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The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
Not so much can I afford it but rather due to the low odds? (at least in terms of 'lottery land' odds they're low) Years ago while I was buying some Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle tickets, the woman behind the counter said to me - Well! Aren't you the smart one! She then said At least people have a decent shot at actually winning this. I realized that she was a 'Focal Point'. She saw how many people bought tickets for the big games, but she didn't see many of them bring back a winning tick
Mar 29, 2026, 10:18 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Never did this before
Instead of playing one set of numbers for Illinois Lucky Day Lotto (5/45 progressive jackpot, tonight $750,000) I played five. So according to some herer I've cut ther odds of 1,221,759 down to 38,719 so surely I can expect to win somethnig tonight, no? I was tempted to go anoither six sets which woukd have brogught the odds down to under a million, 596,562 but was playing on a lotto vending machikne and only had as $20 pon me and since thr machines don't give change passed it up. Can't
Mar 27, 2026, 7:34 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
To each his or her own. Twenty bucks a throw is steep. That's why whenever there's a raffle (which isn't all that often) I cut back on the other lottery games I regularly play. That's what keeps me from over spending my monthly lottery budget. My thinking is the 20 dollar ticket price is a premium players have to pay for the greatly reduced odds of winning a top prize, not to mention there's a guaranteed jackpot winner(s). Many is the time I've heard a player say about a raffle Players
Mar 9, 2026, 6:05 pm - GiveFive - 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

Is there any method or system that can an predict the first digit that will fall in Pick 3Reply
They both describe the same event but with a different definition of what should be in the denominator (all outcomes or only the bad outcomes). Odds 1:499 is the same thing as probability 1/500. What is your problem with the fact that the word probability has more letters and syllables than the word odds ? It's true. I think you need to put down the crack pipe. The conspiracy theories, atrocious spelling, and frequently illogical statements indicate brain rot, not dissimilar to
Feb 22, 2026, 9:45 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
People often equate odds and probability even though technically they are not exactly the same . Odds is just easier because it's one syllable. Probability has more letters and five syllables. Then whyyy have YOU erroneously equated the 2?,.. if you knew that... I guess it never occurred to you that, there'z a reason whyyy they're referred to by 2 different termz ... Aaand the has more letters and syllables Statement?... G5 wuz right, you MUST be smokin marijuana ... -Stat$ta
Feb 21, 2026, 7:52 pm - Stat$talker - Lottery Discussion Forum

Millionaire For Life ...ripoffReply
The trend toward $5 as minimum bet does seem likely to continue. Looks like PA is headed in the same direction, we're on the list for the new game. I've played Cash4Life maybe 2 dozen times and never did particularly well with it. Not likely to play the $5 version. Even the odds on the $2 version seemed crazy high even for the lower end prizes. I agree with you 100%. Bring out a decent $1 game with a reasonably good jackpot and achievable odds on the lower level prizes and we'd be all ov
Jan 30, 2026, 8:53 am - OhSoClose - Lottery Discussion Forum

would you rather win 1, 10, 50, 100, or 500 million $Reply
I didn't say this game exists. It was a rhetorical question -- would you bet $2 on a 1 in 53 billion chance of winning $6 million? Apparently so, because you said that any game that awards $6M for $2 is ok. How bad do the odds of winning have to get before you say no? 1 in 800 billion? 1 in a trillion cubed? This is ridiculous that you do not consider the odds of winning when deciding whether to play. The bad casino gamblers play triple zero roulette when double zero is available. They play
Jan 9, 2026, 6:13 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

would you play a multi country lottery?Reply
The idea is interesting. For me it would depend on the cost, the odds, and jackpot amount/growth rate along with the lower tier payout amounts compared to what any current games offer. Somehow I fear that the cost and odds would not be favorable. But, the dollar amounts might be tempting enough for an occasional monster jackpot play.
Jan 8, 2026, 1:41 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

How Astronomical Is It To Get The Number Right In Each Column?Reply
So what your post shows is that in a 6/49 game, where the data per column is sorted ascending, each column has 44 possible numbers instead of 49. So on a per column basis, each number, in a fairly drawn game has a modified expectancy... 1/44 (0.0227) rather than 1/49 (0.0204) when considering sorted over drawn order. Since 5 numbers are not possible in each column, it looks to reduce the odds as C(49/6) has 13,983,816 combinations, while C(44/6) has 7,059,052 combinations. Interesting observatio
Dec 28, 2025, 11:10 am - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum