Wow! 5 out of 6 on my pick 6 ticket!!

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Raven62 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 11:42:59 GMT

You can't Stop Playing: They count on you giving back the $3100 trying to Win 6 of 6

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DELotteryPlyr — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 11:28:45 GMT

Was it a QP or your numbers? If you can do it ONCE why not again? Or maybe take down the 6 of 6

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Hermanus104 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 02:53:10 GMT

First, congratulations on your win.

Second, this is why I stick to the Pick 3 and the Pick 4.

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LiveInGreenBay — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 23:44:19 GMT

varionj I'm curious, was that a quick pick or did you pick the numbers

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varionj — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 20:52:33 GMT

Thank you all for your input. I now realize how lucky I was to win the $3,100.00 for 5 out of 6, specially when I looked at the odds 1 in 59,000. So I feel better now after reading your posts, didn't mean to sound greedy an/or ungrateful. I also looked at the odds on the Power Ball and the NJ Mega and they both were approximately 20 times harder to hit than the Pick6; 6 months ago I stopped buying the monster lotteries and decided to spend $5.00 a week on the pick6, boy am I glad I switched, it... [ More ]

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IPlayWeekly — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 04:14:57 GMT

Congrats

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SaintAndiesPl — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 01:26:52 GMT

I would be happy to get a 5 out of 6 win.. all I get is free plays on my tickets

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Unluckyone — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 21:00:01 GMT

It does seem unfair but that is more than I have ever won. The sad part is that most of us here have never won an amount close to what you got.

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Sunglasses — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:25:48 GMT

5/6 once and the reserve was in the set.

6/49 is unbeatable

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paul762 — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 18:23:03 GMT

Closest I got was 4 from 6 in the UK 6/49 with 1 line lucky dip and the final 2 numbers each being one number out/away, I picked up 85 for 1 outlay.

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Stack47 — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:15:26 GMT

Probably the New York Lotto because their payoffs are pari-mutual, similar to why on some drawings the California MM pays much less than $1 million for matching five numbers. The NY Lotto payoff for matching five numbers is 7.25% of the prize pool that is 40% of ticket sales.

And an obvious reason why Gail Howard and other lottery authors said it's a bad idea to play combos like 1-2-3-4-5-6. If five of those numbers matched, the NY prize might be $31.

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LiveInGreenBay — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:05:48 GMT

Wisconsin supercash a 6/39 game only pays 500 for 5 of 6. Now that sucks

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RJOh — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 20:51:39 GMT

I don't know which pick 6 game you played but $3100 sounds pretty good to me for only matching 5. Have you checked the payouts of similar games in other states? In Ohio matching 5 in its Classic Lotto (6/49) pays $1500. Good luck if you continue to play.

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savagegoose — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 18:48:53 GMT

unfortunately 5 of 6 is nothing, you should see the poor payout here in aust. for that sort of win, from $400 -$1300 still money is money, gratz better luck next week

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woody4591 — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 18:17:05 GMT

Congratulations on your 5 of 6 win. A bummer though to be that close. I know the feeling having had a near life changing moment in Oct. I had 4 of 5 in Jersey Cash 5. My numbers were 06 07 12 35 37 and the numbers drawn were 06 07 12 35 36 on top prize of 813,000. Almost had a heart attack that day. Did get 2,800 though. Still haven't cashed ticket. Holding onto it for a while hoping it will bring me luck

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MaximumMillions — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 17:54:31 GMT

Ouch, that's got to suck. Maybe low-play MwgaMillions

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Dracos — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:18:47 GMT

Incredible! I think you're smart to quit while you are ahead. Congratulations on the $3k win!

If your state offers a Fantasy 5 game, that might be worth playing. The odds of winning the jackpot on that game is significantly higher than other draw games. I know it is painful being one number off from that 3M jackpot, but a $3k win on a $.50 or $1 investment is fantastic. Now that you're ahead, you can say you won a lottery 2nd place prize.

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quicksloth35 — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:40:09 GMT

Congrats! Great start to 2017 for you

Wow! 5 out of 6 on my pick 6 ticket!!

varionj — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:27:23 GMT

Paid me only $3100 (out of a 3.1 million payout for getting 6 numbers). What ever happened to Proportionality ? .....So unfair, makes no sense!! Who decides these payouts? This is what is wrong about these lotteries.

It's the closest I'll ever get to win a jackpot. I am done buying lottery folks! ......I'll quit while I am ahead.