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Kentucky Cash Ball player wins 5 jackpots totaling $1 millionNews Story
Santa Claus arrived two days late for a lucky someone who stopped by the Thorntons store at 5318 Preston Highway on Monday and paid $5 for five plays on the Kentucky Lottery's Cash Ball.In what lottery officials described as a relatively unusual maneuver, the person picked the same numbers on all five plays: 11, 14, 21, 24 and, for the Cash Ball, 22.Those five numbers were drawn Monday night, earning the lucky player a whopping $1 million from the five $200,000 top Cash Ball prizes.The odds of m
Dec 29, 2004, 8:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

Some information about PowerballReply
Lottomike powerball and megamillions was initially set up because the people in America wanted a game who's jackpots would grow from draw to draw. So they put it together. After some time the people complained that the pots weren't big enough so they changed the game to favor bigger pots by changing the game (added more balls) the odds were also increased. The people were satisfied once again that the pots were growing. As the popularity of the games grew so did the amount of players. So in fact
Nov 24, 2004, 11:38 am - four4me - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery Books For Sale on LPReply
How can you say The Lottery Book is anti-lottery? Here's the description:Product Description: The Lottery Book: The Truth Behind the Numbers should be read by everyone who plays the state-run lotteries. Despite the fact that we players all know the odds are a million to one against winning those big jackpots, most of us don't know the nature of these games or the math behind them or, yes, how to most effectively play them. In this groundbreaking book, you'll learn:-How to increase your chanc
Nov 12, 2004, 10:05 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball sets a new recordReply
The number of states has no direct bearing on the odds of winning PB/MM, which I think is the main issue. There are what...26 or 27 states/districts in PB (this argument correlates to MM also). How large are the rollovers now? In the beginning, maybe $8 or 9 million each draw, right? As the jackpot rises to $100-$200 million we start seeing rollovers of $15 or 25 million, so the pot increases at a much faster rate.Now, for arguments sake, let's say we had twice as many states in one lottery.
Oct 7, 2004, 1:19 pm - JAG331 - Jackpot Games Forum

Euro Millions lottery expands to six new countriesReply
Let me first say I don't necessarily like the idea of one big global lottery game.On the issue of hurting smaller countries, I actually see it the other way around. I think a big lottery helps smaller jurisdictions a great deal.Take the United States for example. Powerball has a ton of smaller states, and they are helped greatly by that big jackpot game. The main reason is that they would never be able to generate huge jackpots on their own, and huge jackpots are what fuel insane ticket-buyin
Oct 6, 2004, 5:20 pm - Todd - Lottery News

America needs a National Lottery!Reply
A government that can give everything to you can take everything away. We don't need another lottery. The track record of state lottery organizations has been miserable. Why take this greed and corruption to a higher level? The state lottery organizations start out with good intentions and slowly but surely run the whole thing into the ground seeking higher profits.Here in Texas the TLC was supposed to spend the proceeds on education, but it goes into the general fund. They claim the procee
Sep 11, 2004, 5:57 pm - orangeman - Lottery Discussion Forum

Buckeye 5 to have jackpotReply
The change in Buckeye5 could look like the new Fantasy 5 game that is due to start tomorrow in Michigan as reported in the news.Michigan Lottery players will have a chance at a daily jackpot of at least $100,000 with Fantasy 5, a new daily game that debuts on September 12. With Fantasy 5, players select five numbers from a field of 39. A matchof all five numbers wins the jackpot, which will start at $100,000. If thereis no winner, the jackpot grows by $5,000 per day until it is won. Averag
Sep 11, 2004, 3:21 pm - RJOh - Pick 5 Forum

Kansas lottery player keeps winningNews Story
Louis Guebara has good luck. In the year 2000, the Topeka resident won two big Kansas Cash jackpots. He won an $181,000 jackpot in May and a $130,002 jackpot in November. Now, he can add the title of $20,003 2by2 winner to his list of winnings. People ask me 'why I am so lucky?' and I just tell them that Im lucky because I keep on playing, Guebara said.Guebara, 78, is retired from Santa Fe, which is now Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. Guebara worked for the railroad for 42 years. He
Aug 26, 2004, 3:04 pm - Todd - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery sales top $2 billion for third straight yearNews Story
New Jersey lottery revenues rose more than 5 percent in the past fiscal year, topping $2 billion in sales for the third consecutive year.The Lottery Commission's acting executive director, William Jourdain, attributed the increase to the growing popularity of instant games, particularly the Internet-based Cyber Slingo. The impact of the New Jersey Lottery's success this year is felt by the entire state, said the lottery's acting executive director, William Jourdain. Strong sales translate into
Aug 19, 2004, 8:04 am - Todd - Lottery News

What will happen when they get too bigReply
Quote: Originally posted by JimmySand9 on August 09, 2004Jackpot have reached over $300 million dollars over the the past few years. And lotteries are making the odds longer and longer to get these jackpots to grow bigger and bigger. The question is, when will the odds become too long? When will players find a game and just say Nobody can win this! and just not play. When will jackpots hit such high levels that chaos will break out?People managed to win the PA 6/69 game and that really stunk.
Aug 10, 2004, 3:01 am - BobP - Lottery Discussion Forum