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Secrets of a lottery lawyer-Kurt Panouses interviewReply
That explains him blaming lottery officials for his being a poor lottery player. You don't know that there's no such thing as a poor Lottery player ? Or even a good one for that matter? Even Kurt Panouses said in one of those BW videos that his clients all have one big thing in common - They're all very LUCKY I've got some trouble with something else you revealed about yourself in a different LP thread. You said you liked Florida's Governor. That's all well and good, but you're also ti
May 19, 2026, 11:03 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

South Dakota trust claims $78 million Lotto Texas jackpot days before it expiresReply
i think the secrecy is to deter scammers. there are just too many out there these days. Scammers are one reason to (try to) remain anonymous. People you already know are often another good reason. People who think your net worth is fairly typical tend not to pester you for large handouts, but a lot of us have a relative or acquaintance who would want a piece of the pie if they knew it was a multi-million dollar pie. Keeping the wealth secret tends to be a lot harder than just claiming anony
May 16, 2026, 1:33 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Secrets of a lottery lawyer-Kurt Panouses interviewReply
State income tax applies to the state in which you live at the time you gain constructive receipt or the economic benefit of the money. Unless the ticket is from a state you don't live in, in which case that state gets their income tax before your home state gets a crack at it. what is the advantage of hiring someone advertising themselves as a lottery lawyer over someone [else] There's a lawyer in MA who has represented a number of winners, and (at least according to the reporting I sa
May 9, 2026, 1:31 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Michigan Weekly Breakdown — Fantasy 5 & Lotto 47 Trend Report (April 4-9)Reply
Really appreciate you breaking this down so thoroughly. Your 7:08 PM terminal story is interesting that kind of timing glitch happens, and it does make you wonder. The 21-minute window before results post is something more people should pay attention to. On the PLC theory, I understand the logic. But from my own experience working in a lottery operation back in Poland in the 90s (as a technician servicing lotto terminals), the systems I saw were specifically designed so that nobody could
Apr 20, 2026, 11:04 pm - RichW - Lottery Discussion Forum

Help Me Understand This 😭Reply
* Anytime there are as many tries as there are possible outcomes than chance of a hit are 63.21%. Chance of getting a 1 when rolling a die 6 times: 63.21%. Chance of drawing the ace of spades when choosing 1 card from a freshly shuffled deck 52 times: 63.21%. Chance of winning P3 if you play it 1000 individual times: 63.21% . Interesting! This is an different perspective on the odds. Most texts talk about the number of draws it takes to have a 50/50 chance of hitting. Thanks for this differ
Apr 18, 2026, 5:30 pm - parlayman - Lottery Discussion Forum

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
You are conflating two different issues.. The lottery, and the tax on income. THe Lottery organisers don't pay the tax on winnings. They withhold an amount because the winner is liable for income tax. Then the winner pays any extra they might owe... Americans get to pay up to 37% because that is the top rate of a set of variable rates... nonresident aliens get to pay 30% on any winnings over $500 (or is it $600)... That is a flat rate.. If I won $50,000 in a US lottery, I w
Apr 17, 2026, 6:25 pm - kao1632 - Lottery News

Impact of "Free Money" on Lottery SpendingReply
JustMaybe brings up a really good question. The data actually backs it up. During the stimulus check period (2020-2021), US lottery sales jumped roughly 20% year-over-year. That wasn't just bigger jackpots driving more tickets, the spike in sales started within days of each stimulus deposit hitting bank accounts. The timing was too consistent to be coincidence. There's a well-documented behavioral economics concept called mental accounting , people treat money differently depending on wh
Apr 10, 2026, 5:00 pm - RichW - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
I too have had 'trouble' with what's being argued so passionately in this thread. When I lived in the Northeast, although I lived in New York State, I lived in close proximity to Pennsylvania. Every Fall The PA Lottery (for what I'm guessing is the last 20 years or more) holds their Millionaire Raffle. According to the raffles official rules, a maximum of 500,000 tickets can be sold. The PA Lottery has always advertised the odds for the raffle at 125,000 to 1 because there are 4 top prize w
Mar 30, 2026, 7:56 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Once homeless, now a lottery winner: Colorado man gets his $1 million comebackReply
It's nice to see the Colorado Lottery in the news. I've played the 200X game a few times. One time I won $50. He's been playing scratch-off games on and off for a few years, he told the Colorado Lottery, but only when he could afford to . Jonathan will usually stick to the $5 games, recalling that the largest amount he'd ever won was $20. ... I was having a tough sales day , and it actually paid off, Jonathan recalled. My reaction was total disbelief. Those are oppos
Mar 10, 2026, 9:58 am - Tucker Black - Lottery News

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!
Beginning March 1st, The Florida Lottery began selling Millionaire Raffle tickets. Some of the Official rules are as follows - Play Period. March 1 June 30, 2026, dates inclusive, or until 2,000,000 Millionaire Raffle tickets (hereafter Raffle ticket/s ) have been sold, whichever occurs first. Ticket Price and Quantity. A maximum of 2,000,000 Raffle tickets will be available for sale at a price of $20.00 each. Upon the sale of the 2,000,000 th Raffle ticket, tickets will no longer be sold. A
Mar 8, 2026, 1:42 pm - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum