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$205 million lottery jackpot payoff lures Mega playersNews Story
Tasha King will play the 11-state Mega Millions lottery for a chance at the $205 million jackpot, but she plans to carefully choose six numbers that could change her life. I play the lottery pretty regularly, the Cleveland woman said Thursday as she bought a regular Ohio lottery ticket at Mike's Beverages on Lorain and West 93rd Street. I have to think about which numbers to play [for Mega Millions]. When I decide, they will be my secret. King is among the millions of hopefuls who will take a
Apr 22, 2005, 12:27 pm - Todd - Lottery News

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Mega Millions May Raise Jackpot, Lower OddsState lottery officials have proposed changing the Mega Millions game to offer an increased jackpot but lower odds of winning.The Texas Lottery Commission discussed the changes, including increasing the starting jackpot from $10 million to $12 million, at a public meeting Thursday. Lower-tier prizes would also be raised under the plan.Bobby Heith, spokesman for the Commission, said the group of states that participate in Mega Millions agreed to the chan
Apr 8, 2005, 4:13 pm - Maverick - Lottery Discussion Forum

Had 2 replies,this one is interesting.
Subj: Re: daily 4 winnerDate: 3/21/05 2:30:33 PM Central Standard TimeDear Player: Thank you for your message regarding the Daily 4 $50,000 winner. The Indianapolis woman you are referring to played it straight on her$10 Daily 4 ticket. In the March 8 midday drawing, she multiplied herwinnings by 10 and claimed a $50,000 prize. She essentially won 10times. When playing Daily 4, you can place up to a $10 wager to increaseyour payout if you win. I have provided you with a brief example below:A
Mar 22, 2005, 10:36 am - mark - Lottery Discussion Forum

Missouri Lottery faces downturn in salesNews Story
The Missouri Lottery faces a $3.5 million budget cut that could force layoffs of a fourth of the agency's workers plus another General Assembly-ordered retreat from advertising.This will be the fourth year in a row we're taking a significant budget cut, director Jim Scroggins told Lottery Commission members last week.We are struggling to understand that and to understand how we are expected to grow business and increase sales.Despite more than $6 million in advertising cuts the past three years,
Mar 22, 2005, 8:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

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Quote: Originally posted by SirMetro on March 14, 2005One can select 8 of the possible 10 numbers and win???...WOW...I wish the odds was that good here. I ain't too good at percentages...but it sounds like it's stacked in favor of the player instead of the Lottery there..80%. So I guess my question is...why can you not buy 1 ticket with 0 thru 7 and the other ticket with 3 thru 9? If the winning number is between 3 and 7, you would win twice, otherwise you would only win once? Or am I misunderst
Mar 15, 2005, 8:48 am - gmatkar - Lottery Systems Forum

Tennessee flooded with a multitude of lottery billsNews Story
On the brink of $1 billion in ticket sales, the year-old Tennessee lottery is the subject of 53 bills in the General Assembly to alter its operations.State Rep. Ulysses Jones Jr., D-Memphis, who chaired an abbreviated meeting of the joint Lottery Oversight Committee on Monday, said the number of bills to change the lottery was more than I expected. But every bill's sponsor will not leave the legislative session happy, he said. I don't think you'll see 53 bills coming out of committee, Jones sa
Mar 8, 2005, 11:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Group fearful of lottery in AlabamaNews Story
A Washington, D.C.-based public policy group called The Tax Foundation issued warnings about a new lottery campaign aimed at Alabamians.It's an advertising drive in east Alabama thanking residents for driving to Georgia to buy lottery tickets, said Bill Ahern, spokesman for the group, which recently studied state lotteries and their impact.The campaign will feature a clerk in a Georgia store who points out that Alabama money has helped fund his children's college education. It's all going to be
Feb 21, 2005, 9:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

Dispute erupts over use of Tennessee lottery fundsNews Story
Tennessee State Sen. Steve Cohen Thursday attacked Gov. Phil Bredesens pre-kindergarten initiative, saying the use of lottery money to fund the program is illegal and unconstitutional.Cohen (D-Memphis), the chief legislative architect of the state lottery, accused the administration of bringing intentionally low lottery projections to the legislature in 2003 numbers that ultimately led to the substantial surplus now available, he said.Bredesen called Cohens remarks astonishing.The lottery was de
Feb 4, 2005, 11:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Regarding lottery prediction softwareReply
any one knows how the guy in WA selecting his numbers for megamillions SEATTLE MAN WINS $175,000 PRIZE - TEN TIMES! A love of numbers and sophisticated strategy win$1.75 million in Mega Millions prizes(Olympia)-For Archie Herring playing Mega Millions is an intellectual exercise. It`s an exercise that paid off with a $1.75 million dollar win-ten $175,000 wins to be exact. The five numbers selected by Herring ten times matched the numbers drawn in Tuesday night`s drawing but he didn`t pick the co
Jan 29, 2005, 11:50 pm - alex campbello - Lottery Systems Forum

10 Second Prizes in WashingtonReply
looks like you were right bradly_60SEATTLE MAN WINS $175,000 PRIZE - TEN TIMES! A love of numbers and sophisticated strategy win$1.75 million in Mega Millions prizes(Olympia)-For Archie Herring playing Mega Millions is an intellectual exercise. It`s an exercise that paid off with a $1.75 million dollar win-ten $175,000 wins to be exact. The five numbers selected by Herring ten times matched the numbers drawn in Tuesday night`s drawing but he didn`t pick the correct Mega Ball number. The result?
Jan 20, 2005, 8:38 pm - sseads - Jackpot Games Forum