I feel like the FL lottery is rigged...

Reply #15

realtorjim — Fri, 25 Dec 2015 01:52:48 GMT

So true, rc. With odds of 1:25,827,165, if someone purchases 25,827,164 different tickets for a drawing they could still lose. Also, if someone purchases just 1 ticket for a drawing, they can win. Is that a rigged lottery? No, just luck of the draw.

Have someone put 100 ping pong balls in a sack numbered 1 to 100, pull out six without looking, and have them guess (without seeing the drawn numbers) what numbers they drew. Repeating this process, one should quickly realize how difficult it is

Reply #14

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:03:04 GMT

Texas lottery website. Just look up sales reports for whatever game and you will see the $ amount sold for any particular draw. For Lotto, they sell anywhere from 4%-6% of the total combinations of the game.

You won't necessarily find this information on every state's website. Texas does provide a lot of good info.

Reply #13

morgothaod — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 14:26:34 GMT

How did you find out what % of combinations were played

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Reply #11

jeeps1 — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 19:31:17 GMT

I live in florida and every year it rolls at this time of yr.Probably tonight some 1 will win .lucky money also rolled.

Reply #10

Raven62 — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:39:23 GMT

Yeah morgothaod: If you feel like the FL lottery is rigged... Then it must be

Reply #9

BobP — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:12:01 GMT

Florida lottery rigged? Nah, just the scratchoffs.

BobP

Happy Festivus

Reply #8

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:51:35 GMT

People that complain the lottery is rigged simply do not have a grasp of the odds of these jackpot games. Add to that, most sales for each draw is a small percentage of the number of combinations in any particular game.

I had to laugh at Dawn Nettles earlier this year because the Texas Lotto had a big run without a winner, and every week she would comment how very, very sad it was that no one was winning the jackpot. Well, they only sold 6% or so of the 25,827,165 possible combinations. I'm s... [ More ]

Reply #7

noise-gate — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 04:09:10 GMT

Seems to me that it's always rigged when one is not winning. Yet when one does wins, its l bet the system .... fascinating huh

Reply #6

fangkid09 — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 02:29:25 GMT

I've always thought it was rigged, sadly never in my favor lol

Reply #5

realtorjim — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:37:05 GMT

I had to look that one up

Reply #4

noise-gate — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:26:08 GMT

Yeah it's krampus fault.

Reply #3

realtorjim — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:01:21 GMT

Nothing like the Christmas holiday to fuel visions of Sugar Plums... and a huge lottery win

Reply #2

darthfury78 — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 06:47:15 GMT

But of course it is. That's the way they set it up.

Reply #1

Coin Toss — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 06:12:35 GMT

Snowbirds, more people in FL leading up to Christmas, more people, more players, higher jackpots maybe.

I feel like the FL lottery is rigged...

morgothaod — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 05:39:48 GMT

It seems like the jackpot is always very high before Christmas... thoughts