Scratch-Off Skepticism

Reply #2

r2b2lynn — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:57:44 GMT

I went to the Texal lottery website. You were right.

Thanks rcbbuckeye.

Reply #1

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:30:27 GMT

In Texas, they post on the website for each scratch off game how many tickets are printed and how many winners are printed for each winning amount. Also, how many winners have been cashed in up to a certain date. They also post the overall odds. It's all pretty detailed, which I like, though I rarely play scratch offs anymore.

I suppose they could out and out lie about the statistics, but I rather doubt that would be the case. The state makes really good profit already, so why risk ruining th... [ More ]

Scratch-Off Skepticism

r2b2lynn — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:17:48 GMT

Hi. I have a question.

Let's say I want to play an instant scratch-off lottery game that has overall winning odds of 1 in 4.

If possible, how do I know those odds are not bogus?

Is there a way I can calculate those odds myself?

Unlike instant games, with all of the numbering possibilties of (for example) pick3, pick4 games, I know how to calculate the odds myself.

But with instant games, the consumer doesn't know how many tickets were printed (made).

If we did, (...assuming the... [ More ]