Fruit Machine Chat

Anyone do the irish lotto? any good wins? i done it myself last week 3 numbers 3 draws 50p each, the return would have been £288 which is very good. I didnt win like but whats the best bet to do?

no one bothers with it then? surely its worth popping into the bookies when doing your rounds?

Never done it before,

Are there less numbers in the Irish lotto? As i would like to know the real odds before having a go at the 575/1 offered.

http://www.thelotter.com/LotteryInfo.as ... tryRef=289

theres probably a better site but cant access on my PC.

think its a pick 3 match 3 or pick 4 match 4 type of play so if you pick 4 matching 3 doesnt count you will need the 4. Still 3 numbers, 3 draws totalling £1.50 with a £288 return is worth a shot when passing the bookies.

i thought you could pick 2 numbers but obviously not.

thinks its also a minimum of 50p a draw.

You can do just two numbers, one of you wanted to.
Also can do less thhan 50p

joe3_3 wrote:You can do just two numbers, one of you wanted to.
Also can do less thhan 50p

even better then.

You can put as much as you like on two number,

I do 17 28 and 42 and the one week I didn;t get it on they came up

They haven't been on since. You could do £10 on two numbers and get a lot back for that but will they come up?

17 and 3 comes up all the time as does 42

Views on Irish are very welcome. I have been playing for about 10 years, and made modest amounts of pocket money over the years. Especially on two number pick.

The deal got harder when they increased number of balls in draw from 42 to 45, and I don't win so often now on the two-number bet. Betfred pay 60/1 on a 2-number return. If you stick with the numbers and play all 3 draws, they will come out eventually.

Three numbers is very hard to get @ 600-1 return. I have won 3 times in 10 years on 3 number-pick, so generally stick to 2 numbers. Do a fiver a line - total £15 stake - and pik up £300 for a straight win. Better than the fruities ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.

froggiewrench wrote:Better than the fruities ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.

That depends how well you know your fruities

I do 17 28 and 42 they came up once last year but since then nothing. Two numbers come up all the time but the odds but if you put £5 that 3 draws and its twice a week, thast £120 a month. Whats the chances of that coming in?

froggiewrench wrote:Views on Irish are very welcome. I have been playing for about 10 years, and made modest amounts of pocket money over the years. Especially on two number pick.

The deal got harder when they increased number of balls in draw from 42 to 45, and I don't win so often now on the two-number bet. Betfred pay 60/1 on a 2-number return. If you stick with the numbers and play all 3 draws, they will come out eventually.

Three numbers is very hard to get @ 600-1 return. I have won 3 times in 10 years on 3 number-pick, so generally stick to 2 numbers. Do a fiver a line - total £15 stake - and pik up £300 for a straight win. Better than the fruities ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.

The above should be clear enough, but it is possible to write down the equation in factorial form.

Let
B = Total number of balls (45)


D = Number drawn = Number selected (6)


H = Number correct ('Hits') (3)


The probability is (read on only if you have no fear of equations):



B-D! D! B-D! D!

P = ---------------------------------------------

B-2D+H! D-H! B! H! D-H!

i did a 27 way bet once, cant remember what it cost me think it was 50p a line.. i didnt win, but if i had i would be fucking loaded for a long time...

and as for numbers eventually coming in, lets all go play keno!!!!

Better than the fruities ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.


U can make £300 a day on the fruits if u know ur stuff.

rook1984 wrote:Better than the fruities ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.


U can make £300 a day on the fruits if u know ur stuff.

Yes but not 7 days a week 365 days a year

You need to allow time for refills etc