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Tenn. Lottery audit: players spent $2 million on worthless ticketsReply
Somebody must be on to the rng quirk. Look at the prize payout increase
Mar 22, 2008, 5:51 pm - JAP69 - Lottery News

Instead of 1/1000Reply
February had 11 which the first digit was a repeat from the previous play. You can probably play the front pair for 50 cents so it would cost you $5 to play all the front pairs with that digit or $145 for the entire month. Those 11 hits would get you $275 or a nice profit of $130. There are other betting strategies like playing a $1 or more on some of the second position digits to increase the profits.
Mar 21, 2008, 8:33 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Systems Forum

What's the cut off point for you?Reply
Okay lets comment on it then, technically size does matter, its personal opinion, if one will spend the same amount on the jackpot frequently no matter what the size, why would spend when the pot is low when you are spending the same price when it's high? Me personally 15 is basically the same as 150+, only difference is what your personal opinion is of currency. You could use both values to increase your wealth or decrease your wealth.
Mar 17, 2008, 9:20 am - rubberbandman - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball lottery jackpot hits $200 millionReply
So, no it is NOT $230, at best, it will 25% of that. That is closer to the real world. Maybe so, especially with inflation; even though the lottery does increase its annuity payment each year. However the lottery does pay out $230 million either way, but just doesn't like to say that 25% and more will go to the greedy IRS.
Mar 10, 2008, 12:17 am - sirbrad - Lottery News

scratch off amountReply
I am ashamed to say that i am currently purchasing 1 $5 ticket daily for the California Millionaire scratcher. I am trying to save up enough tickets to be able to mail in at least 100 tickets all in one day for one drawing. I have been saving to 3 months. I am giving myself ONE drawing to shoot for. After that its over. I never played scratchers and won't play again after that. I did it to increase my chances since it has a second chance option.
Mar 9, 2008, 4:56 pm - lottocalgal - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

How do I determine the interest rate received on annual payments?Reply
Depends what you mean. If you take $9M and divide by 26 you get about $346K a year. So the rate on $9M each year would be is 3.85% since 9,000,000 x 3.85% = $346,500 If you took the lump sum, your interest rate would vary depending on your investments. Averaging 6% a year for 12 years doubles your money. Investing in stocks, commodities, real estate, etc. should increase that amount substantially, but there is always some risk.
Mar 7, 2008, 6:40 pm - justxploring - Lottery Discussion Forum

-Playing amount-
do you guys play the jackpot with the same amount of tickets throughout all prize differations or do you increase the number of tickets (or decrease) while the jackpot changes ps im trying to get the blue boxes but nothing has been happening, have you guys seen my posts
Mar 6, 2008, 10:55 am - rubberbandman - Lottery Discussion Forum

$270 Million: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised againReply
Spending more money for tickets doesn't increase your chances much. 100 out of 175,000,000 isn't much better than 5 out of 175,000,000. It's all about luck. Always play within your means, and hope for the best.
Mar 3, 2008, 3:46 pm - Captain Lotto - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Size (2/20/08)Reply
I second Benmas opinion! PA is simply giving money away to the south and to the west. Its time we bring it home where I can spend it best!! The powerball will increase dramatically once the Mega hits! Seems folks flock to the highest jackpot after the other one is hit. I chose 'tween 150/170 since that is just two draws away.
Feb 22, 2008, 7:16 pm - TheGameGrl - Jackpot Games Forum

Which gives me a better chance of winning a lottery?Reply
YEah WOW...I'm right and KYFloyd is right but Coin Toss brings up the issue of some average folk not understanding probability concepts..it is the interpretation of probability that is so confusing to some...the numbers can be misleading (example: why is the probability of matching red powerball only 1:79 and not 1:42)..but Coin Toss and justexlporing and RJOh are right in ILLUSTRATING the fact that it is so freaking hard to make any serious improvement in chances when it comes to MEGA...so the
Feb 21, 2008, 3:58 am - benmas - Lottery Discussion Forum