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Winners of big lottery jackpots often crave anonymity amid challenges to do soNews Story
The tiny Illinois farm town of Red Bud is the kind of place with few strangers and few secrets. Yet the community of 3,700 has a lingering mystery on its hands: Who bought the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket, and why hasn't the winner of the world-record $656 million jackpot come forward? Though secrecy surrounds the ticket sold at the MotoMart convenience store, lottery officials note it's not unusual for winners to lay low and those who advise them say it's just plain smart. It's ex
Apr 11, 2012, 10:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

How would you design a game so more people win?Reply
can't be done , the must simple thing your asking for is already here its called, raffle games everyone gets a ticket and their a lot more top winners the real issue is this, You Cant have the sells of powerball and mega millions giving a small army of winners WITHOUT the Large singe jackpot , this is reality, We Are Greedy, We See Big Numbers, We Buy More People don't spend money on lottery games if they SEE LOW NUMBERS powerball has already tryed to pass the winning
Jan 29, 2011, 10:35 pm - joshuacloak - Jackpot Games Forum

Mega Millions lottery winner recounts epic winNews Story
Includes video report No, Carolyn, it's not a heart attack. It's a fortune. The man who bought one of two winning tickets in the $380 million Mega Millions lottery frightened his wife when he woke her Tuesday night to share the life-changing news. I was pale, shaking. She thought I was having a heart attack, retiree Jim McCullar recalled. When his wife, Carolyn, asked if he was OK, he replied: I'm perfect. On Thursday, the couple and their adult children stepped forward to p
Jan 6, 2011, 7:42 pm - Todd - Lottery News

MMegaPower Sums Random Combination Program - Excel ProgramReply
Instructions for Excel file Sums.xls Open the Excel file Sums.xls Go to the Tab labeled Sums5 In this worksheet you can calculate the number of Combinations for each of the Sums Currently the Sums and Combinations are calculated for the Power Ball 5/59 game. Look at the cell range H3 through L3. You see the numbers 55 in cell H3 and 59 in cell L3. If you want to calculate the Mega Millions Game just enter the numbers 52 in cell H3, 53 in cell I3, 54 in cell J3, 55 in cell K3, and
Apr 17, 2010, 7:24 pm - winsumloosesum - Lottery Systems Forum

Powerball coming to Maryland, MassachusettsNews Story
According to local media reports, Powerball lottery tickets will soon be sold in Maryland and Massachusetts. Other Mega Millions states are sure to follow. Maryland Lottery Director Buddy Roogow expects the sales to begin in the next four or five months. The decision is a result of lots of negotiations between officials in the states that operate Mega Millions and Powerball over the last seveal months. Roogow says an official announcement is likely to come in the next few days. He says sal
Oct 12, 2009, 6:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

Quick Picks vs Self Picks, neither has an advantage
A few people in the News Forum asked in the thread about the $1.337 billions MM jackpot asked if the winning ticket was a self pick or a quick pick. Two things I don't get are what difference does it make now that such info. is nor posted anymore and, if people are that curious they have to be on the internet to get to LP, that being the case, how hard is this to do? Quick Pick vs Self Pick Entries When you enter Mega Millions you have two options- choose your own numbers or have a Quic
Aug 5, 2022, 9:21 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

South Carolina store owner who sold $1.5 billion Mega Millions ticket is arrestedNews Story
Retailer re-enters the spotlight after skirting thousands in tax evasion By Kate Northrop The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) announced on Saturday that the store owner who sold the winning ticket for the $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot in 2018 has been arrested and charged with five counts of tax evasion. Chirag Jayanti Patel, 49, was found to have underreported $2.04 million in sales while operating KCP, Inc. under the KC Mart convenience store business in Greenville
Mar 15, 2021, 4:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New Michigan bill would allow multi-state lottery winners to remain anonymousNews Story
By Kate Northrop On Thursday, a State Representative proposed new legislature that would allow Michigan winners of multi-state games like Mega Millions and Powerball to remain anonymous when claiming a prize. Only winners of local in-state Michigan games are currently allowed to remain anonymous, but a bill introduced by Rep. Pat Outman specifies that players who win multi-state games would be able to choose to remain anonymous as well. According to a press release, the intention of the
Feb 14, 2021, 9:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mississippi Lottery to start sales of Powerball and Mega Millions on Jan. 30News Story
Includes video report Mississippi residents looking forward to buying lottery tickets for the multi-state Powerball and Mega Millions games now can mark their calendars. Jan. 30, 2020 is the date when people in the Magnolia State will be able to test their luck on two of the hottest drawing games in the lottery business. Lottery equipment is already being installed at convenience stores. So far, more than 400 retailers have been approved to sell the tickets around the state. The Miss
Oct 23, 2019, 7:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Winner of $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot has come forwardNews Story
More than four months after making his or her fateful lottery ticket purchase, the winner of the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot has stepped forward but will remain anonymous, the South Carolina Education Lottery Commission announced. The winner of the largest jackpot in U.S. history has opted for up-front cash a one-time payment of $877,784,124, the commission announced shortly before 5 p.m. Monday. According to a statement from the commission, the winner confided in how unlikely the w
Mar 4, 2019, 6:02 pm - Todd - Lottery News