Search

Texas man claims Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
A Carrollton man picked up his cash value option prize of $62 million on Monday after winning Friday's Mega Millions jackpot.Ut Van Nguyen plans to use the money to help with the construction of a religious temple near Duncanville. He and his family will also return to Vietnam to help relatives, the Texas Lottery Commission said in a news release.Friday's jackpot was worth $101 million.Nguyen was the first Mega Millions winner in Texas. He drove to Austin to pick up his prize on Monday.Nguyen sp
Oct 5, 2004, 10:32 am - Todd - Lottery News

Sign the petition - eliminate computerized drawings!Reply
I signed as well, and I believe we all should. As RickG pointed out, randomness is not the issue. RNG's have a much higher potential for abuse than do mechanical draw machines using ping-pong balls.The way it works is, first, the lottery introduces a new game, usually a Pick-3 midday game. If they announce it at all, they tell us it will be drawn with an RNG, but they don't bother to give us any details, such as the manufacturer, or how they determine the odds of winning (in a Pick-3 game drawn
Aug 29, 2004, 7:19 pm - jim695 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Saints and Sinners among the WinnersNews Story
The UK National Lottery has been dogged by controversy as the game of chance has thrown up some seemingly less-than-worthy winners over the years.Of more than 1,600 lottery millionaires, a handful have gained added notoriety through their dubious activities.The latest is rapist Iorworth Hoare, 52, who scooped 7 million in last Saturdays Lotto Extra while on temporary release from prison.However, lottery winner Michael Carrolls persistent offending has also been widely reported in recent months.
Aug 11, 2004, 9:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

CRUNCH 2 - Tennessee Test
With only a few days away from teh next release testing the CRUNCH 2 becomes the main task. And it becomes more an more a fun task too. Changes get more and more cosmetic and the creation of examples and preset tenplates is in the works...The earlier concern that the system might be too difficult to use, is certainly gone. By implemtenting easy-to-use selection and info features for both commands and filters, as well as the use of predefined functions and templates the user can start CRUNCHI
Aug 9, 2004, 12:35 pm - MikeK - Pick 3 Forum

Average Number of Pic 3 WinnersReply
This is part of a news release when a triple hit on mid-day,I think there is more wagered on the eve game that the mid.___________________________________________________________Pick 3 players wagered more than $145,000 for Wednesdaysmidday draw._____________________________________________________________These are the draw results with the amount of winners.July1, 2004 [ Midday ] 2 8 8Box winners: 211 Straight winners: 114 July1, 2004 [ Evening ] 8 7 3Box winners: 858 Straight winners: 32
Jul 29, 2004, 8:56 pm - JAP69 - Pick 3 Forum

Psychic predictions (I am getting resultsReply
Time to lighten up folks.From the jokes page of http://www.sof.org.uk/God as a programmerMany important theological questions are answered if we think of God as a Computer Programmer:Q: Does God control everything that happens in my life?A: He could, if he used the debugger, but it's tedious to step through all those variables.Q: Why does God allow evil to happen?A: God thought he eliminated evil in one of the earlier versions.Q: What causes God to intervene in earthly affairs?A: If a critical e
Jul 19, 2004, 4:20 am - Colin F - Lottery Systems Forum

Powerball's $85.5 million winner remains a mysteryNews Story
Who is it?Thats the $85.5 million question.New Hampshire still waits for the winner of Wednesdays Powerball lottery jackpot to enter the spotlight. Some wondered if he or she ever would. Portsmouth attorney Sally Mulhern, of Mulhern Scott, represented one lottery winner who remained anonymous - even to his parents. I couldnt believe his parents didnt know, Mulhern said in a telephone interview Friday. He had had a bad day and his wife asked him, what can I do to make you feel better. He said,
Feb 9, 2004, 6:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

New Pick 3 System $5.92 plus taxReply
Hyper,Thank you so much for the valuable info.Your a great source for useful information.Now I have to find a state trooper or a dectective to witness my drawings. I actually got a speeding ticket last week from a state trooper and I have his name and id number on the ticket. I can always go to the local police chief. He has plenty of time.Plus I need to find a scale that will accurately weigh my lottery balls. Plus I would need to check for roundness.Looks like I'll be back to my workshop t
Jan 29, 2004, 11:00 pm - winsumloosesum - Lottery Systems Forum

N.H. Lottery Accidentally Draws 2 Sets Of Winning NumbersNews Story
Pick 3 Will Pay Off On Both Sets Of Midday Winners Tuesday Players in the Tri-State Pick 3 lottery had two chances to win the midday jackpot Tuesday. Due to a human error during the live midday drawing of the game's daily numbers, two sets of Pick 3 numbers were drawn, according to a news release from the Tri-State Lottery. Lottery officials decided to pay out on both sets of Pick 3 winning numbers for Tuesday's mid-day draw. The two sets of winning Pick 3 numbers were: 9, 7, 1 and 0
Jan 8, 2004, 5:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Elderly woman loses $20,000 in lottery swindleNews Story
Police have issued a fraud alert after an 87-year-old Oakville woman was cheated out of more than $20,000.Halton police say the woman, who lives alone, had taken out bank drafts and couriered money to a Quebec address believing she had won $5 million in a lottery.Had police not become involved, they say the woman would have sent at least $50,000. It's an extremely sad situation because it appears this woman has sent money to this address at least four times, Halton Sergeant Val Hay said. Even
Dec 12, 2003, 5:32 am - Todd - Lottery News