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SuperLotto Plus is a lotto game played in the style of Mega Millions and Powerball. SuperLotto Plus is drawn every Wednesday and Saturday. The game began in 1986 as Lotto 6/49 (which was played similarly to the Canadian version of the game), then changed to SuperLotto somewhere in the 90s (with the matrix of 6/51).
For example, in the 6 from 49 lottery, given 10 powerball numbers, then the odds of getting a score of 3 and the powerball would be 1 in 56.66 × 10, or 566.6 (the probability would be divided by 10, to give an exact value of ).
Over time, the size of Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots has generally increased because of higher ticket prices, the larger number of states participating (especially after cross-selling was allowed), and the reduced odds of winning. [4] List of U.S. lottery drawings of $400 million or more (annuity value): [5] [6]
Odds are calculated by the total number of tickets in a scratch ticket game divided by the total number of prizes in that game. Study the odds of winning and the prize structure for the games you ...
California Lottery officials on Saturday announced that a winning SuperLotto Plus ticket worth $82 million was sold in Victorville.
Powerball and California Lottery forms are on display at Blue Bird Liquor in Hawthorne. Two tickets sold at the same Encino gas station picked the winning number for a $395-million Mega Million ...
The odds of winning the top prize is 1:5,368,787. The odds of winning any prize is 1:4.37. [29] Unlike previous online games, Lucky Lines players do not have to wait till a future drawing to determine if their ticket is a winner making this game very similar to one of the Lottery's scratch off offerings. [30]
The odds of winning can also be reduced by increasing the group from which numbers are drawn. In the SuperEnalotto of Italy, players must match 6 numbers out of 90. [53] The chance of winning the jackpot is 1 in 622,614,630. [54] Most lotteries give lesser prizes for matching just some of the winning numbers, with a lesser prize for fewer matches.