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Do some number combinations have better odds?Reply
I hear what your saying, and you make all valid points. In all fairness, we can use 100 combination examples which is something most all of us could do. (if we choose to) I'm choosing my 100 lines from the pool of lines that wins the JP 20 times more often, even if it is a 20 times bigger pool. I know I know, that makes the odds exactly the same ....... But does it??..... Just because you learned something in a mathematics classroom and all your classmates agree, does not always make it absol
Jun 6, 2012, 3:10 pm - Ronnie316 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are YOU in a Lottery Pool?Reply
you'll laugh at this. I run a couple of pools.and am in a third. the two i run, i paid half half into a bonus ticket issue. If you buy 36 lines worth $20 , you get another 36 lines, all quick picks. I didnt want to pay 2 lots of $20, so i took $10 from ea pool. 1 pool has 2 people, me and a mate, the other has 5people, me and 4 family members. the prizes will be split half / half between the 2 pools. cant see any problems from this.
May 22, 2012, 12:47 pm - savagegoose - Lottery Discussion Forum

Two workers in lottery pool sue over $118 million ticketReply
What are you suggesting here? 15 people in a pool each buy the same 10 numbers? If that's the case, that is completely non sensical. On my first read, I thought you were suggesting that the group of 15 buy 150 different combos and each hold 10 of the tickets purchased. In that instance, I promise you the one holding the winning ticket would collect claiming these were his or her individual numbers. I am sure many like you thought they had their fool proof way of effectively runni
May 19, 2012, 5:32 pm - rad242 - Lottery News

Two workers in lottery pool sue over $118 million ticketReply
In the past, lottery prizes for pool members have been split in proportion to the amount of money contributed by each pool member. So, a player that contributes $1.00 would get half the amount that a player that contribuited $2.00 gets. This traditional precedent is most likely to be played out again in this matter The contributions of money to purchase the winning ticket were not equal, and therfore the sharing of prizes should not be equal. What is accepted shared equal among all, is an
May 18, 2012, 1:56 am - Factorem - Lottery News

Are YOU in a Lottery Pool?Reply
Are you in a lottery pool? Yes, I am the pool manager. Do you have terms of agreement and operation in writing? Yes and yes. How much have you won in any one drawing? the most we won was 100.00 we got 4 numbers. Do you forsee any drama if you hit the big jackpot? No I do not. We are well documented.
May 17, 2012, 9:53 pm - dallascowboyfan - Lottery Discussion Forum

Two workers in lottery pool sue over $118 million ticketReply
This is what the judge should do. Take 9 and divide it by the total # of tickets purchased. Take that percentage and multiply it by the total jackpot. Take that number and divide it by the total number of people in the pool including the two people originally left out. Subtract the amount given to the two people left out from the total jackpot. Divide that amount equally by the remaning pool participants. Example. Assume the 11 each added $1.00. Take 9 and
May 17, 2012, 12:14 pm - JWBlue - Lottery News

Take5 isnt fairReply
GHolnyuk, Where are you getting this idea that the top prize for all games should be 25% of all the possible combinations? The Lottery states that the prize pool for Take 5 is half of all sales and that the jackpot is 20% of the prize pool. That works out to 10% of sales. Their example assumes that every combination will be sold out, so the jackpot would be $57,575.70. That seems about right, if not a bit low for most drawings.
May 9, 2012, 4:30 pm - mediabrat - Lottery Discussion Forum

48 Philly transit workers win $172M Powerball jackpotReply
Does this hold the record in pool size? The other record said 14 winning tickets on 115.5 mill. I also smell it dragged out with the one who did not chip in the pool and was not among the winners. May find a reason to sue for their share.
Apr 30, 2012, 5:44 pm - JAP69 - Lottery News

48 Philly transit workers win $172M Powerball jackpotReply
Congrats (not really but everyone likes to make like they are happy for others getting lucky winning), BUT this is exactly why I hate lottery pools. You take a huge, lifechanging sum of dough and reduce it to just a nice, little nest egg that requires many younger folk to keep working present job. That $3 mill is about what I would win if I just played and won my state lottery. And folks, that is not $3 mill cash value they won...no it is the annuity value so each will only receive a little over
Apr 30, 2012, 4:57 pm - OldSchoolPa - Lottery News

$173 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot increasedReply
Maloney said the group buys tickets regularly, but says it's more of a floating pool. It turns out, an IT technician who usual contributes to the pool did not this time. She didn't pay up recently, they sent her an email and she didn't respond so she was out on the winnings, SEPTA employee Mitch Schwed said. Law suit is on the way
Apr 28, 2012, 2:50 pm - manali - Lottery News