Just noticed this with the Super Lotto Plus...

Reply #3

lottocalgal — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:55:48 GMT

Hey Cowboysfan,

I'm hoping for exactly that. Well Kindof. The numbers i picked have historically hit together in triples, an doubles, but so far not in the groupings of 5 that i have chosen. it does seem weird that they hit so close like that, but hey it makes me feel good about my way of thinking.

Reply #2

KY Floyd — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:42:51 GMT

What does rare occurrence mean? The odds of getting 4 of 5 plus the mega ball in SLP is 1 in 197,221. Those odds are the same whether it's the chance of your ticket matching the winning numbers, or any individual one of the previous winning numbers matching it. The game has been around for more than 8 years, so there are roughly 850 past results. That makes the chances of a 4+0 match for any individual drawing about 850 in 197,221 or 1 in 232. The chances that 1 of the next 24 drawings will have... [ More ]

Reply #1

Steven948 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:39:13 GMT

its possible to happen but its very rare havent seen something like that with mega millions.

Just noticed this with the Super Lotto Plus...

CowboysFan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:56:49 GMT

I haven't been following the lotto as long as a lot of people here, but I just looked at the previous few drawings for the SLP and the numbers for 12/24/08 were 7-10-23-26-40 mega 26. If you go back to 10/15/08 the numbers were 7-10-23-24-40 mega 26. I was just wondering if this is a rare occurence to have the numbers of one drawing be nearly identical to another set of numbers that were drawn. This could be in Powerball, MM, or any other state lottery.