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Question about jackpot amountReply
goose...1. advertised jackpot amount. (more money draws more players)2. population. the more people in the jackpot area, the more potential ticket buyers there will be... this is why multistate jackpots can start at 10 million as opposed to the lower individual state starts.3. advertising. If you live in a Powerball state, you have most likely heard Ray Charles singing It's America's game, the one and only Powerball ...4. *THEORY ONLY* Desperation... I don't have any actual stats, but it seems
Feb 22, 2004, 6:47 am - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

Questions for Lottery OfficialReply
Quote: Originally posted by Todd on February 03, 2004 Are they in any talks with US lotteries about an international game? If so, which states? There was a report that was circulated a couple of years ago about a concept for an international lottery with the US and other countries. It never got past the concept stage. He is not sure why because he was not directly involved. He speculated it could have been a number of reasons (political, currancy differences, taxes, trusting other jurisdictions
Feb 14, 2004, 4:35 pm - Jake649 - Lottery Discussion Forum

EuroMillions lottery launches; jackpots 'may top £50m'Reply
The odds of winning are 1 in (50C5)*(9C2) or 1 in 76,275,360.It looks like they're going to have jackpots much higher than 50,000,000.00.
Feb 6, 2004, 11:10 am - Zeno - Lottery News

One Powerball Winner from New HampshireReply
same here, i played 2 sets and matched zero numbers. the year is young and the big jackpots are yet to come.
Feb 5, 2004, 3:58 pm - golotto - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a rollover in PB and MMReply
The size of the jackpot increases being the same as they were last time, the probability that the Jackpots of both the MegaMillions and the Powerball rolling over in the next drawings is about the same, 90%. This means that there is only roughly a 10% chance that someone somewhere will win either jackpot, and only a 1 in 100 chance that both jackpots will be won on their next drawings.In my last post in this topic, I made an error. There were not 1.5 million doubly covered possibilities. I
Jan 26, 2004, 12:59 pm - prob987 - Jackpot Games Forum

Kansas Lottery joins Amber AlertReply
NY has the system-the LED sign attached to the machine doesn't show jackpots when there is an AA.
Jan 22, 2004, 1:21 pm - CASH Only - Lottery News

Louisiana Lottery reports boost due to PowerballNews Story
Louisiana lottery revenue took a significant jump last year, largely because of four Powerball jackpots that exceeded $100 million in the last half of 2003, lottery officials said.During the calendar year 2003, lottery revenue totaled $330.1 million, up from $309.6 million in 2002 and $314.2 million in 2001. The lottery took in $290.2 million in 2000 and $272.1 million in 1999.State government gets at least 35 percent of the lotterys take each fiscal year.Since July, the multistate Powerball gam
Jan 20, 2004, 10:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

New FL Mega Money 1/28
Jackpots starting at 500k-anyone know the new double matrix?
Jan 16, 2004, 10:40 am - CASH Only - Jackpot Games Forum

If you found a winning lottery ticket what would you do?Reply
yes, hopefully returned back into the prize purse for the lottery players. bigger jackpots will result in more ticket sales.
Jan 12, 2004, 10:17 pm - golotto - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball-Mega Million Merger?Reply
I'd like that if they played every night of the week. I bet we'd see some big jackpots.
Jan 5, 2004, 6:19 pm - Bug - Jackpot Games Forum