Am I going crazy?

Reply #7

luckieStarr — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:28:45 GMT

play: 1296...make that number your pet

Reply #6

sirbrad — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:49:59 GMT

Don't worry, the lottery does strange things to your mind.

Reply #5

pacattack05 — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:46:05 GMT

To cover every combo, I would have to spend:

36 tickets X 1-36 = $1296.00 Not profitable..... I think I need some sleep.

Good night....LOL

Reply #4

sirbrad — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:40:52 GMT

Sounds to me like a random new drawing every game, sort like a scratch off. Maybe the numbers are generated each draw, and they have to match the 5 numbers picked, but the ez match numbers are always different? Probaby fixed too being they are computer generated.

Reply #3

pacattack05 — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:40:17 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by BobP on March 22, 2006 Ah no, as you would soon find out when trying the strategy. The ezmatch numbers are randomly chosen by the terminal after you submit your numbers. They can all be like your first ticket example, no winning matches between played numbers and ezmatch numbers. As each ticket is printed independently there is no call to the terminal to assign 36 different ezmatch numbers, but it is charged with maintaining the posted odds, so it is more like playing... [ More ]

Reply #2

pacattack05 — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:38:57 GMT

Never mind. I just found the problem. Each line is printed on separate tickets, with different ez numbers.

The above would only work if all 36 lines were to be printed on one ticket.

Sorry, I tried to delete this post, but for some reason I couldn't.

Reply #1

BobP — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:37:18 GMT

Ah no, as you would soon find out when trying the strategy. The ezmatch numbers are randomly chosen by the terminal after you submit your numbers. They can all be like your first ticket example, no winning matches between played numbers and ezmatch numbers. As each ticket is printed independently there is no call to the terminal to assign 36 different ezmatch numbers, but it is charged with maintaining the posted odds, so it is more like playing a slot machine. BobP

Am I going crazy?

pacattack05 — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:24:26 GMT

Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm sure I'm wrong because it's too good to be true. Maybe my mind is not working correctly.

I just saw something on my Fanatasy Five ticket here in Florida, which I didn't see earlier.

Since you can't see the ticket, I will describe it.

My QP numbers on the ticket: 10 26 29 31 36

Under my QP numbers, the following is stated:

Match any ezmatch numbers below with any of your Fantasy 5 numbers above and win the prize shown instantly .

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