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You, your state's lottery director!Reply
Maryland's bonus match 5 would either go back to being a tax free jackpot prize or have incremental dollar amounts added to the pot for every day it's not won. Perks for purchasing pick 3 or 4 games would be year round double your winnings on selected draws, bonus tickets and or matching 2 front or rear numbers. Make the games more interesting for people to want to play. Petition mega millions to add the multiplier here. Re structure all the scratch off games so the monies collected
Oct 5, 2010, 1:00 am - four4me - Lottery Discussion Forum

N.C. Lottery increases prize percentageNews Story
Critics decry smaller education 'slice of pie' Includes video report Like or loathe the state lottery, there's no question the total amount it generates for education keeps growing. One thing that isn't growing, however, is the percentage that goes to schools. The funding formula keeps changing. Since its inception, state lawmakers and lottery leaders tweaked the funding formula in an effort to increase ticket sales. A new report from the nonprofit watchdog group North Carolina P
Sep 26, 2010, 11:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

Fooled by RandomnessReply
Hi! Yes, When you go up from 1 number per draw to 10, you expect to win sooner. That expenses increase by 10 times over the 100 draws, but in the end: 10 X 100 Draws= $1000 And: 1 x 1000 Draws= $1000 also. ----------- If you play 10 numbers per draw and you keep it up, then: 10 x 1000 Draws= $10 000 expent, but on 1000 you expect: Not just $1000, but $10,000. ----------- So expend on numbers X 10 times than before, then: Expect to win X 10 times also than b
Aug 22, 2010, 4:38 am - LANTERN - Lottery Systems Forum

2 quick Lotto Texas winners put state in bindNews Story
By Todd Northrop Two recent Texas Lotto winners have hit jackpots of $21 million and $6 million, but for the Texas Lottery it has meant dipping into revenues by $3.4 million to cover the prizes. In just the past 10 days, two lucky lottery players have matched all six Lotto Texas numbers, but the lottery did not sell enough tickets during that period to fully cover the advertised prize. The shortfall was created by the way the Texas Lottery generates its new advertised jackpot amount eac
Aug 14, 2010, 9:28 am - Todd - Lottery News

Statistically Speaking - QP's and PP'sReply
back on topic: There are no published statistics to determine a batting average on what method (QP v PP) works best. There is only an unfounded claim that cannot be disproved or proven. Sales of tickets go up when jackpots increase, so to say one method is superior without all the facts is really an Assumption. If PP s did not work for the players what difference does it make? Why the drive to prove QP s are superior? Why the drive to discredit PP s? Why do the PP people have to prove anythin
Aug 13, 2010, 3:49 am - Delta Draw - Lottery Discussion Forum

Statistically Speaking - QP's and PP'sReply
you inserted yourself into the you guys category when your back and forth disintagrated into calling me names / jerkitis, plus your unwillingness to prove that systems are better, while continuing to scream they do (WRONG you can't automatically insert me into any category if I'm not part of the group making claims that system play is better where do you get this GOD complex from?? oh never mind I know I never said systems are better I said that they work just as well as any other method and
Aug 11, 2010, 3:41 pm - LotteryTechInc - Lottery Discussion Forum

$85.7M Powerball lottery jackpot is Lousiana's 14thNews Story
By Todd Northrop One ticket purchased in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, won the $85.7 million Powerball jackpot Saturday night, the second-largest single amount won in Louisiana Lottery history. This latest winning ticket brings the total number of Powerball jackpot winning tickets sold in Louisiana to 14 since the Lottery joined the multi-state game in 1995. The last time a Powerball jackpot-winning ticket was sold in Baton Rouge was February 2005. The winning ticket was sold at Circle K #190
Aug 2, 2010, 12:31 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery profits up in 2010News Story
Another good year for the Georgia Lottery meant more money for the state's pre-kindergarten and HOPE college scholarship programs, but it isn't enough to keep state officials from worrying about HOPE's future. The Georgia Lottery Corp. announced Wednesday that profits increased again during the 2010 fiscal year providing a dozen consecutive years of growth. As a result, the lottery increased its payments to the popular pre-k and HOPE programs. During the 2010 fiscal year, which ended June
Jul 14, 2010, 9:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$50M Lotto Max jackpot finally wonReply
The MM and PB controllers said when cross selling of the games was authorized that a third Jackpot game is in the making. They didn't give any details about the new game. Just a few hints that it would be different. Given the games offered now, one has to wonder what would a third game entail. IMHO, I don't think any game requiring players to pick 5 from 65, 5 from 70 or any variation would sell. I can't imagine playing such a game. I don't think there would be a big demand. Sixty seems
Jun 27, 2010, 9:27 pm - bobby623 - Lottery News

How The Winners, Not Numbers, Are Picked. A Theorem.Reply
Nino224, I have to disagree with your theory about spreading the winners around. Consider that most jackpot winners are quick picks. Now unless you're saying that the lottery powers that be are saying something like, Look, someone in that town with a population of 256 just bought a QP, let's make sure it wins , then the theory isn't valid. One of the 5 + 1 games covers this on their FAQ page. How come the winner is always in _ _ _ _ _? Go to the Illinois Lilttle Lotto thread in the Pic
Jun 25, 2010, 10:10 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum