Question to people who play Ohio Lottery?

Reply #29

SmoothJuice — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:53:27 GMT

Just bought some more. Good luck to both of us.

Reply #28

SmoothJuice — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:10:05 GMT

I'm always playing Ohio and Indiana Lottery. I always ignore the Illinois lotto.

When I visited Texas, I bought 2 mega millions and one of their other games ( you had to pick 3 numbers and a mega ball). My suitcase got stolen and I never know if I won anything

Reply #27

The HoodedClaw — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:26:11 GMT

I had a similar feeling about Texas a month or so ago when two of their state games had unusually high jackpots, and made two drives to Texas (one specifically to buy tickets, which I knew was insane when I did it, the other in conjunction with a trip to a town close to the Texas border) and won zilch, alas. I did have that feeling and would have regretted it and felt bad if I hadn't given it a good shot. So I don't blame you for giving a good try.

In about a month, work will take me to Ohio... [ More ]

Reply #26

SmoothJuice — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:11:08 GMT

Yeah, I'm planning another road trip soon. Probably next week. The jackpot is ridiculous!

I have a feeling that I'm going to win and the road trip is going to be worth it.

Reply #25

RJOh — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:14:59 GMT

The jackpot is still climbing, are you still making the road trips

Reply #24

RJOh — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:18:27 GMT

The jackpots continue to grow so I'm playing Classic Lotto one more time before switching back to MegaMillions. Now that MegaMillions has gone a couple of drawings without a win, it's looking better.

Besides, the best I've done lately with CL is a match 3 in 20 lines for $2. The odds of a $2 win with MM are better.

Reply #23

RJOh — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:16:23 GMT

Yes, the way Ohio figures the cash value of its Classic Lotto jackpot compared to how it's figured for the MegaMillion games does make its annuity payouts look more attractive than it would otherwise.

Reply #22

SmoothJuice — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:48:03 GMT

I think you shouldn't be pessimistic. MATCH 6 YO!!! That's $404,000 for 30 years after taxes!!!!!!! Oh the dreams

Reply #21

RJOh — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:23:58 GMT

With those two match 4 hits a week or two ago, I thought I was on track to do better than I did 10 years ago when I matched 5 for $1500 in the Super Lotto but I've been lucky to match 3 since then. I plan to continue playing until it's won. Good luck if you play.

Reply #20

SmoothJuice — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:40:22 GMT

RJOh, Jackpot is now $17 million. I'm prepared to head to Ohio this Friday. Good luck to you and me.

Reply #19

RJOh — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:58:29 GMT

It depends on how I feel, the number of lines my program can create within the parameters I set and etc. Since I pick my own combinations, I always make out play slips.

Reply #18

JONNIE — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:13:31 GMT

Rjoh-

Do u play $20 worth of lines for every jackpot gm? I would fill out betslips if i were u

Reply #17

RJOh — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:08:21 GMT

Looks like Classic Lotto at $16.2M will continue to have a bigger jackpot with better odds than MegaMillions for a couple of more drawings.

Reply #16

SmoothJuice — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:51:03 GMT

I guess you're right.

I spent $53 dollars and only matched 3 numbers ($2). Maybe my luck will be better next time.

Reply #15

RJOh — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:23:54 GMT

I play to win the jackpot too, but every time I've matched 4 for $70 I've felt good. After the last drawing I checked the combinations I rejected and saw I missed a chance to match 4 a couple of times. I rejected some combinations that were within the parameters I set for my program to pick, but I had a hunch they wouldn't win the jackpot so I rejected them. I was right but winning $70 would have been nicer than the nothing I won with 22 lines.

Reply #14

SmoothJuice — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:40:42 GMT

RJOh,

My brother's friend gave $100 Shell gas card to my brother and he refused it because there's no Shell station around his area. He gave the gas card to me so now I will drive another 3 hours to Ohio and pick up some tickets. Free gas, yippee!

I like to play for the jackpot; I tend to ignore petty prizes(that why I don't play scratchers).

Reply #13

RJOh — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:21:51 GMT

Well SmoothJuice,

If you want to travel, you can come to Ohio again to play its Classic Lotto again since it continued to roll to $16.2M although I wouldn't know why unless you're planning on winning the jackpot. Although Ohio Classic Lotto jackpots is larger than Michigan Classic Lotto jackpot, getting close to winning pays a lot more and it's easier. Michigan CL is a 6/47 game and Ohio CL is a 6/49 game. Michigan pays $2500 for a match5 and Ohio pays $1500, Michigan pays $100 for a match4 a... [ More ]

Reply #12

SmoothJuice — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:14:28 GMT

Good luck to both of us

Reply #11

RJOh — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:54:51 GMT

It could have been worst, you could have done what I did today and matched 3 for $2, then you would feel worst if you had to drive 3 hrs. to cash it in or download a claim form, fill it out and spend 42 for a stamp to mail it in. I'm lucky, it's just a 5 min. trip for me. Since both MM and CL jackpots are $16M, I think I'll skip MM tonight and play Classic Lotto again tomorrow. Good luck to you and me.

Reply #10

SmoothJuice — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:43:44 GMT

Oh rats! No one won.

I guess I'm down to my last numbers.... wish me luck for Wednesday.

My $40 EZ Picks didn't win jack squat on Saturday. doh! No prizes today either. Wednesday is my only hope.

Reply #9

RJOh — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:03:00 GMT

I've never been a fan of EZ picks but I'm spending 26 of the $72 I won last Wednesday on today's drawing. Wish me luck. :)

I'm playing:

02 17 33 35 38 47

05 12 13 21 32 46

04 10 14 24 31 44

06 15 27 29 42 43

09 11 22 34 36 45

02 12 27 34 44 46

05 06 15 24 33 35

13 22 29 32 36 39

09 11 14 17 31 37

04 10 21 37 43 47

06 11 21 24 35 36

04 10 17 19 33 43

13 14 31 32 45 46

09 12 22 37 41 44

02 05 15 19 29 34

02 14 19 38 43 45

09 10 31 34 38 45

0... [ More ]

Reply #8

SmoothJuice — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:21:13 GMT

I bought

$40 EZ Pick (Saturday Drawing)

$10 EZ Pick x 2 drawings (Saturday and Monday drawings)

and

$3 EZ Pick X 3 drawings.(Saturday, Monday and Wednesday drawings)

No one won yet and I still have today and Wednesday to go, no luck on Saturday :(

According to the OH State Lottery calculator:

$15.8 Million. $5,451,000 After taxes

or

$363,000 30-year annuity.

I think I would take Cash Option and put my money in the money market so I can live off o... [ More ]

Reply #7

RJOh — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:14:48 GMT

Well, was the 3 hours drive worth it

Reply #6

SmoothJuice — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:18:01 GMT

thanks.

Reply #5

SmoothJuice — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:16:48 GMT

Well good because I'm going to drive 3 hours to get some.

Reply #4

grandpajohn — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:45:15 GMT

On 7/2/08 it was $24.6 mill not sure if thats the record or not but I would say it is worth playing.

Reply #3

RJOh — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:40:32 GMT

Yes it is since the jackpot starts at $1,000,000 and rolls about $200,000 after each drawing if no one wins. It seldom get much beyond this amount before someone matches all six numbers.

Reply #2

SmoothJuice — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:35:30 GMT

RJoh, is the prize pretty big for the game? is it near record high

Reply #1

RJOh — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:11:53 GMT

I've been playing MegaMillions but after it was hit Tuesday night, Classic Lotto at $15M with better odds seem like a better deal so I played 20 lines and matched 3 and 4 for $72. I'll be skipping MegaMillions this Friday and putting my money on CL again Saturday.

If the same deal existed in Michigan, I wouldn't drive up there to get tickets but then I live in mid Ohio about 70 miles south of Toledo. I use to drive up to play BigGame before MegaMillions came to Ohio.

Question to people who play Ohio Lottery?

SmoothJuice — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:49:00 GMT

Is the Classic Lotto prize pretty high for the game? No one hit the jackpot since August 2008. I might drive down and buy a couple of tickets .