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Oklahoma lottery winner remains silentNews Story
Let's say you opened your Tulsa World to Page 3, checked your Powerball numbers in the top right-hand corner same as you do every Thursday and Sunday and found you had a perfect, exact match. Let's say that made the ticket worth $101.8 million. Would you run screaming down the street? Call everybody you know and maybe everybody in the phone book? Faint? For the holder of a winning Powerball ticket sold in Broken Arrow about three weeks ago, the answer to at least two of
Jul 4, 2006, 7:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
The powerball has rolled over. The cash prize is $12.6M, advertised as a $28M annuity. The MM has a slightly larger cash prize, but longer odds. The average number of tickets sold on 3rd draws is 15.0M. If this is an average draw the probability for various numbers of winners will be as follows: 090.24% 19.26% 20.48% 30.02% The mixed linear/exponential model for jackpot evolution gives, irrespective of caps, reserves or minimums the following probability model for j
Jun 25, 2006, 12:35 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
The megamillions jackpot has rolled. The cash jackpot is now $12.9M and the advertised annuity is $23M. The average sales on third drawings in a series is 16.5M. If this is the number of tickets that are sold, the probability of various numbers of winner will be as follows: 091.04% 18.55% 20.40% 30.01% Sales continue to run below average owing to the large in state jackpots in the three largest populaton states, Texas, New York and California. Thus, depending on wha
Jun 24, 2006, 5:09 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
Powerball has rolled. The cash prize is $9.1M, the advertised annuity is $20M. The average 2nd draw sells about 13.5M tickets. If this is the number of tickets sold, the probability of numbers of winners is as follows: 091.17% 18.42% 20.39% 30.01% The long term probability function suggests the following jackpot evolution, caps, reserves, and minimums ignored: $2,419,184,970.48$1,103,148,3470.17%0.00% $1,797,780,713.22$819,788,0050.92%0.00% $1,342,968,437.
Jun 22, 2006, 5:39 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
The megamillions jackpot has rolled. The cash jackpot is now $9.0M and the advertised annuity is $16M. Note that the last drawing produced the record lowest sales since the matrix change, 13.567M in sales. With California, NY and Texas all having larger in state jackpots, this is not surprising. Nevertheless, the average number of tickets sold for second MM drawings is 15.9M. If MM manages to reach this figure on this draw, the probability of various numbers of winners will be as fol
Jun 21, 2006, 11:09 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
The Powerball jackpot has been won. The cash value is now $6.8M, the annuity is the base of $15M. On average first draws sell 14.6 million tickets. If this is how many tickets sell, the probability of various numbers of winners will be as follows: 090.49% 19.04% 20.45% 30.02% The mixed linear/exponential model I have developed for the probability of long term jackpot evolution makes the following predictions, exclusive of jackpot minimums, reserves, and caps: Average
Jun 18, 2006, 11:13 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Maryland Lottery machine glitches frustrate playersNews Story
New system suffers long breakdowns, customers complain A new lottery sales system being installed at thousands of convenience, liquor and grocery stores statewide has experienced breakdowns of up to several hours at a time this week, Maryland Lottery officials said Friday. Store owners and avid players in search of their daily numbers were frustrated and furious. Customers have let store owners hear their displeasure especially those who can't play the popular Keno game. You should s
Jun 5, 2006, 7:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
The powerball jackpot has rolled over. The cash value is 21.3 million. The advertised annuity value is $48M. The average number of tickets sold for a 5th drawing in this matrix is 15.3M. If this is the number of tickets sold in this drawing, the probability for various numbers of winners viewed as a random distribution will be as follows: 090.06% 19.43% 20.49% 30.02% The mixed linear/exponential model for powerball suggests, disregarding reserves and caps, the following
Jun 1, 2006, 6:18 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
The powerball jackpot has rolled over. The cash value is 16.9 million. The advertised annuity value is $38M. The average number of tickets sold for a fourth drawing in this matrix is 14.3M. If this is the number of tickets sold in this drawing, the probability for various numbers of winners viewed as a random distribution will be as follows: 090.68% 18.87% 20.43% 30.01% The mixed linear/exponential model for powerball suggests, disregarding reserves and caps, the f
May 28, 2006, 1:38 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
The powerball jackpot has rolled over. The cash value is 12.4 million. The advertised annuity value is $28M. The average number of tickets sold for a second drawing in this matrix is 15.0M. If this is the number of tickets sold in this drawing, the probability for various numbers of winners will be as follows: 090.24% 19.26% 20.48% 30.02% The mixed linear/exponential modeling function predicts the following long term probabilities for jackpot evolution, ignoring re
May 25, 2006, 9:09 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum