Lottery mystery yields clues to $7.5 million prize

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Nikkicute — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:07:56 GMT

Yes and now the author requested the stories be removed!!!

I was just about to put all three articles on my Favorites list!!! boooo

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kapla — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 23:57:52 GMT

WOW! These 3 articles are VERY well researched and have a TON of info.

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Get paid — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:26:03 GMT

Wow,lots of info.Being a resident of texas I probaly won,t buy a fifty dollar lottery ticket.I still say in a game with astronomical odds,Its just the luck of the draw.

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atoz — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 18:16:42 GMT

I believe in luck but it sure makes it hard to swallow hitting 3 of those big wins ( at the same store in a town with the population around 4,000 people) and by the same person over a certain course of time.

I always was curious as to how they placed winners and especially big winners thru out the book of tickets....with man being involved i suppose some back door shenigans could take place. I would like to think not but with a story like this sure makes one wonder.

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sweetie7398 — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 14:01:15 GMT

That was a long reading.

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Kee12 — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 19:28:07 GMT

I felt the same way with AfricanMillions here. It started in June, 2013. Initially, after 12 weeks of drawing, no one won the jackpot, and the prize amount went to second tier winners from the various participating countries. After that, there was one jackpot winner from Ivory Coast in the Dec. 7th, 2013 drawing. I started playing the game in December 21, 2013. From December 21st to April 12th, 2014, no one won the jackpot (From 200,000,000 to 238,000,000 FCFA) and the game ended suddenly.

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cgraphix1 — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 16:18:27 GMT

Not that it matters, but the Illinois Lottery just pulled the Win For Life games. They ran for a few years without ever producing a top prize winner... There were 3 top prizes ($5,000 a Week for Life), and they never sold a single one.

I played it every so often, but once I seen that a winner had never been produced, and that they were stopping the game. Well, I just felt completely ripped off and scammed... My logic was, the longer it went without a winner, the better my chances were to win... [ More ]

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green sandals — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:51:00 GMT

What's most interesting to me about this article is the list of retailers having packs in $7,500,000 Fortune. It lists both the

pack number and the retailers that have it. http://media.philly.com/documents/Fortune+LIST+FINAL.pdf

Does anyone know if that's standard information available under the public records act

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bobby623 — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:44:25 GMT

It takes money to make money!

What a waste of news space!

A ton of free advertisement for the Texas lottery!

I imagine that IF I were to win a few million bucks, I'd have a lot of free time and buckets of money to spend.

I think I might use some of that time to do some research and try to win another few millions.

I'd probably drive around town and buy up all the expensive tickets. I'd use some of my free time

to satisfy my itch to scratch, tickets of course.

I might even... [ More ]

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dallascowboyfan — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:29:42 GMT

LOL same here

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fwlawrence — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:49:47 GMT

There is also one Casino Action ticket left.

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haymaker — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:46:38 GMT

Try not to think about it and just look forward.

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KKLK$DAY7 — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:11:24 GMT

I have bought several of those $50 tickets and lost on all. I burned all my lottery tickets at the of each year (they get my wood fire going nicely in my fire place) now this info have me thinking could I have misread one?

Will be pondering that question while I watch my hubby BARBQ tomorrow. Happy 4th

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mypiemaster — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:23:31 GMT

Man, I almost had a headache, reading through all this stuff, and it did not enhance my chances of winning one bit.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY IN ADVANCE TO ALL

Lottery mystery yields clues to $7.5 million prize

Lottery Post — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:16:23 GMT

By Peter Mucha, Philly.com

Third of three parts

See Part 1 and Part 2

Ever notice that instant lottery tickets are consecutively numbered? Ever wonder if those numbers could help in a hunt for riches?

They theoretically can, at least in Texas.

They helped us create a list, predicting the whereabouts of a missing $7.5 million ticket.

A $50 scratch-off game called $7,500,000 Fortune started out with three top prizes among about 190,000 packs of tickets.

Our list of likely susp... [ More ]