New Florida Lottery raffle will make 10 millionaires

Comment #7

justxploring — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:13:46 GMT

Can't find a post. I should have copied it first as Todd suggests. Think it's my DSL connection. Happened when I got a PM and then poof!

Anyway, this is sort of what I said:

Does anyone know how many Fant 5 tickets are sold daily (or any pick-5 game) The reason I am asking is because the odds are 1:376,000 according to the FL web site. I know many people who have played that game for years and never won anything.

Okay, so now we have a raffle for more money that costs $20 times th... [ More ]

Comment #6

mr twentyone — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:24:41 GMT

hey i know im gonna buy three of them one for me one for mum and one for my son, if something happens it happens, if not then im out of 60$, but its gonna be very interesting, ,,,, i wish good luck to all those persons who purchase tickets,,,,,,

Comment #5

Drivedabizness — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:03:40 GMT

Dear All:

The odds computation will come out sounding funky because the purchase price is 20 times the amount of a standard $1 play. But the odds of winning a million are the best I've ever seen - you just have to plunk down $20 to get them

This game strikes me as odd. In an instant ticket game you would never get away with a payout of 52%. I'm amazed they are trying this for an online game at such a low payout. The main reason is that with these big prizes you simply wouldn't ha... [ More ]

Comment #4

stavros — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:49:54 GMT

Compared to the odds on the other big games, this is pretty good. I'm going to cut back on my Pcik3/4's and invest in a few of these.

Comment #3

JimmySand9 — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:14:16 GMT

That Texas game is a scratch-off. The game reffered to in the article is a raffle-style game sold through the lottery computer.

And in any case, the scratch-ff is a much better deal than any baffle .

Comment #2

bobby623 — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:02:25 GMT

This is a good deal, IMHO.

The big holiday ticket here in Texas is one that costs $30. There are 2 $3 million prizes. A total of 3,084,000 tickets are being sold. The next lower prize is $10,000. A typical Texas rip-off, IMHO.

Comment #1

justxploring — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:31:44 GMT

Interesting - coincidentally I was going to ask you how to post this article!

Members - please comment on the odds here. I have a 7:30am meeting Monday and was going to buy a ticket after the meeting. I have a feeling they'll be sold within the first few days, unless the holiday has an effect on ticket sales. $20 is an awful lot of money to me for a ticket, but for many people it's that proverbial drop in the bucket. I'd be thrilled winning $10,000 right now.

(I believe there... [ More ]

New Florida Lottery raffle will make 10 millionaires

Lottery Post — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:39:00 GMT

The Florida Lottery's newest game could be just the ticket to brighten up someone's holiday season, but the game won't be for everyone. That's because if you wait too long to buy a ticket, you could be shut out of the game.

This week, the Florida Lottery unveiled its new Holiday Millionaire Raffle game, but it's only selling 1.25 million tickets so when they're gone, they're gone.

The $20 tickets go on sale Monday, and will be sold through Dec. 30. But if they sell out before then w... [ More ]