California Senator questions Mega Millions lottery plans

Comment #10

rwhite — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:04:43 GMT

Comment #9

rwhite — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:57:25 GMT

i think we should have a lottery because we need funds for schools and roads repairs.

Comment #8

DoctorEw220 — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:49:30 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by madjjrules on March 26, 2005 someone please send me some tickets.. looks like our politiitions have found another way to screw the poor (me and my friends) and abuse their POWER (AGAIN) and i need some money.. lolplaying the lottery is not a good way to try and make money. unless you are incredible at predicting, you will get nowhere. also, it is illegal to mail lottery tickets until after the drawing.

Comment #7

madjjrules — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 23:33:48 GMT

someone please send me some tickets.. looks like our politiitions have found another way to screw the poor (me and my friends) and abuse their POWER (AGAIN) and i need some money.. lol

Comment #6

dvdiva — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 06:46:29 GMT

It just sounds like more lame politics to me.Maybe the Democrat senator just wants to raise income tax more instead of selling more lottery tickets.It's really pathetic what some politicians will do just to get attention.

Comment #5

DoctorEw220 — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:24:13 GMT

if even one state does not approve the changes, the changes will not take effect. the changes will take effect if and only if all states approve the change.unfortunately it is not that way with powerball. once the MUSL decides to make changes, they make changes, regardless if the ztates want them or not.

Comment #4

jsk2001 — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:06:13 GMT

Someone needs to send this guy a playslip

Comment #3

bobby623 — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:39:41 GMT

I wonder what will happen to the recent MegaMillions changes Texas has adopted if California can't join.Lot of deception going on here.I read the minutes of the Texas Lottery Commission meeting on March 11. Maybe I missed it, but there was not mention that the other 10 states had went along with the change to 5/56 1/46 game. I assume they had a secret meeting somewhere.It was done as if it is a Texas game, when it's not. Maybe some of the other states couldn't get it passed their legislatures.... [ More ]

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RJOh — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:38:57 GMT

A spokesman for the legal office declined comment, saying the opinion, when completed, will remain confidential. The senator can choose to make it public.Now that's the way to run a democracy, keep the legal stuff confidential so the people don't know what the laws are.

Comment #1

DoctorEw220 — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:17:40 GMT

they are rather off with their facts. of course, it is not pick 6/52, but 5/52+1/another 52. when CA joins, the odds will be bigger than 1-135 million. if you wanna count when it was the big game, than technically they are correct, but that was when it was technically another game.

California Senator questions Mega Millions lottery plans

Lottery Post — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:51:00 GMT

Millions of California lottery enthusiasts, anxious to beat the 1-in-135 million odds of winning the upcoming Mega Millions jackpot, may find some of their least-favorite politicians crushing their dreams of wealth.The chairman of California's Senate Governmental Organization Committee has asked the Legislature's attorneys whether the Lottery Commission has the constitutional authority to join the multistate Mega Millions game later this year.If the commission's authority is questionable, the ma... [ More ]