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Louisiana Lottery may add Mega Millions next yearReply
I hope you are right. The Powerball price going up is going to impact me in a big way. As I've posted before, I run a lottery pool at my office in which we buy a mix of Powerball and Lotto tickets every payday. We currently buy 7 Powerball and 6 Lotto. We haven't won big yet the best we've one on one pool being a little over $100. When the price goes up, I'm going to have to either up the price of membership or reduce the number of tickets I buy for the pool. I plan to put it to the a vote of th
Sep 17, 2011, 6:51 pm - PrisonerSix - Lottery News

Gold Rush TriplerReply
Hey Skeptic, I wondered about this too, and it seems that the odds for each game are extremely higher than the advertised odds on the Florida Lottery website. I've googled the game's name and emergency rules and found the same odds that you reference in your post. It appears that these are the odds 'per pool' released. When you consider the total number of tickets per pool and the total number of pools, and then divide by the total number of tickets--- you get the 'overall' odds that are adve
Sep 13, 2011, 9:18 pm - OldSchoolHits - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Why Do Mathematicians Consider The Lottery RandomReply
I don't want to speak for stack, but If I read him correctly he's saying that despite all the computer simulations that ran in the past, you can't dispute the simple fact that my friend does have a 65% edge in the main pool. But what makes the system a winner in my opinion, in the long term, the smaller pools have the winning combo to compliment the main pool. The extra wins by the smaller pools keep my friend well ahead any catasrophic Bad Luck runs had my friend only played the main pool a
Aug 27, 2011, 1:42 am - joker17 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Help for my 6/49 game,from clever lottery post membersReply
hi lottohardworker! It is very good you use programs for your analysis and generating combinations.I am afraid that is very difficult to work with a pool of 15 numbers.I was playing with a pool of 30 numbers and still didn't get all 6 numbers in the pool most of times.NOW! Please go on advancedlotttery(dot)co (dot )uk and read through.I know that most of what is beeing said there you already know but that's not the point.The point is the way of thinking as far as strategies and the possibilit
Aug 4, 2011, 1:47 am - greencobra7 - Lottery Systems Forum

$200M Powerball lottery jackpot won by N.Y. Costco workersReply
Congratulations, this $201.9 Million advertised annuity amount is a tidy prize for each of the 20 lottery pool players! Sure is a very large lottery pool! After the 49% annuity to lump sum value, AND another 44% fed and state tax deductions, should leave each of the 20 lottery pool members with approximately $2.9 Million each!!! This $2.9 Million amount is probably enough for the solo, and married without children members to not have to remain at Costco if desired. Could switch to the busines
Jun 2, 2011, 2:04 pm - HaveABall - Lottery News

Should lottery winners share with colleagues?Reply
Well, this is merely ANOTHER journalist writing an article to broadcast their deep seated notions about how net multi-million dollar jackpots should be distributed. Regardless, as far as we know, NONE of these five co-workers have said anything to anyone other than congratulations towards their current/former lottery pool playing coworkers who won. If this is true, than that is the right attitude and I respect that!!! After all, their lottery winning coworkers probably asked EACH of them twi
Apr 3, 2011, 4:29 pm - HaveABall - Lottery News

Lottery's biggest loser: Albany man passed on office pool that won $319M jackpotReply
If I was in a lottery group and one person opted out that one week (but played normally) I would give that person some of the winnings. I would create a contract/agreement that even though they opted out that one week, if the pool each gave that person a certain amount, they can not sue for future money. Better yet, the BEST thing to do is have a contract from the very beginning, stating that in the lotto pool, a player is only able to recieve winnings if they played in that days pool. Also t
Mar 31, 2011, 9:03 am - B$Rizzle - Lottery News

Worker skips office Mega pool, loses share of $319M
By PERRY CHIARAMONTE in Albany and BOB FREDERICKS in New York Last Updated: 12:32 PM, March 30, 2011 Posted: 2:02 AM, March 30, 2011 He didn't think Lady Luck was on his side -- and now he's out millions. A hapless state information-technology worker who usually joined his office lottery pool took a pass last week -- only to learn that seven positive-thinking pals nailed a whopping $319 million Mega Millions jackpot, said a deli owner who knows the winners. The word is that whe
Mar 30, 2011, 7:38 pm - management - Lottery Discussion Forum

$244 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery frenzy ramps upReply
I hate to disappoint you dpoly1 but I have multiple accounts set up to handle the $109 million I expect to receive after 1) all six numbers match on my ticket, 2) I claim the jackpot win under a trust I have established, 3) Uncle Obama...oops, I mean Uncle Sam takes his cut, and 4) Papa Raise My Taxes Quinn gets his cut (that will be the last taxes Illinois get from me as I will move south after the big win...no longer want to fund those inflated public pensions...yep, I am a hardworking private
Mar 19, 2011, 10:27 am - OldSchoolPa - Lottery News

Statistics around the balance of even/odd and small/big numbersReply
Not all lotto games are the same. The even/odd balance in lotto games depend on the pool size of the individual game. The stats are explained by the total (odd + even) and individual quantities of even and odd numbers possible. In a game where the draw pool is an odd number (e.g. 49) the trend will skew towards more odd numbers being drawn -- there are 25 odds but only 24 evens. When the pool is even (e.g. 48 or 52) the trend will be more balanced (24/24, 26/26)
Dec 28, 2010, 10:38 pm - time*treat - Mathematics Forum