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The Best Lotto Program...Reply
Lotwin or Lotwin32 by Futuresoft is both relatively easy to use while very sophisticated in operation. The program is one of the few that easily allows you to set filters and then build a wheel on the fly around the filters with a valid guarantee if your filter settings are correct. Most filtering lottery software removes lines from the wheel which voids the guarantee even with the removal of a single line. What this means, is you can really narrow down the odds with correct choices as to
Feb 1, 2006, 2:27 am - BobP - Lottery Systems Forum

Californians targeted by Spanish lottery scamReply
True, they said there was no purchase necessary (and by law there wasn't supposed to be) -- but often if you didn't purchase you had to send in a 3x5 card with your name and address or something else that screamed please throw this in the trash. The people who bought magazines got the fancy stamps and offical entry documents and postage-paid envelopes. :) So, psychologically you felt compelled to order at least one magazine -- and this was on purpose. These magzine folks were marketing pro
Dec 4, 2005, 8:39 pm - ChazzMatt - Lottery News

Pick 3 Paradox? Question of probability
The standard (mechanical) way that a Pick 3 digit is selected is to draw one ball from a machine that contains a pool of ten balls. This is done 3 separate times (there are 3 machines that each contain ten balls) to give us our winning Pick 3 combination. Since there are ten balls in each machine we can calculate the total possible combinations by multiplying each of the machines ten balls by the other machines ten balls and so on. When this is done we get 10x10x10, which equals 1000 possib
Nov 10, 2005, 1:12 pm - Thoth - Mathematics Forum

$170M Mega Millions jackpot has Calif. Lottery officials scramblingNews Story
Chon Gutierrez, acting director of the California State Lottery, boldly predicted there would be days like this. But he had no idea that day would come this soon.Today, California's participation in the new Mega Millions multistate lottery game is expected to produce a $170 million jackpot, the second-largest lottery jackpot in state history. If no one wins in the 12-state drawing tonight, Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot likely will top $200 million - exceeding the California record of $193 mill
Jul 22, 2005, 10:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball lottery creator patents new gamesNews Story
The co-creator of the Powerball lottery game has patented an international jackpot game and a new lotto game that could some day be played in the United States.Edward Stanek is president of the Iowa Lottery and one of two men who came up with the Powerball game, which is now played in 27 states.The Powerball game has generated about $17 billion in sales for lotteries nationwide over the past 14 years, but Edward Stanek has never cashed a dime in royalty checks.Stanek chuckles when anybody asks h
Jul 6, 2005, 7:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

Are Secrets Really Worth Keeping?Reply
Many years ago I was asked to help write software to assist lottery players in selecting their numbers . I was very careful not to make statements like better chance of winning or improved odds because mathematically speaking, it is impossible to change the probability of any particular event happening.That said, it is not at all difficult to put together wheels and other systems that change the probability of a win and the pattern of what might be won, but ultimately, the expected amount
Jun 18, 2005, 3:54 am - MathWizard - Lottery Systems Forum

Florida Lotto winner sued — againNews Story
Robert Swofford Jr. had $35 million in Florida Lotto winnings, and his soon-to-be ex-wife wanted a piece of it.Swofford solved that problem, but now he's got another one: The ex-wife's sister wants a cut, too, and she's taking him to court to get it.The way Mary Lackey sees it, she deserves part of the money every bit as much as her sister Ann did. And some folks might agree she has a point. Swofford fathered children by both women in 1993. Mary Lackey says she wants the money for her daughter.O
Feb 28, 2005, 9:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery riches are only one component of happinessReply
From the article: Richard Ball, a professor in Haverford (Pa.) College's department of economics, knows where all these people are coming from.Ball attempted to answer the money/happiness question in Absolute Income, Relative Income and Happiness, a paper he presented at the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies conference in Philadelphia last month.His findings? A person's happiness is affected much less by income than by marital status, health and the protection of civil liberties
Dec 27, 2004, 11:31 pm - jim695 - Lottery News

Georgia lottery chief keeps education in the forefrontNews Story
Margaret DeFrancisco's mind, like that of many corporate chieftains, is always in marketing mode. Focus groups, retail outlets, promotional buzz and creating new products occupy her thoughts.But DeFrancisco shoulders a responsibility that transcends that of the typical CEO. How she performs as president and CEO of the Georgia Lottery Corp. impacts how many college-bound teens will be able to afford higher learning and how many kids have access to pre-kindergarten.Parents, students and lawmaker
Dec 20, 2004, 8:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

Does God really hate gambling?Reply
Here's what I found on Bible.com, I don't know if there is any truth to their statements, since I don't read the bible myself, but it's worth taking a look at. In my opinion, sin is a sin, that is the best way someone could have ever said it. We sin each day, we probably don't even notice our sins. If you feel so strongly against gambling, or feel guilty on putting $5.00 on a lottery game, then you probably shouldn't play. Jack W. didn't mind to gamble and he is a Christian, and said it was t
Jun 30, 2004, 3:45 pm - Kristin - Lottery Systems Forum