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The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
Florida Raffle 2026: What are the odds? The return of the Florida Lottery Raffle certainly caught my eye. I have thought about the raffle in years past, but did not realize it had been 20 years since the last one. It looks like they have re-vamped the format (multiple drawings instead of one drawing, multiple million-dollar prizes, all tickets purchased valid for all drawings.) But I am curious as to how they have calculated the odds. Now, I have played the Florida Lottery Jackpot Trip
Mar 28, 2026, 2:08 pm - Sum Buddy - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
If you buy two tickets (different numbers) then you have a 1 in 150M chance of winning because you are holding TWO TICKETS. Each ticket alone is 300M but you have TWO of them. 300M divided by 2 is 150M. Thought this thread would had a great discussion on how odds are applied to various possible outcomes, but instead of using math, some only could offer school yard bully's lame insults. That being said, let's try to prove how buying two tickets actually reduces the expressed odds in half.
Apr 10, 2026, 6:57 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Never did this beforeReply
Originally we were talking about PB odds of 292.2 million he said the first ticket was up against that and buying a second ticket cut those odds in half. Since lottery odds come from the possible number of combinations I doubt that a second ticket eliminates over 146 million combinations. So that's how I somehow heard that it cuts the odds in half . If you're anxious to comment without knowing all the facts CNN could use you.
Mar 31, 2026, 2:27 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!
Beginning March 1st, The Florida Lottery began selling Millionaire Raffle tickets. Some of the Official rules are as follows - Play Period. March 1 June 30, 2026, dates inclusive, or until 2,000,000 Millionaire Raffle tickets (hereafter Raffle ticket/s ) have been sold, whichever occurs first. Ticket Price and Quantity. A maximum of 2,000,000 Raffle tickets will be available for sale at a price of $20.00 each. Upon the sale of the 2,000,000 th Raffle ticket, tickets will no longer be sold. A
Mar 8, 2026, 1:42 pm - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Seeing that the odds are either one in 3 million or one in 292.2 million you've doubled your chances but have actually only reduced those odds by two possible combinations for Powerball the first ticket reduces the 292.2 odd to 292,200,000 to 292,200,099 and the second ticket to 292,200,098. A long time ago some people here on LP said they played two tickets to cut the odds in half. So the second ticket doubles your odds of winning but in reality whoop tee do. None of this causes me any trouble
Dec 12, 2025, 1:31 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
Odds and probability both describe the same thing (basically, chances of winning ) but in a different format. If I flip a fair coin, the probability of it landing on heads is 1/2, or 0.5, or 50% (all the same number). The odds of it landing on heads are 1:1. Clearly, 1 and 1/2 are significantly different numbers. That's why odds uses the : while probability uses the . so you don't mix them up. But when the chances of winning are really low, it doesn't matter much which label you use. If
Mar 28, 2026, 3:38 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of winning with multiple tickets
In this thread we will discuss how to calculate your odds of winning a draw game if you buy more than one ticket. Any lottery's website gives you the odds, but that is for one ticket. When you buy more than one ticket, you can calculate your odds of winning simply by dividing the stated odds by the number of tickets you hold. Let's take, for example, a Pick 2 game. Even if your state's lottery doesn't operate a Pick 2, if they operate a Pick 3 and let you bet on the front pair or bac
Mar 29, 2026, 2:52 am - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
So we can see where the confusion comes from... original post is about odds, but title says probability... Probability of buying N tickets for X possible combinations is ALWAYS N in X or N out of X. in probability X is the possible combos and cannot be reduced, your probability with 2 tickets of a pick 2 is ALWAYS 2 in 100, buy 5 tickets, it is 5 out of 100. The Odds are different, you can express those as (N-X) to (N), such as pick 2 with one ticket being 99 to 1 odds, with 5 tickets yo
Mar 29, 2026, 10:39 pm - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
Calculating the straight odds of a raffle is easy, at least by prize tier. You divide the number of tickets sold by the number of prizes. Like for example, if by the end it sells 900,000 tickets, then the odds for the million are 1:90,000. If it sells 1,400,000 tickets, the odds are 1:140,000. There are additional prizes added at the half mil increments of sales. So if it sells 1,600,000 tickets the odds are 1:106,6666. Your personal odds based on how many tickets you buy are equal
Mar 28, 2026, 3:45 pm - winterbird - Lottery Discussion Forum

Is there any method or system that can an predict the first digit that will fall in Pick 3Reply
Had this type of the odds are debates many times and usually both sides are saying the same thing but expressing it differently. Some divide the number of outcomes by the number of chances and others divide the number chances by the number of outcomes and get a percentage. In the first example 1000 divided by 2 equals 500 to 1. In the second, 2 divided by 1000 equal .002 which is the inverse of 500 to 1. Most standard calculators have a inverse 1/x button. If we put in 500 and hit the 1/x b
Feb 21, 2026, 1:13 am - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum