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New York man claims state's biggest Mega Millions prize at $476 millionNews Story
It still doesn't feel real. By Kate Northrop Someone in New York won the state's largest Mega Millions jackpot, setting the new record at $476 million. On Monday, he stepped forward to claim the prize. Johnnie Taylor, 71, of Howard Beach, was the sole winner of the Mega Millions jackpot from the drawing on April 14, 2023. It is the largest Mega Millions prize won in New York since the game launched in the state in 2002. The previous record was a $437 million jackpot won by a tic
Jun 8, 2023, 7:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida woman wins two $1 million prizes in the same scratch-off gameReply
More information is needed to check the probability of this coincidence. To compute the probability that at least one player wins two $1 million prizes in the same game, the following information is needed. How many times did she play the game? How many other people played the game at least as many times as she did? (when she won the second time) What are the odds of winning a $1 million dollar prize? (from lotto website). Hopefully (2) is good enough. Might need the full distribut
Jun 8, 2023, 10:59 am - Wavepack - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery launches new Pick 5 draw gameNews Story
Fireball option returns By Kate Northrop Today, the Virginia Lottery launched its latest draw game Pick 5. Virginia residents can pick up tickets for the Lottery's newest game starting today for a chance to win a prize of up to $50,000. The popular game, like Pick 3 and Pick 4 in the Lottery's repertoire, also features the Fireball add-on, which gives players another chance to win by creating additional number combinations. This is also the first game the Virginia Lottery has eve
Jun 5, 2023, 2:07 pm - Todd - Lottery News

North Carolina: 6/1 - 6/30/2023Reply
o' thanks, BEA. G-luck tonight.I did play few extra for SATURDAY afternoon DAY drawing,so, tonight, i shall play less, but still playing at least up to $15 or so. Better odds during evening(for myself) sometimes,but playing less tonight. TTYL!(Talk to you later) working til seven.
Jun 3, 2023, 3:16 pm - Cassie8620 - Pick 4 Forum

Have your Lottery-Playing Habits Changed?Reply
The only game I ever had good success was Pick 3, and to a lesser degree All or Nothing. But when Tx went to 4 draws a day I quit Pick 3 because playing 4 draws a day would make the cost to play too high to have a chance to win more than lose. With jackpot games, the odds are way too high, even games like Cash 5, to make any consistent profit, and for any system be consistently successful. So these days, I play jackpot games for the entertainment and hope to catch the big win. Back in t
Jun 2, 2023, 7:55 am - rcbbuckeye - Lottery Discussion Forum

Connecticut Lottery launches new system, players unable to check ticketsReply
Reading this article, it seems that some scratcher players have no idea what the game rules are, to the point where they don't know how to check whether they won anything or not. They drive around looking for machines that can check for a winner when a new system fails in that regard. I went to the Arizona website to try to determine the rules of the different scratcher games, and I couldn't find any! I won't play a game until I know the rules and odds, so I don't play scratchers in Arizona.
May 26, 2023, 11:04 am - Wavepack - Lottery News

Winning $70 million Lotto Max ticket bought in Ontario will expire in one monthNews Story
Time is ticking to claim Lotto Max's highest-possible jackpot By Kate Northrop Ontario Lottery officials are looking for the winner of a $70 million (US$51.3 million) Lotto Max jackpot, who has just one more month to step forward or risk not receiving their prize. On Tuesday, the Ontario Lottery released a statement about a rare occurrence in Canadian lottery history that concerns a $70 million Lotto Max prize still waiting to be claimed. The lone ticket to win the game's highest
May 25, 2023, 12:53 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Massachusetts father and son sentenced to prison for decade-long $20M lottery ticket schemeReply
The Jaafar family bought winning tickets at a reduce payout from players that didn't want the lottery to cash them for a number of reasons. Instead of just paying the taxes Ali Jaafar foolishly decided to claim losses on tickets they never bought and were sentenced to five years in prison. Over the course of eight years, the Jaafar family had cashed in more than 13,000 winning tickets, a phenomenon that statisticians would attribute astronomical odds to. Not sure why this was added whe
May 23, 2023, 8:55 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

NY Dream Team 2023Reply
Probably the booze taking effect i wanna lol at this nonsense. The repeat pairs in NYL Numbers lately is out of control. Have any of you long time players ever seen sh#t this bad? Eventually what's due has to hit and I'm optimistic for tomorrow. Believing in bdays and will guess few others based on unplayed pairs long odds been posting
May 22, 2023, 11:38 pm - Mattchu - Pick 3 Forum

Ohio: 5/1 - 5/31/2023Reply
they apparently do not agree.... not only was it a repeat, but they put the same mirror number out 3 draws in a row ... 759= 047 = 402 .... so the way i look at the numbers , this a back to back to back repeat ... odds of it are astronomical and extremely rare. I'm just watching from afar. At this point another triple would not surprise me. I missed my triples for NJ , but I'm gunning on Wisconsin... Good luck those of you playing Ohio lottery.
May 17, 2023, 8:59 pm - ineedahit - Pick 3 Forum