Search

Probability of Winning the Powerball JackpotReply
Read where the odds of winning a PB jackpot with 100 tickets is 1 in 2,922,013,360. The odds are fixed regardless of the number of tickets purchased and the confusion here seems to calling chances and odds the same thing. Simply put, buying 100 chances gives 99 more chances of winning the jackpot than buying only one ticket. The player gets 100 one in 29,220,133 chances.
Feb 28, 2023, 10:16 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

NY Dream Team 2023Reply
Thanks Long Odds
Feb 26, 2023, 8:49 pm - Oneeta - Pick 3 Forum

Probability of Winning the Powerball JackpotReply
Some have interpreted your explanation to mean buying extra tickets does not change the odds of winning. To clarify for anyone that misses the obvious, buying multiple tickets doesn't change the odds of the game . The odds of the game are always determined by how many possible outcomes there are and how many favorable outcomes there are, and those odds are reported based on having one chance. Buying multiple tickets gives you more chances to match the favorable outcome(s) and therefore incr
Feb 24, 2023, 1:37 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

New York- NumbersReply
Liking my odds for 706 or 719
Feb 17, 2023, 10:10 pm - LivingLegacy768 - Pick 3 Forum

Cash4Life No WinnersReply
What are the odds?
Feb 7, 2023, 12:29 pm - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Asked ChatGPT How To Win the LotteryReply
I am not a mathematician like others, I talked to a statistician in my office. He gave me this explanation. It is called mutually exclusive event in the probability math. If you have two tickets and chance of winning one of your ticket is 1/odds+1/odds=2/odds.
Feb 2, 2023, 10:55 pm - ah1963 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Asked ChatGPT How To Win the LotteryReply
I buy one PB ticket and the odds of all those numbers being drawn are around 1:292 million. And the odds against that ticket matching at least one number or the bonus number are 1:190.6 million. How exactly does buying another nonidentical ticket for the same drawing improve the odds the first ticket winning the jackpot or even matching one number? Are the odds of the second ticket winning the jackpot improved too?
Jan 30, 2023, 12:25 am - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Asked ChatGPT How To Win the LotteryReply
I'll save him the money. You're right winoneday. Buying 50 tickets would make the odds 50 in 292,201,338 , not 1 in 292,201,288. Now, because we know that odds are nothing but fractions, the odds can be expressed as the fraction 50 / 292,201,338. In order to express the odds as 1 in ___ rather than 50 in ___ , we simply reduce the fraction. We can reduce the fraction by dividing both the top and bottom numbers by 50. The top becomes 1 (50 divided by 50), and the bottom become
Jan 29, 2023, 9:20 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

I won $100 playing 50 cent box, but why did I win $100 instead of $600?Reply
The odds say 50 cent box pays out 600
Jan 22, 2023, 12:15 pm - bluejet - Pick 4 Forum

odds pick 3
does anyone have a good idea on playing either the front pair or back pair? would really reduce the odds
Jan 19, 2023, 5:33 am - ericco05 - Pick 3 Forum