Florida lottery to roll out new game

Comment #32

KY Floyd — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 19:52:42 GMT

After drawing the first nine winners, my ticket hasn't been chosen. What are my odds of winning now? 1/999,991- the number of tickets left in the hopper. A far cry from 1/100,000.

Did you already forget that you also had a chance with each of the first nine numbers selected? Or maybe you think your chance of winning MM or PB is 0 in 292 or 302 million, regardless of how many tickets you buy, because after they select the only winning combination and it's not any of the ones you played they d... [ More ]

Comment #31

buddydoright — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 18:20:59 GMT

What is RNG

Comment #30

gregpost — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:49:58 GMT

Lucky Money was my best jackpot game. I got a better rate of return on that then Florida Lotto or Mega Millions/Powerball(all still overall losers of course). I went to play today and was told no more. I bought a single QP w/combo for the new game but won't buy another.

Comment #29

JADELottery — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:07:01 GMT

I agree.

The game itself is a hybrid of the self picked and quick pick only games we've seen before.

These quick pick only games in my home state of WI usually don't sell well and have had a short run.

The current quick pick only game on sale in WI is 5 Card Cash.

It seems to us, the industry would like to turn players on to the idea of quick pick only betting, but have failed to get that scheme going.

This is one of the latest attempts to do so.

In our opinion, of course.... [ More ]

Comment #28

Todd — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:46:11 GMT

I agree that the numbers drawn by the lottery as part of its nightly drawing is a completely different thing than the method that quick picks are generated on a lottery ticket. They are two separate issues that should not be conflated.

However, I will also say that in the case of these specific types of games, where you can pick your own numbers for one line but the other two lines are always computer-generated, it is a valid concern that there is no way to select the other two lines yourself... [ More ]

Comment #27

Bleudog101 — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:33:12 GMT

Todd please rescue me. All I wanted to know were the #'s drawn for this lottery generated by computer or by balls. Not this government nonsense. Sorry LP members for this being so misconstrued. I could care less if the man on the moon gets the numbers, it is how the numbers are drawn...RNG or balls

Comment #26

JADELottery — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:33:12 GMT

yep, likely no one has heard it called government quick picks.

it's interesting to be at the beginning of a new perception.

an idea that once heard or read, can't be unheard or unread.

all we needed to do is plant the seed and watch it grow.

it's spreading at this very moment while we read.

a different way of seeing what was always there.

people in vast hoards just willing to give up the right to choose their own numbers.

Comment #25

noise-gate — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 04:50:45 GMT

Well Stack, JL #7 was putting up a spirited defense with Bluedog over Government quick picks ... even though l felt it was total - l wanted to test that theory out here and see the reaction.

Comment #24

gatorsrok — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 02:57:50 GMT

Thank you! I thought I was the only person who could do the math and see that the actual odds are more like 1 in 9M. This game is designed on a gimmick and I am not impressed. The only time it may become worth playing is when it hits the rolldown and the second tier prizes double in value.

Comment #23

Stack47 — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 02:01:27 GMT

I thought the government quick picks was some sort of a connect the dots conspiracy theory. Before MM and PB, I bought very few QPs because to me it was the same as matching two drawings. And think about it, players complain about RNG drawing after buying RNG tickets.

Comment #22

noise-gate — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:03:59 GMT

l walked into a convenient store this pm JL, and asked for two government quick picks for PB and the 2 people that were in the store, turned around and looked at me as though l had brought a serpent into the store. The clerk asked me what are those? I turned around and said, forget it, just give me 2 QP s then. I didn t want to get into any kind of explanation, suffice to say, they unheard of in this neck of the woods.

Comment #21

Tucker Black — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 22:31:46 GMT

I will analyze this game when I have time, to see if there is a player advantage. The Massachusetts Lottery had a roll-down feature that resulted in a player advantage. Interesting.

Comment #20

MsBee18 — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 21:16:09 GMT

Faithful Lucky Money player here. I play the same numbers for every draw via consecutive draws. I'll be playing these last two draws I might add. Haven't won much but I'm a little disappointed to see the game go. Probably has to do with slow sales. I have mixed feelings on this new game. I've landed on I'll buy a QP for the first eight consecutive draws to see how it plays out.

Comment #19

Coin Toss — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:40:16 GMT

play4shekels,

People got excited over All or Nothing too.

The lotteries are very well aware that any game will have takers when it's originally offered.

There was once a poll here on LP about how big of a matrix would a jackpot game have to have before you stopped playing, at least one person said they'd never stop.

Comment #18

Stack47 — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:34:32 GMT

The odds and chances of winning depends on how individual players express the percentages. A 1 in 10 chance sounds much better than 1000 ways to win and 9000 ways to lose. And apparently lots of people here despite 300 million possible outcomes believe they have an excellent chance of winning PB and/or MM.

Best Odds to Win A Million Dollars

You can get 1000 to 1 odds to win $1 million playing pick-3, but you have to wager $2000. Knew a guy that bet a $100 straight and $100 box on a pick

Comment #17

Stack47 — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:04:05 GMT

KY had a similar $2 game called 3 Line Lotto and I believe the first line of numbers could be picked, but the other two were picked by the terminal. And the drawings were RNG. The game was replaced by 5 Card Cash that is both QPs only and RNG drawn.

Most lotteries close drawn games because of low ticket sales regardless of perceived player popularity.

Comment #16

JADELottery — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 17:45:58 GMT

Point noted.

Hope and pray you don't ever get Computer Picked Numbers.

Comment #15

play4shekels — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 17:07:43 GMT

Why is everyone so excited? This game is three times harder to win than Lucky Money was (more on the FL Lottery's distorted oddsmaking logic in a minute). First you have to understand why they couldn't end the Lucky Money game fast enough- they were losing money on more than half of the jackpots over the last two years. A quick look at the official game rules to find out the takeout percentages made it easy for me to figure out - because the jackpot started at $500,000- that a $1,000,000 dollar... [ More ]

Comment #14

Bleudog101 — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:47:14 GMT

As the German would say 'Verstehen Sie Englisch?'

IDC who owns/operates the lottery, that is not, nor ever was my point.

All I want to know is when you play are the numbers generated RNG or by random balls getting drawn?

I'm through

Comment #13

KINDWIN — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 03:05:11 GMT

they also make more money due to jackpot maximum is 2 million.

Comment #12

JADELottery — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 02:40:34 GMT

government owned hardware and software; thus, government generated numbers.

even if it's third party, government approved and sanctioned administrated process; ergo, government generated numbers.

if it's not government run, ask them to see the computer terminal's electronic schematics, machine code and/or source code, see what happens.

likely the responses will include words like: security, proprietary, copyright, intellectual property.

all intended to cover the real phrase, governme... [ More ]

Comment #11

Bleudog101 — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:18:00 GMT

I know quick picks or computer picks are all RNG. Government does not pick the numbers, the computer does all the time.

What I mean is the #'s for the lottery, are they ball or RNG drawings. That's a sticking point with me.

Comment #10

noise-gate — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:11:26 GMT

It s a dollar for now, just you wait till they start getting multiple winners, then it will jump to $2. If they get pushback from the players, they can always say well, these games go for $2 in other States, come on guys, let s play fair. They have a backup plan for irate players, and that s it. You win by losing they say.

Comment #9

oate — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:10:23 GMT

I wish California would offer a roll-down game.

Comment #8

JADELottery — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:04:57 GMT

There were some sites like Powerball and my home state of WI that said 70 to 80% of plays were government quick picks.

Must be something different going on there in FL.

Comment #7

duckman — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:55:55 GMT

If you look at the Florida Lottery website's Top Prize Winners Retailer Information for Lotto and Fantasy 5, it seems more than half of the winning tickets are listed as Quick Picks so RNG Quick Picks win often in Florida.

Comment #6

JADELottery — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:32:16 GMT

We've tried government selected quick picks before; sometimes just to see what not to play.

However, we get our best reactions from the store clerks when we cash in our self picked numbers.

Kid-you-not, she says, Wow! we don't get many wins that big on these games.

Comment #5

duckman — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:22:20 GMT

I have no problem with RNG picking some numbers for me (same as a Quick Pick ticket). I do have a big problem with RNG picking the drawing's winning numbers...

Comment #4

SixSages — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:04:27 GMT

Why can't they bring All or Nothing or even Keno to Florida? This games sounds like Georgia Jumbo Bucks Lottery when hardly anybody wins the jackpot prize. It keeps rolling over.

Comment #3

JADELottery — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:02:43 GMT

We've been reading the fine print, http://199.250.30.201/site/jackpotTriplePlay-howToPlay.

As far as RNG or Computer Generated Numbers goes:

You get to pick 1 line and the government quick picks the other 2 lines in that 3 line (triple play) scheme,

Or, go all out and let the government quick pick all 3 lines.

Comment #2

music* — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:51:03 GMT

The Florida Lottery keeps their 100% true drawing status with this draw game. I found this under Results, State Lottery Report Card.

Wishing all involved Good Luck and have fun

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:49:44 GMT

Now if this Jackpot Triple play is not RNG then it seems like somebody did their homework. RNG=Forget it

Florida lottery to roll out new game

Lottery Post — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:28:35 GMT

By Todd Northrop

The Florida Lottery is launching a new draw game called Jackpot Triple Play with Combo next week.

The new game, which goes on sale Jan. 30, will replace Lucky Money, which ends Jan. 29.

Jackpot Triple Play is unique in that for $1 players get a triple chance to win the jackpot, as each ticket has three sets of numbers to match with the winning numbers drawn. In other states similar games are typically offered for $2 per play.

The game's jackpot rolls over and down to... [ More ]