Lottery Expected Value and Jackpot Break Even Calculator
Lottery Expected Value and Jackpot Break Even: a planned Super Calculator tool. Stub page: the tool, its formula and a worked example are not published yet.
Lottery Expected Value and Jackpot Break Even Calculator is a planned calculator in the lifestyle section of Super Calculator, covering lottery.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: jackpot size, prize tiers, ticket price, ticket sales, annuity or lump sum and tax rate.
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: EV = sum of tier probability*prize, less ticket price, adjusted for jackpot sharing and tax.
Written for REGULATED: players asking when a rollover jackpot is mathematically worth it.
Status
This page is a stub. The calculator is not built, no figure on this page has been verified against the authority that sets it, and nothing here should be used to make a decision. The page exists so that the site structure is complete and so that articles can link this concept on first mention.
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