Not Happy With My QPs For Today's Treasure Hunt Jackpot

Reply #18

savagegoose — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 09:25:55 GMT

i can see why you like the game. especially with he jackpots. good luck with it wish i had such a game

Reply #17

Crazy Wombat — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 02:19:51 GMT

The numbers you posted seem to have the same trend ... 12 out of 20 start with a number 5 or lower ... over 50% for a lower starting point of 5 or less. There are only two starting numbers of 10 and over out of 20 total numbers.

Does it really mean anything, I'm not sure except that when higher numbers are drawn it could almost mean a jackpot will probably carry over ... are the RGNs faulty or programmed in some way ... is there on the computer chip in a RNG many 01s, 02s, 03s and so forth ov... [ More ]

Reply #16

Ron5995 — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:55:27 GMT

More I think back to the few times I've bought lots of QPs, I've seen similar patterns. Here are 20 QPs using LP's quickpick tool:

06-15-22-26-27 13-14-22-23-27 04-07-10-13-18 01-02-07-13-14 01-03-09-17-23 05-09-12-26-27 01-09-10-13-30 07-20-25-28-30 04-14-16-17-24 04-07-14-15-19 06-07-11-12-13 04-09-11-21-30 06-10-22-23-27 01-13-14-17-18 10-11-17-26-30 01-15-25-26-27 04-08-18-24-30 07-08-09-17-22 09-15-18-26-27 05-08-10-13-29

Some batches of low starting numbers, but seems more diverse... [ More ]

Reply #15

Crazy Wombat — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:35:10 GMT

Here's what I was talking about in an earlier post when I said that CA and NY could have the same RGNs terminals or better ones than what PA has.

This is the big MM drawing from March 30, 2012 ... jackpot was 656 million and here are the five number winners in the various states ...

Mega Millions Jackpot Winner! There were 3 jackpot winners in the Friday, March 30, 2012 Mega Millions drawing: 1 from Illinois, 1 from Kansas, and 1 from Maryland. The winners will equally share the $656 milli... [ More ]

Reply #14

Crazy Wombat — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 23:43:10 GMT

I don't have a way to take pictures of my TH tickets from Sunday so I am going to type out the numbers of four tickets ... these were $5 block tickets, all my other tickets were $1 and $2 tickets from two self serve terminals.

01 - $5.00

01 08 09 16 21

03 13 23 25 26

05 14 17 27 28

02 05 12 19 25

01 08 16 17 24

02 - $5.00

01 02 05 08 18

01 08 16 17 30

03 15 17 19 28

07 11 23 28 30

12 13 17 18 19

03 - $5.00

04 08 10 19 23

03 11 13 17 22

05... [ More ]

Reply #13

Ron5995 — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:15:08 GMT

The skewing you describe seems very blatant. It could be a serious flaw in the RND, which wouldn't surprise me in the least. Ever watch a self-service terminal reboot? I have, and yikes! Lots of apparent software kludges appear to load during start up. Maybe it's secure, but it sure doesn't look like it.

More to the point, with all that software and hardware interacting, it's very possible the RND is faulty in some way. It's been an ongoing problem with many SSL programs on the web due to poo... [ More ]

Reply #12

savagegoose — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:51:30 GMT

well i dont mean to teach how to suck eggs, but i cant help but make a suggestion, its a method i try and do for all the random games i play where im sure the draws are unbiased.

thats wheel every number, so for instance with 100 games i would get some cover that enshures I have every number being on my tickets. if you have access cover master. its simple as selecting a pool of 30 numbers, and hits of 5, then match of 4 and pick of 5.

after a min or 2 it takes to run the thru the genera... [ More ]

Reply #11

Crazy Wombat — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:10:31 GMT

Ron ... that's why I decided to post about my QPs yesterday. I don't usually play $100 at a time on a single game ... haven't done it for many years, last time was probably for that record MM jackpot so long ago.

I only started this topic to see if anyone else shared my thoughts about buying QPs in PA and their experience ... I didn't do it to brag about going big on yesterday's TH jackpot.

You are right, as for a national game with tickets being purchased all over the country with various... [ More ]

Reply #10

Ron5995 — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:16:13 GMT

Your experience makes me wonder if some terminal RNDs are intentionally skewed. Terminal RNDs are generally not scrutinized; not guaranteed random.

Skewing quickpicks could result in more roll-overs than would be normally expected. Gaming manufactures often get a cut of lottery sales. Not saying they specifically do for PA Treasure Hunt, but may for other popular terminal jackpot games various lotteries offer. Has anyone research this angle?

Since various lottery jurisdictions use differen... [ More ]

Reply #9

RJOh — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:17:15 GMT

When it's my money paying for the tickets I blame myself no matter how the numbers were picked.

Reply #8

Raven62 — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 21:48:12 GMT

Reply #7

Crazy Wombat — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 21:41:31 GMT

Hi SG ... wheeling probably wouldn't have helped me much today ... out of the 14 numbers that have come out the most in the last 50 draws, only three of today's winning numbers were in my list of numbers ... so I could not have hit $100 anyway since four numbers are needed for that.

It was an experiment that could have gone either way, with QPs or wheeled numbers ... I wanted some 12's as the lowest number ... only had a 13 and a 15.

There are only 30 numbers in the game but just getting t... [ More ]

Reply #6

savagegoose — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 20:40:36 GMT

just remember, the chance either of those two listed QP's numbers came up was exactly the same as any other 2 picked numbers, its just as a pattern appeared it would be quite likely that more than you had played them. , you still had 100 chances. from your 100 picks. no amount of wheeling gives you better of hitting the jackpot.

but yeah as suggest get your wheels designed early, and if you decide on a budget to spend, start filling out cards i then weeks ahead of the draw you are eventually... [ More ]

Reply #5

maringoman — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 19:42:41 GMT

$14 is an alright win. It could've been worse.

Treasure Hunt is a game I'd play often if I lived there

Reply #4

MillionsWanted — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:57:40 GMT

Pick your own numbers and be happy every time. Then you can only blame yourself.

Reply #3

Crazy Wombat — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:56:45 GMT

Thanks for the Good Luck ... it was a disaster ... got about $14 back ... lowest number was 12 so most of the tickets were worthless from that standpoint ... also most (probably 75 - 80) were one number off for two and three numbers.

Would have one number and two or three one off ... missed with six tickets for $600 ... four numbers pay $100 and I had one number and three numbers one off on six tickets.

I wanted to wheel some numbers ... I have a list of the top 14 numbers in the last 50 d... [ More ]

Reply #2

RJOh — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:25:49 GMT

It's easy to be Unhappy with Your QPs because the results are predictable and you need something to blame. You knew eventually the jackpot would roll to a $150K+ so you should have been prepared to pick numbers you would be happy with even if they didn't win much.

I've played games I seldom play when their jackpot are unusually high and although I've never won their jackpots I would always satisfied I gave it my best try. If buying $100 of QPs was your best effort, be satisfied with results n... [ More ]

Reply #1

maringoman — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:36:47 GMT

I hope you hit it and continue to play the lottery with their money. That's my dream unless I win so big a prize that I quit playing fo ever

I would have wheeled maybe half the lines and quick pick the rest.

Good luck

Not Happy With My QPs For Today's Treasure Hunt Jackpot

Crazy Wombat — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:45:00 GMT

In just over an hour the numbers will be announced for the $150,000 Treasure Hunt jackpot ... it doesn't get that high very often ... maybe only two times a year. It is only a 30 number game so it gets hit often ... it can get to $100,000 several times during the year.

Well, I decided to get $100 in tickets ... I don't like the PA RNG QP system ... always seems to be low numbers printing ... 1s, 2s,3s,4s and 5s ... and then a lot of 2, 3s and 4s on one line of numbers.

I like higher starti... [ More ]