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Quote: Originally posted by chris632 on Sep 17, 2025
That's not a bad deal though----------you got your money back plus alot of chances on the free tickets. I only play 2 Fantasy 5 tickets per draw but the one set I've been playing for 25 years.
Good Luck, Chris
Yeah, I'm new to Fantasy 5, so I was wondering why earlier the 3ball prizes were so different. I figured it out earlier today, haha. Thanks!
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Quote: Originally posted by ScreamingMidget on Sep 17, 2025
Yeah, I'm new to Fantasy 5, so I was wondering why earlier the 3ball prizes were so different. I figured it out earlier today, haha. Thanks!
Yeah, the same with a 4 ball win---------you get $555 when there is not a 5 ball winner and only about a hundred when there is a winner. Years ago they didn't cap the 4 ball at $555 and you could get a larger payout depending on the number of winners. I got $1029 one time for 4 balls with no 5 ball winner.
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Quote: Originally posted by chris632 on Sep 17, 2025
Yeah, the same with a 4 ball win---------you get $555 when there is not a 5 ball winner and only about a hundred when there is a winner. Years ago they didn't cap the 4 ball at $555 and you could get a larger payout depending on the number of winners. I got $1029 one time for 4 balls with no 5 ball winner.
Good Luck, Chris
Interesting, yeah now I'm wondering if it's even worth playing, especially if there's too many winners, the prizes will just thin out.
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Quote: Originally posted by ScreamingMidget on Sep 18, 2025
Interesting, yeah now I'm wondering if it's even worth playing, especially if there's too many winners, the prizes will just thin out.
It was a better game with only an evening draw and in my opinion they have ruined it. With only one draw a day it would pay about 200K with one winner and now pays about 100K on the evening and 50K on the midday. It looks like they were trying to draw more business with a second draw but in fact just split the business between 2 draws.
As far as being worth playing --------if you can get your money back most of the time it's worth it. That way you are playing for free with the chance at something bigger.
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Quote: Originally posted by chris632 on Sep 18, 2025
It was a better game with only an evening draw and in my opinion they have ruined it. With only one draw a day it would pay about 200K with one winner and now pays about 100K on the evening and 50K on the midday. It looks like they were trying to draw more business with a second draw but in fact just split the business between 2 draws.
As far as being worth playing --------if you can get your money back most of the time it's worth it. That way you are playing for free with the chance at something bigger.
Good Luck, Chris
Ohhh I see. I was trying to do research on finding the best draw games that had the best expected value, and the top 2 were Cash Pop, and Fantasy 5. So that's why I'm giving it a try. But yeah you're right, the free tickets if we count them as a "dollar", and the chances they could also produce a winner isn't so bad. I'm still thinking of way to tweak the system. I really don't want to go more than 20 combos per Tier, but because of the odds, I may have to. Maybe I'll test a 40 combo tier, and only play once a day, rather than 20/draw.
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I like this thread. I play fantasy 5 and play my 5 kids ages. Haven't had much luck yet but I'll give your picks a try. My kids ages now are 9, 11, 16, 19 and 21 (👼 ). I see that they're fond of #'s 9& 11 a lot. If only I can get the other #'s in there and get a decent winner I'd be happy. Thank you for the thread. Good luck 🍀
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Quote: Originally posted by Lbradley4152 on Sep 23, 2025
I like this thread. I play fantasy 5 and play my 5 kids ages. Haven't had much luck yet but I'll give your picks a try. My kids ages now are 9, 11, 16, 19 and 21 (👼 ). I see that they're fond of #'s 9& 11 a lot. If only I can get the other #'s in there and get a decent winner I'd be happy. Thank you for the thread. Good luck 🍀
Haha thanks. Sorry I haven't posted for a couple days, I wasn't happy with my current system. I'm going to start working on my new one soon(currently working on Pick 3), and I'm off tomorrow, so hopefully I'll get a working system done tonight. Good luck!