Tools
Every tool answers one of three questions. Each one works it out on your own device, from the same checked rules as the odds pages.
What are my real odds?
- Every lottery side by sideThe chance of the jackpot and of any prize
- The house edge, game by game0.46% – 7.47%
- Texas hold'em oddsTwo aces beat two kings 81.06%
- How a slot machine's odds are setAn example machine pays back 83.72%
- The bookmaker's marginAn example 1X2 market keeps 4.59%
- Tzoker systems10 numbers: 252 columns, €252 1 in 96,965
What would years of this cost?
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Play it for years10,000 players, every draw, for as many years as you choose
For each game: Powerball Mega Millions EuroMillions Eurojackpot Tzoker Greek Lotto Extra 5 Lotto 6aus49 Irish Lotto UK Lotto SuperEnalotto
- Your lifetime lottery bill10 a week for 40 years up to $16,762
- Roulette system simulatorMartingale, Fibonacci, d'Alembert: the wheel keeps 2.7% of every bet
- Accumulators: the margin multiplies4-leg accumulator: the bookmaker keeps 17.7%
- We simulated 10 million lottery players: here is what happened to themPowerball, every draw for 20 years: the typical player -$5,690
What is the right play?
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Is a play worth its price?What it pays back on average, at the jackpot you type
For each game: Powerball Mega Millions EuroMillions Eurojackpot Tzoker Greek Lotto Extra 5 Lotto 6aus49 Irish Lotto UK Lotto SuperEnalotto
- Blackjack basic strategy trainerPerfect basic strategy still loses 0.57% of every bet
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Is any line luckier?Every line has the same chance; some are shared less
For each game: Powerball Mega Millions EuroMillions Eurojackpot Tzoker Greek Lotto Extra 5 Lotto 6aus49 Irish Lotto UK Lotto SuperEnalotto
- Cash or annuity?A $505 million jackpot in cash: $213.3 million
- Tax on lottery winnings in GreeceA €1,000,000 Tzoker win: the tax: €199,717.30
- Cash out: what you give upThe offer gives up 5.5%
- Each way: the win and the placeIn the example the bet keeps 8.8%