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Studying past draws is a waste of time. Each drawing is an independent random event. The only way to increase the probability of winning is to buy more tickets. It is true that each drawing is an independent random event. Since I mostly play the pick 3, it is also independent by position. Also, more tickets is the only way to change the odds. But I am frugal so I would rather pick 1 combo than 10 or more, as the draw will still be from 1,000 combinations regardless of how many would be
Sep 11, 2025, 8:19 am - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

classic questions on lottery forumsReply
But in the lottery, people refer to odds in the same way as probability. So on this board, they are the same for all practical purposes . Aaaah, there'z that infamous BUT ...an age-old attempt to avoid conceptual accountability... Toooo Daammn lazy to climb Mathematical Mt. Everest ... just like Allen Butthead.. rather shoot my horse and leave it for dead on the Mountain outta frustration.. Probability Math duzzn't care bout whuteva xsclusive Club you might belong to,. that you think w
Aug 23, 2025, 10:40 pm - Stat$talker - Lottery Discussion Forum

classic questions on lottery forumsReply
Get your terms right. The probability of a three digit number hitting straight is a constant. It's voodoo math that implies the odds keep changing. Huh, Ole Stat$ got the Termz right... Notice that I didn't play 674 AGAIN, the next day.... It'z proof that itz Probabilty had CHANGED .. , nor did 674 fall the next day...So, It'z NOT CONSTANT ... https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/340828/7736432 So, if Probabilty Math izz voodoo ?, YOU had betta contact VooDoo Velma, to git
Aug 22, 2025, 2:50 pm - Stat$talker - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
So a slow climb to a billion is arguably the game working as designed, not underperforming. Not really design, but I think MM was hoping that ticket sales wouldn't have dropped as much as they did. They're making more money on each drawing for a given jackpot, but it has now been over 18 months since their last jackpot over $1 billion. While I think they hoped for more ticket sales, I think both games are designed to occasionally produce the larger than average jackpots that results in unus
Jul 19, 2026, 5:38 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball lottery tickets go on sale in the UK on July 21Reply
Since MUSL is exporting Powerball to UK, why don't they import Euromillions with all its trimmings to USA. Since they don't sell Euromillions in the US I don't really pay any attention to it, but the name makes me strongly suspect that it's not a UK game. That would mean the UK has about as much chance of exporting it to the US as Rhode Island has of exporting MM to the UK. You said Jackpot will Grow faster the sane thing was said about Mega Millions until reality hits. MM was hopi
Jul 11, 2026, 3:25 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

North Carolina brother-sister duo win $25,000 a year for life Lucky for Life lottery prizeNews Story
Siblings come forward to claim prize in retired game three days before it expired By Kate Northrop A brother and sister from North Carolina claimed a $25,000 a year for life prize in the retired Lucky for Life multi-state lottery game with just three days left on the clock. Had they waited just three more days, a brother-sister duo would not have been able to claim a $25,000 a year for life Lucky for Life lottery prize. The Lucky for Life multi-state game may have been replaced b
Jun 26, 2026, 8:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Ohio man goes dumpster diving and finds $100,000 winning lottery ticketNews Story
Heart stopping mistake leads to frantic search for thousands By Kate Northrop Diving into a dumpster and rummaging around in the trash was absolutely worth it for one Ohio man, who found a winning lottery ticket worth $100,000. A simple mistake led one Ohio lottery player to take a leap of faith into the dumpster before it was too late, and a $100,000 discovery made it worth the effort (and the smell). It wasn't clear what was on the anonymous Willard resident's mind when he won,
Jun 16, 2026, 7:52 am - Todd - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery joins America's 250th anniversary celebration, unveils "America250" scratch-off gameNews Story
Idaho joins nation's 250th anniversary with the most patriotic lottery game ever By Kate Northrop The Idaho Lottery is joining America's quarter-millennium anniversary bash with a vibrant new scratch-off game that celebrates 250 years of independence. The America250 scratch-off game only comes around once, just like the United States' 250th birthday. It's the most patriotic game the Idaho Lottery has ever released, and it's giving players a chance to win one of many prizes honori
Jun 2, 2026, 8:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mystique Mystical ThreadReply
Pick 5 Midday Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Midday 1 4 4 7 1 Fireball: 2 Prizes/Odds Speak Next Drawing: Wed, May 20, 2026, 1:30 pmEastern Time (GMT-5:00)17 hours from now Pick 5 Evening Monday, May 18, 2026 Evening 90924 9 0 9 2 4 Fireball: 2 2 P
May 19, 2026, 8:32 pm - MystiQue470 - Mystical Forum

I Found 8 Profitable To Play Scratchers
Can't post links yet because I'm a new account but I thought I'd share the results of my research here. I've been messing around with some AI coding and I built a site that automatically imports scratcher data from 25 states and then does an expected value calculation on each ticket. As some of you serious scratchers know, as tickets get sold and jackpots aren't claimed your odds of winning go up and they can actually get to the point where they're mathematically profitable to play on av
Apr 28, 2026, 3:35 pm - ScratchJack - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum