula to calculate let's say Picking 5 numbers out of 18 ? And what math formula to calculate getting 4 numbers of picking 5 with a total numbers to choose from is 18 Thanks in Advance
Aug 1, 2017, 8:50 am - Dreamer1270 - Mathematics Forum

How can I work out these statstitics...Reply
Calculate the average odds of winning the jackpot among those 10 lotteries, then compare those average odds with the odds of that specific lottery that you intend to spend 100 on (assuming you don't care about the jackpot prize value but only intend to win). If not all tickets cost the same, things get complicated. You can also just post the jackpot odds of those 10 lotteries and I or whoever reads this will do it for you.
Apr 1, 2016, 3:36 pm - elios311 - Mathematics Forum