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The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
I'm not sure if 415,000 tickets sold is a good thing or not. it's good from the players standpoint of lower odds to win a million dollars, but whether or not the Florida Lottery will cut the number of winners from 10 down to a lower number due to lower sales is another thing altogether. I read the official rules but can't recall seeing anything about that. If this raffle loses money I can't see them being in a big hurry to have more of them. It must be a combination of things for the
May 16, 2026, 2:46 pm - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Balancing Odds and Cost 😁Reply
The odds of getting 5 out of 58 are 4,582,116 and they don't change just because there is a Millionaire ball. Do any of those 4,582,116 possible ways to match 5/58 allow you to match the 6th ball? If so what portion of the 4,582,116 possible ways to match 5/58 win 2nd place instead of first place? they say the wealth hardly gets down to the 3rd generation. It should be fairly obvious that a lot of people can squander enormous amounts of money. I don't imagine it helps if you're bor
May 2, 2026, 5:51 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Ohio man has the "best day of his life" after winning the lottery twice in one dayReply
I calculated the odds of this happening... win $300,000 (or more) on the first OR second OR third OR fourth scratch off ticket 1 in 31,250 pick 3 straight is 1 in 1000 So, getting both is 1 in 31.25 million Congrats!
Apr 17, 2026, 6:55 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery News

Washington DC Pick 5 1 in 200 million oddsReply
Odds are for future unknown events YOU really don't know which side of the Probabilistic fence you wanna be on... You've just confirmed whut Ole Stat$ haz claimed prooven Probability Math predictz future unknown eventz In my Dave Chapelle'z voice GOTCHA B LA C K -Stat$talker
Apr 8, 2026, 1:48 pm - Stat$talker - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
I have my doubts that 2 million tickets can be sold considering the time of year The Florida Lottery is running what they're calling 'a promotion'. The Pennsylvania Lottery's Millionaire Raffle ticket selling window is during the fourth quarter of the year. It gets a nice boost in sales during Christmas when people gift raffle tickets. The maximum number of tickets that can be sold is 500,000 and for many years The PA Lottery has had no problem selling all 500,000 tickets. The Florida Lotte
Apr 4, 2026, 7:12 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
Tucker, thank you for the very concise explanation. I agree with you 100%. Unfortunately, the people that already did not believe what you wrote will probably not be convinced. They do not want to admit they were once mistaken. Improving the odds is exactly why I only buy tickets as a member of a pool. I never buy a ticket on my own. Yes, I could win a pick 3 game but winning $500 is not very exciting for me. Winning the Mega Millions or Powerball games is nearly impossible when buying y
Mar 29, 2026, 3:57 pm - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

NY Dream TeamReply
quick observation 7 all odds this month 133 917 119 159 797 939 539 1 all even 082 ALL EVEN TONIGHT????
Mar 24, 2026, 6:53 pm - Andrew1209 - Pick 3 Forum

$10M Mega Millions Win!Reply
You cut the odds in half each time you double the number of unique combinations purchased. 1 ticket = 1 in 290 million, 2 tickets = 1 in 145 million, 4 tickets = 1 in 72.6 million, 8 tickets = 1 in 36.3 million, etc. It's a really simple formula: (number of tickets in your possession)/290472336. If you buy 290,472,336 unique combinations, you are GUARANTEED to win the jackpot. You'll also collect millions of dollars in lower prizes. Of course, at that point, you're no longer gambling, yo
Mar 15, 2026, 12:13 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Science of Random Number Generators in LotteriesReply
Before all the technology started slapping us silly with RNGs slot machined had gears with 7 or 9 teeth usually per window. Sop if you ere playing a slot with three windows the odds of hittoing a payoff were 7x7x7. I was workiong in Vegas in the late 1970s and the casino put in a couple of old time nickel slot machines. Spome of he oldtimers workomg there went up tpo them and said , Well hello old friend . One of the who ssw this said, Why are you excitged asbout 5 cnet slot ma chines? The
Mar 13, 2026, 9:59 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I think what winoneday meant was that it was bad luck for the house. In the long run, the average jackpot won will equal the expected value. In a game like this, a drawing every few days with odds of 1 in 300 million, the long run could be many years. In a short period of time, the players can be lucky which means the house (MUSL) is unlucky. Unlike other games like pick 3 or any table game or slot machine in a casino, where more jackpots are good for business because the long run for th
Mar 12, 2026, 2:56 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum