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Ohio lottery winners say they won't go crazyNews Story
Prize will allow couple to take it easy, travel When Gary VanHooser won $2 on his scratch-off lottery ticket, he figured he'd re-invest it in a Ohio State Lottery Rolling Cash 5 game. His ticket turnout to be the $421,000 winner. I just had the machine pick out numbers. I didn't even check them that night I play the lottery when I'm in town and I have some extra cash to spend on it, said the 74-year-old Sam's Club associate. I didn't even check the numbers until the next day. Wh
Sep 12, 2007, 4:40 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery players complaining over switch from numbered ballsReply
The lottery (Tennessee Lottery) claims computerized drawings are exciting , although player polls suggest that any excitement from lottery drawings comes as the result of seeing real lottery balls being mixed in a spinning drum and drawn one at a time both of which are missing from computerized drawings. Because of the Ohio Lottery, state representatives and state senators had an additional $646 million to put into the state's educational fund in 2006. I seriously doubt they would risk
Aug 20, 2007, 3:52 am - Stack47 - Lottery News

How to Beat Powerball: And drastically reduce the odds (theory)...Reply
RJOH I've told this person a few times to do this and i think it falls on deaf ears. He surly must know how long it would take to fill out said tickets and i seriously doubt that anyone could do it on short notice. Even if people helped him it would be nearly impossible to fill out said tickets and check for mistakes. Although it's a simple task to generate the numbers for a test run via computer. To actually fill play slips he only has a 3/4 day window to do the job. Then there's the
Jun 1, 2007, 2:19 am - four4me - Lottery Systems Forum

Lottery harder to win in Atlantic CanadaNews Story
Lottery players are twice as likely to die in a car crash on the way to the store to get their tickets than to win the big jackpot, says the Toronto statistician who has crunched the numbers of the Ontario lottery. Jeffrey Rosenthal said the odds in Atlantic Canada seem to be stacked even higher against ticket holders, in light of news that retailers have won 10 times more than statistically probable over a six-year period. If you buy it and you are not careful, even if you do defy the od
May 14, 2007, 9:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Store owner's lottery bonus put on holdNews Story
The store owner who sold the unclaimed $3.5 million Connecticut Classic Lotto ticket in February will not be receiving his $10,000 sales commission unless he settles outstanding accounts with the state lottery, according to a spokeswoman for the lottery. Zee Zahid, proprietor of Coventry Getty Mart, was to receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket on Feb. 14, 2006. But the expected windfall became more hassle than help for Zahid. No, I didn't get the $10,000, and they gave
Mar 22, 2007, 3:12 pm - Todd - Lottery News

N.J. man hits jackpot: He's engaged to lottery winners' daughterNews Story
N.J. man will wed the daughter of a New Jersey couple who won half the record $390 million Mega Millions jackpot. A Titusville, New Jersey, man has close ties with a New Jersey couple who claimed half of the record $390 million Mega Millions jackpot Monday. Tyler Sampson, a 1996 graduate of Titusville High School and owner of investment properties in the city, is engaged to the daughter of lottery winners Elaine and Harold Messner, sources said. The woman's name was not available for pub
Mar 22, 2007, 11:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery winner from Oregon more than makes up for Enron lossNews Story
One of the Portland General Electric workers whose retirement hopes were dashed by the collapse of Enron has replenished his assets by about $59 million. Dan Gannon, 60, won a $182 million Powerball jackpot over the weekend and claimed it Monday. He took his prize in a lump sum, rather than over 30 years. That amounted to $88 million. Federal and state taxes took $29 million, so his payout was $59 million. When the stock of utility owner Enron collapsed in 2001, Gannon said, his
Mar 20, 2007, 1:06 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Match 6 $4,950,000 CASH!Reply
MD ruined their 6/49 with a similar POS here are the odds. OVERALL CHANCES OF WINNING: 1 IN 8.5 Matching on a single lineProbability of winning per line [1 in x]Probability of winning per $2 ticket [1 in x]***Prizes 6 of 66,096,454.02,032,151.7Jackpot* 5 of 627,461.59,154.2$1,000** 4 of 6610.3203.8$20** 3 of 639.213.4$2** Matching on multiplied linesApproximate probability of winning per $2 ticket [1 in x]Prizes 10+ of 18168,239.7$2,000* 9 of 1815,098.4$50
Mar 5, 2007, 11:45 pm - jarasan - Jackpot Games Forum

Illinois Gets raffleReply
Got one! 0023851 I went to a neighboring town, a gas station - convenience store that gets a lot of lotto action. On the ticket it says DRAWING MAY BE POSTPONED IF ALL NUMBERS ARE NOT SOLD Mrs Coin Toss was back at the first dotr I mentioned today and asked if they had raffle tickets, they still didn't know anything. But this is rich - on the side of their scratcher vending machine there's a flyer for the raffle that's probably intended for the clerks- on the bottom it says: Alway
Feb 6, 2007, 7:39 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Year in review: N.C. LotteryNews Story
The start up of North Carolina's first-ever lottery is meant to help fund education across the state. When State School Board Chair Howard Lee bought the very first scratch-off lottery ticket in March, he hailed it as a great day for education. The tickets will be winners for each child in the state of North Carolina who will benefit from the proceeds from the lottery, Lee said. Fifty percent of proceeds go to reducing class size and early education. Forty percent helps school constructi
Dec 20, 2006, 3:12 pm - Todd - Lottery News