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Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
The PA raffle logic is based on the number of tickets sold, so if there is a sellout, the odds are correctly stated as 125,000 to 1. (500,000 tickets, 4 top prizes) Now, if there are less tickets sold, only sold numbers go into the raffle... if only half sell, then the possible outcomes are reduced... to 62,500 to 1 (odds) (250,000 tickets, 4 top prizes) They put these tickets that win the weekly $50,000 back in for the big prize drawing, but actually you are correct, the possible outcom
Mar 30, 2026, 8:50 am - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

$10M Mega Millions Win!Reply
That does not work. The lottery odds are based on possible combinations. One set of numbers means you have covered one combination out of 292.2 million. A second set of numbers ( two tickets with one set of numbers each) each set being up against the same 292.2 million odds. There is NO WAY an additional ticket magically eliminates over half of the rest of the combinations. Were done, bye.
Mar 15, 2026, 10:49 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

$10M Mega Millions Win!Reply
There are no guarantees in gambling. No you are not going to have a one in 58 million chance, you are going to have reduced the possible combinations by five that's all. Since you still believe in an additional ticket cuts the odds in half just keep buying tickets until the odds are in your favor guaranteed some kind of win.Oh wait, that's not possible.
Mar 15, 2026, 12:04 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
That's awesome. Congratulations on your ticket. And good luck! I had basically the same experience at the local gas station by me. When buying. Then I explained the odds to her. And told her it was pretty good odds. I think she bought a ticket or two.
Mar 8, 2026, 3:57 pm - Justing618 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Is there any method or system that can an predict the first digit that will fall in Pick 3Reply
Why would they express the odds of winning? Since you mention it though and since you've worked in casinos for a long time what is the only table games bet that pays true odds?
Feb 22, 2026, 7:18 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Is there any method or system that can an predict the first digit that will fall in Pick 3Reply
Pure baloney. If playing a second ticket cuts the odds in half why stop with the second ticket, why not keep buying more tickets until you are pretty sure of a win. MM and PB odds can only be reduced by half if you play half of all the combinations.
Feb 20, 2026, 7:55 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Multi state gamesReply
The Florida Lotto odds is for one ticket. If you buy three of them, assuming the numbers are different, your odds of winning $3.2 million go up to about 1 in 7 million.
Dec 4, 2025, 9:32 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Jersey couple wins $3 million lottery prize six months after winning $1 millionReply
That's not how probabilities are calculated at all. Just like MM PB, each game has winning tickets with specific probabilities to that game. For scratch-offs it's # of printed tickets containing that prize amount divided by total number of tickets. And since these two games are not dependent, the combined odds is just multiplying the odds of winning each of those prizes individually. For instance, the odds of someone winning both PB MM jackpot would be 1 in 292M*290M. Probabilit
Nov 18, 2025, 5:02 pm - johnnyBlaze - Lottery News

classic questions on lottery forumsReply
There is a difference in that odds are supposed to be expressed as the ratio of [event A] to [event B], which is equivalent to probability being [event A]/([event A]+[event B]), where A and B are mutually exclusive and exhaustive. 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. Your voodoo math and conspiracy theories are irrelevant to their distinction. For example, with the Colorado Lottery's $250,
Aug 23, 2025, 7:25 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

NY Dream Team 2024Reply
Midday 3xx you gotta play more than 333. That's very low odds. has to hit soon like definitely very soon. So 2 digit guessing game the odds are way better
Aug 7, 2025, 11:49 pm - Mattchu - Pick 3 Forum