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Mega Millions multi-state lottery to get harder to win in Oct.Reply
I sent an email this morning to MM and got this reply from someone at the Ohio Lottery. Thanks for your inquiry. The game is changing but not the price point. The number of balls to choose from is increasing which will allow for larger and more jackpots. Also, the game will have a starting jackpot of $15 million! Linda Ohio Lottery WebMail So, I may still play, but I really don't like the increase of the odds.
May 21, 2013, 7:47 pm - NightStalker - Lottery News

Mega Millions multi-state lottery to get harder to win in Oct.Reply
Todd made some good points about Powerball and the changes to it. How many here that swore, I'll never play PB again! were part of the latest frenzy? I'm just wondering how long a time we are looking at before one of these games has a 100 number matrix. I really think the majority of lottery officials are of the mindset Most of the schmucks (players) don't know the odds until there's a huge jackpot and the news tells them what they are, but they've got their tickets in hand by then.
May 20, 2013, 5:42 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Pennsylvania: 5/1 - 5/31/2013Reply
I would like to caution all players to save their tickets................as our state may be in a similar position as Tennessee; in 2007 the state of Tennessee was discovered to have been blocking certain numbers from hitting and all players who saved their tickets were offered a double refund on their tickets. In Pennsylvania in 2007 (the same year and around the same time of year as the Tennessee incident) the 1 and 8 balls were out 19 and 33 nights at the same time respectively and 333 hit
May 20, 2013, 2:39 pm - Keystone - Pick 3 Forum

Post your scratch ticket resultsReply
I agree. The paybacks really suck. This weekend I bought quite a few. I had one $40 winner on 7-11-21 and a couple $5 wins. And trust me I put in easily $200. Nothing on the $20 or $10 tickets. I always get mad because I'm the fool that keeps playing. I'm on vacation end of the week. I live 20 minutes from WV. I think I may drive there and buy some. The odds seem way way better.
May 20, 2013, 5:08 am - lee57 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

pball and lottery gamesReply
I'm so glad you brought this up and not me. lol It's nice to dream and spend a few bucks once in a while, but you'd be surprised how many people I personally know, and others I don't know who really believe they will win the JP in their lifetime. Just by the way they try to console themselves when they don't win is frightening to me. If someone is eagerly waiting by the sidelines hoping that their only escape from the rat race is to win big, then they're only setting themselves up for disappo
May 19, 2013, 2:07 pm - onlymoney - Lottery Discussion Forum

Record Powerball jackpot won by 1 ticketReply
REDHOT 7 U and another Poster who wrote about the Trailer Community made excellent points regarding the winners. It's possible that a group may have pooled their funds and purchased the 1 winning ticket. I seriously doubt that Jack Wittaker is into the lottery anymore after all the trageties he has endured, especially as he has lost his family. But you and the other Poster might be right in your suggestions. I am simply glad that no syndicate won the jackpot. They spend hundreds and hu
May 19, 2013, 9:31 am - Libra0926 - Lottery News

$600 MILLION: Biggest Powerball jackpot everReply
We need to go back to MM on 3/27/2012 when the Jackpot was $363M. This was the drawing before the big $643M MM Jackpot. For the $363M drawing 190,922,875 tickets were sold. The odds are 1 out of 175,711,536. Do we really know the interaction of duplicates and many people picking 1-2-3-4-5- 6PB?
May 18, 2013, 4:33 pm - Gopher701 - Lottery News

$550 MILLION: Powerball jackpot now more than a half-billion dollarsReply
300 million tickets selected randomly would use about 130 million of the possible combinations, leaving about 45 million of them unplayed. That's 25% of them, so the chances of a rollover should be about 1 in 4. I have no idea how you calculated that (Poisson distribution???) but the Wizard of Odds came up with the same answer, that there's about a 25% chance of a rollover. Anyway, the only reason I mention it is because he estimates that if it isn't won this drawing, and if it
May 17, 2013, 11:28 am - Boney526 - Lottery News

Argh! Again!Reply
Your state still has good odds to win 5 of 5 with only 31 numbers to choose from. I hit 4 out of 5 twelve times in Georgia Fantasy Five back when they still only had 35 numbers to choose from. One time I missed not just by one number, but by one digit, like from a 3 to 4. So for a long time now, Georgia has 39 numbers to pick from. Makes it a lot harder. I've never hit more than 3 out of 5 since they added the additional numbers. Usually only match two numbers (if any) for a free ticket. No l
May 14, 2013, 10:43 pm - KAL035 - Pick 5 Forum

My Pick 4 WinsReply
That is exactly what I found in my homework. Other than the fact that the 12 way comes in 42% of the time and the 24 way comes in 50% of the time. I try and keep a balance between betting on the two knowing those percentages. As far as picking the numbers? I have a coffee can with ten pieces of paper folded up with the numbers 0-9 printed on them. I reach in and pull out four numbers and those are the four I bet against. It is a random game and I pick my numbers accordingly. Randomly with no reg
May 14, 2013, 7:54 pm - dking777 - Lottery Discussion Forum