Are my odds BETTER than yours?

Reply #21

RJOh — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 23:55:58 GMT

Sounds like something he told himself.

Reply #20

savagegoose — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 07:39:41 GMT

i took bobp advice and played a wheel for tue night not 6 lines but 8, and not 12 numbers but all of the numbers minus the ones that where drawn last week. ie 36 numbers.

heres is to none of last weeks numbers coming out. i should also go put a hedge on playing all 7 of the drawn numbers just incase

Reply #19

RJOh — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 16:27:01 GMT

Playing a full pick6 wheel with 12 numbers would take 924 lines. I would think if you were prepared to play that many lines there were be better strategies than limiting yourself to twelve numbers because you're still only covering 0.006% of the possible combinations.

Reply #18

mypiemaster — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 13:29:14 GMT

People have played for the first time, bought 1 ticket and won{so they claimed}. People have also bought 1000's of tickets and lost. Disregard the odds and just play the games you can afford to play if you truly like those games.

Reply #17

BobP — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 13:08:26 GMT

Whether you play one line or one hundred lines your odds are pretty much zero. That's one way of looking at it. On the other hand, take a 6/49 game with odds of 13.9 million to 1 and use an odds calculator to see what happens when you play 12 numbers instead of 6. The odds of having all 6 winning numbers among those you are playing drop from 1 in 13.9 million to 1 in 15,134 that is a real difference and it isn't impossible to play a 12 number full wheel, though I'd rather play a (12,6,4,6)=6 and... [ More ]

Reply #16

savagegoose — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:11:28 GMT

Point taken, but it was many many years ago i saw it. I felt humbled at the statistic that the odds of my playing my small set compared to an impossibly larger set had no real relative difference. except maybe an above average win for my set, would have a great affect on my ROI compared to the 10k set. as a lot of the prize money is allocated down the lower end of the prize pool. getting it up over 100% would more achievable to me. but it did instill in me my greatest asset for a gaining a pot i... [ More ]

Reply #15

BobP — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 08:40:23 GMT

In my opinion bulk fake computerized lotto draws are only worthwhile when working with lotteries that hold their drawings in a computer. They are not of value compared to ball drop games because those games have test draws and swap machines if the draws aren't considered random enough. This often results in unexpected consequences of actual draws that would appear to be more in common then expected from actual random.

BobP

Reply #14

savagegoose — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 03:50:45 GMT

there is a page on the web some where, a guy recorded 10 000 random selections of lotto numbers to the weeks draw for a year and totalled their presumed gains. used a spread sheet or something. end result is would have spent more than he would have won. hell i can do that on only 20 lines a week thus losing a lot less money

Reply #13

maringoman — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 16:53:15 GMT

In the 3515 drawings of Mass Cash (5/35), my fav combo has never been drawn. I'm sure if you have forever to wait then it's likely they will be drawn. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Reply #12

zinniagirl — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 13:30:56 GMT

Sorry, you have the same chance of winning, each draw. It does not increase with the length of time your set of numbers has not been drawn. The balls o not know that they must appear in a different combination each time. They do not know that they are required to be drawn in your selection.

Reply #11

savagegoose — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 13:30:23 GMT

lotto draws dont have a memory

Reply #10

Pick3Guy — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 13:10:55 GMT

Well, your odds of winning are the same on any given draw. So, in this example, it doesn't matter which draw ,1st or 30th, you pick to play your 30 lines.

Reply #9

BobP — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 12:05:19 GMT

Seems to me your odds will be better in the first draw with 30 lines versus 1 line, but if you don't win, your odds of winning will be horrible in the following 29 draws. If you stand it on its head, wait out the 29 draws and then play 30 lines versus the final 1 line play, now your odds are better. All things being relative and equal and such . . . really no odds improvement, simply a strategy, you decide which is more fun.

BobP

Reply #8

Pick3Guy — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 08:32:17 GMT

Well, it doesn't matter if it's the same set or not. But, what matters is the size of the set. In other words, how many numbers you play each time. For example, your odds are better if you play 30 sets for one draw rather than playing one set for 30 draws.

Reply #7

p4wanbi — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 17:05:08 GMT

You can do these for poweball or megamil but i would not do it for the daily games...you will lose more than you will win when you hit. Playing the same numbers over and over doesnt mean you have BETTER odds than others mathematically.

Reply #6

dr65 — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 06:09:18 GMT

You would think so. But since they're not removing the balls that are drawn that you don't have, your numbers

have the same chance coming out as they did the last draw for each subsequent draw.

Your odds don't get better because you're playing the same set each draw.

You might wait 20 years for your ball numbers to show.

Just hope they show sooner. GL.

Reply #5

Coin Toss — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 03:49:06 GMT

Who told you that

Reply #4

RJOh — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 03:33:23 GMT

By over time I didn't mean a life time. I would think he could prove after only a couple of months if his strategy was any better than any others.

Reply #3

noise-gate — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 03:25:11 GMT

The magical words... Over Time . Theoretically, its possible for his numbers to hit- question is, will he be around to see them, or will he have passed beyond the veil at that point

Reply #2

RJOh — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:40:19 GMT

You can test that theory by posting your set of numbers on the prediction board. If your winning improves over time better than anyone else then that will indicate that it's true.

Reply #1

onlymoney — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:15:35 GMT

Had you played 984 straight every day when the Florida lottery started, you'd be waiting 14 years before it hit.

Are my odds BETTER than yours?

Jamtastic — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:03:17 GMT

By playing the same set of numbers every draw, my odds get better and better with each passing draw.