PICK 3 STRATEGY AND THE QUICK PICK

Have you ever been asked to pick a number between one and one thousand? If you have, then what was your answer? Did you know your answer qualified as a Pick 3 "Quick Pick"? If you could imagine a person not being able to come up with an answer, then that person might be in need of a Pick 3 Strategy for sure!

Many of the State Pick 3 Lottery sites offer the concept of a "Quick Pick" or "Quick Pik" when they explain how to purchase a ticket for this lottery game. One such site writes: "If you can't think of a number, ask the clerk for a Quick Pick, and the computer will generate a number for you."

Basically, a Quick Pick or Quick Pik is a randomly generated number between 000 and 999 for the Daily Pick 3 Lottery.

On the surface it seems simple enough that one would not need a Pick 3 Strategy when it comes to a Quick Pick. Since the Quick Pick is a randomly generated number of 1,000 choices from 000 to 999, there is an equal chance that the computer could generate the exact same number that was drawn in the last Pick 3 drawing that your State Lottery announced as the winning Daily 3, Pick 3, or Cash 3 Number.

As odd as it may sound, you need a Pick 3 strategy to deal with this occurrence. If you realized this at the time of your purchase, your Pick 3 Strategy would be....Do you keep this ticket as printed? Or, do you return it to the lottery retailer and ask for a new ticket with a different number? You have the right to do this.

This is not the only situation that you might want to have a Pick 3 Strategy for when purchasing a Quick Pick Ticket. Another Pick 3 Strategy is the question of what type of Ticket do you want? Do you want a "Straight Ticket", "Box Ticket", "Straight/Box Ticket" or "Combo Ticket"?

The Straight Ticket only pays you when the Quick Pick numbers match the drawn winning number in the exact order. The Box Ticket pays you when the three digits match in any order. The Straight/Box Ticket pays you half of the Straight and Box prize money by matching the exact order, or just the Box portion prize amount for any order. The Combo Ticket pays you the full amount of the Straight prize monies because it covers all possible Straight forms for those particular three digits on your Quick Pick Ticket. Obviously, it is more expensive than the other tickets because of this.

Another need for a Pick 3 Strategy involves the number type if you receive a "triple" such as "888", "double" such as "122" or single" such as "345". The triple Pick 3 Number can only be played with a Straight Ticket choice. Does the computer "know" this? For a Box Ticket the double Pick 3 number pays you twice as much as the single Pick 3 number if it matches in any order.

So, what started out as a very simple opportunity to get in the game by asking your local lottery retailer for a Quick Pick or Quick Pik, may after all, not be that simple, and you indeed need a Pick 3 Strategy or Pick 3 Strategies before you even leave.

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