Pennsylvania Scratch Off Update (ODDS)

Reply #11

Ilove$ — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 04:48:30 GMT

Hi PaScratchAddict,

I have very recently become extremely addicted to scratch off lotto tickets (I just have a feeling I am going to win big) anywho I wanted to know where did you go on the PA lottery website to receive information on how many tickets are remaining in a game

Reply #10

PaScratchAddict — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:02:04 GMT

Nice Chris, been doing pretty bad lately. Probably gonna cut back a little bit.

Reply #9

Chris$ — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:44:35 GMT

Won on 8 different tickets all one outs.

Match for cash 2x symbol for $100 win.

Holiday gifts 4 Christmas trees for $100 win.

All the others were $20 wins.

Went out with $30 to play came home with $ 320

Reply #8

omiller315 — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:40:03 GMT

I didn't know Frenzy ended. The place next to work still has them. Never got close to a $500 on it. Still shows over 1000 $500 winners. Shame they will be shredded or bunt or whatever they do to them,.

Reply #7

PaScratchAddict — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 22:23:37 GMT

$500 Frenzy just off P.a Lottery.com

$100,000.00

$5,000.00

$500.00

$100.00

$50.00

$40.00

1

3

1,067

404

3,294

4,542

Reply #6

PaScratchAddict — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 22:19:38 GMT

Chris, only one place near me has frenzy left. I bought 7 of them and evened out. Was really hoping for a $500

The reason I asked about these odds as they are now is because youtube user lotteryproject put a video up claiming you can do well with games that are almost done with some top prizes left and showed how to recalculate those odds.

That said, I'm gonna stick with the gold rush game for a bit see how it pans out lol

Reply #5

Chris$ — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 22:15:15 GMT

it's still almost impossible to calculate the overall odds because they don't have every single prize value listed, but I do like the fact that they have the different groups listed now where they didn't use to.

seems that there's still the best when they first come out.

Reply #4

Chris$ — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 22:12:33 GMT

$500 frenzy is done.

The last 100k prize was claimed. They close the game after that.

They started pulling them around my area this week.

I'm having luck on the $5 match game and aces and 8s.

Good luck everyone

Reply #3

Jon D — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:46:05 GMT

OK, I'll bite.

I do some calculations on tickets remaining, but I don't think it's really beneficial to your chances of winning. The odds of the game are set in the original printing, and don't really change much as the game progresses. As you noted, there is inherent inaccuracy of the posted remaining prizes. So any precision calculation on actual odds or actual EV or whatever, is a precise calculation on a imprecise number.

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Reply #2

PaScratchAddict — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:05:23 GMT

Anyone

Reply #1

PaScratchAddict — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:39:52 GMT

I'm curious, do any of you like recalculating and playing like this, or do you think the tickets are better when they first come out

Pennsylvania Scratch Off Update (ODDS)

PaScratchAddict — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:18:36 GMT

I just sat down and recalculated the odds for quite a few of the games as the P.a lottery updated the remaining prizes this morning. To keep this short I'll post the best 3 out of the bunch I did this morning. These numbers are certainly not 100% accurate for obvious reasons but updated odds are sure to be close. If anything looks off please let me know. My formula for this was lowest prize remaining winners x odds for that prize divided by top remaining prizes.

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