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If you had 10 bucks to bet...Reply
Bottom line... Would you rather throw a 100 foot diameter net into a pool with 50 fish once, or would you rather throw a net with a diameter of 10 feet into the same pool ten separate times? I think I would rather throw the 100 foot diameter net into the water once. If you've ever seen shows on the Discovery channel that show enviornmentalist type folks explode nets over an area on the beach where certain birds feed and are caught for research, they use large nets, not small ones.
Apr 10, 2011, 2:08 am - joker17 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Should lottery winners share with colleagues?Reply
This story again! now it's FIVE [5] and not just the one guy? .. c'mon!!!! UNLESS SOMEONE WHO REGULARY PLAYS WAS NOT AT WORK AND WAS CALLED AND TOLD OF THE POOL BEFOREHAND AND THEY SAID, 'PLEASE INCLUDE ME, I WILL GIVE MY MONEY WHEN I COME BACK' - THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE POOL - i've played with pools, then ditched them to do my own thing, then joined another group, then left and went somewhere else .. just because you played with certain people, once, twice, hell even 432,309 times DOES NOT mea
Apr 3, 2011, 3:01 pm - nickey t - Lottery News

Should lottery winners share with colleagues?Reply
When I was running the office lottery pool, I took an event such as this into account. In the agreement which I drew up, I specified that if the player had joined into the money pool on the previous drawing, and did not make the deadline for the current drawing, they had until the date of the following drawing to pay for that drawing that was missed. This was done in case of illness, injury, or just plain forgetfulness. It was also done for situations such as the one facing the New York Seven. I
Apr 3, 2011, 8:19 am - liberal47 - Lottery News

Lottery's biggest loser: Albany man passed on office pool that won $319M jackpotReply
On all those Lottery Changed My Life shows the person has to prove that he was a regular participant in the lottery pool and he is able to receive a portion of the winnings. I think he has a case if they've kept meticulous records. My day is coming I don't care if it's in an office pool or alone!!! I am also tired of hearing the Jack Whittaker story...
Mar 31, 2011, 4:28 pm - Crunchiesbabe - Lottery News

Worker skips office Mega pool, loses share of $319MReply
There are plenty of people with that view, even if there aren't many of them here. I can understand people not particularly believing that a butterfly flapping its wings actually causes a change the weather half-way around the world, but I really don't understand why people think that when one thing does change certain things will still happen exactly the same way, unless they think it's fate. If that's the case the guy who wasn't in the pool couldn't possibly have won, anyway. If it's not fa
Mar 31, 2011, 2:48 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Worker skips office Mega pool, loses share of $319MReply
The problem with that, which someone pointed out on the first page, is there were other people that were sometimes in the pool that didn't put in there money this time either. If they shared with him they would be easy targets of everyone else who didn't put money in but feel like they deserve money since this guy got some. If it was just this guy, I would consider adding him as a member of the group, but I don't believe that is the case. This is one reason I wouldn't want to be in a
Mar 30, 2011, 11:57 pm - ttech10 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Worker skips office Mega pool, loses share of $319MReply
If I was the judge I wouldn't give him a cut because of that, of course I've never said they should give him a cut. His actions were a part of a longer list of things that happened that day that led to the pool winning the jackpot. If they gave him a cut just for being a part of their life that day they would need to give a cut to other drivers and possibly other customers in the store. My first post wasn't to try and say he deserves money for being a cause of them winning, just that you neve
Mar 30, 2011, 11:48 pm - ttech10 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Hi Everyone...Need help with our Lottery Club in FloridaReply
I run a pool at my office and every 2 weeks(payday), the 13 members put in $4 and I buy a mix of Powerball and Louisiana Lotto tickets. I roll back small prizes into the pool for more tickets. Last year with the Millionaire Raffle going on, we won $10 on one round and I polled the membership to see if they wanted to buy a raffle ticket and the majority said yes. If we win enough this time, I'll do another poll and do the same if the majority agrees. The numbers I use are a combination of n
Mar 2, 2011, 9:38 pm - PrisonerSix - Lottery Discussion Forum

How would you design a game so more people win?Reply
Perhaps a better way to do it would be something like PB's bonus pool. At some point money that would normally go to the jackpot would be put in the 2nd place prize pool instead. It could even be done in such a way that for jackpots beyond a certain size the 2nd place prize could pay the same as the jackpot, with something left over to put in the next drawing. That might actually be a workable game. Not having the enormous jackpot would eliminate the enormous sales that go with it, but having
Jan 30, 2011, 3:43 am - KY Floyd - Jackpot Games Forum

Christmastime battle over lottery jackpotReply
Dayum all of this over $200,000 when they would each be taking home $1.1 Mil anyways (minus taxes)? Come on guys stop being so greedy! How would they feel if it was them that missed that one draw. You know good and well they would each expect a winning cut. I have done pools with my neighbors and I was basically the manager of the pool so to speak. If someone couldnt make it I would still include them if they were a regular pool player and if they said they wanted to pitch in, but couldn
Dec 24, 2010, 11:28 am - B$Rizzle - Lottery News