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Banana Peel SystemReply
For the visual odds representations above I created them using manually, having to do math and then measure out pixel/square size. Then I thought why not write a Javascript tool that does this for me. so here's the tool (hopefully Todd is okay with this tool because it doesn't market anything with nothing to sell). tindoductran.github.io/visual-odds.html So now if I want to share another visual odds on here I can just enter odds on that tool and boom, I can right click the canva
Jun 4, 2025, 11:25 am - cddvd - Lottery Systems Forum

California Lottery launches its first $40 scratch-off to commemorate 40 yearsReply
As a longtime New Jersey Lottery player, I totally agree with you that our state is lacking. I almost never play scratch-offs here, preferring to play in the nearby states of New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The odds are so much better as is the probability and the prizes. For example, New Jersey Lottery's new $1 million Ultimate Spectacular has odds of 1 in 4. But get this, they printed more than 9.3 million tickets and of that about $3 million is for prizes $500 and under with the
Jan 28, 2025, 11:50 pm - jplayer33 - Lottery News

Mega Millions confirms ticket price increase to $5, other changes coming April 2025News Story
Proposed changes are official Updated with additional prize details By Kate Northrop Mega Millions has officially confirmed that several new game changes are on the way, including a ticket price increase from $2 to $5. The Mega Millions Consortium has announced that it is preparing for a mega overhaul, with plans for game enhancements coming April 2025. Back in June, Lottery Post reported on proposed changes to the game that were initially made public by the Montana Lottery
Oct 7, 2024, 6:31 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Colorado Lottery celebrates state's big 150th birthday with new gamesNews Story
New games and summer-long contests for Colorado players By Kate Northrop The Colorado Lottery is celebrating the state's 150th birthday with a summer-long party that includes at least two new games, Colorado-themed promotions, events, and contests. In addition to the United States turning 250 this year, Colorado is celebrating its 150th birthday, which means new themed surprises for Colorado lottery players. On August 1, 2026, Colorado will officially turn 150. It first joined th
Jun 29, 2026, 7:38 am - Todd - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Historically, albeit rarely, MM would occasionally approach pre-tax expectation values of greater than 1.0. This is sure to never happen with the $5 ticket. It's entirely possible that the current format could reach 1.0 before taxes. In fact, it's even more likely thanks to the $5 ticket price, and 4 of the top 5 MM jackpots show that it's possible. The five biggest MM jackpots all exceeded a pre-tax 1.0 expectation value (about $605 million cash), with cash values of $877.8 million, $7
Jun 17, 2026, 11:23 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

EXCLUSIVE: Weeks-long computerized draw error prevented many DC Lottery tickets from winning a prizeReply
According to JADELottery, the odds of the DC 5 drawing producing a singles combination without any repeat digits for 41 consecutive drawings is 1 in 242,413. It's not impossible, but improbable. By the time the game reaches its 50th consecutive drawing without a repeat digit, those odds become 1 in 3.685 million. that math is not correct. the probability of singles occurring in any one pick 5 drawing is 0.3024. the probability of it happening n times in a row is 0.3024^n. that means the pro
Apr 22, 2026, 2:04 pm - Brock Lee - Lottery News

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
It depends on what numbers you pick. Someone gave an example of a pick 2 game (and most pick 3 games with front pair etc. bets) with 100 possible outcomes. Betting any 10 combos gets 10 to 1 odds, but are the odds the same for any 10 combos and 10 combos with 10 different digits in the first position? RCB reminded me of when I too hit 5 out of 6 playing the Ohio Lotto when it was a 6/40 game. Wrote down all 40 numbers on playing cards, mixed them up and drew six at a time and placed the
Apr 12, 2026, 12:51 am - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Washington DC Pick 5 1 in 200 million oddsReply
The have played all singles which is 5 different digits Ex 12345 these different digit numbers make up slightly over 30,000 of the possible 100,000 numbers. So odds of getting that unique combination is 30.24% just to be exact. So on average 3/10 draws you should see that. They've drawn all singles 16 times in a row now. Just think like this, say you make a single bet that you have a 30% chance to win and you win that bet 16x in a row. Or to make it easier it's equivalent to flipping
Apr 8, 2026, 10:46 am - Newkids06 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Never did this beforeReply
A second ticket doesn't eliminate any combinations. You double your chances of winning (i.e. odds cut in half) because 2/292M is double that of 1/292M. The tickets themselves are all 1 in 292M. It's how many tickets YOU hold that affects YOUR odds of winning.
Mar 31, 2026, 2:31 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
Hey Coin Toss... Pick 2. Easy game, with 100 possible outcomes. I have 2 tickets. What are my odds of winning? Now I have 5 tickets. What are my odds of winning?
Mar 29, 2026, 5:47 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum