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would you rather win 1, 10, 50, 100, or 500 million $Reply
In Las Vegas every time a 'knowledge' player would approach a table with a note book and a pencil would approach a table old time bosses would say, Oh here we go, another genius from Providence . You sound like one. While one player on a crap table is winning a lot betting on the hard ways and horn bets they'll be another one on the table telling other players what bad bets the prop player is making. So much for a math degree with an emphasis on probabilities. Your thinking that four shooters on
Jan 9, 2026, 7:45 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida's Fantasy 5Reply
What are SC 5's odds? If they have a matrix greater than 5/36 then the games odds are higher than FF5's. (376,992 to 1) NY Take5 has 575,757 to 1 odds because their matrix is 5/39. Mass Cash has a 5/35 matrix and their odds to win a jackpot are 324,632 to 1. A little means a lot! G5
Dec 18, 2025, 2:55 pm - GiveFive - Pick 5 Forum

New Jersey couple wins $3 million lottery prize six months after winning $1 millionReply
I'm talking about the 1 in 1.2T odds mentioned in the article specifically which is independent of how much you play. You can play a 100 or 1000 games, the odds above are not going to change since odds of winning those big prizes are calculated based solely on odds of each of those two games. On the other hand, the more you play the more chances you have of winning something which is common sense and you can't combine both. I don't know how else to explain it further.
Nov 18, 2025, 7:08 pm - johnnyBlaze - Lottery News

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
Hi gatorsrok, you're welcome and indeed if I'm estimating the ticket count correctly then yeah the $500K odds aren't that great - heck iirc the $30 FTM from a few years back had similar odds for a $1M and was a $30 ticket. indeed if the $200 prize level was rolled in the $500K line the odds go to 1/94,000 or so. i think with this structure book buyers will not have to cringe as much fearing a $400 return I plan to actualize the odds when the rule is issued tomorrow, so please stay tu
Aug 7, 2025, 11:53 am - Cape $cratcher - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

scratch-off ticket strategyReply
I'm not getting your point. If a game has 4 of 8 top prizes remaining (that would be half), but I don't know how many tickets are remaining, I don't know if my odds of winning are good or bad. If this game was 90% sold, I would definitely play. My odds of winning the top prize are 5 times better. But if the game is only 10% sold, I would definitely not play. My odds of winning the top prize are much less. Conclusion: this is why I don't bother if a game has 4 of 8 top prizes remaining . If a
May 9, 2025, 12:04 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Cash 5 DEFENSEReply
If a person truly believes the lottery is cheating players, then why continue to buy tickets? My belief is with jackpot games the odds are the culprit. MM odds over 1 in 302 MILLION. PB odds over 1 in 292 MILLION. Our Cash 5 game is 1-35 numbers, odds 1 in 324,632. There are 3 or 4 draws without a winner each week, sales are usually about 150,000 - 190,000 tickets per draw. Play for fun, don't take it so serious.
Jan 11, 2025, 4:26 pm - rcbbuckeye - Lottery Discussion Forum

Cash 5 winner's chance meeting with New Jersey Lottery official confirms $678,674 jackpot prizeNews Story
What are the odds? By Kate Northrop A Jersey Cash 5 jackpot winner was skeptical of their $678,674 win, but a coincidental run-in with a New Jersey Lottery official assured them that it was entirely real. The odds of winning the lottery are high enough, but simultaneously winning the lottery and running into an off-duty New Jersey Lottery official and having them confirm the win must certainly be an astoundingly rare sequence of events. The odds of winning the Jersey Cash 5 jackp
Jan 10, 2025, 9:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
Each ticket is up against the same odds. Take your theory to PB and MM level. Consider that for every drawing those who play do not realize they are all part of one humongous pool. We'll use odds of 300,000,000 to malt it easier. So if the first ticket is up against 300M and the next ticket is up against 150M, etc. somebody will have twin. Oh, wait, many drawings go by with no jackpot winners. Gee, how can that be because Tucker Black said..................,Go to the Florida lottery website and
Mar 29, 2026, 8:09 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida's Fantasy 5Reply
Ahh sorry, I meant expected value, not earning potential. I must have been tired when I typed that up lol. Basically I meant F5 has the best ODDs for a Florida game. Fantasy 5 is generally considered the best bet among Florida draw games because it offers the most favorable overall odds of winning any prize. It has a smaller, more frequent jackpot and better overall odds of winning any prize (1 in 7.58).
Dec 17, 2025, 5:58 pm - ScreamingMidget - Pick 5 Forum

The Hoosier Daily 3 is RiggedReply
If a person is truly poor , then the very last thing such person should be doing is playing (gambling) the lottery. In a Pick 3 game the odds are 1 in 1000. Compared to jackpot games that's good odds. But gambling money needed for food or bills is bad odds. Blaming the state and saying it's rigged is a poor excuse for losing.
Apr 17, 2025, 11:44 pm - rcbbuckeye - Lottery Discussion Forum