Tenn. Lottery introduces new raffle game

Comment #15

tnlotto1 — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:08:27 GMT

i think they should spend more money advertising the game so the sales will pick up because i have heard a radio ad and seen the sign inside stores and thats it. i hope if the raffle drawing goes well they will do another one later this year or next year.

Comment #14

tnlotto1 — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:41:59 GMT

i like the odds of the new game i just dont like the fact that sales are not that fast because i think they still havent sold 300,000 and we are almost a month into it. i dont want to have to wait 4 months to have the drawing and if it takes too long i dont want them to cut it off early and really mess up the odds of winning a million.

Comment #13

tony95 — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:05:07 GMT

I will buy at least one ticket, don't know if I will buy more. When the Lotto 5 has a high jackpot, you can beat these odds because 10 Lotto 5 tickets = 500,000 / 10 = 50,000 to 1 odds. However, when the Lotto 5 gets high it seems like the pot keeps getting split. Oh well, can't hurt to have a hand in both games I guess.

Comment #12

tony95 — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:57:24 GMT

Geez... 800,000 tickets divided by 4 Winners = 200,000 to 1 odds. Pretty simple math, go back to high school if you don't understand.

Tony

Comment #11

LottoGroups — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:48:12 GMT

OK Ronald99,

What are the odds of winning a $1 million prize?

I say they are 1 in 200,000.

What is you answer? No need to explain. Just the answer plain and simple.

Comment #10

Ronald99 — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:05:24 GMT

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... [ More ]

Comment #9

LottoGroups — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:33:57 GMT

I will not be able to convince you so I will not even try. We are not speaking the same language. You need to understand a certain level of mathematics that covers this topic. One of my majors was Combinatorics and Optimization and it covered this area of probability. You will need to take a similar course before the answer is self evident. There are also hundreds of great books that discuss this branch of mathematics.

The answer to the problem is considered a fundamental fact within mathemat... [ More ]

Comment #8

Ronald99 — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:23:48 GMT

Lotto Groups. Okay explain your 1 in 200,000 theory please,When there is 800,000 tickets sold,how can the odds be 1 in 200,000. Once the first winning number is picked,someone has that winning ticket,This leaves another lottery pick out of 799,999 tickets an there will be another winner,an again an again,You are wrong an quit misleading people into beliving that they have great odd's of winning a million dollars. I have bought these tickets for this drawing also.The only way my odd's would be 1... [ More ]

Comment #7

LottoGroups — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:16:21 GMT

I am amazed how often this topic is debated.

The problem has been solved by mathematitions the world over. Now I know how many people on this forum distrust experts, but please believe me when I tell you - the problem has been solved.

The odds are 1 in 200,000.

Debating it further is equivalent to debating the answer to the question - what is 2 + 2?

Lotto Groups, BMath

Comment #6

Ronald99 — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:43:13 GMT

There is know way the odd's can be 1 in 200.000 .The odd's would be how many tickets you bought,if you buy 50 tickets,your odds are 50 chances in 800.000 the next drawing it would be 50 chances in 799.999 an so on.The way some people want you to belive is once the drawing start's,after the first ticket number is drawn,the odds would be one every 200.000,which makes no sence.If the lottery sold different blocks of tickets,say 200.000 an they were only giving away one prize of a million dollars.Th... [ More ]

Comment #5

JAG331 — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:02:43 GMT

Right. It sounds like a great deal. I'd buy one if I lived in Tennessee.

Comment #4

tntea — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:27:45 GMT

That is correct.

800,000 combo are produce...

Once the first is drawn, the odds go down only one..

Comment #3

MrBobb — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:02:51 GMT

That would be correct if there was one $1 million prize, but there are four $1 million prizes so the 1 in 200,000 is correct. For your other odds calculations, that's not how the odds works. The closest thing to what you're showing is a count of how many non-winning tickets there are.

Ok. This is one area of statistics that has always confused me. So then if you buy 10 tickets, the odds are 1 in 20,000? If so, those are pretty good odds for a $100 purchase (10 tickets).

Comment #2

Todd — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:45:34 GMT

Comment #1

MrBobb — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:30:05 GMT

The new game, Million $ Madness, gives players a one in 200,000 chance of winning $1 million.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that the actual odds of winning the:

First $1 Million prize are one in 800,000.

Second $1 Million prize are one in 799,999.

Third $1 Million prize are one in 799,998.

Fourth $1 Million prize are one in 799,997.

Tenn. Lottery introduces new raffle game

Lottery Post — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:15:01 GMT

To mark its third anniversary, the Tennessee Lottery introduced a game Monday that gives Tennesseans the best odds yet to win $1 million.

The new game, Million $ Madness, gives players a one in 200,000 chance of winning $1 million.

Rebecca Paul Hargrove, the chief executive officer of the Tennessee Education Lottery, said lotto players always want a better chance of winning prizes, which they can have in the new game.

It's the best odds yet of winning $1 million, Hargrove said.... [ More ]