36 weeks of Jumbo Cactpot playing the same numbers

[Jamillion]

One of these days you'll win the grand prize OP, then sink with the realization that you should have played the real lottery because you used all of your luck.

[Callback]

One of these days you'll win the grand prize OP, then sink with the realization that you should have played the real lottery because you used all of your luck.

Probability does not work that way.

[Jamillion]

Probability does not work that way.

Jokes do though.

[deos]

played the exact same number every single week since gold saucer patch
got last number correct 3 times so far (first hit took over half a year!!), never ever got 2 or more
... yep i love RNG

they really should remove the "from right" rule, thats just stupid

[Saint_Angeles]

Oh look. Someone from Balmung without a brain who misses the point of things. That's totally a new thing.

Point being that you misunderstand what probability means?

[Moonleg]

played the exact same number every single week since gold saucer patch
got last number correct 3 times so far (first hit took over half a year!!), never ever got 2 or more
... yep i love RNG

they really should remove the "from right" rule, thats just stupid

Having seen someone play 0102, and the draw being 0107, I completely agree that the 'from the right' rule is a big fat middle finger to the players.

[Dalex]

If you think that's bad, today I turned in my ticket to see that the winning number was 1033 while my number was 1043. But with the way the lottery works, I was rewarded a measly 2000 GP based on the last number only, forget the other two blatant matches.

[Antonio_Xul]

I've matched 3 numbers from the left once and 2 numbers from the middle twice. I really hate the method of jumbo Cactpot. I've gotten the one number to the right 3 times, 2 back to back. They really need to change the number matching system.

[Niwashi]

I would probably also change it to match against all 4 of your numbers, not just the last one(s). Same prizes as current.
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Better(?) suggestion: Since mini still trumps it by so much, buff it further. Give it Mastermind-style matching, and increase the payout.

base pay: 100.
Every perfect match: x10 multiplier
Every soft match (wrong position): x5 multiplier.

I like your first suggestion better. The Mastermind-style is overly complicated when applied to a system that allows duplicates, and gives some numbers a better chance than others. I like the simpler suggestion that just counts the number of matches (by position).

Does your 1st digit match the drawn 1st digit? yes or no
Does your 2nd digit match the drawn 2nd digit? yes or no
Does your 3rd digit match the drawn 3rd digit? yes or no
Does your 4th digit match the drawn 4th digit? yes or no

Count the number of "yes" answers and that's how many matches you got. Just remove the current rule that you have to match the fourth digit before it will even look at the third and so on.

Current:
0 match: 89%

That's 90%

[Callback]

I like your first suggestion better. The Mastermind-style is overly complicated when applied to a system that allows duplicates, and gives some numbers a better chance than others. I like the simpler suggestion that just counts the number of matches (by position).

Does your 1st digit match the drawn 1st digit? yes or no
Does your 2nd digit match the drawn 2nd digit? yes or no
Does your 3rd digit match the drawn 3rd digit? yes or no
Does your 4th digit match the drawn 4th digit? yes or no

Count the number of "yes" answers and that's how many matches you got. Just remove the current rule that you have to match the fourth digit before it will even look at the third and so on.



That's 90%

Typo.

But again, even with the change AND draws every day, it's still over 2 years average for the achievement. The mastermind-style matching helps to further increase average payout, and make it comparable to the mini. Mini trumps all as it stands.