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• cps10

  

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  I would be interested in checking out the math on this type of game. I think most people play numbers games right? Not the jackpot games? Well, at least those who know that the odds are so astronomical against you in Jackpot Games. Please vote.
• TheGameGrl

  

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  Since PA has the Cash 5 and Match 6 , Id reckon I'm part of the "Id play both" vote.

  Is it a waste of money....who knows, maybe Im just dumping into an investment that I'll hit soon!

  Count your smiles.
• Rip Snorter

  

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  I don't know about most people.  The only things I play are PB and pick 5.

  Different preferences for us all

  Jack

  Absorb the good, ignore the bad, weigh the ugly.

  It's about number behavior.

  Egos don't count.

   

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• LottoVantage

  

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  I personally only play Pick 5 and Mega Millions.

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• hypersoniq

  

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  if the prize structure went up with the odds

  for example, in PA

  pick 3 (1:1,000) $1 bet wins $500 straight

  pick 4 (1:10,000) $1 bet wins $5000 straight

  hypothetical pick 5 (1:100,000) $1 bet wins (extrapolated) $50,000 straight

  hypothetical pick 6 (1:1,000,000) $1 bet wins (extrapolated) $500,000 straight...

  long as they didn't jack the ticket price up... and didn't make the wins pari-mutuel, sure, I would play both!

  Have an EXCELlent day!
• JimmySand9

  

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  Yes sure, it's possible. But keep in mind a pick-6 six digit game would only have that $500,000 prize. No second prizes or anything like that. If it was set up like spiel game or like 4 This Way, I would play, but other than that, it would be a waste of money.
  

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• RJOh

  

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  Ohio has a 6 single digit game called the KICKER which can be played when playing MegaMillions.  The top prize is $100,000 and matching the first 2 numbers pays $10.  Numbers have to be matched in the order they were drawn.

   * you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones * 

         
  
• cps10

  

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  RJOh - I am familiar with the kicker. Seems the Ohio Lottery is taking some extra dough from that one since the payout is 5 times under what it should be. Well, technically, 10 times under :)

  I never play that Kicker when I am up there. My mother-in-law played it religiously and actually did well with it. How she did it, I'll never know.
• RJOh

  

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  cps10,

  Do you know of any state that offer a prize of $1,000,000 for a game that have odds of 1:1000000 of winning the top prize?  Under Ohio law, the state will pay up to $1M for multiable winners.  KICKER is not parimutuel game, so the state have prize amounts that guarantees that they can keep 50% of the sales amount for themselves.

   * you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones * 

         
  
• cps10

  

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  RJOh,

  No I don't...500k would be the most any state would pay out, especially if it were parimutuel. I would imagine that in any one given draw, the lottery would have at most 1 winner on a KICKER type game for sure.