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Finally, one's growing!Reply
The game I usually play is a Pick 5 with a jackpot that starts at $100,000 and goes up until hit. It has been over $1,000,000 a couple of times. I'm in a Mega Millions state so do play it, but not always. Sometimes I'll play the Mega Millions instead since 5 + 0 pays $250,000, so you have the thought, wild as it is, of hoping to hit 5 + 0 and maybe hitting 5 + 1. Sometimes my wife plays with a friend and he likes to pick numbers. As many times as they do this, if she or I suggest a nu
Jul 4, 2007, 6:29 pm - Coin Toss - Jackpot Games Forum

Playing for Someone ElseReply
I never thought of myself as cheap or greedy, but I don't want to buy lottery tickets for anyone because of the potential problems that might arise. I suppose if I had children or was very close with a friend or family member, I might do it. However, I am a little funny, maybe even superstitious, about gambling. Many years ago when I gambled at casinos, I would put a chip or 2 on a number at a roulette table for the dealer, but usually I just tipped him instead when I won something. I did
Jun 22, 2007, 3:43 am - justxploring - Lottery Discussion Forum

After a $100 Million jackpot win, how would you deal with family?Reply
that's the thing so many people who play to lottery are not ready to win in that respect. When Mega Millions had the estimated $370 million jackpot over 212 million tickets were sold. Nobody knows exactly how many individuals purchased tickets, but if the average wager was $40, over 5 million people took a chance of winning yet there were only 2 winners. Nobody knows how many of those people were not ready to win and maybe that's because most people don't expect to win because they know
Jun 21, 2007, 4:29 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Winners In LottoReply
I'm not sure what you mean, Lacie. Can you elaborate? Last night Florida Lotto was $20 million. This is a pari-mutuel state, so the jackpots are always based on the money collected from ticket sales. 2 people hit, each with a QP, which is very unusual. I wouldn't mind sharing with them and ending up with 1/3 of the pot (about $225,000 a year for 30 years) The current Raffle tickets went on sale May 18th I believe. There are still about 830,000 tickets left out of the 1.5 million sold -
Jun 3, 2007, 1:32 pm - justxploring - Lottery Discussion Forum

Kansas, Iowa lotteries create first multi-state scratch gameNews Story
The nation's first multi-state lottery scratch-off game will make its debut this summer at the Kansas State Fair. The $10 Midwest Millions game also will be sold in Iowa. Under Kansas Lottery executive director Ed Van Petten, the Sunflower State in recent years has been a frequent pioneer in new lottery games, including an Internet scratcher game and the novel $20 pocket slot electronic game card that rolled out last year and sold out fast. Van Petten is particularly proud of Midwest
May 29, 2007, 8:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

As technology and software progress....Reply
Think about it. Anyone who writes lottery software is going to try it before selling it. If there was any chance of winning millions without spending millions, the software would be held back from the market. If you invented a lottery software and won one or more jackpots with it, would you need to go through the whole process of running a business to sell copies to people you don't know? A. Person writes lottery software to make money selling product, has little or no interest in playing
May 26, 2007, 12:33 am - BobP - Lottery Discussion Forum

$112M Mega Millions lottery ticket purchased in CaliforniaReply
It twas CALI'eeeeeessss..TIME to Win the Big ONE >>>>o!o WOULD be interesting to Know what SEX wins JACKPOTs D ....... most??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? bouy's or gull's ? Need a POLE about this (one) don't know how to get a true anwser BUTTT, and there is always, a butt..........maby LP NEWS can figure it OUT and conduct the most SCIENCE driven POLL in all HISTORY ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? afte
May 14, 2007, 7:03 pm - psykomo - Lottery News

MegaMillions advertised annuityReply
Always, Always, Always take the cash value settlement option. If you're young enough and sensible, take the cash value option. What I mean by sensible is having the sense to spend no more than 10 percent of your net winnings each year. Even people who have taken the annuity option have run into financial trouble when they spent the next year's check the previous year. Taking the annuity therefore is not a guaranteed way to protect one from making dumb decisions. Also, if you happen to d
Apr 9, 2007, 2:56 pm - OldSchoolPa - Jackpot Games Forum

would you pay 2 dollars for a ticket......Reply
I want to say no, but to be honest I probably just wouldn't play as often. I live in a Mega Millions state and thus far this year of all my Mega Millions tickets (38) I've hit 14 numbers, of those 14, once it 1 = 1 for a screaming $3. If you consider 6 numbers on each ticket as one huge ticket (counting the Mega as just another number) 38 X 6= 228. So that's one ticket with 228 numbers on it. 14 for 228 = .061, not a real fantastic batting average. All that considered, if ticket
Apr 4, 2007, 11:34 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Quik Pic observations from a new LP member...Reply
So what you are saying is, if other pickers have the same tendencies, is that you will seed it falsely, or try to, before Joe Schmoe, (in other words maybe someone like moi) uses it, to prevent sharing jackpots or them benefitting from your chosen numbers if they turn out to be well founded in the draw? What happens if you do that and it HELPS the other person out to win it, despite that not being your original intent? Obviously, most doing so would never know for sure. Consider the GA tru
Mar 23, 2007, 4:34 pm - letitride$ - Lottery Discussion Forum