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Why do so many in CA win powerball?Reply
Besides CA having about 1/8 of the US population, all jackpot wins are statistically unusual and there aren't enough of them expec that the number of winners per state should match what probability suggests. Thinking that CA has had an unusually high number of PB winners is like flipping a coin only 10 times and thinking that the results have to be really close to 50/50.
Sep 1, 2025, 8:31 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Outrage! Oklahoma holds digit 3 out for 20 daysReply
I used to keep track of Virginia's 3-ball fairly religiously, and there was always a three-digit combo that hadn't won in exact order in at least 6,000 drawings. Divide 6000 by 100, and you get 60, which is the number of non-shows by the number 3 in the Oklahoma Lottery (20 Pick-3 drawings). So, I do not find the number 3 not showing up for twenty drawings unusual.
Jul 3, 2025, 12:07 am - Hermanus104 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Millionaire for Life multi-state lottery game to replace Cash4Life and Lucky for Life in FebruaryReply
I haven't paid any attention to this game nut I just saw it on the NY lottery's home page for the first time. Obviously everybody gets to decide whether or not they want to play, but here are a couple of thoughts. The first is largely about playing this or playing PB (or MM) when the jackpot is still small. Generally, at least 8 to 10 million people (5 to 7 isn't unusual for Monday drawings) spend $2 when the annuity is $20 to $30 million (even if you die before the drawing) and the cash val
Feb 23, 2026, 3:50 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

89 second prize winners for the powerballReply
I would say most winners are self picks if your state lottery powerball play slip was organized with 5 rows of numbers per ticket for the white balls for an easy pattern to play. Lots of Keno players play patterns so not unusual. Someone should tally all the state powerball play slips that won and see how many have 5 rows of numbers for easy pattern play. Look at Florida Powerball play slip which is the anti play slip for pattern selection with lots of rows for white ball selection.
Apr 30, 2026, 2:06 pm - jimjwright - Lottery Discussion Forum

Oklahoma couple checked forgotten Powerball lottery ticket, found out they won $1 millionReply
You never hear about serious players losing a ticket because they don't lose their tickets. The people who find their winning tickets at the last minute get in the news because it's unusual.
Mar 7, 2026, 12:19 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery News

Lottery is not random it's predeterminedReply
Do you have any credible evidence to support this claim? Given all the pick 3 lottery games played every day, you're always going to find something unusual like no #5 drawn for a while. That's not a statistically valid conclusion, it's just you noticing randomness in the numbers drawn.
Jan 31, 2026, 11:30 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Most Essential Skillset To Beat The LotteryReply
Matching 2 or 3 of 6 numbers is not that unusual. Random numbers have patterns. However, the patterns are random.
Dec 17, 2025, 11:22 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Missing In MississippiReply
I followed up on this and the carryover pattern definitely ended after the 4th hit. Still, 4 consecutive hits of a predictable pattern is very unusual. 3 consecutive hits of a predictable pattern is a big ask, but 4 is rare. Pretty exciting. I hope we get some more interesting patterns in the Mississippi numbers. You never know, that's what makes all this so interesting.
Nov 17, 2025, 12:08 pm - parlayman - Pick 3 Forum

Michigan: 9/1 - 9/30/2025Reply
Super unusual. But I'm just guessing that the big numbers (711/911/313) and triples (777/333) are coming soon considering I got them as easy picks. Thanks. Blessings and abundance to you, too.
Sep 10, 2025, 7:26 pm - mandownbeauty90 - Pick 3 Forum

Michigan: 9/1 - 9/30/2025Reply
Wow MD90.. 777 as a ep is unusual so yeah I'd definitely hang on to that...it took so long to fall last time so it may very well become the repeater triple like the 3s have been...711 911 I like and 811 has been M.I.A. for awhile now! 726 came lastnight so i like a repeat on that 26 pair maybe another set is on the way 526 626 or 826 926...Let's see what it do Blessings and Abundance to you
Sep 9, 2025, 10:04 am - PstvEnrgy - Pick 3 Forum