Is there any method or system that can an predict the first digit that will fall in Pick 3

Reply #116

Stat$talker — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:58:34 GMT

Yepp, I can hear Ole Lucy calling his name nooow..

Reply #115

grwurston — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:51:54 GMT

The Original.

Reply #114

Stat$talker — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:04 GMT

He'z a Blockhead fa suuure

Reply #113

lakerben — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:01:29 GMT

Cant access the site.

Reply #112

fashohits — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:40:53 GMT

Thanks for the information

Reply #111

wander73 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:03:03 GMT

look at the last time 2 times the combo has come out and look from there. look at the dates and add the dates up and look from there.

Reply #110

fashohits — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:04:57 GMT

I went to your site and looked under articles I can't find what you are referring to.

Reply #109

fashohits — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:29:35 GMT

Thanks I definitely love your site like the Amuzing pick 3 system and others you have a great sute thanks for the reply.

Reply #108

lottologix — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:30:29 GMT

Yes there is and I have written about such a method many times here on lottery post. The method produces 4 digits 1 of which will show up in the next game usually better than 70 percent of the time. I figure most have found it and have also seen how difficult it is to get to that 1 single digit. Then you have about about 56 choices to make from according to BobP. Look at his web site Lotto Logix and look for the pick one number article.

Reply #107

Coin Toss — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 02:19:31 GMT

You calling someone else totally full of himself is hilarious and very ironic

Reply #106

Tucker Black — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:29:33 GMT

That's not a prediction. It's just another lottery ticket with an owner that's totally full of himself.

If you were so good at making lottery number predictions, why don't you win the jackpot every single time?

Oh, that's right, LOz are out to get you and make you not win.

Reply #105

Stat$talker — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:20:53 GMT

that's proof? Proof of what?

Ooh, well pardon me...I forgot,..in Yo eyes, it duzzn't rate up there wit cho infamous scratchoffz

But you're the only one that cain't recognize such an accomplished predicted feat..So follow suit, if you can ..

Az far az my sphellin,..shoot, Eyed make a Greaat Skhoole Teecha..

-Stat$talker

Reply #104

Tucker Black — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:54:57 GMT

A picture of a five line lottery ticket... that's proof? Proof of what?

I don't think you know what the words proof , mathematics or probability mean. But you do know how to misspell and post emoticons and make up nonsense, so congratulations on that, I guess.

Reply #103

Lotterologist — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:45:39 GMT

You're a smart one, Stat

Reply #102

Stat$talker — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:10:35 GMT

I would love to see your so-called proof

Well Tucker Black ,.. Ole Stat$ set out to give you proof that one CAN predict Lottery numbaz...even tho I haven't waged THIZ Game in over 9 monthz .. aand DID IT

Funny how Yo SILENCE speakz v o l u m e ..

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/340828/8092283

Often Imitated ,..but neeavah Duplicated ..

Enjoy Yo Black -

-Stat$talker

Reply #101

Stat$talker — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:58:04 GMT

Need Ole Stat $ saye anymoee ?

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/358063/8089283

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/340828/8092283

PROOF, PROBABILITY MATH WILL TELL YA DA TRUTH

Reply #100

Stat$talker — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:38:06 GMT

and then back those predictions into specific games.

Predictionz alwayz come 1st ... Datasetz are just records ..

2 + 2 = 4... but which xzisted 1st, the Question or the Answer

Reply #99

OhSoClose — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:00:31 GMT

To your question about what makes cold spells and hot spells, I think your takeaway is exactly right. It sounds like they have 30 sets of balls numbered 0 through 9. Every evening draw, they select 17 sets and then randomly assign those to Wild Ball, Pick2, Pick3, etc. I think it would be interesting to look at a history of evening draws including Pick2, 3, 4, and 5 as a single dataset to look at number patterns coming from that set of 17 ball sets. I'm hoping that looking for hot cold patterns... [ More ]

Reply #98

grwurston — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:08:13 GMT

So when a digit is cold and has been out for say 16 days, it's because it always seems to be missing on that 13th (official) drawing for that time span. Would be interesting to know how many times it has hit on the non official 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, or 16th drawings on each of those 16 days.

Reply #97

hypersoniq — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:28:50 GMT

Here is a quick 16 line Python 3.x QP generator for Match 6...

import random

for x in range(1,17):

QP=sorted(random.sample(range(1, 50), 6))

print(f QP {x} is {QP} )

To switch to cash 5, replace 50), 6 with 44), 5. Strange quirk with python range(), the first number is inclusive, the second is exclusive, so you need to go 1 higher... 50 for 49 balls, 44 for 43 balls, even the for loop, 17 for 16 runs.

Reply #96

OhSoClose — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:12:46 GMT

That sounds VERY interesting

Reply #95

hypersoniq — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:58:02 GMT

The other interesting thing in that report was how they do 16 draws per night...

9 pre draws

3 rehearsal draws

1 live draw, and finally

3 post draws.

That makes the 13th draw the one that counts.

That set of 16 draws must be what they run the chi square test on to show it is random enough.

Would be interesting to loop a QP generator to output 16 iterations and play the 13th...

One could easily take the output and run a similar chi square test on it.

Reply #94

OhSoClose — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:08:40 GMT

The following from page 9 of the document spells out how they select which ball sets are used for which live drawing:

The back-up public witness will then be asked to make the random ball set selections. Seventeen (17) sets of ten (10) balls, each numbered 0-9, will be contained in cases labeled A1 through A17 (or the current ball set security codes in service). The back-up witness, by means of a random drawing utilizing the envelope containing seventeen cards designated A1 through A17 (or t... [ More ]

Reply #93

hypersoniq — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:33:39 GMT

This is true. I have looked at the pick 3 evening game in PA as the 3 digit combo instead of per column as usual, the only takeaway was that in the evening game, which started in 1977, every single straight combo has been drawn at least 5 times.

Reply #92

OhSoClose — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:13:58 GMT

Yes, interesting to see which tests are involved before the actual drawing and what constitutes a disqualifying event for a set of balls.

To your earlier point about variations between draws by position, it's easy to make the mistake of lumping all draws into a singular dataset.

Reply #91

hypersoniq — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:26:46 GMT

That is interesting! I notice the last phrase in that guide is chi square test .

Reply #90

Stat$talker — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:51:08 GMT

but in the end a pick is more of a best gues s .

I ... guess YOU didn't git dat memo..

But Yo Oddzcome would've probably been betta, had you.

Reply #89

OhSoClose — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:47:47 GMT

I don't recall seeing the procedural guide from PA posted on here before. This goes into what goes on before and during the evening draws in detail.

https://www.emarketplace.state.pa.us/FileDownload.aspx?file=6100053907/Solicitation_3.pdf OriginalFileName=Appendix%20A%20-%20Evening%20Drawing%20Procedures.pdf

Hoping somebody find this useful. Specifics about balls used are on pages 8 and 9.

Reply #88

hypersoniq — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:44:20 GMT

The pick 3 is not only independent from draw to draw, but also independent from position to position. You can think of it as 3 independent draws of 1 in 10. If you were to look at a 100 draw sample, you would see position 1 has a different statistical profile, the variance is not consistent, the hot and cold digits differ, each digit is independent of the other. In that same sample, you might see one digit in position one that was out for 47 draws, but is hot in position 3, and somewhere in the

Reply #87

Coin Toss — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:29:51 GMT

That game was Faro. The layout for the games was pictured on the original Kenny Rogers Gambler album.

Reply #86

Coin Toss — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:47:16 GMT

The same is true for MM and PB, each set of played numbers is up against the same odds.

Reply #85

Tucker Black — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:03:11 GMT

Wrong. 1 in 500 is the probability of winning. 1:499 is the odds of winning. The two are the same.

With two tickets in pick 3, the odds do not change from one drawing to the next. It is always 1 in 500.

Reply #84

Stat$talker — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:50:12 GMT

1 in 500 describez the Model'z overall Parameterz of winning .... 1:499 describez itz Probability ..

Neitha are describing ODDZ

Oddz CHANGE , ...Overall Probability DUZZ NOT ...

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/358063/8082849

Aaand NO FREE LOTTERY LESSONZ Tucker Black

Git outta Texez 2 Stepper'z Lottery Book, It'z a Flat Earther certified publication..

-Stat$talker

Reply #83

Coin Toss — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:50:10 GMT

There was a card game in Nevada casinos available until 1925 and in the 1980s Palace Station Las Vegas offered it for a short time. When players bought in for $100 they got 16 chips. Anyone know what the game was

Reply #82

Coin Toss — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:41:59 GMT

Keno is one of the strongest games for the house.

Reply #81

Tucker Black — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:42:58 GMT

Craps, the odds bet on pass line/don't pass/come/don't come

And, no, I don't expect a casino to provide the players with the odds of winning, only the payouts ... except for live keno. That game operates much like a lottery, but with comps and frequent drawings and a better paytable.

Reply #80

Coin Toss — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 04:52:13 GMT

No, only you were and you seem obsessed with it.

Reply #79

Coin Toss — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:18:00 GMT

Why would they express the odds of winning? Since you mention it though and since you've worked in casinos for a long time what is the only table games bet that pays true odds

Reply #78

Tucker Black — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 23:04:34 GMT

We're talking about the odds of winning, not the payout.

Reply #77

Coin Toss — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:49:14 GMT

I expressed them as casinos and sports books do and as they are printed on parlay cards. For example a three team parlay pays 6:1. There is not enough room on a parlay card or a sports book odds board to print your explanation. You seem like those who when asked what time it is as one who tells the person asking how to build a watch. YEESH

Reply #76

Tucker Black — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:34:55 GMT

I used this is my source https://www.statology.org/probability-vs-odds-whats-the-key-distinction/

from the article:

Odds express the ratio of success to failure. Instead of saying 12% chance of success, you might say odds of 3 to 22 , meaning for every 3 people who subscribe, 22 do not.

...

When the probability is low (close to 0), odds and probability are almost the same.

....

Also, the lottery people usually say odds when their chart is actually the probability. Fo... [ More ]

Reply #75

Coin Toss — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:19:20 GMT

Odds correctly expressed are 1 in 500 or 499 to 1, 499:1

Reply #74

Tucker Black — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:36:45 GMT

I'm all ears. Explain it.

Reply #73

Stat$talker — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:25:32 GMT

Odds 1:499 is the same thing as probability 1/500

Wrong again Mid-West Mess ...

I suggest you crack open dat Probability book of Yo'z, and re-read it..az It'z furtha attestment of yo inept reading comprehension...

Reply #72

Tucker Black — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:45:32 GMT

They both describe the same event but with a different definition of what should be in the denominator (all outcomes or only the bad outcomes).

Odds 1:499 is the same thing as probability 1/500.

What is your problem with the fact that the word probability has more letters and syllables than the word odds ? It's true.

I think you need to put down the crack pipe. The conspiracy theories, atrocious spelling, and frequently illogical statements indicate brain rot, not dissimilar to... [ More ]

Reply #71

Coin Toss — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 01:48:18 GMT

Some of the posts in this thread sound like an old Abbot and Costello routine. You're 40 and a nephew is 10, you are 4 times older than he is. Five years go by, you are now 45 and he is 15, you are three times older. Fifteen years later you are 60 and he is 30, you are now only twice as old. How many more years have to go by before you are both the same age

Reply #70

Stat$talker — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:52:16 GMT

People often equate odds and probability even though technically they are not exactly the same . Odds is just easier because it's one syllable. Probability has more letters and five syllables.

Then whyyy have YOU erroneously equated the 2?,.. if you knew that... I guess it never occurred to you that, there'z a reason whyyy they're referred to by 2 different termz ...

Aaand the has more letters and syllables Statement?... G5 wuz right, you MUST be smokin marijuana ...

-Stat$ta... [ More ]

Reply #69

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:22:15 GMT

True.

Reply #68

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:20:44 GMT

No, that's wrong.

Two 1 in 146,100,669 means 2*1/146100669 = 1/97400446.

It's Two 1 in 292,201,338 which means 2*1/292201338=1/146100669.

2 chances out of 292,201,338 chances

yes

Reply #67

Stack47 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:14:19 GMT

Didn't finish it and didn't edit. It should be Two 1 in 146,100,669 chances equals 2 chances out of 292,201,338 chances

Reply #66

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:13:45 GMT

Is it true or false that a probability of winning being 2 out of 6 is the same as 1 out of 3

Reply #65

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:11:23 GMT

Agreed.

People often equate odds and probability even though technically they are not exactly the same. Odds is just easier because it's one syllable. Probability has more letters and five syllables.

So, with Pick 3, the traditional way to describe odds of winning with a single ticket is 1:999, and with a second ticket, it is 2:998. You can reduce 2:998 to 1:499.

Reply #64

Oscargrouch05$ — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:11:04 GMT

Winning number example 911

First Digit using plus 2 5 times

might have to mirror numbers

1

3

5

7

9

Reply #63

Stack47 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:09:06 GMT

Many state lotteries have rules limiting the time one person can monopolize a terminal to avoid a group buying all the combos making how long moot. Some horse racing tracks have an option to buy all the possible trifecta combs on one ticket and a state lottery could book an $584 Million all combos bet on one ticket.

Reply #62

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:08:40 GMT

2 out of 6. On crap tables in Nevada 'hop bets' are allowed, such as 6-3 on the hop (Atlantic City doesn't allow any bet that isn't printed on the layout). So what would be the different pay outs for 6-3 hopping and 6-6 hopping

Reply #61

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:07:01 GMT

I agree with your second paragraph. The first one still has an error:

Two 1 in 146,100,669 chances

2*1/146100669 is 1 in 97,400,446. This is incorrect for 2 tickets (it is correct for 4 tickets).

Each ticket has a 1 in 292,201,338 chance of winning, the same as a single ticket. But when you have 2 of them, your overall odds of winning with the two tickets is 2 in 292,201,338.

Reply #60

hypersoniq — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:05:03 GMT

Ahhh, the difference in terminology...

Odds on the die roll, betting 3 for all even numbers has 3 favorable outcomes and 3 unfavorable ones, so a $3 bet on the even numbers is 3:3, which CAN be reduced to 1:1 or a 50/50 even money wager.

Probability is the favorable outcomes to possible outcomes, where the possible outcomes cannot be reduced. Same bet on the even faces of the die 3:6

Reply #59

Stack47 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 21:56:13 GMT

Two different combos each have a one in 292,201,338 chance

Of course. Combo A has one chance out of every 146,100,669 chances and combo B has one chance out of the other 146,100,669 chances. Two 1 in 146,100,669 chances equals

It's 2 divided by 292 million

That's a 0.000000006844595626047407% chance of winning the jackpot and not exactly the easiest way to prove your point unless the inverse is shown too. And that is 146,100,669. Like I said before, it's how the odds are expressed.... [ More ]

Reply #58

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 21:36:45 GMT

I agree. Two winnings combinations out of 292,201,338 is your odds of winning with two tickets. It is not 2 out of 146,100,669.

Did my die throw example make sense? Bet on 2 of the 6 numbers. What are your odds of winning

Reply #57

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 21:27:31 GMT

One set of numbers played eliminates one of the combinations that can beat you. Two sets of numbers played eliminates two of the combinations that can beat you not half of the 292,201,338 that can beat you. It's that simple. You are letting math get in your own way. End of story.

Reply #56

hypersoniq — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:09:33 GMT

No, buying all of the tickets is a guaranteed win. But, buying all 1,000 pick 3 combinations will cost twice as much as the payout. In PA it pays $500 for $1 straight.

All I am saying is that there are no math tricks that apply here because the possible outcomes are always the same. 2:1,000 is equivalent to 1:500 in general, but not in this case.

Playing all of the combos is discouraged by the odds and the payouts...

With a $1 straight bet in Pennsylvania;

Pick 2 pays $50, there

Reply #55

Stat$talker — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:56:54 GMT

proof that not all lottery combinations have the same probability of occurring.

Well, 1st in line of order izz my pointing out YO inept reading comprehension ...

I sed Lottery NUMBERZ

Aaand for the umpteenth time of Ole Stat$ tellin YOOOU....

pRoBaBiLiTiEz oDdZ are NOT the same thangz...

Those can be bought by one person for one drawing. 292 million is way too many.

You won't need to buy all of 'em, when you uze Probability Math ...

-Stat$talker

Reply #54

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:43:47 GMT

I would love to see your so-called proof that not all lottery combinations have the same probability of occurring.

Reply #53

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:43:00 GMT

So what. In Pick 3, there are only 1,000 combinations. Those can be bought by one person for one drawing. 292 million is way too many. What's your point, other than to, once again, demonstrate to the rest of us that you have no original thought

Reply #52

Stat$talker — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:23:15 GMT

The logistics being hard or easy does not change the math .

But the Math duzz change how hard the Logisticz will be ...

YOU are alwayz soo illogically @$$ backwerdz

Ya probably came out feet 1 st

Reply #51

Stat$talker — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:55:41 GMT

Lottery odds are based on possible combinations.

Lottery Oddz are based on probable numberz, ..while the complete Matrix pool are possible ,, they are NOT All probable , at the same timez...

Picking only correct probable numberz, will ultimately render the correct combinationz needed to win a jackpot... providing you uze a superior wheeling system..ie Bluskov ..

DON'T FORCE ME TO PROOOVE IT

-Stat$talker

Reply #50

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:21:59 GMT

The logistics being hard or easy does not change the math.

Reply #49

grwurston — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:19:11 GMT

If it takes 8.2 years just to print them, then how many years would it take to go through them all to find the winners

Reply #48

grwurston — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:13:33 GMT

You don't need to do that. Pick the right order out of the six then play your numbers in that order. If the drawn number hits in the order you picked it won't matter what the first number is. You just need to have played the winning combination.

Reply #47

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:02:13 GMT

Thanks for that info. grwurston, it speaks volumes.

Reply #46

grwurston — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:58:50 GMT

How long would it take to print every Powerball ticket?

AI Overview

Printing every possible Powerball combination (over 292 million) using a single, standard lottery machine would take roughly

3,000 days or over 8 years . Even if printing 10,000 combinations per hour, the time required, combined with the 2-3 day window between drawings, makes it impossible for one person to buy all combinations.

Key Takeaways

Total Combinations: 292,201,338. Time Calculation: Assuming 1

Reply #45

wander73 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:48:46 GMT

go to search drawings, type in the 3 number that is your state. ask for 6 months and then look closely at the draws.

Reply #44

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:46:16 GMT

You said it yourself, IF MUSL ALLOWED IT. Real big if there.

Reply #43

dr san — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:38:18 GMT

hello=So, in pick3, to use the filters from previous draws with an 80% guarantee, it's from 250 draws, and when you generate the pick3 bet, it cannot be the same as the previous 250.

Reply #42

dr san — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:31:50 GMT

hello pick3=

Pick3 Mathematical Model

Total possible combinations:

U

= 1000

U=1000

Each draw chooses 1 number from 1000.

We want to know:

After N draws, how many different numbers have appeared?

Coverage Formula

The probability of a number not being drawn in a lottery is:

999

1000

1000

999

After N draws:

(

999

1000

)

(

1000

999

)

N

Therefore, the expected number of numbers that have never bee... [ More ]

Reply #41

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:26:06 GMT

That is incorrect. Two different combos each have a one in 292,201,338 chance.

Reply #40

Stack47 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:20:57 GMT

I'm not eliminating millions of combinations.

Correct; try expressing it as, two different combos each have one chance out of every 146,100,669 chances .

Reply #39

Stack47 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:13:46 GMT

Had this type of the odds are debates many times and usually both sides are saying the same thing but expressing it differently. Some divide the number of outcomes by the number of chances and others divide the number chances by the number of outcomes and get a percentage. In the first example 1000 divided by 2 equals 500 to 1. In the second, 2 divided by 1000 equal .002 which is the inverse of 500 to 1.

Most standard calculators have a inverse 1/x button. If we put in 500 and hit the 1/x b... [ More ]

Reply #38

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:12:08 GMT

That's a deflection. The difficult logistics of playing all the combinations in Powerball do not change the math behind it.

If MUSL allowed it, a computer could generate as many combinations as you want and simply enter those tickets electronically, and skip the paper printing. Less than a second.

Reply #37

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:06:34 GMT

I'm not eliminating millions of combinations. This is introductory probability theory: probability of winning = number of ways to win divided by total number of ways. It's 2 divided by 292 million. This is not voodoo math. This is real math.

Your reasoning is nonsensical, because you're implying that if you were to buy 292,201,337 different combinations (1 less than all of them), you still have only a 50% chance of winning? That's clearly ridiculous, as at that point, your chances of losing... [ More ]

Reply #36

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:06:04 GMT

How long do you think it would take to fill out the playslips to play all the combinations! By the time you had them all filled out the game may have changed

Reply #35

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 05:54:53 GMT

OK, forget about mathematics for a minute. Just use some intuition -- if you buy ALL 292,201,338 combinations, you're saying that you are not guaranteed to win? How would the lottery choose a combination you did NOT buy

Reply #34

hypersoniq — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 04:36:29 GMT

Apply the following correction...

Number of tickets | Possible Combos (constant)

1 | 292,201,338

...

100 | 292,201,338

Nothing you do can reduce that total number of possible combos... it is not a pure math problem, so the Possible combos is simply not divisible by the number of tickets you buy, unless you buy them ALL, then you are

292,201,338 | 292,201,338 == STILL not reduced.

1 ticket gets you in the game, any more than that is just lining the pockets of the MUSL... [ More ]

Reply #33

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:51:03 GMT

You are really entertaining those who manage powerball, your reasoning is really off. So you are saying that the first ticket is up against 292,201,338 odds and the second ticket eliminates 146,100,669 combinations. IF ONLY! Start with 292,201,338 and go down the list by subtracting 1 each time until you have subtracted 100 from 292,201,338 which is 292,201, 238. That's how it works, not voo doo math.

Reply #32

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 02:10:39 GMT

Here are the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot for number of unique tickets bought from 1 to 100 (no QP, to have a zero chance of a duplicate)

num tickets odds 1 in

1 292,201,338.00

2 146,100,669.00

3 97,400,446.00

4 73,050,334.50

5 58,440,267.60

6 48,700,223.00

7 41,743,048.29

8 36,525,167.25

9 32,466,815.33

10 29,220,133.80

11 26,563,758.00

12 24,350,111.50

13 22,477,026.00

14 20,871,524.14

15 19,480,089.20

Reply #31

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 02:02:28 GMT

That's one way to play, keep buying tickets until you have a sufficiently large chance of winning.

This is what professionals do when a jackpot is really big, to the point that the expected value of a ticket is greater than its face value.

But under normal circumstances, it wouldn't make any sense to buy up all the combinations when there are millions of them. You'll spend more on tickets than the jackpot.

Take Pick 3 for example. It's not difficult for one person to buy 1,000 ticket... [ More ]

Reply #30

Tucker Black — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:49:23 GMT

2/1000 is equal to 1/500. Or you could write it as 0.002 in digital form, or 0.2% expressed in percentages. They are all the same number.

Another way to state this is that you have a 99.8% chance of losing. Or 499 in 500 (meaning, on average, out of 500 tries, you'll lose 499 times and win once).

Reply #29

hypersoniq — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:16:33 GMT

That is where the concept of favorable outcomes to possible outcomes is expressed as a ratio, but is NOT divisible... buy one pick 3 ticket, you have 1:1000, or ONE favorable outcome to 1000 possible outcomes...

Buy 2 tickets and you have TWO favorable outcomes to 1000 possible outcomes.... the 1000 possible outcomes NEVER goes away. Therefore with ticket purchases 2:1,000 != 1:500, because 500 possible outcomes do NOT vanish because you played two tickets... in pick 3, the 1,000 is not redu... [ More ]

Reply #28

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:55:00 GMT

Pure baloney. If playing a second ticket cuts the odds in half why stop with the second ticket, why not keep buying more tickets until you are pretty sure of a win. MM and PB odds can only be reduced by half if you play half of all the combinations.

Reply #27

Tucker Black — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 23:03:39 GMT

Let's try this with the simple game of Pick 3.

In Pick 3, there are 1,000 combinations, from 000 to 999, all of which have the same probability of being the winning combination.

Let's say you purchase one ticket. You pick 567 and bet $1. If the winning combination is 567, you win $500. Your chances of winning is 1 in 1000, because you have bet on one combination out of 1,000 equally likely combinations.

Now let's say you decide to purchase a second ticket for the same drawing. You pi... [ More ]

Reply #26

Coin Toss — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:59:17 GMT

Nice try. Lottery odds are based on possible combinations. The second ticket only reduces the odds by one more combination, it does not cut the odds in half.

Reply #25

lakerben — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:11:58 GMT

Good ideas.

The p3,in our state is shut down for now. Maybe they will bring it back. My guess is too many people were winning.

Reply #24

Tucker Black — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:36:49 GMT

When you have two tickets, the numerator is a 2. It doesn't stay 1. With two tickets (not duplicates), your chances of winning is 2/292 million, which is 1/146 million.

Reply #23

Stat$talker — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:29:54 GMT

but the reality is that the rules of mathematics are that a lottery drawing, which is an independent random number drawing, is totally unpredictable .

Cleearly, a shot across Ole Stat$'z Bow.

No real need to keep beating a dead horse...Az I have demonstrated Probability Math CAN predict lottery numberz, wit back to back drawingz of the SAME Lottery Game ...Whyyyelze would LOz

DIZCONTINUE that same game ?

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Reply #22

Coin Toss — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:11:31 GMT

Oh come on. The second set of numbers played only reduces the odds by one set of numbers. Odds against 292.2 million. Second set of numbers odds against 292.2 million, i.e. 292, 199,999,

Reply #21

Tucker Black — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:08:07 GMT

You'll enjoy this one though, a very lonng time ago some people h ere were saying playing a second set of number would cut the odds in half

That is true.

Reply #20

Coin Toss — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:45:35 GMT

The posts you are criticizing ar real people talking to other real peopole about what AI 'said'. By 'your rules' I mean that you sometimes are too serious and and wamnt to bring 'higher math' into everythinhg. I was in the Army for 10 years, all of it infantry and artillery, including Viet Nam. I'll use six digit mgrids for this, when calliing in mortars and artillery some people used a magic number. For example GRID 627374 would bne magic mumber 29

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Reply #19

Brock Lee — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 02:52:15 GMT

hello = hi

hello ai output

Reply #18

dr san — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 02:31:32 GMT

hello=

Now for the philosophical part: Things ordained by God are not algorithms

Here we have three possible views:

View 1 Scientific

The universe works with mathematical laws.

Example:

Gravity

Thermodynamics

Quantum probability

From this point of view:

If God created the universe, He also created the mathematical laws.

That is:

Mathematics would be part of the divine order.

View 2 Deterministic Theological

Some believe that:

Nothing is... [ More ]

Reply #17

Tucker Black — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:56:51 GMT

Discussion should take place between real people, IMHO.

You might think that I'm trying to enforce my rules (whatever that is supposed to mean), but the reality is that the rules of mathematics are that a lottery drawing, which is an independent random number drawing, is totally unpredictable .