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Holiday Raffle draws added to Event Calendar
I have taken a good chunk of time and tracked down all the holiday raffle drawings happening over December and January, and added them to the Event Calendar. All of the entries include pertinent details about the games, including number of tickets available, prizes, rules, and dates.
Dec 8, 2009, 9:41 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

What is the probability of this happening again?Reply
What is the probability of tossing a coin 38 times without getting 2 Tails in a row? I guess a good way to frame this is to take it as ......( 2 tosses equal = 1 event) So far we have had 18 2 toss events Nope. Tossing a coin 38 times gives you 37 2 toss events. Each event starts with the first of 2 consecutive tosses, and ends with the following toss. Toss 1 starts the first event and toss 2 finishes it, but #2 is also the start of the 2nd event: 1 2 2 3 3 4 . . . 37
Oct 2, 2009, 1:16 am - KY Floyd - Mathematics Forum

Improvements to Lottery Post made this morning
In this post I'll describe changes that were made to Lottery Post this morning, as part of a huge web site update. It is the culmination of about a month of programming I have been doing since the last big release, on Dec. 11, 2007. (As always when a big upgrade is installed, the first thing I recommend doing is clearing your browser's cache, to remove all old script and style files from your web browser. If you use more than one browser, the cache should be cleared on each one, since differ
Jan 17, 2008, 2:59 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

probability typesReply
Thoth, Are you suggesting that the significant of a particular event repeating is more important than the repeatable of particular numbers? For example (the event)- 26% of PowerBall drawings have no numbers from the previous three drawings which means by eliminating the 12-15 numbers in the previous three drawings a player could increase his odds of winning the jackpot or second prize 400-500% every time that event happened, but would having the better odds 26% of the time and no chance 74%
Sep 21, 2006, 1:18 pm - RJOh - Mathematics Forum

The Press Event
If you are given the opportunity to do the Press Event or Media Availability would you do it? This will be where you will answer questions from the press and public after you claim your prize. The larger the prize the more interest there will be for you to do the event. You will be asked questions like: How are you feeling? What will your first purchase be? Do you have plans for your winnings? Will you give to Charity? Tell us about yourself. Where do you live? Are you a regular lottery
Jun 10, 2019, 1:31 pm - music* - Lottery Discussion Forum

Filter Probability QuestionReply
Ok, I think I see part what you're asking. Yes, you can get a probability from an average interval. Let's say that on average an outcome happens once every N draws. Then the probability of that event happening is 1/N. The probability that that particular event doesn't occur in K consecutive draws is (1 - (1/N))^K An example: The probability of an Even-Even-Even combo in Pick 3 is 1/8 = 0.125 = 12.5%. You would expect the lottery to draw an Even-Even-Even combo once every 8 draws on averag
Nov 17, 2018, 7:45 pm - oate - Mathematics Forum

How much is enoughReply
You posed a problem and you answered it! I believe that my future analysis should be guided by one undeniable fact: Drawings are independent events. That is to say that the results from a Day drawing has no effect on the Eve or any other drawing. Many people do not subscribe to that 'fact', the clue is the 'structure' of the 10 digit pool before the event. This approach reduces to pool to a workable Base. The problem with crunching past data is the 'PRIOR' Data, which data are you
Feb 12, 2018, 5:38 pm - adobea78 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Las Vegas 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event an instant classic hand on Day 1B
LAS VEGAS RIO: 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event @ RIO had an instant classic hand on Day 1B For The Win The World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold em Main Event has begun in Las Vegas, and we ve already seen a crazy hand eliminate a player who had no choice but to stay in. Watch it here and we ll break it down below: Here s the situation: Vanessa Selbst raised with a pair of aces and watched Gaelle Baumann (a pair of sevens) and Luke Schwartz (jack-8 unsuited) call. Out c
Jul 11, 2017, 3:53 am - eddessaknight - Gaming Forum

Tennessee Lottery to hold "Deal Or No Deal" eventNews Story
One of 26 grand prize finalists will walk away $100,000 richer on Friday as the Tennessee Lottery wraps up its initial version of the instant ticket game, Deal or No Deal. The event, which will be held at the Lottery's Nashville headquarters at 2 p.m., won't leave any of the finalists empty-handed. The Lottery is also awarding a briefcase and $250 to the remaining 25 players and an additional $2,400 prize to one of those 25 players (other than the grand prize winner). In addition to the
Sep 26, 2007, 10:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

Something to think about: You would not have necessarily won.Reply
Thanks ca-dreamin! Another thing that kinda goes into the whole butterfly effect discussion, is the topic of hindsight bias. From wisegeek.com: Hindsight bias is a documented psychological phenomenon in which people exaggerate the predictability of an event after it has already happened. Some psychologists refer to hindsight bias as the I knew that was going to happen effect. You can probably find a few examples of hindsight bias in a pub after a major sports event, with people claiming t
Apr 7, 2010, 10:01 pm - Guru101 - Lottery Discussion Forum