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You Can't Lose If You Don't PlayReply
Playing 128 pick 3 numbers the probability of an exact number hit is 12%, 1 in 8.3. This equates to the probability of not hitting to be 1 in 1.14, 88%. If we take the exact odds approach (though unlikely to occur) and assume 1 in every 8 draws will hit playing 128 numbers with a cost of $256 (your example) $2048 will be spent. Offset this by a win of $744 (your example) this leaves a loss of $1304 for the 8 drawing campaign. Your example win of $744 indicates more than just a str
Dec 17, 2025, 8:34 am - realtorjim - Lottery Discussion Forum

my idea for a multi-state lottery
1) Choose 6 numbers from 1 to 68. 2) Tickets cost $1. 3) Match all 6 to win the jackpot, which starts at $25 million. 4) 10 cents of each ticket gets added to the jackpot. 5) Match 5 of 6 to win the 2nd prize of $100,000. 6) Buy 5, get one free. For $5, you get 6 lines, which is either 6 QP or your playslip of 5 sets of 6 numbers plus one QP. 7) Both prizes are all cash (subject to taxes, of course, we can't get around that). No annuity BS. If you win $25 million and want
Dec 12, 2025, 9:28 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Michigan man wins $1 million Super Raffle prize with ticket purchased at "luckiest store"News Story
Winner rewarded by a retailer's lucky touch By Kate Northrop A Michigan man thought he'd purchase a Super Raffle lottery ticket after seeing a retailer's advertising for the luckiest store in Michigan and ended up winning a $1 million prize. A Michigan resident thought he'd try his luck in the Michigan Lottery's Super Raffle, and what better place to play at than the luckiest spot in the state? The winner, who requested to remain anonymous, had already heard news about tickets go
Dec 8, 2025, 11:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

Five dollar MMReply
If your claim is that the odds of one ticket winning a straight bet improves to 1 in 128, it means that every single drawing has a number from your list. This is false. Your list wins occasionally, not every single time. Since you know nothing about lotterology, I will fill you in on a little secret.... Because of what you DON'T know about lotterology, that makes my odds correct. There is something that you don't know about lotterology that I incorporate into my system that improves
Nov 22, 2025, 7:32 pm - Lotterologist - Lottery Discussion Forum

Five dollar MMReply
LOL, you can't even get the odds correct. It's 128 in 1,000. That's a much higher number (0.1280, not 0.0078). The 1 in 128 figure would be correct if the lottery only drew 1 of 128 combinations. They don't. They draw 1 of 1,000 combinations. If your claim is that the odds of one ticket winning a straight bet improves to 1 in 128, it means that every single drawing has a number from your list. This is false. Your list wins occasionally, not every single time.
Nov 22, 2025, 5:54 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lotto Max to undergo significant game changes, price increaseNews Story
Bigger jackpots, but they're harder to win By Kate Northrop The multi-province Lotto Max game is getting an overhaul this spring, which will include a bigger jackpot cap, additional $100,000 prizes with every draw, and a ticket price increase. Lotto Max, the multi-province draw game of Canadian lotteries, is set to deliver higher jackpots, additional prizes, and more lines per play, all at the cost of a ticket price increase and more difficult odds at hitting the jackpot. Last we
Oct 17, 2025, 10:49 am - Todd - Lottery News

Montana Lottery aims to prohibit bulk purchases after group takes gamble on $1.6 million jackpotReply
So a well designed lottery game in your estimation is one where the odds are so high, no one ever wins the jackpot, but the state in question gets money forever. Since I'm not an imaginary Ayn Rand fever dream I understand what lotteries are designed for. Prizes are just an undesirable necessity to separate players from their money. People with a poor grasp of reality are free to whine about how long a game goes without somebody winning, but having a better grasp of reality the only winner
Oct 2, 2025, 2:28 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I bought a bunch of Powerball tickets for the last drawing when the annuity jackpot was $2 billion. I normally don't play that game because the odds of winning are approximately zero. For the same price, I can get far better odds of winning less money but still life changing money. I was willing to try it because it would be fun to spend $600 million in today's money after tax. For Megamillions, the equivalent annuity jackpot would have to be $5 billion for me to play (even then, maybe not,
Sep 26, 2025, 4:59 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
Hi Brock, great looking burst for $500 on the new $30 game! At 1/1,200 for seeing a ticket with a single burst they are more rare than on might think. The $500 Diamond win all is about half the odds, at 1/600 or so. You'd think they bring the two odds closer as to make for more bursts, but either way $500 is a great win. Hope to see you score many more!!
Sep 24, 2025, 3:00 pm - Cape $cratcher - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Would a pick 6 be viable?Reply
The Ohio classic lotto is a 6/49 game and the kicker is extra. I do not think you get to pick your numbers in the kicker game. The payout vs. odds on the kicker are horrible compared to what the regular daily drawn games pay out. $10 for the front 2, $100 for the front three, etc... they pay out 10% of the odds. Now, that is only for an extra dollar, where most front or back match N sub bets (like a front 3 on a pick 4 ticket) cost extra, but you get to pick your own numbers. Plus I thin
Aug 21, 2025, 12:27 am - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum