Odds of various games

Reply #5

Stack47 — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:54:19 GMT

That is true and just a guess but there are probably over $1900 reasons pick-3 players aren't millionaires. They also have odds of 1000 to 1 of winning $250 when they make a 50 cent straight wager.

Reply #4

RJOh — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:58:21 GMT

If a pick-3 player bets $2000 on one three digit number, they have odds of 1000 to 1 of winning $1 million .......

If that's true, why aren't more pick3 players millionaires

Reply #3

Stack47 — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 23:26:14 GMT

The odds of winning the top prize are 1 out of 72,770,880. However, the cost of the ticket is $5. So the per dollar odds are 1 out of 363,854,400.

There are 72,770,880 possible results so those are the odds against any one ticket (combination) winning the jackpot regardless if the ticket costs 50 cents or $100. If each combination is sold, sales will be at least $364 million, but the total possible combos will never exceed 73 million and the jackpot payoff will never exceed $25 million.

Reply #2

million0914 — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 20:46:03 GMT

Those additional $1 million prizes are won when there is a top prize winner. The odds of somebody winning the top prize depend on the percentage of combinations played throughout the nation.

Reply #1

parkerdog48 — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 20:26:46 GMT

do those odds on the monopoly millionaires game include the up to additional 16 1 million dollar prizes

Odds of various games

million0914 — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 20:09:12 GMT

Those of us who watch TV probably know that McDonald's has its Monopoly game going on right now. Did you know that the odds of collecting the Boardwalk piece, one of the two pieces needed to win $50,000 a year for 20 years without interest (a total of $1 million), is 1 out of 651,841,628?

The Monopoly Millionaires Club game started in a lot of states today. The odds of winning the top prize are 1 out of 72,770,880. However, the cost of the ticket is $5. So the per dollar odds are 1 out of 363... [ More ]