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Tennessee Lottery scratch game prize controversy loomingNews Story
What are your chances of winning big in the Tennessee lottery?The odds are changing every day.In fact, at some point, all of the top prizes in a scratch-off game could be gone even as lottery players continue to play, believing they still have a chance at the pot of gold.Though that hasn't happened yet, lottery spokeswoman Kym Gerlock said that at some point all of the top prizes in a game could be gone while tickets are still being sold.The fine print on the back of lottery tickets warns player
May 28, 2004, 7:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

Value of a lottery ticket
The value of a lottery ticket is equal to the chance of winning multiplied by the average prize.For example: A straight draw Pick-3 ticket has a 0.001 chance of winning, and the prize is $500 (in Illinois, anyway). Multiplying 0.001 by $500 gives a ticket value of 50 cents. Thus, when you buy a $1 straight draw Pick-3 ticket, you are paying a dollar for something with a value of only 50 cents. It's worth noting that both the Box-3 and the Box-6 tickets are only worth 48 cents; so, even though yo
May 24, 2004, 1:53 am - rdarmand - Mathematics Forum

Mathematics of LottoReply
Quote: Originally posted by Bertil on May 23, 2004Anybody seriously interested in the math of lotto type games would be well advised to consult the book How to Win More by N.Henze H.Riedwyl. It has a 35 page section on mathematics of lotto games. It lists ten foolish ways of betting. In the Preface they stess what every player needs to know:the most popular numbers are also the most likely to be shared by other players if they winit is impossible to improve the odds of winning by any formulanev
May 24, 2004, 12:31 am - Colin F - Mathematics Forum

Why is the Pick 3 so popular?Reply
For the edification of everyone here, pick three or the numbers or policy is a game started in the black enclaves of cities like New York and Chicago. You could play as little as a penny. The bankers were black, the runners were black, and the players were black. The Mafia realizing that this was a great way to make money actually took over the games by force, lowered the payouts to 6 or 7 hundred to one (you should get a thousand to one) an took it outside the ghetto. During the twenty's and th
May 23, 2004, 10:01 pm - megamillionaire - Lottery Discussion Forum

Why is the Pick 3 so popular?Reply
People just love to lose their money on these long term losers. The same goes for the pick 4 game. I can't undrestand the logic of spending three or four times the jackpot amount and then jumping up and down like their winners when their numbers are drawn? If these same folks put $1,000 in the bank and in a few years withdrew all of it and there was only a couple of hundred dollars. They would yell and stream bloody murder! Do the very same thing in a pick 3 and pick 4 game and they call them se
May 23, 2004, 9:58 am - keystonechas - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lotto Architect v2.2Reply
Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on May 20, 2004Quote: Originally posted by Pick-4_Master on May 20, 2004Limited funds kept me from hitting in the Pick-5 and 6 games you need to spend a lot more money than you would in the Pick-3/4.What amount of funds do you think is necessary to win a pick5 or pick6 game in a reasonable amount of time, if indeed you really think it can be done with lottery software. My thoughts are, there is no such amount.RJOhQuote: Originally posted by Pick-4_Master on May
May 23, 2004, 3:01 am - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

A Modest ProposalReply
quote radarmand, Win D,You're offering me 2-to-1 odds on a 50/50 bet, right?I would love to take that bet. I'd be a fool not to. Private wagering being illegal, however, I can't possibly agree to do so in writing on-line. Now radarmand......We don't have to play for dirty old money. Just the gratification you will enjoy.... after proving your point should be payment enough. Bringing a little light into the world of the weak minded is a noble thing. Please radarmand.,....help us. LOL Good Luck
May 22, 2004, 8:36 pm - WIN D - Lottery Systems Forum

UTIL-5/6: New software lottery, lottoReply
Util532.exe, Util632.exe version 11.0, May 21, 2004 (4 WE) - Freeware.Major bug fixes and improvements in performance in version 11.0.There are many new features in the 32-bit utilities. Convert lotto drawings to regular sums and single-digit (root) sums. The Ion_3 filter in MDIEditor and Lotto is based on the root sum (Fadic addition). Create the wonder grid (pairings file) for any number of top pairs. Generate combinations based on the most frequent numbers position by position...Also availa
May 21, 2004, 5:34 pm - IonSaliu - Lottery Discussion Forum

Group of 22 wins $12 million Lotto South jackpotNews Story
Things are downright wild at the Wild Flavors factory in Erlanger, Kentucky after 22 employees won a nearly $12 million Lotto South lottery jackpot.The smell of money was in the air for 22 employees who are the winners of a nearly $12 million lotto jackpot and they're not the only ones cashing in.What are the odds of two $12 million winning tickets being sold 16 miles apart in the same week. Amazingly someone in Green hills still has not come forward to claim their money.But there was a lot of
May 18, 2004, 7:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

Probability formula Independent eventsReply
rdarmandI think you put your case very well. It's a pleasure to read a well thought out answer and even though I don't agree with you I hope you continue to engage me and others who believe we can change the odds a bit.QWEST46 (Jason)There are a core of members here, some regular posters others pretty quiet who have achieved success and who have knowledge that they keep to themselves. I reveal a bit but I sometimes sense that there is a member there (the inner circle) wagging his finger and sile
May 17, 2004, 4:53 pm - Colin F - Mathematics Forum