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What Ohio Lottery has the best odds of winning? ›

Rolling Cash 5: As a daily draw game, Rolling Cash 5 offers some of the best odds for jackpot wins in Ohio, with odds of 1 in 575,757. This makes it an appealing choice for players looking for regular opportunities to win substantial prizes.

Announced contestants will be contacted by a Cash Explosion^® Team Member via phone, email or USPS, usually within a week of the announcement date. It is important to make sure your My Lotto Rewards account information is accurate and up to date.

Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. eastern time.

The five most frequent numbers are 17, 31, 10, 46, and 20 — all five have been drawn at least once since the last Mega Millions jackpot was won in December. As for the Mega Ball, only six numbers have been drawn more than 100 times: 1, 3, 9, 10, 15, and 7.

The funny thing is that when people are asked to choose a random number between 1 and 100, they will most reliably select 37.

The most popular numbers chosen by players for New York's Numbers and Win 4 games are 111 and 0000, lottery organizers say. After 111, the next most popular Numbers choice is 222, followed by 333, 777 and 999. Among Win 4, they are 1111, 2222 and 3333.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Terri Waddell's Cash Explosion fleece jacket is the only visible indication she won $520,000 on the game show. Waddell may be the only contestant to have that staff item because the Ohio Lottery ran out freebies to give her.

Every player on Cash Explosion is guaranteed to win at least $6,100! But of course, that's just the beginning… players have a chance to win MUCH more! One by one, players test their luck against their own game board.

Where is the Ohio Lottery show filmed? ›

Cash Explosion, (or simply C.E. since 2017) known as Cash Explosion: Double Play from 1989 until 2012, is the official Ohio Lottery TV game show, which is broadcast on television stations throughout Ohio. The show originated in Cleveland and is now taped by Mills James Productions in Columbus, Ohio.

Mega Millions® tickets cost $2.00 per play. Players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 25 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing.

Drawings are held at 11:00pm on Tuesdays and Fridays. Pools close at 10:45pm. Mega Millions drawings are broadcast on cable channel WGN or can be viewed on the Official Mega Millions website. Winning numbers will be displayed here after the drawings.

If your ticket matches two numbers and the Powerball you'll get $7 but the odds to get there begin to skyrocket to 1 in 701.

The cheaper tickets have lower payouts and a low percentage of winners. More expensive tickets (i.e., those that are $5 USD and up) not only have higher payouts but also a higher percentage of winners: it has a higher jackpot, and cash prizes are spread out among more people.

What are the odds of winning the Rolling Cash 5 jackpot? The overall odds of winning any prize in the Rolling Cash 5 game are quite favorable with players receiving prizes 1 in 9 drawings. However, when you're vying for the coveted top prize, your odds decrease to 1 in 575,757.

The odds of winning the incredible Lucky for Life jackpot are approximately 1 in 30.8 million.