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In the last 24 hours I have played 5x of the newer $10 Bonus Xword and 10 of the $3 Lucky Stars, from 2 different retailers. I won 2 $75 fast-spots on the Xword, a $20 LS, and a $100 LS.
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Quote: Originally posted by ocguy31 on May 7, 2014
In the last 24 hours I have played 5x of the newer $10 Bonus Xword and 10 of the $3 Lucky Stars, from 2 different retailers. I won 2 $75 fast-spots on the Xword, a $20 LS, and a $100 LS.
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Quote: Originally posted by mrcraft on May 7, 2014
I have a gut feeling that Diamond Millionaire won't pay out anymore top prizes. As of today, DM top prizes won is on par with sales. Given its slow sales, I don't think it can support another TP win.
Below is a chart I created with $1M Fortune data I pulled from the CA Lottery website today. I thought (for sure! ) that game was going to release at least 1 more top prize win before ending, but it didn't and it was in a better position to do so than Diamond Millionaire. I actually liked $1MF, but I hate to see top tier payout percentages out of whack in the house's favor like that.
I should add that the discrepancy in the % remaining between the top prize and mid/lower tier prizes for the $1MF game could be the result of the winning TP ticket unknowingly thrown away, lost, or not claimed for whatever other reason.
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Quote: Originally posted by green sandals on May 8, 2014
I liked this way of TP deck distribution you wrote yesterday so much, I started adding it to my spreadsheet.
Also noticed "Top Prize 5 in Ticket Nos 196000-21599" is not 24,000 so it & the succeeding Top Prizes are off by 4,000.
Using it, for Diamond Millionaire, TP 9 could fall between 292000 & 316000.
As $5 & $20 games have 80 & 30 tickets to a pack & TP odds may be different, your formula would need to be tweaked for those games.
Deck #'s may be more relevant than ticket #'s as a way to improve odds when sniffing out a TP.
Thanks for posting it.
Thanks for the correction. I winged it near the end but at least its understandable.
I have seen screen shots of top prizes tickets but rarely do I get to see the ticket ID. If I get to see multiple top winners of the same game, it would either invalidate or validate my ticket range theory.
About the premium membership, I feel its worthwhile for Fantasy 5 or for Daily 4 (Lucky's systems).
I'd go with the 17 3 if 3 balanced wheel (Gail Howard's system) for 68 lines on Fantasy 5 Drawings that rolled twice.
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2 retailers in my normal drive area have DM so I have grabbing one a day from each. Nothing special, Ticket here, $20 there. What is fine is that I am not really losing money on it but not making anything either. I will go through both rolls more than likely since few people buy them at either place. They blow through Black. Nobody plays Gold anymore either. That one may be the next to go South. It's just not a flashy game.
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Greetings All - New member in OC - Thanks for all the fascinating posts! The analysis I see here is very interesting...Hope we can all turn it into $$$...
Bought 3 Golds for my wife's bday the other day...looked like all losers until she scratched off a "win" for 20 x $10! :)