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would MUSL eventually computerize powerball like they did hot lotto?Reply
The lottery doesn't exist for us, the players. The lottery exists to make money (as any business). But the lottery doesn't have to jump through hoops or anything of the sort to develop a relationship with its customers, it just has to offer the game. Lets' face it, sales are astronomical when jackpots are over $100,000,000, as compared to the jackpot starting points, and there's a frenzy. It wouldn't' be surprising to find out that for those drawings the average player couldn't tell you if
Aug 12, 2007, 5:28 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Hoosier LotteryReply
If the current cash value is 60%, then I think it's a result of higher than normal ticket sales. The actual cash value is always directly related to ticket sales, because a percentage of sales goes to each prize level. The relative values of the cash in the prize pool and the annuity value is determined by the interest that is expected to be earned with the cash. Varying tickets sales has nothing to do with it. has anyone considered that the reason why there isn't a roll over after the
Aug 11, 2007, 3:02 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

What is your lottery income?Reply
Those are predictions and your guess is as good as mine to whether those predictors play all those combinations. So my main question is when its all said an done do you guys actually benefit from playing the lotto (In terms of money, not entertainment) and also in a given year what is your lotto net income? Coin Toss gets notifications that they won lots of money from lotteries they didn't play but the rest of us have to buy a ticket to win. Some people like to talk about what they would
Jul 30, 2007, 11:50 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Raffle rules applied to a jackpot gameReply
Actually I as thinking kind of a combination of both a regualr jackpot game- people playing their numbers and QPs - but there's no drawing until all combinations are sold so there would have to be a winner. (I'm also thinking we're entertaining our lottery commission lurkers, too). It would beat expanding the matrix again, wouldn't it? It doesn't look like the lotteries are doing anything to keep the ticket price the same and increase the jackpots. And for the $1 player this woul
Jul 26, 2007, 1:59 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Raffle rules applied to a jackpot gameReply
It sounds to me like you're now describing a game that works differently than the one in your first post. When somebody buys a raffle they get the next available number because the game is designed to be sold sequentially. They don't get to choose the number, it isn't random, and I doubt that most people see the ticket number as a combination. FWIW, while they aren't promoted as such, scratchers work the same way, except that the tickets arent sold sequentially and if all of the tickets don't
Jul 26, 2007, 1:01 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

POLL: Ever wonder why you play?Reply
A couple reasons.... 1. We all want to win. (And there are enough jackpots for all LP members!--fingers crossed for everyone) 2. Sometimes its the only thing that keeps me going. Being young, and often broke in Los Angeles isn't easy or fun. I've cut back on my ticket-buying since this lottery endeavor hasn't gone well lo' these past 3 years. But the dream kind of saves me. 3. I've been playing for 3 years...just trying to chase the losses. Fortunately I have enough mind when to stop i
Jul 23, 2007, 3:53 am - jarrettac - Lottery Discussion Forum

will you play a lottery with computerized drawings?Reply
Think about it . The games are played on computer. The computer instantly knows what numbers were played and how any many tickets were sold. The state is out to make MONEY . Computers can be easily programmed to pick numbers with the lowest amount of winners, so the state makes more money. So, on a Cash 3 game for example, instead of Releasing a winning number with 2900 winners, it would be more advantageous to release one with a far less number say , 320 ... people won , but is it fair , No
Jul 21, 2007, 1:00 am - sector46 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Calif. Lottery fails to meet Mega Millions deadlineReply
Or are they hoping there are at least a few Jackpots that go unclaimed? That's an interesting question because it sounds like California wants to assume ownership of the entire jackpot prize from an unclaimed ticket sold in that state even though the majority of the tickets were sold in other states. In most states when there are 2 or more jackpot winners and one of the tickets goes unclaimed that portion goes back to the states. Mega Millions probably has provisions covering that in the
Jul 20, 2007, 9:06 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

What Would Be An Ideal Lottery?Reply
Good points, Justxploring. mylollipop You have some good sounding ideas, but unfortunately they would come under the once upon a time category. Lotteries are set up and conducted to benefit the state and the lottery (and the private corporation running the lottery if that is the case), NOT FOR the benefit of the players. A minute number of players get lucky and hit jackpots, but the players are just a necessary entity to keep the machine going, and it's a money making machine.
Jul 17, 2007, 7:12 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

What Would Be An Ideal Lottery?Reply
I would keep exactly what FL has now except I would change the matrix back to 6/49. I don't like the idea of a lottery run by the Federal Government. I'm satisfied with the smaller jackpots with better odds. A worldwide lottery would be too complicated IMHO. Anyway, to me it would never be a real international game, since there are too many countries where just one dollar can be the difference between life or death, where the average annual income is less than $1,000. There are already
Jul 17, 2007, 1:00 pm - justxploring - Lottery Discussion Forum