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South Dakota Lottery upgrades lottery terminalsNews Story
Some in South Dakota who buy tickets for Powerball, Dakota Cash, Hot Lotto and Wild Card 2 should have a shorter wait in line by next summer.The South Dakota Lottery has signed a new contract with Scientific Games Corp., the company that operates the 355 lotto terminals across the state.The Lottery will pay about $8 million over three years for the company to run the lotto games.But the agreement includes a savings of about $1.5 million and an agreement that Scientific Games will replace all the
Sep 16, 2004, 7:53 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery reports $3.5 billion in salesNews Story
Popular scratch-off games and a record lottery jackpot propelled the Texas Lottery to its second-highest sales during fiscal year 2004.Unaudited sales figures of all products totaled nearly $3.5 billion in the fiscal year that ended Aug. 31. Fiscal year 1997 was the largest-ever sales year, with more than $3.7 billion worth of tickets sold. For years I've heard that the lottery's in trouble, the lottery's not delivering, said Reagan Greer, executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission. Th
Sep 11, 2004, 8:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

candidates who will support gambling
Vote for those candidates who will support gamblingHawai'i is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues from not allowing lottos, gaming, bingo, etc.If a poll were taken today on the question of gambling, I would venture to guess that 80 percent would admit to participating in some form of gambling. Ten percent, for whatever the reason, would deny it. Another 10 percent would oppose gambling because of the negative influence it would attract. The negative influences cited in the past a
Sep 5, 2004, 9:54 pm - teaparty - Lottery Discussion Forum

Michigan Lottery to start new lottery gameNews Story
Michigan Lottery players will have a chance at a daily jackpot of at least $100,000 with Fantasy 5, a new daily game that debuts on September 12.With Fantasy 5, players select five numbers from a field of 39. A match of all five numbers wins the jackpot, which will start at $100,000. If there is no winner, the jackpot grows by $5,000 per day until it is won. Average jackpots are expected to be $155,000.In addition to the jackpot, players who match four numbers are guaranteed $100; three numbe
Sep 2, 2004, 7:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery executives get $560,000 in bonusesNews Story
Executives of the Georgia Lottery Corp. received more than $559,000 in bonuses after registering another record sales year, even though the Legislature voted to cut benefits under lottery-funded HOPE scholarships.The $559,623 in bonuses was approved by the lottery board July 22, board chairman Barbara Dooley said.It was less than the $587,000 given out in 2003 because the senior staff shrank by two and a half-year bonus for the new chief executive was slightly less than half the $210,000 full-ye
Aug 13, 2004, 8:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Hoosier Lottery: Den of Thieves...
For Immediate Release: 7/22/2004<STYLE> July 22, 2004STATE HITS JACKPOT WITH RECORD LOTTERY SALES YEARIndianapolis Indiana citizens hit the jackpot as the Hoosier Lottery shattered sales records in fiscal year 2004 (FY04) with $734 million in total sales (up 10% from FY03) and $422 million in scratch-off ticket sales (up 9.3% from FY03). These record revenues, combined with a significant reduction in expenses, fueled a remarkable 13.5% ($24 million) increase in profits, totaling nearly
Jul 30, 2004, 1:56 pm - jim695 - Lottery Discussion Forum

My Mega MillionsReply
These are my picks for tonight MegaMillions drawing. I posted the first 10 in the prediction section and played the first 15(in green). I didn't spend the money to play all 52 lines, but I thought it might be interesting to compare 'what if'. Playing more lines is one way to increase your odds, but does the extra expense really make much of a difference? If it does then what are the best strategies to use when you play extra lines? For example, are you better off to play a few numbers in a
Jul 16, 2004, 10:37 pm - RJOh - Jackpot Games Forum

Are Lotteries RiggedReply
Quote: Originally posted by Tx_Mega_Player on June 27, 2004Quote: Originally posted by Pick-4_Master on June 26, 2004......it could also mean making the game harder or almost impossible to win so you would basically need PURE LUCK to hit....Making a lottery harder to win isn't rigging the game but is instead just decreasing the odds of winning. If a game's odds go from 20 million to 1 to 30 million to 1 , the game isn't rigged because you will know in advance that the odds are now 30 millio
Jun 27, 2004, 8:53 am - four4me - Lottery Discussion Forum

Day After Tomorrow/Global Warming/PowerB
I haven't seen the movie Day After Tomorrow yet, but it seems to be the hottest thing going right now - LOL. The movie has something to do with global warming/ the apoclypse. Is our time running out? Hmmm. Gonna check this movie out soon.In connection to this, in my latest research I've learned that Overclocking of computers is prohibited, one reason being because it can cause global warming. Overclocking is the simple process of running any component of your system at a frequency that is
May 31, 2004, 11:13 am - OpenMinded - Lottery Discussion Forum

Matrix for Pick3Reply
Quote: Originally posted by hypersoniq on May 29, 2004heading rowColumn A = Draw number (seial, start at 1)Column B = Date of DrawColumn C = combo drawn (YOU enter this)Column D = 1st drawn digit (automated)Column E = 2nd drawn digit (automated)Column F = 3rd drawn digit (automated)Column G = Day (formatted as ddd so it shows mon, etc)Column H = >>>intentionally blank for readability<<<Column I = AColumn J = BColumn K = CColumn L = DColumn M = EColumn N = FColum
May 30, 2004, 10:06 am - Bertil - Lottery Systems Forum