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• Omniscient

  

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  Nov 5, 2010, 10:54 pm

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  Hi all,

    I happened to stumble upon this tonight on FL Lottery's home page where you can play the pick 3 lottery and have the choice to pick a box on your playslip that reads '1 off' and if your number hits exact on all 3, you win 250 dollars, but if your off by 1, you have 26 - 3 number combos that are 1 number off from your chosen 3 numbers. If any one of these 26 alternate combos hits, you win $10. Is this worth doing ?

  Here is the link to see a video on it... http://www.flalottery.com/video/en/theTutorial.html

  Thanks in advance for any advice/suggestions and thoughts on this !

  Omniscient

                                                  

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• Lucki723

  

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  Hi Omniscient,

  I would only play this if for example I really like a Number lets Say the 114 and I put $10.00 on it. I would  put $1 on the off one incase I Miss it by one break even. Otherwise I would rather make 50 cent straight bets for the same $250.00.

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• CarliG

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Omniscient on Nov 5, 2010

  Hi all,

    I happened to stumble upon this tonight on FL Lottery's home page where you can play the pick 3 lottery and have the choice to pick a box on your playslip that reads '1 off' and if your number hits exact on all 3, you win 250 dollars, but if your off by 1, you have 26 - 3 number combos that are 1 number off from your chosen 3 numbers. If any one of these 26 alternate combos hits, you win $10. Is this worth doing ?

  Here is the link to see a video on it... http://www.flalottery.com/video/en/theTutorial.html

  Thanks in advance for any advice/suggestions and thoughts on this !

  Omniscient

  Personally I don't like it at all ..

  For example if at mid today you had played 004  instead of 400 and you played the 1$off option, you would have won nothing..

  There is no boxed. The number has to be in the exact order..

  Not for me.

   

  CG
• Omniscient

  

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  Nov 5, 2010, 11:13 pm

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  Im kinda thinking on the lines of what Lucky723 said. Perhaps use it as an 'insurance' policy to cover your bet as a separate ticket. only of you really feel that your numbers could come in. If you play a 3 digit number box/straight, then for just 1 dollar more, add a separate ticket with this '1 Off' option in case you are off by one and can still make $10 just in case. Or is this another devious lottery ploy to sucker us into making a 'sucker' bet ??!?! Hmmm..

                                                  

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• Raven62

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Omniscient on Nov 5, 2010

  Im kinda thinking on the lines of what Lucky723 said. Perhaps use it as an 'insurance' policy to cover your bet as a separate ticket. only of you really feel that your numbers could come in. If you play a 3 digit number box/straight, then for just 1 dollar more, add a separate ticket with this '1 Off' option in case you are off by one and can still make $10 just in case. Or is this another devious lottery ploy to sucker us into making a 'sucker' bet ??!?! Hmmm..

  Using the One Off Method to create Combinations to Play Str8/Boxed (Not One Off) may be more Profitable:
  
  https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/219234
  
  https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/220162
  
  https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/220169

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• Vergie6

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Raven62 on Nov 7, 2010

  Using the One Off Method to create Combinations to Play Str8/Boxed (Not One Off) may be more Profitable:
  
  https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/219234
  
  https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/220162
  
  https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/220169

  I sure wish they'd have the one off winners here in NC...I was one number off with 7 last night...was so upset I posted the pictures today on the NC thread......if they did have that I'd probably win all the time...

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