Illinois Payback Percentages

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JamesMelony — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:45:18 GMT

I went to check their site and its amazing how little information they put up besides the top three or four prizes left. Would be nice if they added how many tickets will be printed or have been sold but that might cause some people to stop playing the older less valuable games.

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LottoMetro — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:19:58 GMT

You might have to file a formal Freedom of Information request to get that info.

Don't live in IL but it will probably be the ones with the best odds. Comparing 50 games in my state, the correlation coefficient of overall odds and game payback is 0.9, which means that the variation in overall odds explains 90% of the variation in payback. So a good rule of thumb is that those with the best odds have the best return. Not always the case of course, but without access to more information it's th... [ More ]

Illinois Payback Percentages

qutgnt — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:06:01 GMT

Does anyone have the payback percentages in Illinois on the $10,$20, and $30 games.

It is so funny. I emailed the lottery and Northstar wrote back giving me a generic look on the website

for scratcher information. The payback percentages are NOT listed on the site. It is like they didn't even

read the question.

I am setting up a syndicate with a few people going in together on some rolls of tickets where the best percentage

of the top prizes are available. Going to do a skype and... [ More ]