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Indiana convenience store sells winning $163M Powerball ticketReply
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are estimated at 195 million to one. It sure is a shame that there's no way to actually calculate the odds accurately, eh?
Jan 21, 2009, 3:09 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery's Cash 4 game starts todayReply
i give this game my blessing...doesn't seem so bad compared to a traditional pick 4 ...lets calculate some odds here: matching any 4 out of 26 is 1:14,950..pays $10K.. good...(pick 4 is 1:10000 and pays $5k)..what i also like is the possibilty of winning money with 3 and 2 balls since this is a lotto style....better than having a pick 4 i would say even tho its not that EASY to win as it first appears
Apr 1, 2009, 12:00 am - benmas - Lottery News

New multi-state lottery game launches SundayReply
Because winning a club prize is conditional on the top prize being hit, it varies by sales. The formula is a little sophisticated but basically you calculate the probability of any winner(s) given the number of tickets sold and divide the result of tickets divided by prizes by that value to get the odds. For example, with $20 million in sales (4 million tickets) and 10 second-prizes, the probability of the top prize being hit would be about 5.35%, which gives $1 million prize odds of 1 in 7,478,
Oct 19, 2014, 1:53 pm - LottoMetro - Lottery News

Neb. lottery numbers drawn twice in rowReply
Fair question. It doesn't have to be three days in a row. It's easier to visualize solve it that way, though. Here's my work out, for a 6 drawing set. Now, remember I was answering RJOh's question of the odds of a threepeat . He didn't specify a certain number. Let's call our target number 000. That comes out on the first day. On the second day, 000 has 1 in 1000 chance of falling again. Overall odds so far: 1/1000 On the third day, 000 has a 1 in 1000 chance of falling again. Overa
Jan 27, 2009, 2:51 pm - time*treat - Lottery News

Expensive Michigan Lottery tickets sell-out quicklyReply
DOND really bugs me too. I think the main problem is people get greedy and turn down reasonable $$$ amounts because they'd rather have the million. Well, we'd all rather have the million, but ya gotta calculate the odds and play with your brain in gear. Another problem is that after a contestant does take the deal, Howie makes them continue to open the suitcases and tells them what the offer would have been. I think future contestants watching that somehow think the contestant was dumb for
May 12, 2007, 7:37 pm - LuckyLilly - Lottery News

AMAZING: Minnesota man wins back-to-back lottery jackpotsReply
the odds of it happening are virtually incalculable Geez. Has anyone ever considered making it illegal for morons to be reporters? The odds are extremely steep and extremely easy to calculate. If the odds of doing it once are 1 in 170,000 then the odds of doing it twice are 1 in 170,000^2, assuming the guy only bought two tickets. If he bought more tickets the odds go down. If he bought two tickest for each of those drawings but not for any other day then the odds were 1 in 85,000^2. A
Feb 15, 2007, 4:04 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

$475 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot swellsReply
Calculate the odds of that one LOL! With a bit of rounding, my calculator says it's about 1 in 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,
Jun 5, 2019, 11:26 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Connecticut Lottery makes its pitch for kenoReply
The game operates like a slot machine game, programmed to calculate all of the bets made each game and control the payout to a percentage favoring the state by locking out numbers that would result in a big payout. If you could prove that is actually happening, it would be the biggest lottery scandal ever. The odds and payoffs give the lottery enough edge making cheating pretty stupid.
Apr 17, 2015, 2:08 am - Stack47 - Lottery News

Store that sold $128.6M Powerball lottery ticket identifiedReply
Kentucky!? again?! that really fries my chicken! No Store that I ever played in has sold a big winner that I know of except that I visited a few after they sold winners. I used to play at Broadway Boys but they are now a ELE7VEN and I haven't been there yet. It would be handy to know how many Stores there are and what their sales volume is i.e. to calculate the odds of yours having the winner.
Dec 30, 2009, 8:29 pm - LckyLary - Lottery News

Don't buy lottery tickets for kids, researcher warnsReply
When I was in Preschool, no lie, they has us playing Bingo. We had also a Bingo hall across the street from our house. I would go with my parents and root for them to win as I was promised a small share of whatever they won. I became fascinated with the game and how to calculate the odds.. Like the odds of inside round-robin with certain number of I, N, G called. When waiting for 1 number how many others would be based on the called numbers? It made me become better at Math. Nowadays I on
Dec 21, 2007, 9:37 pm - LckyLary - Lottery News