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Texas Lottery sets new $5.077 billion sales recordNews Story
Nets $1.313 billion for Texas public schools and $16.2 million for Texas veterans Players won more than $3.3 billion in prizes Even without the benefit of a record-setting jackpot like 2016's $1.6 billion Powerball prize, the Texas Lottery achieved $5.077 billion in sales for fiscal year 2017, breaking the sales record it set just last fiscal year and resulting in a total contribution of $1.334 billion to Texas schools and veterans. This is the seventh consecutive year that the Texas L
Sep 27, 2017, 10:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Vermont paying $8,000 per month on unused lottery machinesNews Story
Since last June, 25 lottery machines leased by the state of Vermont have gathered cobwebs in storage unplugged and unused at a cost of $8,000 a month. That means the state has paid $72,000 in fees for nothing. And the tab is still mounting. Neither the governor nor legislators were happy to hear about the losing proposition. I don't like that we're wasting money and having these machines sit idly, Gov. Phil Scott said Tuesday. His staff learned about the situation in February while workin
Apr 27, 2017, 2:37 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Pennsylvania eyes leap to internet for casinos, lotteryNews Story
Facing huge deficits, Pennsylvania could become the first state to allow both its casinos and lottery to take its games online in a quest for money from new and younger players. The state government has a slew of fiscal challenges, made worse by sluggish tax collections and one of the nation's oldest average populations. A Republican-controlled Legislature trying to avoid a broad tax increase under Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has instead turned over other rocks in search of alternatives. Ther
Apr 24, 2017, 9:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

VIRGINIA Money Plane Lift Off!Reply
Good to see all of you,lulu,m3,increase,meil..!!!! Thanks for stopping by :) And yes,m3,let's congratulate our first Straight winner! Tue, Apr 18, 2017 Virginia Pick 3 Day 7-5-1 straight Adding new passengers: increase-- 100 101 102 103 104 mswiz777-- 105 106 107 108 109 m3ikaChiz007-- 210 211 212 213 214 Blackie-- 215 216 217 218 219 meileichkn-- 220 221 222 223 224 only1sweets84-- 225 226 227 228 229 Red-Ninja-- 440 441 442 443 444 willofortune-- 44
Apr 19, 2017, 10:27 am - lottolaughs - Pick 3 Forum

Illinois Lottery private manager still on job after firingNews Story
Finding a new lottery manager proves tricky for state government When Illinois lawmakers voted in 2009 to hire a private company to run the state's $2 billion-a-year lottery, they had high hopes of making more money that could be funneled into education and construction projects. Then the company missed sales goals, and two governors tried to fire Northstar Lottery Group. But Northstar remains on the job more than two years later, and the firm is now able to collect millions of dollars mor
Mar 28, 2017, 4:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

N.J. Gov. proposes using lottery funds to fix pension holeNews Story
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie used his budget address Tuesday to take a final stab at saving government worker pensions, proposing to dedicate revenues from lottery ticket sales to the distressed fund. Christie suggested the state transfer the lottery to public pensions to provide a dedicated source of revenue and dramatically reduce the amount actuaries say the state owes. Christie said pledging the lottery as an asset to the pension fund would have the same effect as a cash infusion, s
Mar 1, 2017, 7:39 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Understanding Lottery Strategies
When I started looking at playing lottery games it did not take me long to realize that there is no strategy in the world that can predict what the winning numbers are going to be for a specific drawing. Anyone who says differently is selling snake oil. To understand if a strategy will be successful one must first define what the goal of the strategy is. For some people the goal is winning more than they spend, for others it is winning a multi-million-dollar jackpot. Attempting to define and
Feb 26, 2017, 3:44 pm - Novan60 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mississippi Gov. says he's open to discussing state lotteryNews Story
Creating a lottery has been mostly just a sidebar debate in Mississippi and the Legislature for decades oft discussed, but never gonna happen. Ever since former Gov. Ray Mabus' ill-fated push for one in 1990 helped get him un-elected, any effort to create a lottery has faced a certain gubernatorial veto and was, therefore, moot. That appears to have changed. As recently as January, Gov. Phil Bryant called the idea of a lottery a silly notion, and more directly said, I am not for it.
Oct 1, 2016, 9:32 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery & Religion
Anyone ever notice the similarities between lottery and religion. both spout big rewards both are funded by member contributions both offer many smaller prizes both require faith, a lot of faith both are related to future events both require one to pay to win both have different sects, quick pickers, system players, baptists etc... both have know-it-alls both have clearly defined rules, which most ignore both don't help the poor b
Nov 18, 2015, 10:30 pm - RL-RANDOMLOGIC - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball Matrix Change - April 15, 2015Reply
So I followed up on this and Texas has apparently published the proposed rule. I believe they are the first to publicize the latest changes. Powerball matrix slated to begin October 7, 2015 (subject to change): Match Odds (1 in X) Prize % of Prize Pool 5 of 5 + PB 292,201,338.00 Grand Prize 68.013% 5 of 5 11,688,053.52 $1,000,000 8.556% 4 of 5 + PB 913,129.18 $50,000 5.476% 4 of 5 36,525.17 $100 0.274% 3 of 5 + PB 14,494.11 $100 0.690% 3 of 5 579.76 $7 1.207%
Jun 2, 2015, 7:23 pm - LottoMetro - Lottery Discussion Forum