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Lottery addict screams at judge, 'prison won't help'News Story
A sobbing lottery addict convicted of stealing $2.3 million from her employer to fund her habit screamed at the judge that prison won't cure her. Tell me how you're helping me! Annie Donnelly of Farmingville yelled at state Supreme Court Justice Robert Doyle during her sentencing Tuesday. Donnelly pleaded guilty last month to second-degree grand larceny in exchange for the sentence of four to 12 years in prison. The former bookkeeper for a doctors' office admitted she stole the mon
Sep 27, 2006, 2:15 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
The Powerball jackpot has rolled. The cash value is now $94.5M. The advertised annuity value is represented as being $203M. The lottery has been selling above average sales on this run. Although in a temporal sense, the upcoming draw is the 14th in this series, the jackpots are better reflected by an average 15th draw. I will therefore treat the system as if it were a 15th draw. The average number of sales on a 14th draw is about $39.0M tickets. If this is the number of sales realized o
Sep 21, 2006, 10:05 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
The Powerball jackpot has rolled. The cash value is $92.7M; the advertised annuity jackpot is $204M. The average number of tickets sold on a 15th draw is 40M. If this is the number of tickets that sell, the probability distribution for numbers of winners is: 076.58% 120.43% 22.73% 30.24% 40.02% The long term probability looks like this, ignoring caps: Average Jackpots$592,077,809.46$270,063,87826.37%1.44% $353 $462,750,509.21$211,073,94237.53%5.47%
Aug 3, 2006, 7:51 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
Powerball has rolled over. The cash value is 70.7M, the annuity jackpot is $155M. Although the upcoming roll is a 12th draw, the jackpot size is now equivalent to an average 13th draw. The average sales for a thirteen draw are $28.9M. If this is the number of tickets that sell, the randomized probability for various numbers of winner is: 082.04% 116.24% 21.61% 30.11% 40.01% A long term mixed linear/exponential model suggests that the jackpot may evolve in this way
Jul 27, 2006, 8:55 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Promoting more lottery playReply
My guess is your figures are from a $300,000,000+ Jackpot, a $28,000,000 payout for Match 3 may be justified and supported by Ticket Sales. 07/18/2006 Drawing Match 5+1 000,001 $49,000,000 Match 5+0 000,004 $250,000 Match 4+1 000,016 $10,000 Match 4+0 000,924 $150 Match 3+1 000,991 $150 Match 2+1 018,946 $10 Match 3+0 049,591 $7 Match 1+1 117,471 $3 Match 0+1 221,268 $2 Match 3 Payout=$2,479,550 PS: Jackpots would be reduced by an amout equal to the increased lower tier prizes.
Jul 24, 2006, 10:36 am - Raven62 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Maryland Lottery sales top $1.5 billion for first timeNews Story
5% increase means more than $501 million for state Maryland Lottery sales topped $1.5 billion for the first time in the fiscal year that ended in June, a jump of more than 5 percent from the year before, lottery director Buddy Roogow said yesterday. More than $501 million in revenue is headed to the state's coffers, exceeding budget estimates by $10 million, Roogow said. Most is earmarked for the general fund, but more than $20 million will go toward the stadium fund. The lottery is the s
Jul 18, 2006, 11:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery to pay state a record $33 millionNews Story
Idaho Lottery officials say school districts and public buildings hit a record jackpot this year with $33 million in profits from ticket sales. The dividend announced today is split evenly between Idaho's public schools and the state's Permanent Building Fund. It's the third straight year of record-setting dividends for the state-sanctioned gambling program. Sales during the fiscal year that ends Friday were $131 million, up 16 percent from last year. The biggest money maker for the Id
Jun 29, 2006, 1:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

How an LP major jackpot winner could help lottery playersReply
Pumpi: Excellent question. Cash value, I read on another thread, is 45 percent of PB advertised jackpots now. I have no idea how to find out ticket sales histories for PB and MM draws. However, Texas (according to a poster on another thread) published ticket sales for three MM jackpot winning draws. I backtracked those and compared ticket sales on one of those to the payout. The result was damning for MM. They payed out $28 M (I'm relying on memory) less than ticket sales two days
Jun 26, 2006, 5:23 pm - Rip Snorter - Lottery Discussion Forum

Online Lottery PurchasesReply
Quote: Originally posted by spy153 on June 23, 2006 it's risky dels, what's to stop these folks from taking your ticket and running off? You have to sue to get your money? and they could just leave the country. That issue has been covered many, many times here. I think you are focusing on the wrong risk. Lottery jackpots are very publicly paid out over a somewhat lengthy process, and there is plenty of time to legally intervene in the case that someone tried to take your ticket and run off
Jun 23, 2006, 11:25 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

MM and PB predictions 2006Reply
CASH Only, I didn't expect that PB and MM won consecutive jackpots for 2nd time this year. fja, sometimes my accuracy in MM and PB predictions is off when someone else wins when I forget. Best predictor in a single draw is currently 4+1: anonymous77 with 2 4+0 award: LOTTOMIKE with 6 3+1 award: Konane and Xsmega with 2 3+0 award: Xsmega with 17 2+1 award: LOTTOMIKE with 5 1+1 award: Xsmega and fja with 6 0+1 award: MADDOG10 with 4 Most MM hits: Xsmega with 20 Most PB h
Jun 20, 2006, 11:03 am - Just6ntlc - Jackpot Games Forum