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Powerball multi-state lottery to raise prices, jackpotsNews Story
By Todd Northrop, with AP wire sources Powerball lottery organizers are betting that bigger jackpots will entice more people to play, but gamblers are going to have to dig deeper into their wallets to try their luck. Game changes that have been in the works for months perhaps years are finally going into effect this month. (See Changes coming to Powerball multi-state lottery game in January, Lottery Post, Jun. 27, 2011.) Tickets for the multi-state game are doubling in price to $2 be
Jan 3, 2012, 9:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

RE: PB/MM cheating you?
You are cheating yourself by buying a ticket with the Jackpot vampires . Look at how many times your state actually wins the PB or MM jackpot. Using Michigan as an example you can see that we get the jackpot here once per year on average(sometimes 0, sometimes 1, sometimes 2). Since the Multi-State game started here in Michigan, there have been smaller jackpots on the in-state game with jackpot winners way fewer and way further between. Take last year (2007) for example. Michigan did
Oct 2, 2008, 10:27 am - Think - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
Even the people running the lottery have trouble estimating how many tickets will be sold at these levels. For the levels that are seen commonly they've got good data to work with and a 10% error is insignificant in real dollars. That make sit pretty easy for them to make a relaible estimate When advertised jackpots go over $200 million there's not much data to work with and there's a lot more unpredictability. For a $50 million jackpot there's a small but dependable minority who will spend
Feb 27, 2007, 2:12 am - KY Floyd - Jackpot Games Forum

Texas lottery panel will consider dismissing directorNews Story
The three-person panel that oversees the Texas Lottery Commission will meet behind closed doors Monday to decide whether the agency's executive director should be fired for inflating the advertised jackpots for the popular Lotto Texas game.Lottery Commission Chairman C. Thomas Clowe said Tuesday that he could not comment on the matter. But in two public meetings in less than a week, Clowe has harshly criticized Executive Director Reagan Greer, saying that he had deceived the lottery-playing publ
Jul 6, 2005, 8:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery considers changing jackpot calculationNews Story
Amid complaints of false advertising, Texas Lottery Commission officials will consider changing the way jackpots are paid.C. Thomas Clowe, the commission chairman, said the three-member panel will discuss this month whether to guarantee the advertised jackpot or continue basing the grand prize on a percentage of ticket sales.Clowe said Thursday that he is concerned that miscalculating the lotto jackpot could undermine confidence in the game. We want the public to have confidence in the lottery,
Jun 10, 2005, 12:30 pm - Todd - Lottery News

LOTTERY POOL
MY NAME IS FRED GSCHEIDLE. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF ME. IF NOT, I'M NOTED AT GAIL HOWARD'S SITE ON THE INTERNET AS THE ONLY PERSON TO HAVE WON TWO JACKPOTS USING HER SYSTEMS. I DID THIS BY FORMING POOLS OF 25 PLAYERS AND USING HER VERY LARGE WHEELING SYSTEMS AND PURCHASING HUNDREDS OF TICKETS FOR EACH GROUP. I DO NOT DO THIS TO MAKE MONEY FOR MY SELF BUT TO TRY TO WIN JACKPOTS.I QUIT FOR A WHILE BUT I AM NOW GOING TO START PLAYING AGAIN. I AM NOW LOOKING FOR PLAYERS TO FORM POOLS. I AM LOOK
Feb 17, 2002, 11:00 am - LOTTOFRED - Lottery Discussion Forum

Anyone ever get crappy numbers on their Powerball tickets?Reply
Better to get your own picks? Well here's two games, a 5/39 and a 6/52, YTD for 2010. ILLINOIS LITTLE LOTTO To date: 131 Jackpots 57 PP 43.5% 113 QP 86.2% Solo jackpots: 101 Shared jackpots: 30 The jackpot tally between PP (Player's Picks) and QP include shared jackpots so it totals more than the number of jackpots paid. Here's the 6/52: IILINOIS LOTTO To date: 10 Jackpots 7 QP 3 PP 10 jackpots, 7 QP and 3 PP. Isn't that interesting as the lotteries t
Nov 8, 2010, 5:49 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Dual multi-state lottery sales may keep jackpots lowerNews Story
New national game at least a year away When dozens of states start selling both Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets for the first time ever, winners may take home jackpots that aren't so mega. As part of a deal announced last October, the combined sales begin Jan. 31 in 23 of the 31 states and Washington D.C. where Powerball is currently offered, according to Tom Shaheen, president of the Multi-State Lottery Association that operates Powerball. The two different lottery systems hav
Jan 11, 2010, 9:34 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball lottery states report brisk sales for huge jackpotNews Story
Hopeful lottery players are plunking down their money for Powerball lottery tickets at an astounding pace, in advance of tonight's estimated $300 million jackpot drawing.USA Mega will display the drawing results minutes after the drawing, which occurs at 11:00 PM Eastern Time (8:00 PM Pacific Time).Also on www.usamega.com, players will be able to see the Power Play number drawn, and within an hour or two the website will announce whether or not there was a jackpot winner. At that time, the Wedn
Oct 15, 2005, 4:55 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball joins lottery frenzy with $620 million jackpotNews Story
More than $2.2 billion in multi-state jackpots can be won this week By Todd Northrop This will be a week talked about in the lottery industry for a long time. Lottery players are dreaming about unimaginable wealth, lottery retailers are enjoying the prosperity of a huge uptick in store traffic, and state governments are rubbing their hands in anticipation of a revenue windfall. Everyone knows about the record $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot that is being talked about around the wo
Oct 21, 2018, 10:16 am - Todd - Lottery News