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Just yesterday using only 3 digits, I predicted a winning combination on the Michigan Pick 3 thread. When was the last time YOU did that??? Never, I guess...
Jul 18, 2025, 10:06 pm - Lotterologist - Lottery Discussion Forum

Following up on the (now locked) Neural Net Lottery Picker thread — the backtest problemReply
Markov chains seemed like an interesting approach. I put this to followers as that seemed to be the most straight forward application... get a distribution of the numbers (all of them) that followed the last draw and present the distribution list, sorted by frequency descending... this is literally the layout of the transition probabilities for each state transition (draw). Even though, like the lottery, Markov Chains are memoryless and only depend on the last state, lottery data does not even d
Jun 27, 2026, 12:40 pm - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

Oregon lottery kept my $1500 winning ticketReply
I heard this for 2026 Starting January 1, 2026, the federal jackpot tax reporting threshold increases from $1,200 to $2,000 I assume this applies since the huff n puff I have played in casinos is a video slot machine. So should not be reported via W-2G. I guess it's up to you on whether you report the earned income. It might be an interesting poll if the $500 Pick 3 Winners report as income. I would expect most people if they itemize deductions would show a gambling loss for the yea
May 19, 2026, 4:17 pm - jimjwright - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
Tucker, thank you for the very concise explanation. I agree with you 100%. Unfortunately, the people that already did not believe what you wrote will probably not be convinced. They do not want to admit they were once mistaken. Improving the odds is exactly why I only buy tickets as a member of a pool. I never buy a ticket on my own. Yes, I could win a pick 3 game but winning $500 is not very exciting for me. Winning the Mega Millions or Powerball games is nearly impossible when buying y
Mar 29, 2026, 3:57 pm - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Never did this beforeReply
You said a bet that is guaranteed to win. In the lottery, slots, and live keno, any bet that pays the gambler something is called a win . It is only in table games, and not the progressive side bets where the wins are stated as for 1 rather than to 1 , that a win is defined to be a net win. As you know, for winning bets, the dealer takes chips out of the tray and hands them to the player and leaves the original bet in place. This is done purely for convenience. If you buy all 100 possible fr
Mar 28, 2026, 1:45 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

It looks as if the $5.00 MM ticket is doing poorly.Reply
I'm aware of why most people play the lottery. But the people who participate on this board know far more about lottery games than the average lottery player. Do you hate everyone else on this board too? And how is that woke and pc for me to point that out? How pathetic. And yes I do play the lottery. I'm very particular in what games I play. There are people on this board who are very particular about what numbers to play and what type of bet to make on pick 3, which is a pretty simple game
Mar 14, 2026, 11:37 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I think what winoneday meant was that it was bad luck for the house. In the long run, the average jackpot won will equal the expected value. In a game like this, a drawing every few days with odds of 1 in 300 million, the long run could be many years. In a short period of time, the players can be lucky which means the house (MUSL) is unlucky. Unlike other games like pick 3 or any table game or slot machine in a casino, where more jackpots are good for business because the long run for th
Mar 12, 2026, 2:56 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

DR SAN - 4 patternsReply
Top 10 Sets: A, B, C, D All Pick 3 games going back to October 1, 2024 Game results are in time of day sequence starting from morning draws to the last drawing. Calculations below were taken before the Thursday, February, 26, 2026 drawings.
Feb 26, 2026, 11:21 pm - winsumloosesum - Lottery Discussion Forum

Is there any method or system that can an predict the first digit that will fall in Pick 3Reply
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
Feb 21, 2026, 1:13 am - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Question about online lotteriesReply
Can only speak for the Kentucky's online lottery. Mostly play 4 minute Keno, but have played some of the daily games. Probably the most asked question is about collecting winnings. With any winnings over $600, they'll send a check or players can collect at the lottery headquarters the next day. It's easy depositing funds into a player account using the same methods for most online purchases. Only winnings can be withdrawn so I wouldn't suggest anyone depositing too much money at one time. P
Feb 5, 2026, 12:56 am - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum