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RL, I suspect you didn't take my advice above and study the Gambler's Fallacy at wikipedia. You also need to understand the concepts of Variance, Standard Deviation, and Confidence Intervals. All of your comments above refer to short term results and based solidly in your belief in the Gambler's Fallacy. If you REALLY believe a particular game system in your state is currently biased one way or another, you should contact your state Representatives and call for an investigation! Before you
Jul 21, 2010, 2:20 pm - jimmy4164 - Mathematics Forum

4-time Texas lotto winner rich with money, mysteryNews Story
The odds that Joan Ginther would hit four Texas Lottery jackpots for a combined nearly $21 million are astronomical. Mathematicians say the chances are as slim as 1 in 18 septillion that's 18 followed by 24 zeros. Just as unlikely? Getting to know one of the luckiest women in the world. She wants her privacy, friend Cris Carmona said. On a $50 scratch-off ticket bought in this rural farming community, Ginther won $10 million last month in her biggest windfall yet. But it was the fourth
Jul 14, 2010, 11:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

Cheated winner wants Texas Lottery to pay upReply
There's aspecific legal definition, and your concept of what that means doesn't appear to be based in reality Lottery retailers are called licensed retail sales agents on the license application and in the Texas Revised Code chapter 466, section .002 DEFINITIONS (subsection (9): sales agent or sales agency means a person licensed under this chapter to sell tickets . It's obvious the person holding the license is in fact selling and redeeming lottery tickets on behalf of the TLC and I'm not
Nov 1, 2009, 1:26 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Can I get some help with online lottery tax infoReply
Casinos will track our slot and table play by player cards so that type of gambling session is obvious, but scratch-offs and online lottery are different. With lottery games it's almost impossible to define the length of a gambling session because we can buy a ticket in June and still cash it in November without knowing if we won. Most state lotteries allow up to 180 days to cash a ticket and the income isn't determined until we have the ticket validated. We can also buy advanced tickets and the
Oct 26, 2009, 11:55 am - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery winner loses ticket, awarded unspent portion from couple who found itNews Story
Amanda Stacey and her husband, Michael, who found a winning lottery ticket on the floor of a shop and collected the 30,000 prize have been ordered to pay back half the money to the person who originally bought it. The couple spent half the money clearing debts, buying new carpets and treating their children after Mrs. Stacey spotted the slip in a Co-op supermarket in Swindon, Wilts. However, Dorothy McDonagh, who had bought the 1 Daily Play ticket, called the UK National Lottery operator C
Jul 25, 2009, 8:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

Couple at odds over Powerball lottery prizeNews Story
The proceeds from a winning Powerball ticket have split a Sevierville, Tennessee, couple who have two children together and are expecting a third, according to documents filed in Sevier County Circuit Court. Pamela Jo Newsome has filed a complaint seeking an injunction to keep Mark Saul from spending any of the $200,000 from a winning Powerball ticket purchased in Pigeon Forge. According to her complaint, Newsome is carrying their third child together, although they have never married. New
Feb 3, 2009, 2:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida woman loses $40,000 in lottery ticket scamNews Story
A South Florida elderly woman was scammed out of thousands of dollars in an alleged lottery ticket scam, police said. Pembroke Pines police said that on Oct. 24 Aydee Suarez-Ospina, 72, was approached by the a Hispanic man and woman at the Bravo Supermarket at 12141 Pembroke Road. Police said the man told Suarez-Ospina that he was in possession of a winning lottery ticket and needed assistance in claiming the prize because he was not a U.S. citizen. The female suspect, pretending to overhe
Dec 5, 2008, 4:42 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery firm fined $1.4 million over security breachesNews Story
The Washington, D.C. government has fined the company that runs the D.C. Lottery $1.4 million for security breaches, a decision that could reignite a debate over selecting the next contractor to operate the city's gaming industry. In a letter to Lottery Technology Enterprises, District contracting officer Eric W. Payne said the company failed to conduct proper oversight of its employees, allowing $72,855 in payouts to fraudulent winners and $86,166 in stolen tickets in 2005 and 2006. As a
Sep 19, 2008, 10:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Yahoo files suit against 'lottery' spammersNews Story
Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it filed a lawsuit against Yahoo Lottery spammers. The Sunnyvale-based company said the spammers send out e-mail messages trying to make people believe they've won a lottery or prize offered by Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO). The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in New York City under the Federal Trademark Act, the Federal CAN-SPAM Act and related state laws. Yahoo said it does not offer any such awards and has no affil
May 27, 2008, 10:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Judge tosses wife's Lotto suit -- for nowNews Story
A Miami-Dade judge on Thursday said the wife of a lottery winner cannot go forward with a lawsuit against her spouse until she proves the money should belong to her. She has no identifiable legal rights at this time, Circuit Judge Jennifer D. Bailey said. Where does the law say you automatically have a right to participate in the proceeds? Bailey temporarily dismissed the lawsuit Donna Campbell filed against her husband, Arnim Ramdass, an American Airlines mechanic who hit a $19 millio
May 17, 2008, 6:46 pm - Todd - Lottery News