Same Lotto Numbers Come Up Sat and Sun

Comment #26

GeorgiaPlayer — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 22:01:35 GMT

last time 555 came in ga was aug 16,2001 it's time for them

Comment #25

Rip Snorter — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:56:05 GMT

Kansas

Comment #24

KyMystikal — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:32:09 GMT

is this what you were talking about? Tue, Oct 26, 2004PennsylvaniaMidday Big 45-5-5-5Mon, Oct 25, 2004PennsylvaniaMidday Big 44-4-4-4here is another draw like that. Sat, May 17, 2003KentuckyMidday Pick 47-7-7-7Fri, May 16, 2003KentuckyPick 44-4-4-4

Comment #23

hsvscubaski — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:50:12 GMT

Happened in Ohio several years back. Don't remeber the details. Think it was Am and PM on sme day. My dad had it for one. had intended to play it for both.

Comment #22

KY Floyd — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 18:34:08 GMT

Demonter wrote: << About 12 years ago a couple hit the Pick 6 twice in a six month period in my county...what are the odds of that happening? At the time I'd guess about the odds were 8 million to one on the Pick Six in my State. .. >> This is just like the same numbers coming up on two days, except it wasn't two days in a row. There's nothing statistically significant about the first time, because they simply had the ticket with the numbers that happened to get picked. Somebody was going to wi... [ More ]

Comment #21

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:12:51 GMT

quads came up in one state twice in one day here a while back.i think it might've been pennsylvania in the fall of 2004...

Comment #20

KyMystikal — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:02:12 GMT

More high odds???? yesterdays mid and eve pick 4 for CT 3003

Comment #19

demonter — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:55:49 GMT

This goes to show that anything can and will happen in the world of mathematics/gambling. About 12 years ago a couple hit the Pick 6 twice in a six month period in my county...what are the odds of that happening? At the time I'd guess about the odds were 8 million to one on the Pick Six in my State. Math wizards got any answers

Comment #18

lattelotto2 — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:52:48 GMT

on the 12th 578 today (14th) 758 in minnesota also

Comment #17

Clairvoyance — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:47:29 GMT

This Happened In PA Night Draw this Year, same exact number drawn4/7/2005 8784/8/2005 878

Comment #16

nelliemw — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 01:41:05 GMT

sounds like a some sticky fingers in some sticky candy if ya know what i mean

Comment #15

Todd — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:32:38 GMT

Excellent observation

Comment #14

Prob988 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:23:07 GMT

It very much depends on how you look at it. The odds of a particular set of three numbers 1-8-9 repeating twice are 1 in 1 million. However the odds of any two numbers repeating are one in 1 thousand.I saw the problem the first way, but I understand that the second way is probably the way the whole thing was intended.Seen more appropriately, in the second way, there is a 50% probability that this event (2 different drawings repeating) will occur every 693 days. This is the ratio of ln(0.5)/ln... [ More ]

Comment #13

JimmySand9 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:22:59 GMT

That's a surprise. Oklahoma has a drawing on Sunday.

Comment #12

KyMystikal — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:48:39 GMT

Another thing about the IL/IA numbers is the payout. It is Illinois who draws the numbers but Iowa has higher payouts on them. $1.00 pick 3 str in IL pays $500. and in IA it pays $600. $1.00 pick 4 str in IL pays $5,000 while in IA it pays $6,000.

Comment #11

Todd — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:36:03 GMT

Litebets is correct, Illinois and Iowa use the same results. Those who post predictions for both Iowa and Illionois are essentially placing a double bet on those numbers (twice the risk ), but if they hit, they get twice the reward.

Comment #10

anonymous77 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:14:39 GMT

Litebets27, thank you for letting me know.Frankly, though I had learned here about the Tri-state systems, I could never imagine that Illinois and Iowa would share the same pick 3/4 system. Thanks again

Comment #9

KY Floyd — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:46:29 GMT

takeitez asked: << That takes a mathematician ??? >>Reporters like to lend an air of authority to their stories. If one wrote a story about sunrise they'd probably quote an astronomer saying the sun rises in the east. Of course there's also that story in the related stories box that says that some Oklahomans are baffled by pick 3. Clearly whoever wrote this story has a pretty poor grasp of simple math if they believe the odds of picking a particular number from 1000 choices is a million to one.... [ More ]

Comment #8

Litebets27 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:38:30 GMT

Anonymous, I believe Illinois and Iowa share the same pick 3 and pick 4 every day. Just as Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire does.litebets

Comment #7

powerplayer — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:22:03 GMT

I have seen this happen so many times it' ridiculous.Look at 130 and 130 last week. Mid-Day/Night MO on December 2nd 2005.Now the chances are 1/1000 so it can happen every day or every week etc....This does happen in one of the states pretty much every week if not at least once a month.Didn't Cali just have a probblem with that the other night???? yeah it did but, a little different then normaly....Mon, Dec 12, 20059-8-1Sun, Dec 11, 20051-8-4Sat, Dec 10, 20051-8-9Fri, Dec 9, 20051-8-9Random my... [ More ]

Comment #6

Littlemanjen — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:16:32 GMT

Rick, I would think that if you predicted BEFORE the first draw that 2 in a row would come up, then it would be 1,000,000 to 1.

Comment #5

LANTERN — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:37:40 GMT

Crazy as it sounds, both are right, in a way they still are 1000 to 1 and in another way they are 1 000 000 to one, a paradox ? I don't know, but at the same time both are right.

Comment #4

Rick G — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:21:30 GMT

The odds are not a million to one for the same number to repeat in the next draw. They are still 1,000 to one.It happens frequently...we've all seen it happen before in our own states. I remember a pick 4 number doing that several years ago in IL.

Comment #3

anonymous77 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:06:19 GMT

Then, what would be the odds of two given states, Illinois and Iowa, to have the same Midday pick-4 numbers on a given day, in the exactly same order?By the same math as in the article, the odds would be 1 in 100,000,000 (10,000 x 10,000).While looking at the prediction winners page the other day, I found that the odds of 1 in 100M were actually beaten by one of LP platinum members, Bluegrass, on Monday, December 12, 2005. Congrats to Bluegrass!(If anyone wants to see it, please click the follo... [ More ]

Comment #2

Prob988 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:22:45 GMT

Of course people beat odds like this every time they win the lottery.If you analzye this situation, you see that there is a 50% chance of this occurring every 693,147 drawings. If 30 states (it may be more) have pick 3, one would expect to see this event with a 50% every 47 years.The laws of probability however predict that it could happen again tomorrow. Just because an event is improbable, does not mean it cannot occur.In fact, one of the most improbable events is being born. Ignoring the p... [ More ]

Comment #1

takeitez — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:16:53 GMT

From the article University of Central Oklahoma mathematician Larry Lucas says that on any given day, the odds of choosing the correct three numbers in the order drawn is one in 1,000. Those who select the numbers in order get a cash prize of $500. That takes a mathematician ??? Wonder if they could find the odds in pick 4 ??? ez

Same Lotto Numbers Come Up Sat and Sun

Lottery Post — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:57:00 GMT

The odds of the same Oklahoma Pick 3 lottery numbers coming up two nights in a row are a million to one, but that's just what happened last weekend.The numbers 1-7-5 were selected at random both Saturday and Sunday night. We checked and double-checked all the procedures, and everything was done correctly. It was just one of those coincidences, Jim Scroggins, director of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission, said.University of Central Oklahoma mathematician Larry Lucas says that on any given day, the... [ More ]