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$1.7 BILLION: Will Powerball create a Christmas billionaire?Reply
One thing I truly miss is bump up to the jackpot like in the good old days. Gone for good I'd say. Considering that they've done it 4 times in the last 4 months it hardly seems like it no longer happens. Changing to 3 drawings per week has a minor effect, but the real issue is that lottery sales per drawing are generally slower than they used to be. Even so, the current PB run is a rare exception (as of now) for not bumping some of the jackpots for runs that made it past the billion dollar
Dec 24, 2025, 12:32 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Virginia father takes home $290,000 in Pick 4 with 100 winning lottery ticketsNews Story
Hunch pays off after 20 years of playing By Kate Northrop After playing Pick 4 for 20 years, one Virginia man came up lucky when he netted $290,000 in a single drawing with 100 winning lottery tickets. A Virginia father decided to throw down the gauntlet and commit $100 toward 100 identical Pick 4 lottery tickets for a single drawing. Doing so rewarded him with a $290,000 prize. Ty Tran has been playing the Virginia Lottery's Pick 4 draw game for over 20 years, and in the Aug. 23
Sep 17, 2025, 7:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery players rake in $7.9 million with 4-4-4-4 in Pick 4News Story
It was 4's all around By Kate Northrop Virginia Lottery players broke the bank last week after the Pick 4 combination 4-4-4-4 was drawn, rewarding winners with a $7.9 million cumulative payday. June 3, 2025 was a field day for Virginia Pick 4 lottery players, who raked in $7.9 million in total winnings when the night drawing produced the results 4-4-4-4. Matching all Pick 4 winning numbers in exact order with a $1 wager will yield a $5,000 top prize. Players wagered a total o
Jun 9, 2025, 11:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

California Lottery launches its first $40 scratch-off to commemorate 40 yearsNews Story
Celebratory game now the most expensive ticket in the state By Kate Northrop Last week, the California Lottery's first $40 scratch-off game, its most expensive ticket, made its debut to celebrate the Lottery's 40-year history. The California Lottery's new $40 scratch-off game, which marks four decades of state lottery history, offers players a higher price point than the previous maximum of $30. 40 Years of Play! is the California Lottery's latest family of scratch-off games, fea
Jan 28, 2025, 7:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

will you play the new $5 mega millions?Reply
Here is a breakdown of the changes, which may cause some of you to reconsider (especially if you haven't read the Lottery Post article): Mega Ball 24 - 25 will be removed, making either 24 or 23 total. KRCA says 24. Current odds are 1 in 302 million. The new odds are 1 in 278.369 million according to Lottery Post's article (23 Mega Balls?). KRCA says ~290 million (24 Mega Balls?). For reference, Powerball odds are currently 1 in 292.201 million. The new Mega Millions will be easier to win th
Dec 10, 2024, 1:32 pm - Tacticia - Lottery Discussion Forum

Two D.C. Lottery DC 4 drawings boast payouts of over $1 million each, less than a day apartNews Story
D.C. players win big across the span of two days By Kate Northrop Two D.C. Lottery DC 4 drawings, held on consecutive days, resulted in over one million dollars in prize payouts after the drawings produced winning numbers 8-8-8-8 and 2-2-2-2. The D.C. Lottery told Lottery Post that hundreds of tickets won big in Sunday's and Monday's DC 4 drawings after the winning combinations 8-8-8-8 and 2-2-2-2 were drawn less than a day apart. Number combinations with the same four digits are
Sep 27, 2024, 2:34 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Help Me Understand This 😭Reply
* Anytime there are as many tries as there are possible outcomes than chance of a hit are 63.21%. Chance of getting a 1 when rolling a die 6 times: 63.21%. Chance of drawing the ace of spades when choosing 1 card from a freshly shuffled deck 52 times: 63.21%. Chance of winning P3 if you play it 1000 individual times: 63.21% . Interesting! This is an different perspective on the odds. Most texts talk about the number of draws it takes to have a 50/50 chance of hitting. Thanks for this differ
Apr 18, 2026, 5:30 pm - parlayman - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
Excellent observation. The probability of winning the jackpot with one ticket is equal to the probability of matching all five white balls times the probability of matching the Powerball. There are 26 Powerballs, so the probability of matching the Powerball is 1/26. Let X be equal to the probability of matching all five white balls. Thus, the probability of winning the jackpot is X*1/26. The probability of winning a million dollars (5+0) is the probability of matching all five white
Apr 11, 2026, 12:54 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Is there any method or system that can an predict the first digit that will fall in Pick 3Reply
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
Feb 20, 2026, 9:02 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery Post's guide to 2025 holiday raffles across the USANews Story
Annual holiday raffles getting bigger this year By Kate Northrop As the holiday season approaches, state lotteries throughout the U.S. are gearing up to launch their yearly raffles, which typically provide better chances of winning a million dollars than other game available year-round. And players are undoubtedly ready to line up for their tickets Montana's raffle tickets are selling out faster and faster, down to within mere hours after tickets go on sale. Whether players are looki
Oct 31, 2025, 9:48 am - Todd - Lottery News