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Programs for dynamic wheel construction?Reply
What do you mean by dynamic wheel construction? I assume when you're talking about a lottery wheel, you're talking about a group of combinations that guarantee a certain out come if certain conditions are true but once you filter out some of those combinations, the guarantee is also filtered out unless you reconstruct the wheel another way. When I was into using wheelings, I used CoverMaster to create the basic wheel and when I replaced the wheel numbers with my numbers, many times I got com
Jan 12, 2008, 8:08 pm - RJOh - Lottery Systems Forum

Payout of winnings less than jackpotReply
Justxploring Coin Toss, Powerball is a 30 year annuity. (MM is 26) However, the annuity for PB is graduated. The first check is the smallest and then it will increase every year for 29 years. Thanks, I wasn't sure. I think that teaches us that every discussion we've ever had it about cash vs annuity should include the person's age!
Jan 7, 2008, 7:26 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Payout of winnings less than jackpotReply
Coin Toss, Powerball is a 30 year annuity. (MM is 26) However, the annuity for PB is graduated. The first check is the smallest and then it will increase every year for 29 years. The lower tier prizes are paid as a lump sum, less tax. Bagent, you wrote whatever tax they withhold which isn't entirely true. If you get 5/5, chances are you will still owe some money to the IRS. Most states only withhold 25%, but you will be in at least a 30% tax bracket, probably 35%. After you go to an acco
Jan 7, 2008, 12:40 pm - justxploring - Lottery Discussion Forum

For those geniuses using excelReply
The theory is relatively the same, create a spread of numbers which will make you close. In the pk 3 example we've constructed a manner which was definitive in some aspects, this month so far the results are the reverse of my expectations but I think the method is usable. As far as the larger, if you will, games, construction is a key along with your ability to form winners, it's a start. We've learned that on average two subcinct even or odd numbers are ,on average, coupled with one of eith
Jan 7, 2008, 12:21 pm - THEGUY - Mathematics Forum

Student wins lottery, leaves schoolReply
But TIME IS MONEY ... The reason 'most' people go to college is so they can learn something that will increase their salary. Once you have that kind the money, you get the TIME part back. If I decided to go to school to learn something new to improve my financial future, and suddenly hit the lotto for a few million, then that would conclude my schooling. I would then perhaps concentrate on opening a chain of businesses/successful franchises and be set for the rest of my life. I could afford to h
Jan 4, 2008, 10:50 am - Omniscient - Lottery News

Large Jackpot in 2008 PB and/or MMReply
I haven't seen anything on a change, so I'll believe it when it happens. The change is to get larger jackpots. I think they will get at least one jackpot over $300M with the current matrix during 2008. If they increase the second prize too much it risks breaking some of the smaller states unless they switch the second prize to a national liability instead of carried by each state like it is now. Mega will have 2 pots over $200 but I doubt will break $300 for 2008. Euromillions will be the
Jan 3, 2008, 10:15 pm - dvdiva - Jackpot Games Forum

Matrix change: Powerball to get much harder to win?Reply
Unless they change the price per ticket to $2 instead of $1 a matrix change is the only way to increase the average jackpot. They should have changed it when they added the last state. If they are going to make changes they should change the cash payouts. Powerball has a pathetic cash value now which is less than 50%. To match the largest jackpot prize of record (183M Euros) it would take a pot of $548M. If they are serious about the changes to the second prize payouts then they better have a
Dec 30, 2007, 10:54 pm - dvdiva - Jackpot Games Forum

Getting new ballsReply
Ballset switching is most common in Pick3 or Pick4 games but virtually every Lottery does this (what's worse, computerized drawings?) In PA I read they have a senior citizen randomly pick a ballset for the Evening drawing (Midday is computerized) and on games like Powerball or Mega they not only switch entire ballsets every few months but each drawing one of the current sets is picked using some kind of <cringe> RNG or secret drawing. Not only balls get switched but machines also! I still
Dec 28, 2007, 10:36 pm - LckyLary - Lottery Discussion Forum

Texas students rank USA lotteriesReply
I agree with Todd - with a slight twist. My objections aren't based so much on survey results (who landed where), but on survery bias. Its ludicrous that any objective survey could rank CA near the top - they are one of the worst performing lotteries in the Country by almost any objective measurement. Heck - you can't even get a copy of the Commission meeting transcripts (like you can for TX) from their web site. Low ticket prices - how is that a rational criteria? One would
Dec 21, 2007, 11:40 am - Drivedabizness - Lottery News

N.D. Lottery wrestles with credit card buying optionsReply
Also, buying a 52 week subscription for Powerball does not allow for changes to the Powerball Matrix I have a question. Why would anyone in his/her right mind want the matrix to increase? There are around 10 winners a year. There are approx 302M people in the United States. In 20 years (not counting large pools) based on today's odds there will be about 200 or 250 more winners. That's the size of a wedding and some seminars I've attended. So when people say they want higher odds
Dec 7, 2007, 5:59 am - justxploring - Lottery News