About Pick3

To win Pick3, players have to have all 3 numbers drawn.

There are 1000 total combinations in Pick3. They are 000 thru 999.

Out of the 1000 total combinations, there are 100 "pairs of numbers" [2 digits]. They are 00 thru 99.

The numbers drawn fall into 3 categories. They are either a "combination type number," "double digit" or "triple digit."

What and if you win depends on how you bet and if your numbers are drawn.

There are basically 3 ways to bet.

ANY - You pick 3 numbers, between 0 thru 9 and if they are drawn in "any" order, you win.

Example: Let's say you bet "Any" and marked your ticket "258" but "528" was drawn. You still won because you bet that those numbers would be drawn in "any" order.

Notice the numbers shown are three different numbers. This is called a "combination number."

If you bet .50, you won $40.

If you be $1, you won $80.

EXACT - You pick 3 numbers, between 0 through 9, BUT unlike the "any" play, they must be drawn in the exact order you played them.

Example: Let's say you bet "exact" and marked your ticket 258. If 258 is drawn, you win.

However, if 528 is drawn, you lose because you bet that the numbers would come in in the "exact" order that you played them.

If you bet .50, you win $250.

If you bet $1, you win $500.

EXACT/ANY - Technically, this is two bets in one. The cheapest "exact/any" ticket is $1. What you are doing is betting "any" with .50 and you are betting "exact" with .50. You can win one of the two bets or both bets. You can also lose!

Out of the 1000 combinations, you have ten numbers that are called "triple digits." They are 000, 111, 222, 333, up to 999.

You can only bet "triple digits" "exact" because there is no other way for them to be drawn.

Out of the 1000 Pick3 combinations, there are 270 "double digit combinations."

An example of a "double digit combination" is 001, 002, 003, 112, 223, 445, 667, 889 etc.

If you played a "double digit," let's say 100 on an "any" bet, and 010 was drawn, you'd still win.

But if you played it "exact," you would have lost.

An "exact double digit" bet pays more than a "combo (combination) number."

Notice that "100" can be three different combinations. They are 010, 001, 100.

Out of the 1000 Pick3 combinations, there are 720 "combo type numbers."

On an "any" bet though, the 720 combinations are reduced to 120 combinations because there are 6 ways to mix and match three different numbers.

Example: 456, 465, 546, 564, 645, 654.

Don's Terminalogy

Using Don's Nov 14, 2002 prediction as an example, he predicted that we would see a 13, 22, or 04 contained in a drawing.

This is 5 out of the 100 pairs ...
[2 digits between 00 - 99] and left only one number for us to pick ourselves.

The three predicted "two digits" (13, 04, 22) equates to 30 different combinations on an "any" play if you had wanted to cover every possibility.

They are:
130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 040, 041, 042, 043, 044, 045, 046, 047, 048, 049.

In the case of the Nov 14th play, since it came in the first day, we could have afforded to play all 30 numbers on an "ANY" bet and we would have definitely profitted. Of course, who knows for sure that it will come in on the 1st day!

When Don said "5 possible combinations," he was reversing the two digits - 13, 31, 40, 04, 22 and counted that as 5 combinations. He was correct in that those three sets of digits did represent five pairs of numbers between 00 - 99. They were 04, 13, 22, 31, 40.

I, however, view it as "3 possible combinations" because it was an "any" play so it didn't matter what order the numbers were in.

But, technically speaking, Don was right.

I hope this helps you better understand the Pick3 game and the terminology used.

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Thursday, May 6, 2010 - It's been 30 days since I posted my play. The main criteria - 8x9 or 9x8, has not come. As I explained on April 7, I chose 839 and 948 because we needed to see the last two digits equal twelve which came in tonight (039). I never - in my wildest expectations - thought it would take this long to see the last two digits equal twelve.

I don't really believe in chasing plays and this one I've played longer than I usually do before quitting. But it's time to QUIT now and lump our losses.

I'm calling a CEASE PLAY even though we have not seen 8x9 or 9x8. It could be drawn tomorrow night BUT then it could take years to come in. I won't spend my hard earned dollars on this play any longer. Sorry.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - Well, well ... finally I'm going to post a Pick3 play. I know, it's been a long time coming but here's us a play. For the NIGHT draw, we need to see 8x9 or 9x8. Its been over 10 months since this "split pair" was drawn and I think this is history!

My favorites are 809, 839 and 948. While there are no guarantees that my numbers will come, the odds are very good that we will see 8x9 or 9x8 in the very near future. So, you may want to pick your own 3rd digit.

The reason I chose 839 and 948 is because we need to see the last two digits equal twelve. If you see that sum come in, then re-think my middle digit picks.

The play is over as soon as we see a 8x9 or 9x8. And I hope its sooner than later! Good luck everybody.