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• all4luck

  

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  Sep 14, 2018, 8:26 am

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  Does anyone know what the odds are of winning box on a Quick Pick in the Pick 3 and Pick 4?

  I was thinking of adding 6/1000 (representing a single) and 3/1000 (representing a double) and that gives us about a 1 in 110 chance.

  In the Pick 4, adding 24/10000 (single), 12/10000 (double), 6/10000 (double double), 4/10000 (triple) which is rougly a 1 in 216 chance.

  I don't know if that is correct.
• Raven62

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by all4luck on Sep 14, 2018

  Does anyone know what the odds are of winning box on a Quick Pick in the Pick 3 and Pick 4?

  I was thinking of adding 6/1000 (representing a single) and 3/1000 (representing a double) and that gives us about a 1 in 110 chance.

  In the Pick 4, adding 24/10000 (single), 12/10000 (double), 6/10000 (double double), 4/10000 (triple) which is rougly a 1 in 216 chance.

  I don't know if that is correct.

  Pick 3 6-Way Box: 1 : 167
  
  Pick 3 3-Way Box: 1 : 333
  
  Pick 4 24-Way Box: 1 : 417
  
  Pick 4 12-Way Box: 1 : 833
  
  Pick 4 6-Way Box: 1 : 1,667
  
  Pick 4 4-Way Box: 1 : 2,500

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• all4luck

  

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  Sep 15, 2018, 8:42 am

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  I re-did the math and found that although the Pick 4 is ten times harder than the Pick 3 to hit straight, it is only about three times harder to hit box. Can anyone confirm that?