Wierd or normal?

Reply #8

Coin Toss — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:55:33 GMT

True, but they don't sweat the money (get overly concerned that someone is hitting them for $1 and $10). They know all too well that most of that money paid out goes right back into the lotto via more tickets bought.

Reply #7

time*treat — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:39:22 GMT

Since CO pays $1 for 2/5, essentially making those free, I'd say go for it.

Reply #6

RJOh — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:40:55 GMT

And even if you did know which ones, lotteries don't sweat $1 and $10 payouts.

Some do and they make winning $1 and $10 payouts harder. For example in Ohio Classic Lotto(6/49) the odds of winning $2 (3/6) are 1:57 while Michigan Classic Lotto (6/47) odds of winning $5 (3/6) are 1:50. Cutting down on the smaller prizes is suppose to make the jackpot grow faster.

Reply #5

Coin Toss — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:12:24 GMT

ameriken,

Without knowing what specific numbers are going to repeat you don't have much.

And even if you did know which ones, lotteries don't sweat $1 and $10 payouts.

Reply #4

Todd — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:19:39 GMT

Reply #3

ameriken — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:38:41 GMT

And here I thought it might be something of an oddity. Thanks for your input.

Reply #2

sully16 — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:08:29 GMT

Normal, it happens alot in fantasy five, numbers run in packs.

Reply #1

RJOh — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:11:44 GMT

combination size 5

basic pool size 32

(B) bonus numbers none

smallest match 1

tickets or chances per draw 1

possible combos of 5/32 numbers = 201376

MATCHES ODDS WINNING COMBOS EXPECTED WINNERS

5/5 1 : 201376 1 0.00

4/5 1 : 1492 135 0.00

3/5 1 : 57 3510 0.02

2/5 1 : 7 29250 0.15

1/5 1 : 2 87750 0.44

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Wierd or normal?

ameriken — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:02:06 GMT

So, I am new at taking the lottery more seriously. Been trying to follow several games in Colorado, one of which is Cash 5, a 5/32 with a $20,000 JP.

I've been following the winning numbers and trying to make predictions, and I noticed that one or more numbers from one game are repeating in the next. This is not occasional, this occurs almost every day. There are also many pairs that repeat, and even wierder is the 27 30 repeating 3 times in the last 4 games, as well as the 27-31 coming up fr... [ More ]