Assistance Need for Pick 3

Reply #8

chickenkid — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:39:17 GMT

Thank you everyone for the question and answers.

Reply #7

bashley572 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:31:26 GMT

In NY the payout is 5 mil, once enough tickets are sold for a 5 mil total payout they are then SOLD OUT. It happens ALOT with trips. Often if you want trips you have to buy them early in the day or even DAYS ahead of time.

Reply #6

marcie — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:26:42 GMT

It happens in our State too. In Ohio

Reply #5

marcie — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:23:49 GMT

Itmeans that everyone in the World is playing that number. Or in Ga.

Reply #4

katie3618 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:12:56 GMT

Pardon the grammatical error in the topic, it should read:

Assistance Needed for Pick 3

johnph77:

Thanks for the information.

Reply #3

johnph77 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:01:58 GMT

Limiting the tickets sold on particular numbers lowers the payout percentage of the game and increases profits for the state.

Most of the payouts would be paid by the retailers and limiting the popular tickets would supposedly decrease the amount of cash the retailers would have to have on hand to pay for those tickets.

It's still a sorry practice. The state doesn't mind at all when a number with tickets yet to be sold to reach the limit hits. Unfortunately, the only solution is to go to p... [ More ]

Reply #2

katie3618 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:30:11 GMT

dr65:

Thanks for the information.

No, it doesn't seem right.

So, it appears to be a first come, first served on the popular numbers.

We do not have the lottery in Hawaii, so I play Pick 3 when I am visiting my family in Georgia.

I played the house next door's number (923),

a car tag's number (222)

and the countdown sequence when I was playing hide and seek with my neices and nephew (321).

The total winnings were $580.00.

Again, thanks.

Reply #1

dr65 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:20:08 GMT

It means that those numbers were played to the maximum payout by the state if any of them were to hit.

The number of tickets purchased by players that day equaled whatever GA's max payout for daily's

on that day was so they cut if off.

I'm not sure if all states do that but they do in PA. Sometimes you can't get 555 or 777 here.

At $500.00 per $1.00 str8 bet a state is paying out millions if a popular number hits and a lot of people

played it. In other words: It's controlled to li... [ More ]

Assistance Need for Pick 3

katie3618 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:45:56 GMT

I went to a local grocer to purchase Pick 3 tickets while on vacation in Georgia. The numbers I selected were 333 and 000. The cashier said those numbers were sold out. I asked, what did it mean for those numbers to be sold out ? He said, I only place the slips in the machine . Please elaborate on this matter.