I think that the Lotto Relative percentage is what we need to look at to see if a game is harder or easier compared to another game, or to see which game is easier...
OKahoma's Pick5:
5of 5= 25,000 dollars: odds= 376,992 division(percentage)= 15.1%
4of 5= 500 dollars: odds= 2,432.2 division(percentage)= 4.87%
3of 5= 10 dollars:....odds= 81.1 division(percentage)= 8.11%
2of 5= a free ticket:...Odds= 8.4 division(percentage)= 8.4%
Massachussetts's Pick5:
5of 5=324,632 odds percentage=3.24% (a sample, the only one i could find, was taken to represent the average)
4of 5=2,164.21 odds percentage=8.66%
3of 5=74.63 odds percentage=7.5%
Tx's Pick5:
5of 5=435,897 odds percentage=12.10%
4of 5=2,724 odds percentage= 6.4%
3of 5=88 odds percentage= 8.8%
2of 5=9 odds percentage=4.5%
Illinois's Pick5:
5of 5=575,757 odds percentage=5.7%
4of 5=3,387 odds percentage=33.9%
3of 5=103 odds percentage=10.3%
2of 5=10 odds percentage=10%
Nebraska's Pick5:
5of 5=501,942 odds percentage=3.74%
4of 5=3,042 odds percentage=6.76%
3of 5=95 odds percentage=10.55%
2of 5=9 odds percentage=9%
These are Pick6's, so you can compare them with pick5 and see the difference....Here is Lotto Relative Percentage of Tx's Lotto & Ca's Superlotto Plus....
Texas's Lotto:
6of 6=25,827,165 odds percentage=13% (Here i divided it by 2 Million because i saw the jackpot normally increases by 2 million but I don't know what's the starting jackpot, the website does not say)
5of 6=896,678 odds percentage=434% (there is no typo)
4of 6=1,526 odds percentage=30%
3of 6=75 odds percentage=25%
California's SuperLottoPlus:
5of 5 + MB=41,416,353 odds percentage=5.2%
5of 5 + 0 =1,592,937 odds percentage=159% (the last time i checked that particular payout normally was 10K)
4of 5 + MB=197,221 odds percentage=130%
4of 5 + 0 = 7,585 odds percentage=80%
3of 5 + MB=4,810 odds percentage=80%
3of 5 + 0 =185 odds percentage=18%
2of 5 + MB=361 odds percentage=33%
1of 5 + MB=74 odds percentage=37%
0of 5 + MB=49 odds percentage=49%