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Powerball Lottery States Vote to Change GameReply
Quote: Originally posted by hypersoniq on April 10, 2005well that bites... a matrix change means ALL previous data becomes irrelevant (IF you believe history is relevant... I am one that does)... gotta start from square one with everything. (pb red ball data will still count tho)grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..........so, aug 29th is the end of the 5/53 world.... now we have a deadline.... get crunchin'!hypersoniq that's probably one of the many reasons they change the games structure. From time to time.
Apr 10, 2005, 12:19 pm - four4me - Lottery News

Powerball Lottery States Vote to Change GameReply
Quote: Originally posted by tony95 on April 7, 2005The current odds of 120m-to-1 are depressing as it stands and odds of 146m-to-1 are ridiculous at best. Even the Mega Millions is better at 130m-to-1 which has been described as infinitesimal by statisticians.... I hope the powerball officials are not doing this just because the numbers were hit early a few times, because that can happen again at 146m-to-1, and if it does, are they going to raise them again? I don't think the public needs to h
Apr 7, 2005, 7:07 pm - ayenowitall - Lottery News

Powerball Lottery States Vote to Change GameReply
The current odds of 120m-to-1 are depressing as it stands and odds of 146m-to-1 are rediculous at best. Even the Mega Millions is better at 130m-to-1 which has been described as infinitesimal by statisticians. We just got the lottery last year and I was buying 2-20 tickets depending on the pot, but now I will never buy more than a couple at a time and only when the jackpots are 100+ million or I may just play my wife's single number and be done with it. Other than that I plan to pay more atte
Apr 7, 2005, 6:06 pm - tony95 - Lottery News

Opinion: CA legislators should keep public in the loop about lotteryNews Story
EditorialOakland TribuneSo, what do we do about the California Lottery? For the past four or so years, the lottery has been static, bringing in about $2 billion a year.The state Lottery Commission believes that joining Mega Millions, which generated a record jackpot of $363 million in 2002, will provide an economic boost for the state by luring more people into playing the lottery, generating more revenue, 34 percent of which goes to state schools.But state Sen. Dean Florez, D-Bakersfield, chair
Apr 6, 2005, 11:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

Using Astral Projection as a toolReply
Lucky Fox Terrier:I wasn't visiting this board when such things were happening, but I've seen a good many references to it. Evidently, the result was the creation of the Mystical Forum. Seems a positive result came from something that appeared negative at the time.It's difficult, a project such as this site. People coming here from all manner of starting points, each with his own set of premises, goals, each with a trail of baggage dragging behind left over from where he came from. It's inev
Mar 26, 2005, 12:31 pm - Rip Snorter - Mystical Forum

Too many players winning Powerball, lottery saysReply
>One expert says changing the game might be unnecessary. ''The expectation that they'll wind up with 17 winners this year because they've got 12 so far assumes that the process is linear and it's not. It's random,'' said Bruce McCullough, an associate professor at Drexel University. ''This could be the year they'll have 20 winners -- and there's nothing they should do about it. It's entirely possible they would be changing to fix a problem that doesn't exist.''I agree with this. Powerball's S
Mar 22, 2005, 10:40 am - tg636 - Lottery News

Streak of jackpot winners is bad luck for Powerball lottery salesReply
Quote: Originally posted by hitchaser on March 17, 2005the goal of the people who run these games is to generate higher sales through more people playing for a higher jackpot. the goal of real lottery players is to win enough money to get out of the rat race. thesetwo goals have nothing to do with one another.hitchaser...State lottery directors are paid very well to look out for the welfare of the states in running the lottery games. As a player, my interest is in trying to win a jackpot. Frankl
Mar 19, 2005, 12:21 am - ayenowitall - Lottery News

Texas Lottery Approves Mega Millions ChangesReply
I agree. I would like to see no changes until 1 year after CA joins. Before they increase the odds again, they should address why the anticipated and advertised $300-500 million jackpots didn't happen even before TX CA joined. Personally, I'm glad the $300-500 million jackpot never happened, since I don't think anyone really needs more than $30 million and having more winners makes it more fun. No winner week after week is not only dreary, it reminds you how bad the odds are. But the lottery
Mar 16, 2005, 9:49 am - tg636 - Lottery News

Crumpled lottery ticket left in drawer wins $5.6 millionNews Story
Joanne and David Austin from West Hull collected a check for 3 million (US$5.6 million) nearly a month after becoming one of five ticket holders to share a 15 million (US$28 million) UK Lotto Superdraw on January 8th.The couple only realized they had a winning ticket after an advertisement in the local papers.The winning numbers were: 7, 10, 17, 23, 28 and 29.Joanne Austin said she had rummaged through her kitchen drawer and pulled out a pile of old lottery tickets, and was shell-shocked whe
Feb 7, 2005, 8:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery to finally reveal Lotto 5 jackpotsNews Story
The Tennessee Lottery announced that it will remove some of the mystery from its Lotto 5 computerized game by giving players an estimated jackpot before each of the tri-weekly drawings.Prior to estimating the jackpot, players only knew the rollover amount from the previous drawing if there was no winner. At the games launch, it was announced that the top prize would range from the tens of thousands to more than one-hundred thousand dollars.After just over four months of playing Lotto 5, players
Jan 13, 2005, 7:48 am - Todd - Lottery News