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In 1694, the British Parliament began using a state lottery to float a 1-million-pound loan. Tickets cost an expensive 10 pounds each. Prizes were in 16-year cash annuities.
Odds of winning:
Mega Millions Jackpot
175,711,536 to 1
Powerball Jackpot
146,107,962 to 1
SuperLOTTO Plus
41,416,353 to 1
California Fantasy 5
575,757 to 1
NJ Pick 6
13,983,816 to 1
NJ Cash 5
658,008 to 1
Odds of winning:
Mega Millions Jackpot
175,711,536 to 1
Powerball Jackpot
146,107,962 to 1
SuperLOTTO Plus
41,416,353 to 1
California Fantasy 5
575,757 to 1
NJ Pick 6
13,983,816 to 1
NJ Cash 5
658,008 to 1
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Explanation of Pattern 1 Virtual Odds
MyLotteryPick.COM does all the thinking. Even though there are hundreds of patterns available, MyLotteryPick.COM will deliver the best of four patterns from it's system.
Pattern 1 provides a high repeating frequency with high virtual odds. The table below shows the number times this pattern has hit in the PowerballTM Lottery since January 2005.
| Pattern 1 hits for PowerballTM |
Play Date Winning Numbers Virtual Odds _________________________________________________________ 01/01/05 22 23 26 44 47 12 1 in 55,216,512 01/08/05 9 11 22 24 43 2 1 in 55,529,582 01/12/05 21 23 27 38 50 38 1 in 56,314,676 01/15/05 21 26 37 49 51 25 1 in 53,504,649 01/22/05 11 23 32 33 34 38 1 in 54,929,226 02/05/05 11 34 37 44 47 23 1 in 56,338,080 02/16/05 21 25 27 41 48 25 1 in 53,640,096 02/19/05 12 15 18 27 52 36 1 in 50,464,458 03/05/05 9 13 27 40 53 28 1 in 55,388,520 03/12/05 7 23 40 46 52 41 1 in 56,599,018 03/23/05 23 29 37 40 45 38 1 in 54,947,830 03/26/05 9 12 35 41 51 36 1 in 56,540,470 04/02/05 5 9 11 17 46 39 1 in 59,095,960 04/09/05 1 11 35 46 53 29 1 in 65,136,780 04/23/05 8 9 13 15 50 9 1 in 64,815,336 04/27/05 11 13 18 32 42 4 1 in 64,162,105 05/11/05 5 25 46 48 49 6 1 in 69,137,640 06/04/05 7 16 38 44 48 18 1 in 61,617,990 06/08/05 10 36 40 42 43 42 1 in 63,621,530 06/15/05 14 20 22 39 44 14 1 in 69,085,944 06/25/05 7 28 31 32 40 14 1 in 61,675,452 07/02/05 9 10 29 39 52 20 1 in 63,467,712 07/09/05 8 9 39 47 53 4 1 in 51,085,895 08/06/05 1 9 19 36 53 33 1 in 57,597,690 08/13/05 1 2 18 37 43 37 1 in 49,626,270 08/17/05 3 8 30 43 53 15 1 in 54,851,640 08/20/05 13 27 28 29 49 36 1 in 55,992,014 08/24/05 9 11 26 35 51 32 1 in 60,388,992 08/27/05 8 22 31 39 44 11 1 in 65,874,966 09/03/05 1 3 30 31 43 36 1 in 63,019,476 09/17/05 5 9 27 49 52 6 1 in 73,250,640 09/21/05 3 28 34 35 50 8 1 in 65,975,210 10/08/05 26 31 35 46 50 28 1 in 60,834,398 10/15/05 1 7 8 34 45 15 1 in 65,508,888 10/19/05 7 21 43 44 49 29 1 in 64,204,580 11/05/05 7 25 29 37 50 17 1 in 66,997,887 11/09/05 5 13 14 31 49 30 1 in 68,577,201 11/12/05 17 37 41 48 55 39 1 in 69,379,365 11/16/05 5 18 20 21 44 27 1 in 73,679,972 11/30/05 19 23 27 42 52 1 1 in 69,566,868 12/07/05 19 30 41 45 54 14 1 in 63,398,055 12/10/05 3 21 34 42 45 39 1 in 63,709,920 01/04/06 10 23 42 48 54 3 1 in 61,619,390 01/14/06 6 14 40 46 49 17 1 in 60,108,226 01/21/06 3 18 39 43 54 41 1 in 64,699,005 02/15/06 3 13 35 39 40 37 1 in 56,708,896 03/15/06 7 12 36 48 54 37 1 in 51,662,762 04/01/06 1 10 23 50 55 29 1 in 64,866,420 04/08/06 4 23 35 43 44 35 1 in 59,454,792 04/12/06 16 26 34 35 41 24 1 in 54,369,595 04/15/06 13 18 23 28 46 33 1 in 54,603,456 05/03/06 4 6 19 38 42 37 1 in 62,375,680 05/10/06 3 4 11 37 44 24 1 in 61,190,217 05/13/06 19 28 30 47 54 13 1 in 64,317,925 05/24/06 2 3 12 47 51 10 1 in 67,162,725 05/27/06 6 23 27 41 47 19 1 in 64,722,630 06/03/06 5 6 18 20 50 35 1 in 65,167,674 06/14/06 4 14 15 40 48 12 1 in 71,569,015 06/17/06 10 20 22 39 48 25 1 in 71,196,612 06/21/06 11 19 22 43 45 34 1 in 66,733,194 06/24/06 8 11 30 39 47 23 1 in 59,826,468 06/28/06 2 8 16 45 51 32 1 in 58,394,220 07/01/06 2 31 35 40 42 34 1 in 54,337,090 07/12/06 18 19 30 31 33 15 1 in 48,137,777 08/12/06 13 14 18 27 54 32 1 in 43,952,844 08/16/06 2 13 22 48 50 2 1 in 39,665,730 09/02/06 3 8 24 28 49 25 1 in 47,571,040 09/13/06 15 19 26 45 47 3 1 in 53,139,640 09/16/06 7 8 26 27 42 12 1 in 55,393,120 09/20/06 7 8 17 29 54 26 1 in 55,030,840 09/23/06 13 21 26 45 50 20 1 in 53,100,360 10/04/06 3 7 27 39 40 8 1 in 53,661,130 10/14/06 1 15 17 26 40 19 1 in 54,551,318 10/21/06 9 29 31 45 55 7 1 in 62,597,106 10/28/06 14 22 30 38 41 12 1 in 64,502,334 11/01/06 7 8 13 46 54 35 1 in 67,360,995 11/04/06 12 13 34 39 44 5 1 in 67,154,100 11/08/06 8 11 12 26 53 4 1 in 62,226,938 11/15/06 11 28 30 34 43 29 1 in 60,655,413 11/18/06 1 8 19 36 42 20 1 in 56,956,068 11/25/06 5 18 28 49 55 38 1 in 59,949,040 12/06/06 7 34 35 36 38 14 1 in 55,774,801 12/09/06 19 22 30 34 52 40 1 in 52,147,326 12/13/06 19 32 33 42 54 15 1 in 53,012,795 12/27/06 14 16 27 29 41 29 1 in 54,634,359 12/30/06 9 23 28 31 36 26 1 in 54,124,668 01/24/07 9 19 29 42 53 17 1 in 59,911,760 02/17/07 1 15 35 37 45 32 1 in 62,229,504 02/21/07 2 8 22 29 37 3 1 in 59,885,120 02/28/07 13 20 41 42 53 2 1 in 54,491,488 03/03/07 1 5 16 22 48 6 1 in 52,352,704 03/07/07 13 16 18 19 46 36 1 in 53,185,920 03/10/07 14 18 34 42 43 32 1 in 60,183,026 03/24/07 10 38 40 48 53 3 1 in 61,070,310 03/28/07 6 20 35 37 47 1 1 in 58,780,960 04/11/07 6 15 38 42 51 18 1 in 61,833,975 04/25/07 12 13 14 17 53 11 1 in 60,087,214 04/28/07 16 22 43 46 49 10 1 in 57,421,485 05/05/07 13 21 29 40 50 6 1 in 63,479,938 05/09/07 2 13 30 44 52 40 1 in 65,281,265 05/16/07 6 7 16 34 42 23 1 in 67,734,576 05/23/07 3 11 24 36 38 6 1 in 70,386,516 05/26/07 1 5 21 46 51 29 1 in 72,944,964 06/02/07 2 22 32 36 47 36 1 in 83,150,581 06/06/07 5 9 14 45 48 28 1 in 78,383,952 06/13/07 10 13 28 30 47 26 1 in 70,136,460 06/20/07 23 31 32 37 55 35 1 in 79,709,470 06/27/07 9 11 13 24 43 18 1 in 82,166,040 |
Almost half of past winning numbers fall into our Pattern 1. Although the frequency hit rate is high, the virtual odds are high as well, but it still beats the real odds of 1 in 146,107,962. The following is an example of winning results when simulating 200,000 users each buying $10.00 dollars worth of lottery tickets for December 7th, 2005. Note - these 2 million tickets were generated and time stamped by MyLotteryPick.com's Pattern 1 prior to the 12/07/05 drawing.
| The Virtual Odds for this Pattern = 1 in 63,398,055 |
Winning Combination # of Winners Total Payout ______________________________________________________ Jackpot 0 $0 5 hits no mega-ball 4 $800,000 4 hits with mega-ball 12 $120,000 4 hits no mega-ball 425 $42,500 3 hits with mega-ball 343 $34,300 3 hits no mega-ball 12600 $88,200 2 hits with mega-ball 4509 $31,563 1 hits with mega-ball 20985 $83,940 0 hits with mega-ball 31024 $93,072Grand Total of Winnings = $1,293,575.00 |
The following is the same simulation of picking 2 million tickets when NOT using any MyLotteryPick.com patterns:
| Random Quick Pick Simulation: NO Patterns used |
Winning Combination # of Winners Total Payout ______________________________________________________ Jackpot 0 $0 5 hits no mega-ball 0 $0 4 hits with mega-ball 2 $20,000 4 hits no mega-ball 41 $4,100 3 hits with mega-ball 108 $10,800 3 hits no mega-ball 4,368 $30,576 2 hits with mega-ball 2,676 $18,732 1 hits with mega-ball 18,315 $73,260 0 hits with mega-ball 26,322 $78,966Grand Total of Winnings = $236,434.00 |
See the virtual odds of Pattern 2, Pattern 3 or Pattern 4.
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