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Powerball multi-state lottery game to change rulesReply
Yes, but by doing this, they will probably market it as getting 2 games in one. You are now paying $1 for a shot at the PB jackpot and another $1 for a shot at $1 million. Otherwise, you will only get $200,000 if you get 5 numbers. However, if the odds of getting the 5 numbers are 1 in 5.1M then they're not very good IMO but it's a way to generate more money. Any other comments on this? I might be wrong, but the way I read it, $1 buys one PB ticket and a chance to win the lower prizes, but n
Aug 13, 2008, 4:21 am - justxploring - Lottery News

Dont you think kids should have their own Lotto or Sweepstakes..Reply
They are trying that here in Baltimore. http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=22966 There are potential problem with your idea though......... all children learn at different rates and some children might get paid more than others. Some schools might not want to pay kids. Some kids might protest that if they pay in some schools why not ours. I say they are getting paid in the form of knowledge for going to school and learning their subjects just like our for fathers and mothers hav
Aug 8, 2008, 1:53 pm - four4me - Lottery Discussion Forum

Gas For Life - Florida Lottery
I originally started to post this in the scratch-off forum, but I then realized this isn't a scratch-off game at all! It's more like a weekly raffle. The cost for each ticket is $5. There will be 8 weekly drawings with one weekly $250,000 grand prize, five Gas For Life ($52,000 cash) second prizes and fifty Gas For a Year (26 $100 prepaid gas cards) as the 3rd prize. I've seen this game advertised and there are big signs at the retailers, but I never paid much attention to them. I already spend
Jul 13, 2008, 3:36 am - justxploring - Lottery Discussion Forum

Drive to boost Calif. lottery sales under wayReply
The billboard campaign is a farce - it will have no measurable impact. This article is typical - it scrapes the surface but doesn't give a lot of the real fundamentals about this issue. The teachers will not support anything that doesn't guarantee their union more money - period. If they even abstain (go neutral) the measure will not pass. Ahhhhnuld doesn't have a clue either. He surrounds himself with people who tell him what he wants to hear. In the end, this thing will
Jun 24, 2008, 8:42 pm - Drivedabizness - Lottery News

Lottery win opens doors for N.Y. doormanReply
Edit: I began composing this before the above comments were posted. I think you are missing my point. (I didn't call you ignorant BTW.) First of all, there are a lot of service positions that pay very well if you are good at your job. In places like Vegas, being a doorman or valet is a coveted position, although I haven't been there in decades. Second, some people who have lots of education decide they don't like doing this or that and find peace at other jobs. Third, times are tough and ther
Jun 16, 2008, 11:34 am - justxploring - Lottery News

Contract controversy reveals D.C. Lottery's tangled rootsReply
The land marks were always a pleasure to see. Especially if you love America. The US Congress never has a problem spending money on a federal site. It makes them look good to stand in front of them when their picture is taken. But today, some one was shot in the black area of the city. Some one was shot yesterday in the black area of DC. Every time you turn around some one is shot. Yet, the officials spend 98% of their time trying to conficate guns from citizens who don't walk the street kil
May 22, 2008, 8:55 pm - MeFirstYouLast - Lottery News

Hot Lotto
I think I saw an article the other day that said they did not work (I think I saved article -will send to you) but should practice using technology with numbers-- too stupid not to use technology especially with numbers I think you are correct... I read a story about a stupid kid who killed himself over numbers. No one knew he was playing a lot- I think what happens if you play too much you really get deep-- play too much and you can go crazy. (but numbers
May 7, 2008, 8:06 pm - dreamer23 - Mystical Forum

2-4-1 Program
(I'm putting this in Mystical as people who come to this Forum have a better feel for this kind of thing). Our local hospital set up a walking course around the otuside of the buliding for the 2-4-1 program. The American Heart Association says that for every 1 hour of vigorous exercise you add two hours to your life and the course is called 2-4-1. Reading the article and being a Lotto Playing Fool and LP member I figure something like that just has to be played! (This is not a predic
Apr 17, 2008, 12:40 pm - Coin Toss - Mystical Forum

Question about blind trusts...Reply
DC81 From what I've seen you can bet there are people who would investigate who formed such a trust. The lotteries publish the location of the winners, the store that sold the winning ticket. A few months back, someone in a town near here hit 5 + 0 on Mega Millions. The store didn't even put one of those Winning Ticket Sold Here signs up but the town and half of the county was trying to figure out who it was that made the score. (Granted, it could have been a traveler passing thro
Apr 17, 2008, 12:01 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

I wonder what the $275 mega millions winner is doing now.Reply
There was an article in my local paper, The Sydney Morning Herald, about this. When asked what he plans to do as a brand new multimillionaire, lottery winner Robert Harris answered simply: Live happy. The 47-year-old iron worker used to have to work overtime just to make ends meet for 20 years. He and his wife, Tonya, lived in a trailer while dreaming of building a big house in the country where their two children and six grandchildren could visit. Now that's all in the past. T
Feb 29, 2008, 11:11 pm - myturn - Lottery Discussion Forum