10 Best Lotteries to Play

Reply #9

tntea — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:47:51 GMT

powerball...

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LosingJeff — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:14:40 GMT

Gosh Mike, you left the Hoosier Lottery off!! lol

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LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:19:52 GMT

thats why i quit playing powerball.but the casual player doesn't care if its 5/70 as long as they see those millions in prize money they will play.

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Greg — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:48:54 GMT

PA's LFL(6/38) is the second best Pick 6 game in the country; WV's 6/25 game, as noted above, is no doubt the best.

The problem is many want a Pick 6 game with a small number field with a reward of millions. Guess what? It ain't gonna happen!

Smaller number field games are more fun, more winnable, and a more prudent way to spend our hard earned dollars.

When players stop playing the games with the worst odds (=which have the HIGHEST number fields like Power/MegaRip with 55 numbers!), t... [ More ]

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JimmySand9 — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:30:55 GMT

Massachusetts, as I had said in previous post, is a very generous state. Their NUMB3R5 game has in fact bumped up it's payout to 63%, or as Forbes puts it, a 37% house edge. Thats up from an already generous 60% payout. And of course, it has a multitude of play options. The best get better, I guess.

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lesonook — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:11:04 GMT

you ought to do one about worst lottery cause delaware would be at the top...lesonook

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CASH Only — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:37:30 GMT

In case you're wondering, the house edge on NY Lotto is a minimum of 60.00%. No wonder NY doesn't make the list. MA has numerous annuity-only scratches.

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cps10 — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:48:06 GMT

LOL...I hear it's nice in the summer there

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lottolaughs — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:28:41 GMT

Looks like I'll be moving to Massachusetts since CA. didn't make the grade

10 Best Lotteries to Play

cps10 — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:46:39 GMT

According to Liz Moyer of Forbes, here are the best 10 state lotteries to play:

The 10 easiest state lotteriesStateHouse edgeStateHouse edge

Massachusetts

28.10%

West Virginia

38.50%

Kentucky

35.30%

Ohio

38.80%

Oregon

35.80%

Washington

39.00%

Maine

37.00%

Missouri

39.20%

Vermont

38.00%

Texas

40.70%

By Liz Moyer, Forbes.com