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Identical winning numbers crop up in hundreds of U.S. lotteries. Are the drawings really random?Reply
Convention would say that the Wisconsin Lottery results are statistically significant and even close to being highly significant, two Wisconsin SuperCash! games drew the same six numbers twice within 10 days in 2006. The odds of that happening: 1 in 326,262 Does anyone know how often the drawings were back then and what the odds were? When mathematicians tell reporters what the odds of a particular lottery event are, the numbers they offer are frequently wrong. Claiming that the chances of
Feb 2, 2019, 4:51 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

EuroMillions jackpot at record levels, capped at €190 millionNews Story
By Todd Northrop For players of Europe's EuroMillions multi-country lottery game, Friday's drawing is the start of a special capped drawing feature that could inflate the second prize level to extraordinary levels. The 190 million (US$240.4 million) jackpot is the accumulation of 6 draws without a top prize winner since the October 3 super draw of 100 million. Once the Euro Millions jackpot reaches the 190 million point, it becomes the first of up to two capped drawings. All of the mone
Oct 23, 2014, 9:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

Dr.Miracle's P-3 System. Q&AReply
Here is my question: 1st thank you for posting your system and 2nd thank you for starting this thread. Today is March 28 2013 and I am using your Maryland Pick 3 game as an example. Since today's date is the 28 we take the 8 from the 28 and go back and look at the previous dates that have a 3, 5, or 8 such as March 3,5,8,13,15,18,23,25. Then we look at the past draws for these date in March and look for any duplicate pairs. 1. Are we still using the old man's zeroes . If a 0 is in
Mar 28, 2013, 9:13 am - winsumloosesum - Lottery Systems Forum

$214 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls againNews Story
By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $214 million for Saturday's drawing. Wednesday was the 12th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The jackpot run started October 6 as a $40 million jackpot. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $143 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state on the Jackpot Analysis
Nov 15, 2012, 7:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

$200 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surgesNews Story
By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $200 million for Wednesday's drawing. Saturday was the 11th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The jackpot run started August 18 as a $40 million jackpot. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $128.5 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state on the Jackpot Analysi
Sep 24, 2012, 8:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

$212 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surgesNews Story
By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $212 million for Wednesday's drawing. Saturday was the 12th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The jackpot run started June 27 as a $40 million jackpot. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $142.9 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state on the Jackpot Analysis
Aug 5, 2012, 8:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery holds annual Millionaire Raffle drawingNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Michigan Lottery conducted its fifth annual holiday-time Millionaire Raffle drawing today, the state's 17th raffle drawing overall since 2007. The complete list of winning numbers for the latest raffle draw can be found on Lottery Post's Michigan Lottery Results page. The $20 raffle tickets went on sale Nov. 8, 2010, and a total of 600,000 were available for the drawing. Unlike most previous Michigan raffle drawings, the game was not sold out: more than 90,000 ticke
Jan 19, 2011, 10:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

$266 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised againNews Story
Biggest jackpot in nine months Lottery players across the United States are buying their Mega Millions tickets in preparation for Tuesday's massive $266 million drawing. Even the cash value the holy grail for many jackpot-watchers stands at a staggering $165.2 million. For comparison, the $258 million Powerball jackpot won by a store clerk in Missouri in April awarded a cash value of $124.9 million. Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation of 14 consecutive drawings withou
May 3, 2010, 9:02 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery confirms that Quick Picks are not generated by "central computer"Reply
The problem I am having with your statements is that you are being vague about where you believe there is manipulation. When we are talking about rigging a drawing , that specifically refers to altering the lottery drawing machine -- or the balls that get drawn from it -- in order to make certain numbers come out. Now, if you are saying that Texas is controlling the outcome, that is the only way I know to do that, because if the drawing in NOT rigged -- it is entirely random -- then ANY CO
Nov 26, 2008, 9:07 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Pre-test draw results, Do we Have the right to know what they were?Reply
All live ball drawing lotteries probably test the machine mechanics to make sure the balls are being mixed, there is no blockage in the tube, and the valves are working properly. Ohio's live drawing begins showing three sets of 10 numbered balls in three different containers for Pick-3 and four sets balls for the Pick-4 being mixed. The host will say hello, announces the Pick-3 drawing, all three values are opened at the same time, the camera pans in on the balls, and the host announces the draw
Sep 7, 2008, 7:40 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum