Which is your game of choice?

Reply #38

cheryl59 — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:57:17 GMT

I like the pick 3 and 4, I only play the Mega and PB because I have those in pools, I'd rather spend $1 to $2 in a drawing, and have more tickets in a group, than waste $3 trying to win that Monster all by myself

Reply #37

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Reply #36

charmed7 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:57:46 GMT

I like P4 i have hit several times on those, also like the cash5 NC has good payouts

much better than MI

Reply #35

Hermanus104 — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:17:50 GMT

I play only about 2 or 3 times a month, but when I do, it is usually Pick-3. I will play other games on occasion - if the jackpot is fairly high, for example. When I am in Virginia, I go and play my birthday on Tuesdays on which the day of the month adds up to 2 because 4 of the 7 times 104 has come up there, it has been on a Tuesday when the day of the month adds up to 2 - and mostly in January and March.

Reply #34

lottocalgal — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:46:46 GMT

We don't have winners EVERY night on CA Fantasy Five but it it usually something like 3 or 4 times a week. I like that 50k to 100K go to soemone every few nights a week. Right now no one has won for about four days straight so the Jackpot is up to over $360,000/ Boy could I use that kind of money! I'm with you on the odds of winning our Fantasy five over Super lotto plus and I truly think that I will win fantasy five and SLP is really just a dream. I would love to have a system for Fantasy five... [ More ]

Reply #33

Coin Toss — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:51:15 GMT

pt109

I know you know I was joking, and you're right about losing a freind over $30K, but well, wait til you've read some of the threads here.

JOKING AGAIN!

So far, I've the best I've done is predicted 60% of the outcome of a Pick 5, still working toward 100%.

Good Luck

Reply #32

pt109 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:05:57 GMT

LOL Coin Toss.

I would hate to lose my best friend over $30K.

I like to play the lottery because it is a puzzle.

If it were easy, it wouldn't be nearly as much fun.

I do think it is possible to predict the outcome of a 5 ball game.

Reply #31

Coin Toss — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:40:05 GMT

pt109

I thought this:

The night I had 5 of 5, DH wouldn't let me go play

was going to say

The night I had 5 of 5, Ex-DH wouldn't let me go play .

Reply #30

pt109 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:28:26 GMT

I used to play show me 5 in MO back when there were only 30 numbers. I made a chart, and managed to hit 4 out of 5 on 6 occasions. The night I had 5 of 5, DH wouldn't let me go play, so I threw all the charts and numbers in the trash, and walked away from it. I decided to start tracking and playing again. DD will be going to med school in 3 years, and a win would help pay for her college.

Reply #29

ThatScaryChick — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:05:05 GMT

I know right? I was really excited, to finally get a Pick 5 game and it was one huge disappointment in so many ways. Oh well, I guess I will be sticking with Powerball and Mega Millions (when we get it). And hopefully, I will be able to start playing Pick 4, if the online bill is passed.

Reply #28

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:46:23 GMT

revoceryroad,

The thing that has kept me going with pick 5 is that there's almostalways a winner every night. Also, as far as jackpots are concerened, Ireally do need a $50k+ prize in order to get myself back on my feet,which was another reason why I have been spending so much time onpick 5.

That is a very good argument for playing the Pick 5.

But if there are really this many people who concentrate on pick 5,why is it that the pick 5 forum is, for the most part, very inactivecompare... [ More ]

Reply #27

sully16 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:55:17 GMT

the michigan raffle games are good they only sell a set number of tickets. right now they got the million dollar raffle with 6 top prizes of a million plus a bunch of smaller prizes with only 600 thousand tickets being sold i like those odds.

Reply #26

lottocalgal — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:35:15 GMT

$20K for a Pick 5? adn 1-36? Thats simply cold.--- And I thought California was stingy with the payouts.

Reply #25

recoveryroad — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:28:23 GMT

I am very surprised to see that the results of this poll are currently showing that the pick 5 game is a close second on here to pick 3. Judging by the forum activity among the pick 3, pick 4, and pick 5 forums, I would have assumed that pick 5 would not be as popular. But if there are really this many people who concentrate on pick 5, why is it that the pick 5 forum is, for the most part, very inactive compared to the pick 3 and pick 4 forums?

I have not been having much luck with pick 5 mys... [ More ]

Reply #24

unseen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:43:59 GMT

pick 3 is my favorite. I only play PB when there's a pool going around at work. I just don't like playing games with lightning strike odds. LOL!! I gave up on it years back. When we were able to play online smoothly I was winning monthly on pick 3 anywhere from 225 to 900.

Reply #23

lottocalgal — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:13:23 GMT

My favorite by FAR is Fantasy Five. I use a single set of a quick pick I found about a year ago and hit on it all the time. replay at least twice a week, three out of five a few times and I actually hit four out of five once ( boy what a great day that was) Even though I play a set of Super Lotto plus regularly, I have extremely strong feelings for that fantasy five set I use. I only play a single Mega MIllion every blue moon. I (kinda) joke that Mega Millions hate me because I have yet to get o... [ More ]

Reply #22

Coin Toss — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:58:22 GMT

markp1950,

Yeah, five winners, three were pllayer's picks and two were quick picks.

Two of the winners were played at big grocery chains, a Kroger and a Schnucks, kind of rare.

That drawing proved a couple of things, one is that once a terminal issues a set of numbers on a QP that set of numbers is not used up, as some believe, meaning throughout the state that swt is only issued once.

Another thing was proof that no matter how many calculations someone may go through to pick their o... [ More ]

Reply #21

markp1950 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:50:14 GMT

But, consider MM 5 + 0 = $250,000. In the Illinois Lotto 5 0f 6 is relatively chump change.

For the second prize on MM.

1 in 3,904,701 for $250,000

VS

1 in 36,881 for Illinois Lotto 2nd prize or 105 times easier to win (I made $1,590)

Which makes probably a slight edge for MM.

In wisconsin we have Supercash 1 in 1,631,312 for $350,000 for top level.....

Which makes Wis supercash level 1 3.35 times better than Mega millions level 2 but then you are not entered into a super pr... [ More ]

Reply #20

Coin Toss — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:42:10 GMT

markp1950,

Sounds good, and with the MM at the start point you've got a point.

But, consider MM 5 + 0 = $250,000. In the Illinois Lotto 5 0f 6 is relatively chump change.

That's part of the draw of 5 + 0 games. Gefore the Big Game, which became Mega Millions, the state lotto jackpots got pretty pumped up. When the printer in Chicago hit it the jackpot was $43,000,000. That was then.

Also, the Illinois Lotto has only been hit 9 times this year, and that's at three draws a week, with s... [ More ]

Reply #19

markp1950 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:46:01 GMT

but I think you'd have to factor something like this in before calling the

Illinois Lotto one of the hottest games. Just goes to show how statistics can be manipulated.

This is how I explain it.

Right now the cash payout for Illinois Lotto is about 8,400,000 before taxes with about 1 in 10,000,000 odds....

Cash payout for Mega Millions is now 7,500,000 with odds of 1 in 175,000,000 or about 17.5 times harder to win... (175,000,000/10,000,000)

Factoring in the bigger jackpot FOR N... [ More ]

Reply #18

dallascowboyfan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:04:53 GMT

I agree with one of the other post I only play games that are life changing, and seeing that I am in Oklahoma and our scratchers are not the best, that leaves me with Powerball. Unless I drive to Texas or Kansas to play their State lottery game or Texas scratchers.

Reply #17

Coin Toss — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:39:58 GMT

markp1950

Illinois Little Lotto is drawn everyday. Today, Nov 8. is the 312th day of the year and there have been 130 jackpots hit, so the game gets hit about every 2.4 days.

Lotto is drawn three times a week. There are eight weeks left in this year. The Lotto jackpot has been hit 9 times. So three drawings a week, X 44 weeks = 132 drawings (approximately, not sure what the first day of the year was as far as day of the week).

Going by that, the Lotto gets hit about once every 14.6 draw... [ More ]

Reply #16

markp1950 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:50:16 GMT

First it will be a game that will provide a jackpot which will really make my day or change my life.

So it is NOT P3 or P4.....

So from there I play it like a business decision.

I play all the big ones from $10K+

I use the imperfect but practical formula by dividing the cash payout / the odds, the bigger the number the better.

A spreadsheet makes it very easy. I use openoffice.org , it is free and works very well...

Oh, the hottest game in the Wis/Illinois area is now Illinois

Reply #15

psykomo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:39:18 GMT

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Reply #14

psykomo — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:01:55 GMT

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Reply #13

FiLUK — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:48:11 GMT

Pick 6 and EuroMillions

Reply #12

Rowen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:24:42 GMT

Pick 5 all the way. The IL little lotto jackpot is just sick because it's progressive. It get up to a million about once a year and that equal to some state pick 6 jackpot.

Reply #11

tiggs95 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:41:02 GMT

You don't have the Ky Win For Life or 3 Line Lotto wich to me is the best..Odds are better then the PB or MM but still the best in my opinon..

Reply #10

RJOh — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:52:59 GMT

I prefer MegaMillions because it's local and only has two drawings per week. For entertainment I like tracking past drawing results and detecting trends that might indicate numbers in future drawings and with a couple of days between drawings I have time to do that. Buying QPs and hoping to get lucky isn't as entertaining. Sometimes when their jackpots are high, I'll try Rolling Cash5 or Classic Lotto but usually playing MM is plenty of entertainment for me.

Reply #9

MoneyMoney — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:58:38 GMT

cash 5 because of odds. sometimes PB maybe $1 but i prefer cash 5.

Reply #8

Coin Toss — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:51:33 GMT

Just as an FYI for this discussion, Mega Millions and Powerball hit about 12 to 15 times a year (from their own info.) That's for games with two drawings a week.

For a state lottery, using Illinois as an example, the Pick 6 game, Lotto, which is three times a week has been hit 9 times this year.

Little Lotto, the Pick 5 game played everyday, has been hit 129 times as of Oct 30. Oct 30 was the 303rd day of the year, so the Pick five gets hit every 2.34 days.

I think that just bolsters th... [ More ]

Reply #7

bomatt — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:11:49 GMT

As someone else on here said. I want to play what would be life changing.

Cash 3 or 4 would do much.

I play GA fantasy 5 as a win would pay off a few debts.

Reply #6

Dollar419 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:51:54 GMT

Once my Daily 3 Midday and Evening numbers finally hit--I will no longer play Pick 3 games--I will just play; Daily 4/Fantasy 5/SL MM; along with a few new games which may come up in the future.

Reply #5

diamondpalace — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:25:08 GMT

I play them all within Texas. Except Fantasy 5. The prize is too small and does not rollover, not worth it to me.

Reply #4

Coin Toss — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:41:13 GMT

My vote was Pick 5.

Sure I'd like to hit a MM, PB, or Pick 6 jackpot but like I ve always said that's a dollar and a dream .

Pick 5 is a dream too, but a person is way more likely in their lifetime to hit a Pick 5 than the others.

The current Illinois Pick 5, Little Lotto is a 5/39 with fixed prize amounts except for 5 for 5, which is progressive.

It used to be a 5/30 game with a fixed top prize( I think it was $200,000) and para-mutuel payoffs for 4 of 5 and 3 of 5. People wanted to... [ More ]

Reply #3

ThatScaryChick — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:56:26 GMT

At the moment, I am focused on two, Pick 6 games and I throw in a couple of bucks at Powerball. I don't play Pick 3 and I don't play the new Pick 5 game that we have, because I don't like the low payout ($20,000) and the high set of numbers you have to choose from with such a low payout (1-36).

Reply #2

rdgrnr — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:17:22 GMT

Yeah, I hear ya Joker,

The ones that bother me the most though are the ones who tell you how dumb it is to play the lottery at all.

The thing that really gets me though is when I know the real reason that they don't play is mainly because they're cheapskates.

Reply #1

joker17 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:57:58 GMT

I chose p-3. I'll play about 5 bucks a week on it.

I play about 3 bucks a week on Fantasy five here in Florida.

Maybe a buck on PB once every 2 weeks. The odds are rediculous, so if I win I'll just need one ticket. Buying a hundred dollars on a game which has 195 million possible outcomes won't make a difference.

I have this debate about winners at work all the time, with the same folks...unbelievable....

They keep telling me that some one wins just about every draw so that's why the... [ More ]

Which is your game of choice?

rdgrnr — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:39:42 GMT

I make minimum buys in PB with Powerplay and MM just to be in it with those odds.

I have a little more faith in and invest a little more in Pick 5's.

Pick 3's and 4's on occasion and a scratcher every once in a while.

I would guess Pick 3 would be the most popular but would like to see how many prefer the other games.