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New Mexico man claims $200,000 prize hours before it would expireNews Story
Marguerite Padilla of Farmington wanted to rush to New Mexico Lottery headquarters three hours away in Albuquerque to claim a $200,000 prize. But her husband had other ideas. Timothy Padilla wanted to go elk hunting first. Not even a winning Powerball ticket could stop an elk hunting trip, he told lottery officials when the couple claimed the prize Wednesday. We had just enough time to do both things. Lottery officials warned last week that the $200,000 prize from the Aug. 15 drawin
Nov 12, 2007, 12:02 pm - Todd - Lottery News

The prediction software you've been waiting for?Reply
I am quoting the article The software can handle data loads that would overwhelm human analysts, while dispassionately exploring actions and behaviors based solely on the data, sidestepping human cultural biases that might prematurely rule out unorthodox or seemingly bizarre courses of action. If they would only have a software like that for the Stock Market or the lottery but more the Stock Market...Not saying they shouldn't continue what they are doing...But i believe a computer could
Oct 27, 2007, 1:35 am - pumpi76 - Lottery Systems Forum

FINALLY: Here's the new feature I never released
A long time ago I referred to a new web feature that I built, but was on the fence about releasing. Among the various reasons for holding off is that I was considering writing a technical article about it first, and then releasing it simultaneously. However, I have come to find that I just don't have the time, so as a result the feature has been sitting there, unused for no good reason. I have have come to terms with it, and I'm finally releasing it for you all to use. Many people will
Oct 26, 2007, 3:29 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

CBS publishes second hatchet job on lotteryReply
said that I think the statement that blacks are being manipulated is not only wrong, but insulting. Also, the new article mentions POOR PEOPLE, NOT RACE. The amount of money you have is not a race issue, and I'm not about to make it one. I have no idea where you get your statistics from, because I don't think you're using any. The actual statistics of winning ticket distribution consistently show that there is no bias against any particular geographic or socio-economic areas. It is comp
Oct 8, 2007, 2:44 pm - computerhead723 - Lottery News

Paranoid or Prudent?Reply
The officials have absolutely nothing to worry about, as of yet. After a pre-test or two, rotating tubes, it'll be as random as possible. They make sure thet do away with any possible examination of a particular tube's history. And BTW, Pre-tests do absolutely nothing in preventing future breakdowns. Infact, they accelerate the process. There is no such thing as perpetual motion, thus the more you use it, the sooner it will eventually break down. Obviously, they're playing dumb and trying
Jun 29, 2007, 6:51 pm - pacattack05 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Finally! See the ratings
This has been a planned enhancement for a long time -- ever since I put those mysterious stars on the upper-left corner of each topic. I am finally finished with the new enhancement to the ratings that lets you see who rated the topic, and what they gave it. The final piece that I have been [frankly] obsessing with is the popup window control used to display the ratings. From way back when I originally came up with the ratings, I wanted to use the display of the ratings as an opportunit
Mar 24, 2007, 12:16 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Focusing On Winning The Lottery Is A Fruitless EventReply
Focusing on winning the lottery is kind of like focusing on not having . Using that logic, focusing on having a good meal at a restaurant is kind of like focusing on not getting food poisoning . I say this because of some discussions I've had with those who have held this desire. They have shared what they would do with the winnings if they won. It's obvious that whoever wrote the article wasn't discussing it on Lottery Post because most of those discussions were about what we w
Mar 22, 2007, 6:41 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions: How long to recieve jackpot?
Hi there, I am a new member and here is my first post, and look at that I'm posting it in the correct place so please go easy on me. I am a casual Mega Million's player, I know that the odds are against me, so I never depend on winning. After all it isn't easy to get Fate, Luck and Chance too all smile at you at the same exact time. However, I figure if I'm going to play the game I might as well be prepared for even the smallest chance of winning. I've read the horror stories, I get the gen
Mar 1, 2007, 2:34 pm - Racso - Jackpot Games Forum

strike the lottoReply
Pre-tests and tube shuffling are used to make the game as random as humanly possible Make the game as random as possible? You mean it's not random enough? HA! I think that is a big lie on their part, if that's what they also say. Any reason to throw as many wrenches in the natural flow. That's why they do it. A lottery official in NY admitted to that many years ago in an article, in the New York Daily News. I'm not asking for any favors from them. All I ask them is to leave the dang
Feb 25, 2007, 4:12 pm - pacattack05 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Breaking Las Vegas: Could it happen to the lotto..Reply
1992 Virginia lottery, sorry if this has already been posted here somewhere but here it is: ........... If this seems fanciful or insane you only have to look at the Australian syndicate led by Stefan Mandel. They managed to keep their existence relatively secret until the syndicate hit the big one, a single ticket which paid $27 million in the 1992 Virginia State Lottery in the USA. It was the fourteenth big lottery win engineered by Mr Mandel and, as it turned out, his last major coup.
Feb 20, 2007, 11:13 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum