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The Anti-Quick Pick SystemReply
Using a system to select lottery numbers both increases AND decreases your odds. Your goal of using a system is to design it in a way that it increases your odds more than it decreases it. For example, one of the functions in my PowerBall program discards any sets that have 3 consecutive numbers. This will increase my odds, BUT it will also slightly decrease my odds because sets that have 3 consecutive numbers ARE possible. The last time this happened on the PowerBall was on December 2, 2006. Ev
Feb 2, 2007, 7:16 pm - Guru101 - Lottery Systems Forum

N.C. Lottery chief adding new games to overcome revenue shortfallReply
Also increase the payouts on instant games. It's widely known that NC instant games payout % are lower than whale dung.
Feb 1, 2007, 8:27 am - DoubleDown - Lottery News

Nationwide, lotteries struggle to stay competitiveReply
Ms Palumbo is no longer NY lottery director. A man took her place in November, hired by outgoing Gov Pataki. Trust me, the ONLY thing that can help NY Blotto 59 is an increase in the payout percentage, which for Blotto has always been 40%. I don't know for sure what the percentage(s) will be with NY Lotto Extra, but I suppose it will be the status quo.
Jan 31, 2007, 9:52 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

GPU PowerReply
The applications that benefit from powerful GPUs are mainly games and high-end CAD applications used for 3-dimensional modeling of objects. I can't think of anything related to the lottery that would be helped by a powerful GPU. If you want to increase the computational power of your PC, get a multi-core CPU, more RAM (at least 1GB) and a fast SATA hard drive with lots of room. I personally like the Athlon 64 bit processors if I get the choice. But the new Intel dual core processors are go
Jan 22, 2007, 1:29 pm - Todd - Lottery Systems Forum

Florida Pick 4 (Jan 7 thru Jan 13)Reply
I hope that's the one. I play a group of states in increase my chances, though, but I hope you get a hit this week.
Jan 8, 2007, 11:32 am - sfilippo - Pick 4 Forum

Maryland Lottery raffle game sells fewer tickets than hopedReply
Agreed. The way out of this situation is the way KY is currently conducting their raffle-type lottery, and I would expect more jurisdictions to adopt this method. They have not announced a drawing date, and the drawing will not be conducted until all tickets are sold. With adequate publicity this shouldn't be a problem and may increase sales as ticket availability becomes scarce. Who knows?
Jan 3, 2007, 8:46 am - johnph77 - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery raffle game sells fewer tickets than hopedReply
As of this writing, it doesn't appear that South Carolina will sell out either. I hope they do as Maryland did -- go ahead with the draw next week.... It will increase the chances of a win...
Jan 2, 2007, 3:00 pm - DoubleDown - Lottery News

Best Games for DatesReply
The best game for playing numbers that are based on birthdays would be one in which everybody is forced to play numbers that are also days of the month. You won't be able to do anything to increase your chances of winning, but you won't be increasing the risk of a shared payout as much as you do by playing those numbers in a game with more than 31 numbers to choose from. That means what you really want are games with no more than 31 numbers to choose from. Whether or not you'll find a game lik
Dec 28, 2006, 9:25 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Important Pick5,6,10, & Jackpots Question for Todd & LP members.Reply
Yes, I do know of a few games here and there with availability of draw-order data. I am probably aware of more sources of lottery data than most people. I was talking about enough games being available to make it worthwhile to put the effort into it. Many people do consider the draw order important, and to the contrary the small odds may increase the need for any advantage possible, including draw-order data.
Dec 28, 2006, 8:02 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery counting systemReply
Know this everyone, Thorp's book, Beat the Dealer did indeed do marvels for the game of 21....while educating the players that they only need to beat the dealer and not play to get 21 every hand, it also did more than anything else to popularize the game of 21 and increase revenue for the house! That book created a lot of jobs for a lot of 21 dealers, true story.
Dec 21, 2006, 11:44 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Systems Forum