small multi line lottos

Reply #16

lottobrain — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:22:04 GMT

In Delaware, they call this game Multiwin Lotto . It's the same game as in many other states, just set up as 6/35. Same scheme, the player can select the first line, then random picks are made for the first line, or one can get all 3 lines as a QP. What I have noticed about the game....and I have long since stopped playing it....is that one rarely gets any matches in the 3 lines that will win anything. As an experiment, try comparing a 5 line ticket from Mega Millions or Powerball for say 5... [ More ]

Reply #15

Guru101 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:05:47 GMT

I wish I could choose the second and third line simply because I could apply my system towards those 2 lines and hit more numbers. I don't want to pay $2 for a ticket that I can't choose ALL the numbers for. I would rather play Hoosier Lotto.

Reply #14

tplayer — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:50:03 GMT

hi KY FLOYD

What I was asking IS if you could bet all three lines yourself how would you bet.

I was trying to say that if you could bet 18 different numbers then you do in fact hurt the overall payout. Eighteen different numbers odds for 5 overall is not 1:12 but in fact 1:18. The odds of 6 overall with 18 different numbers is not 1:38 but 1:175. The way they came with these odds is because they know the chances for a repeat number is likely. So why elimanate 4 possible winn... [ More ]

Reply #13

KY Floyd — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:06:57 GMT

the chances of catching 7,8,9,10 are in fact elimanated.

Sure they are, but look at the odds and payouts for those prizes compared to 5 and 6. If you spend $12 you could expect to win a (multi-line) match 5 and get back $2, or 16.7% of what you spent. For the match 10 you could expect that spending $65,605 would get you $2000, or 3% of what you spent. All lottery bets can be expected to be losers, but the match 5 or 6 ar ebetter bets (or less worse bets) than the match 10. If you're go... [ More ]

Reply #12

tplayer — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:15:15 GMT

Hi Guru101

If you could choose the second and third line how would you bet?

What i am going to say might surprise some players.

If you could make all three bets and you bet 18 different numbers this is whats going to happen.

the chances of catching 6 overall is decreased. same for 5 overall.

the chances of catching 7,8,9,10 are in fact elimanated.

the chances of catching 6,5,4,3, on any given line remain the same

Reply #11

Guru101 — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:22:17 GMT

When I get my car fixed, I'm going to give my system a try at the Kentucky Lottery's Cash Ball. Odds and payouts are:

KENTUCKY CASH BALLMatchPrizeOdds Per Play

4/33 1/31

Monday-Saturday

$1 per play4 of 4 1$200,0001:1,268,520

4 of 4 0$2,0001:42,284

3 of 4 1$3001:10,935

3 of 4 0$501:365

2 of 4 1$251:521

2 of 4 0$11:17

1 of 4 1$21:86.8

0 of 4 1$21:53

Obviously my system will only work for the 4 white balls, but I think once I've converted it, I should... [ More ]

Reply #10

time*treat — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:53:21 GMT

When I first grabbed a playslip, I was like Yeah, I can get a clump of winners, given 15 picks out of 50. Let me at 'em . Then, as the lawyers say, Upon closer inspection... Danke, but No danke

Reply #9

Guru101 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:30:06 GMT

If it let you choose your numbers for the 2nd and 3rd line, I'd be all over it, but it's not, so nope.

Reply #8

phileight — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:24:28 GMT

Go to the ky lottery web site and look at payout per game. look at pick 3 or pick 4 payout per game. You can quickly see the answer to your question.

I looked at this game when it was first anounced, didn't take long to decide, even before I saw any payout info. It gets none of my money.

p8

Reply #7

KY Floyd — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:03:40 GMT

The game Tplayer is asking about it is 6/39, so it's even worse than 5/40 as far as the chance of repeated numbers. After you pick the first 6 there are 33 unused numbers left, so for the first number on the second line there's already a 6/33 or 18% chance of a repeat. If you get through the second line without a repeat the first number for the 3rd line will have a 12 in 27 or 44% chance of being a repeat. For the last number it would be 17 in 22 or a 77% chance. I'd guess that 2 or 3 repeats i... [ More ]

Reply #6

time*treat — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:48:56 GMT

KY Floyd makes a point. I picked up a playslip, and their example does include some repeats from line to line. You choose 5 numbers, and the machine gives you 2 more lines of 5 numbers (total of 10) out of a pool of 50, here. I think I'll stick with the regular pick 5 lotto powerball.

Not being able to pick your own numbers - might as well just say Stick 'em up

Reply #5

KY Floyd — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:37:04 GMT

Figuring that they keep 50% of the money right off the bat you should plan on losing money by playing the game. Only you can decide if it's a game you want to play. You could start by comparing the odds of winning the different prizes to other games you could play. You should probably also assume that the odds aren't really as good as advertised for the combination wins. Those odds are presumably based on not having any repeated numbers, but since you don't choose the 12 numbers in the 2nd and... [ More ]

Reply #4

time*treat — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:15:59 GMT

If you are willing to play and win a few bucks, then these are not so bad. $5, $25, $50 for getting some of the numbers. Mostly this looks like a means of saying Nine ways to win or whatever. Those odds of getting 5 across .. not encouraging. I really don't like not having the option of choosing all my own numbers. Makes me feel like the fix is in.

Reply #3

tplayer — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:37:08 GMT

what i am asking is this loto a decent bet.

i understand odds and such.

but I would like to know are some games better than others

Reply #2

KY Floyd — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:50:17 GMT

What is it you want to know? Having multiple lines on the ticket without an additional charge is simply one way for the lottery to design the odds they want to offer. A single line in a 6/39 game would give you a 1 in 3,262,623 chance of winning. By giving you 3 lines for the same price the odds are brought down to 3 in 3,262,623, or 1 in 1,087,541. They could do almost the same thing by offering a 5/44 game, with odds of 1 in 1,086,008 playing a single line.

Of course reducing the odds to

Reply #1

tplayer — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:29:09 GMT

let me add some info

Ky's three line lotto

6/39 with ticket cost of $2

player picks the first line of 6 numbers then the machine adds two quick pick lines for a total of 3 lines on each play slip

JP starts at 100k and progresses by 15k until hit recent JPs 190k-370k

6 numbers on any line pays the JP

3,4,5 numbers on a line are also winners 5,6,7,8,9,10 any where on play slip are also winners overall chances = 1:6.4

small multi line lottos

tplayer — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:11:49 GMT

I have recently been looking at multi line lottos such as three line lotto in Kentcky and mix and match in Indianna. any one have any experience with this type of game.

tplayer