looking for advice on this ticket and its odds- strategy??

Reply #8

hoops78 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:41:54 GMT

James, next time you come to RI or Mass lets meet up and scratch and maybe we will find the 20k

Reply #7

James1 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:19:36 GMT

Good odds for $20K but thats not exactly life changing esp. after taxes. I tried those tickets thinking boy it must be easy to get $20K because thats the top prize. but the overall odds on the ticket are terrible 1 in 4. the other $20 ticket is good odds but only $20 or $40 wins. good luck i hope you get the $20K

Reply #6

mathhead — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:57:14 GMT

If that were true, you would be dealing with a rigged lottery game, which would be highly unlikely.

You probably don't have a large enough sampling to draw any real conclusions.

As I noted previously, yes, it is more likely that there will be 8 or more winning tickets in any group of 30 tickets, namely about 52%. But that is close enough to 50-50 that over the long run, you should also find groups of 30 tickets with 7 or fewer winning tickets.

As for the distribution of prizes, that sho... [ More ]

Reply #5

hoops78 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:25:06 GMT

Yes the top prize is 20k but there are 47 of them left. From what I have seen in my book tracking, there were always at least 8 winning tickets in the roll of 30. The usual would be100 50 50 25 25 25 20 20 in each roll. Sometimes the 200 dollar winner will replace the 100 and one of the 50 dollar winners and they would add another 25 or 20. That's what I have observed.

Reply #4

mathhead — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:43:37 GMT

hoops78 wrote: ``I spoke to a lottery representative and she kindly gave me all of the numbers on the 20$ lucky times 20 ticket.``

Not really.

She might have given you all the numbers she knows. But they are deficient in some obvious details. There must be a lot of remaining wins for the $20, $25, $50 and $100 prizes is not sufficient.

Also note that the odds 1:3.89 are for the outset of the game. (I assume you are talking about the Rhode Island game #321.) It may or may not be the curr... [ More ]

Reply #3

B$Rizzle — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:20:35 GMT

Are you telling me that this is a $20 scratcher with a $20K TOP PRIZE??? If so, that is robbery! Your state is working its players hard

Reply #2

x1kosmic — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:15:41 GMT

BTW: I like the very first one off the roll

Reply #1

x1kosmic — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:14:39 GMT

Only on Pay-Day

That's when I buy at least 1 $20 ticket

47 20,000 left huh

looking for advice on this ticket and its odds- strategy??

hoops78 — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:07:43 GMT

I spoke to a lottery representative and she kindly gave me all of the numbers on the 20$ lucky times 20 ticket.

Total tickets printed- 306,690

Prizes remaining

20,000 (top prize) 47

1,000- 9

500- 250

200-2,900

20,25,50,100- there must be alot

tickets sold- roughly 20 percent

odds are 1:3.89

usually 8-10 winners per book of 30.

What would you all do as for as purchasing? Go for it and keep playing