Is there a specific game in general that has the best odds?

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RJOh — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:20:52 GMT

Odds of most lottery games never change but their jackpots do so so you have to check their websites everyday for the best odds.

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Stack47 — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 06:42:59 GMT

If we were allowed (hey aren't we supposed to be free?) to play lottery in any state from home at counter price not butler service price, it would certainly be possible to find games with lower odds and/or higher payouts, and the very reason states want to keep their fish within their borders.

But that goes against the government's idea it must treat us like children; they know what's best for us and we better not complain.

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LottoBux — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 03:46:58 GMT

Here Keno 2 Spot Pays $7 For 2/2($1 Bet)

$25 For3/3....$100 For 4/4

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SergeM — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:10:25 GMT

All or nothing is kind of nice, jackpot game with around 38% expectation in cash.

Pick 3 front pair or back pair, one out of hundred.

Keno pick 2, 20/70.

Texas 5 pays 2 dollars for 2/5. Aim 2/5.

If you want to play for fun, play for the small prices.

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rcbbuckeye — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:41:28 GMT

Check out all the games and the odds on Texas lottery's website. Cash 5 has odds of app 435000 to 1 on the jackpot. But, that jackpot will be around $15,000 or $16,000. Compared to Powerball or Megamillions, the odds for Cash 5 are great. The payout, not so much. If that's your goal...$15,000 or so, fine. If your goal is to retire immediately (like I want), Cash 5 isn't worth my time.

As a side note, you can play $5 straight on Daily 4 and win $25,000. Odds are 10000 to 1.

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BobP — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:14:53 GMT

You have to compare game size odds versus prize size. Lower odds for a smaller prize is roughly equal, unless that is a forever prize you'd be happy to wipe out your luck winning.

If we were allowed (hey aren't we supposed to be free?) to play lottery in any state from home at counter price not butler service price, it would certainly be possible to find games with lower odds and/or higher payouts, and the very reason states want to keep their fish within their borders. Same reason corpora... [ More ]

Is there a specific game in general that has the best odds?

kiteman — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:57:51 GMT

Just got into lottery recently with the 1.6b pot a few months back, I had never played before. I won like $30 and bought scratch-offs. My idea was to only spend my earnings but I think now I've spent another $75 on top of that in the last couple of months, ha. Not a lot of money to me and I'm just doing it for fun and not all that often. I have read Pick 4 (or some variation) is generally considered to have the best odds, and that playing the same number(s) every time is smart as well. Is that t... [ More ]