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A Texas Lottery jackpot was "bought" last year, but legislators are pushing wrong solutionReply
Great article Kate! I like Todd's solution with respect to capping the number of tickets a single entity or person can purchase. The solution is to set a very high limit on the number of tickets any individual or group can purchase, Northrop continued. Make the limit so high that it will never be reached by any big pool of players, such as a company where the employees pool their money together to buy many tickets, yet low enough that the risk/reward ratio is destroyed for someone looking t
Oct 19, 2024, 9:17 am - konane - Lottery News

A Texas Lottery jackpot was "bought" last year, but legislators are pushing wrong solutionReply
Great article, most of us outside of TX probably didn't know there was such a big controversy around the investment group buy up nearly all the combinations via a courier service. As you said, a profit is not even 100% guaranteed since they might have to split the jackpot with other winners. Sometimes a thing only has to appear unfair in order for the gov't to step in and change the rules. The TX lottery should just clear out the gray area and sell tickets online through its own app like hal
Oct 18, 2024, 1:42 pm - cottoneyedjoe - Lottery News

New Jersey couple's superstition leads them to win $874,025 Jersey Cash 5 lottery jackpotReply
The most important aspect of this was left out of this poorly written article here. Was it a quick pic or was it one of their regular numbers that they play. I am leaning toward it was a regular set of numbers and I fail to see what difference it would make where they played it. If it was a quick pic then yes, changing stores worked for them this time. The timing of the clerks fingers won them this. Not the store. I am impressed though with the win and them stating that it provides them with a l
Oct 12, 2024, 11:30 am - billybucks - Lottery News

Pennsylvania: 9/1 - 9/30/2024Reply
Hey, I just seen this on my hometown tv news online article published today and Thought you guys would like to know about this ... https://www.wtaj.com/news/regional-news/data-reveals-most-commonly-drawn-powerball-mega-millions-numbers/
Sep 3, 2024, 10:39 am - DeafLuv2Win - Pick 3 Forum

What Is The Size of The Lottey Playing Public in The USA?Reply
Every so often, I intentionally do not play for a month or two. I want to prove to myself that I'm in control and not addicted to gambling. As to how many people actually play on a regular basis, it's probably fewer than the article suggests. People are very aware that the lottery is a suckers bet. G5
Jun 12, 2024, 1:43 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Fantasy-5 PlayersReply
Here's fantastic read especially fo those conspiracy theorists that think all MM or PB jackpot winners are from either California or New York. If you bother to read the article you'll know why that happens as much as it does. G5 https://www.searchlogistics.com/learn/statistics/lottery-statistics/#:~:text=Florida%20comes%20in%20second%20place,ticket%20sales%20back%20in%202021.
Jun 11, 2024, 1:33 pm - GiveFive - Pick 5 Forum

Bill banning lottery courier services passes Indiana House and SenateReply
these blanket bans. They really disenfranchise people like the elderly, the homebound, people in rural areas, A simple solution would be for the lottery to offer online sales themselves. That would also allow them to limit sales to request that originate within the state if they have concerns about selling across state lines. They could even set up an in-house courier service and take the orders and print the actual tickets on behalf of players. As a bonus, players who have trouble playing
Apr 27, 2025, 4:43 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

will you play the new $5 mega millions?Reply
Here is a breakdown of the changes, which may cause some of you to reconsider (especially if you haven't read the Lottery Post article): Mega Ball 24 - 25 will be removed, making either 24 or 23 total. KRCA says 24. Current odds are 1 in 302 million. The new odds are 1 in 278.369 million according to Lottery Post's article (23 Mega Balls?). KRCA says ~290 million (24 Mega Balls?). For reference, Powerball odds are currently 1 in 292.201 million. The new Mega Millions will be easier to win th
Dec 10, 2024, 1:32 pm - Tacticia - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpotReply
It's interesting that states may have to put some thought in how they arrange numbers on their play slips to eliminate pattern selections if they don't have in place rules protecting themselves with parimutuel payouts for large payouts. I kind of remember Texas All or Nothing https://www.lotterypost.com/news/262005 having similar issues where they needed to add parimutuel to the rules for large payouts. Even though the article does not mention it I believe their play slips allowed you to sel
Apr 30, 2026, 6:14 pm - jimjwright - Lottery News

Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpotReply
Mentioning a conspiracy while claiming no conspiracy is just pure irony. If you'd spent enough time on the website you'd have seen dozens of them every time jackpot gets big. Just recently with someone claiming all the jackpots coming from one county in Michigan. I agree with you on one thing. There has never been so many second tier winners on a small jackpot. And if you'd read the article you'd understand the reason behind it. It's the way the playslips are for a lot of the states.
Apr 30, 2026, 6:07 pm - johnnyBlaze - Lottery News