What r the true odds of winnin a jackpot?

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SirMetro — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:13:04 GMT

You might want to consider a break-down list that I posted for the Ga Fantasy 5 (at this link here https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/115840.htm ). If you look closely at the list, the numbers 5 and 6 has NEVER occurred in the 5th position.One could perhaps do a positional count for the MM game as well, better reflecting what numbers tend to fall the most in each position. Just my thoughts is all.Sir Metro

Reply #3

getpaid — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:18:01 GMT

Those are the combinations that really will take 1:170M odds to get.

Reply #2

fxsterling — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:48:00 GMT

i say 50 million tic sold means a winner was 50 million to one looking back at 20 years of quick picks the oddest thing i saw a quick pick had 4 of the 6 numbers i.ve picked for 20 years

Reply #1

RJOh — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:53:37 GMT

The ranges of of past MegaMillions winning combinations have been 14-55 with sums of 50-225 which probably cover 75% of the possible combinations. It likely that tonight winning combinations will also fall within these parameters which would make the theoretical odds of winning 1:131,783,652 instead of the actual 1:175,711,536.

What r the true odds of winnin a jackpot?

twisted — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 04:42:08 GMT

I've been thinking about this recently and could be completely off/wrong. But has anyone ever received a combination like 1 2 3 4 5 - 6 from a lottery terminal playing MM or PB? What about a combination like 51 52 53 54 55 - 42?I think there are certain combinations that the lottery terminals never spit out (I could be very very wrong and please correct me if I am). If you ignore these un-used combinations then the true odds of winning the jackpot will be lower. Also there are probably certain c... [ More ]