How do they decide what a games odds should be?

Reply #5

Mayday — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:31:42 GMT

I took a glance @ the NY SM Game .

Heres a couple of things I noticed

1. of the last 24 numbers drawn and I think you can go back a little further the last digit of any number drawn ,18 have had a last digit of 0-5.example(1-5)(10-15)(20-25)(30-35) Will the trend break quickly and for a long period of time,will it break for a short time and then go back to lows,will it be gradual ?

2. The numbers between (30-39) over the last 13 draws seem to average almost 2 per draw,,(The Louisana lo... [ More ]

Reply #4

GiveFive — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:51:33 GMT

too many consecutive drawings without a winner, which causes players to become discouraged (I would add the following words to that sentence; and thus boycott the game.)

That's exactly what's going on up here in snowy New York with New York's Sweet Millions 6/40 game.

I'm not sure where you're located Carhauler, therefore what I'm about to write is something that would have no direct effect on you as a lottery player. Those of us regular lottery players living in the state New York are kee... [ More ]

Reply #3

Stack47 — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:18:00 GMT

A good example is the 5/39 Illinois Lil Lotto and Ohio Rolling Cash 5 where the jackpots roll. Coin Toss has all the Lil Lotto details in the Pick 5 forum.

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/206575

Reply #2

GiveFive — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:23:24 GMT

If you Google how to calculate lottery odds the search will return websites that will automatically calculate the odds for any game anywhere.

It will also return websites that explain how the odd's are calculated, that's if you are inclined to do it yourself.

Any lottery that tampered with a random number generator program would be a huge no-no and would make national headlines/news if they were caught doing it. That kind of news would be all over the TV from coast to coast.

Consider Th... [ More ]

Reply #1

Mayday — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:53:10 GMT

Qp's are done with a random number generator and I don't think the State would go as far as to inform the company that runs it's lottery to either EMIT or ENTER more certain (numbers or combination of numbers) on its QP's based on it believes certain numbers or combinations are in a TREND in order raise the Jackpot levels..(Example.. State X tells company don't sell to many of Qp's with combination ABC because these numbers are in a trend and we need to get this Jackpot up to 50 million.The odds... [ More ]

How do they decide what a games odds should be?

CarHauler — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 08:53:14 GMT

I found this on the web the other day, but I don't remember exactly where. I will provide the link if I find it. Go ahead and read it and see what you think. I know that all numbers do have an equal chance of being drawn, but they do sometimes follow short term trends. I never did believe that quick-picks were designed with the players best intentions in mind. I wonder if they set the machines to put out QP combinations at different times, that are more or less likely to win, in order to achieve... [ More ]