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• timeisluxury

  

  Ft Lauderdale
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  Jun 19, 2020, 10:05 pm

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  I would like to ask 1 quick question.

  After looking daily winnings from predictions, can someone please tell me what is the bet amount of each win being compared to? 

  for example, on a 6 way box+ straight in Virginia yesterday (156) the prize shows $290. According to this prize amount, what was the wager on this?

  I'm simply trying to understand the system's ante for each bet.

   

  thank you so much,
• JAMORA

  

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  Jun 19, 2020, 10:15 pm

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  Quote: Originally posted by timeisluxury on Jun 19, 2020

  I would like to ask 1 quick question.

  After looking daily winnings from predictions, can someone please tell me what is the bet amount of each win being compared to? 

  for example, on a 6 way box+ straight in Virginia yesterday (156) the prize shows $290. According to this prize amount, what was the wager on this?

  I'm simply trying to understand the system's ante for each bet.

   

  thank you so much,

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• Unlucky-Kenny

  

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  Jun 19, 2020, 10:18 pm

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  I would guess the 6 way box + straight would be a $1 wager - 50 cents for the box and 50 cents for the straight

  thats usually how that works.

  if they had spent a dollar on a box and a dollar on a straight it would be $80 + $500

  since .50 box pays $40 and .50 straight would pay $250 to make $290

  https://www.valottery.com/data/draw-games/pick3

  i could be reading it wrong tho - I am not the sharpest cheddar

  not sure what a combo play is - my state does not have that

  
• Todd

  

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  As others have said it's .50 straight + .50 box. The payouts are the same for each state, even though in reality some states have different payouts. That allows players to accurately compare stats between states.

   

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