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Balancing Odds and Cost 😁Reply
Powerball. I'm a two dolla balla. Sometimes $3 if I'm feeling spicy and adding double play. I wouldn't reward the increases in price with my $5 even if I had money to spend freely. It's also the principle of the thing, and choosing to pay for the one that didn't go up in price while not giving a sale to the one that did. Odds aren't good for any of them. I get a powerball once in a while as a dream and a what if. I can do that twice at $2/3 rather than once for $5.
Apr 25, 2026, 3:56 pm - winterbird - Lottery Discussion Forum

DC 5 Lottery needs to be audited immediately. The same thing that happened to Tennessee in 2007Reply
The wins in RED could not be won during the Singles Only event... quite the DC Lottery Payout Savings, aye? Well, guess they needed to fund that promotion somehow. Prizes and Odds To Win Match $.50 Bet Pays $1 Bet Pays Example Odds of Winning Straight 5 digits in exact order $25,000 $50,000 1-2-3-4-5 1 in 100,000 5 Way Box 5 digits in any order $5,000 $10,000 1-1-1-1-2 1 in 20,000 10 Way Box 5 digits in any order $2,500 $5,000 1-1-1-2-2 1 in 10,000 20 Way Bo
Apr 20, 2026, 1:39 pm - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

RulesReply
Odds never change .....but probability does. At least WinD knowz that Oddz Probability are 2 different thangz ... Sooome on heaa, still believe in Black Magic ..
Apr 20, 2026, 7:50 am - Stat$talker - Lottery Discussion Forum

New lottery number experiment pays off for North Carolina woman with $212,371 Cash 5 jackpotNews Story
Player tries random strategy for first time and wins big on the first attempt By Kate Northrop A North Carolina woman went with a new approach in picking her lottery numbers, and she came out on top with a $212,371 Cash 5 jackpot on the first try. The North Carolina Lottery announced that a $212,371 Cash 5 jackpot winner employed a unique strategy to win the prize. Dorothy Chester of Cedar Grove decided to try picking out her lottery numbers a different way one day, so she made a
Apr 20, 2026, 7:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I totally agree, but the odds of winning anything are way better on the M4L side of the equation. 18M is definitely a life changing sum 140M would be awesome too
Apr 20, 2026, 12:14 am - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Help Me Understand This 😭Reply
That could be true, but when the game was Lucky for Life and Cash 4 Life, we had at least frequent 2nd prize winners. Given the odds of the game, I will continue to give it a try, at least every Sunday and when I opt not to play MM, I can substitute that with MFL. It never hurts to try
Apr 19, 2026, 4:07 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Help Me Understand This 😭Reply
Based on the Millionaire for Life Jackpot Odds - 1 in 22,910,580. I opted to get that today instead of MM. See how it goes Good luck to all.
Apr 17, 2026, 7:22 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Help Me Understand This 😭Reply
Thank you for the encouragement on me not winning the jackpot I will spend my money at Chic -fil-A instead, , lol just kidding. I actually am not focused on the jackpots, any win is a good win, and a jackpot win is an even better win. Thank you for the perspective on the odds.
Apr 17, 2026, 2:35 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
Using the pick 2 example, buying ten lines and each tine has a different digit in the first position, there is a 100% probability of matching the digit drawn in the first digit position. Every line has a 1 in 10 chance of matching even if each line uses the same digit in the second position. Every Powerball payout chart shows that 25 lines has odds of 1 in 11,688,054 and some will say as if 292,201,313 combos magically disappeared just can't comprehend why expressing 25 in 292,201,338 as 1 in 11
Apr 14, 2026, 4:39 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
For a Pick 2 game, as long as the numbers are different, What if the 10 combos played are only using 7 digits in the first position? The math says `buying any 10 combos have the same 10% chance as any other 10 combos, but now only 70 of those possible 100 outcomes can be matched. It sure looks like those 10 combos have a zero chance of matching 30 possible outcomes. Can't say if the 100 or so lottery players I know are as concerned about probability as you and especially not for most p
Apr 13, 2026, 11:31 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum