…was never easy and then last August the Powerball™ lottery got a lot harder. A rules change bumped the odds against winning to just over 140 million to 1. Only the very luckiest of lucky numbers stand a chance against those long odds. Are your numbers lucky enough?
…uses high speed computer calculations to simulate the lottery drawing, 10's of thousands per second. This is the perfect test of just how lucky your personal numbers are. And it is confidential. All processing takes place inside your computer. Nothing leaves.
Click five white and one red. With all numbers selected, the Lotto-ciser automatically starts simulating lottery drawing to analyze just how "lucky" your numbers are. There's no guarantee your numbers will be drawn but Lotto-ciser doesn't stop until they are. A real-time counter keeps track of tries and a custom Audit button lets you analyze your numbers' progress.
Click to Show details.
Click to Audit current status.
Click to Show win statement.
| Spent | |
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| 00:00:00 | ET |
| perMinute |
Every so often (1 chance in about 3.3 million) all 5 of white ball numbers are drawn in a single trial. If the red ball number doesn't match this trial is written to a list that includes the trial number, the (incorrect) red ball drawn, and the number of tries since the last near miss.
| # | play # | rb | delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 |
| 39 |
| 1 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 45 |
| xxx,xxx,xxx | plays |
|---|---|
| xx,xxx | sim years |
How much? It varies. The last 25 Powerball™ Jackpot payouts ranged from
$10 million to $365 million. Your randomly generated Payout Number,
NN, assigns your payout as
xxx,xxx,xxx.
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Winning Powerball™ Jackpot amounts are reported in a very special way. They are announced as the future value of a 30 year financial annuity. The present value, the amount of cash the lottery transfers to the winner, is less than half the announced amount. In this case it would be xxx,xxx,xxx.
Before taxes. Deduct 25% Federal and 5% Nebraska Income Tax withholding, leaving xxx,xxx,xxx.
| Jackpot (future value) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present value discount | ||
| Federal W/H | ||
| State W/H | ||
| Net Jackpot Amount | ||
| # of Tickets | ||
| Out of Pocket |
| Powerball™ Payouts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | drawing date |
amt (mil) |
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| xxx,xxx,xxx | plays |
|---|---|
| xx,xxx | sim years (2 drawings/week) |
| x,xxx,xxx | plays/hr |
| xxx,xxx | plays/min |
| xx,xxx | plays/sec |
| each $1 |
account | estimated contribution |
|---|---|---|
The Lotto-ciser lottery simulator is a web-browser based computer program. Run time for a complete simulation is dependent on several factors including computing platform, web browser type and version, and most of all, dumb luck.
After loading, Lotto-ciser requires no further connection with the Internet. Stop the program at any time by browser refresh, navigating to a different page, or closing the browser.
While Lotto-ciser is running, other programs on your computer will likely be noticeably slower.
Lotto-ciser is not intended to promote gambling, legal or otherwise. We have no connection with the Powerball™ Lottery other than the odd purchase of heretofore losing tickets.