Lottery vendors usually don't make anything from winning tickets, but rather from sales of the tickets themselves.
Probability(tickets), or P(t)
The odds of winning when buying tickets in the New York Lottery are different for different ticket types. The highest odd is 1 in 2.93 and the lowest odd is 1 in 5.14.
not good. unless you buy a lot of tickets
Usually distributed mostly to the department of transportation (roads/bridges) and education (schools)
You have to buy lottery tickets and hope that you pick the winning numbers. The Powerball lottery jackpot is currently $90 million.
Honey, I'm not a psychic or a magician. The odds of winning big on lottery scratch tickets are about as slim as my patience for foolish questions. Just pick a ticket, cross your fingers, and hope for the best. Good luck, you'll need it.
If your odds for 1 ticket are 1 in 14,000,000 then your odds for two tickets are 1 in 13,999,999 given that the tickets had different numbers. Still like your odds of winning?
A customer asks for four lottery tickets: one ($5.00 ticket), two ($1.00 tickets), and one ($3.00 ticket). He gives you two winning tickets to be redeemed: one for ($5.00) and the other for ($2.00). Does he owe you money or do you owe him money?
the Land Lottery
Since 2003, Pennsylvania state has sold the most winning powerball tickets.There were 12 jackpot tickets sold in Pennsylvania.After that Indiana has sold 9 ticket.Check the statewise list of all powerball jackpot winners at :http://portalseven.com/lottery/powerball_jackpot_map.jsp
As of July 2013, the store that sells the most winning lottery tickets near Thomasville, North Carolina is not stated. It is stated that as of January 2013, there was twenty-five people that won the lottery in the state of North Carolina.