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Texas Lottery has history of frequent firingsNews Story
Current and former Texas Lottery employees believe the threat of being fired was used to intimidate anyone who raised questions about lottery operations.Texas Lottery Commission C-F-O Lee Deviney was fired after he questioned the agency's practice of advertising inflated Lotto Texas jackpots.His managers say his termination was unrelated to that.Deviney was among five lottery employees fired in June under the at-will provision, bringing the total to eight so far for 2005.Documents attained by Th
Aug 1, 2005, 9:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

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For the purposes of usefulness I probably should have mentioned, those MMPB draw numbers could have been compressed into only seven consecutive NY Lotto draws if you're willing to lose 34, and 35. Those two were communists, flyers, who held out for larger jackpots. NY Lotto Oct 1, 2003 23 25 31 38 43 44 52 Sep 27, 2003 3 10 12 38 57 58 55 Sep 24, 2003 10 14 18 30 33 55 54 Sep 20, 2003 8 16 17 25 40 54 1 Sep 17, 2003 6 10 20 30 43 46 39 Sep 13, 2003 7 11 14 21 40 48 3 Sep 10,
Jul 31, 2005, 1:19 pm - Rip Snorter - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball sales skid hurts lottery profitsReply
The PB/MM are like all businesses. The goal is to make money for the leadership, then the states. The player is at the bottom of the concern. When the so-called Directors see their bonuses dropping because of reduced sales, that results in maximum attention. Huge jackpots equate to huge budgets and a huge bonus. Trust me, as long as the state can make tons of money, and the employees can make a ton of money, they are happy. Right now they aren't happy. When their bonuses go up again, then they w
Jul 27, 2005, 9:06 am - Chewie - Lottery News

Powerball sales skid hurts lottery profitsReply
Once again the PB powers that be are sticking it to us by increasing the already near impossible odds all under the guise of increasing jackpots because some people are not happy with winning thirty to seventy million dollars. Come on people-- give me a break! $30,000,000 isn't enough when you make $35,000 - $90,000 a year????I think I'm gonna retire from Powerball and play games with much better odds. You can have the PB and the MM game. I'm not gonna participate in somebody's delusion th
Jul 26, 2005, 8:41 pm - Greg - Lottery News

Powerball sales skid hurts lottery profitsReply
I've only been a member for a few days, but I have never seen such inane comments as those being stated about the new Powerball format. I can't actually believe people would get worked up over the fact that Powerball jackpots are seldom reaching the astronomical $200 million to $300 million dollar range, although there was a recent $220 million winner in Idaho. Would you really be upset if you only won, let's say, $150 million? Give me a break! But even more astonishing is the ranting of the guy
Jul 26, 2005, 8:29 pm - lmatlaw - Lottery News

CT Classic Lotto 4/26/05Reply
I remember there was a flap some years ago when a lottery employee made a stink about the advertised jackpots being inflated... in fact if I remember correctly it was this same employee who went on a rampage killing a bunch of his fellow workers...remember that one? Soon thereafter the increments were smaller, not the usual 1 million per unwon draw increases. Seems like it takes forever for the jackpot to grow to several million these days. No doubt powerball sales have cut into the game, and y
Jul 20, 2005, 9:15 pm - sirius - Jackpot Games Forum

mega millions and powerball jackpot pollReply
Megamillions only said the jackpot could hit 400 million after WA state joined. They just forgot to add when hell freezes over to the sentence. The Big Game (the game before Mega) was close to 400 with much lower odds but it had a much smaller player base. Powerball made the serious mistake of not changing their game when they added many states and now the jackpots and the sales have tanked. I'm sure some players will lessen what they buy for a while and sales have proven that but when a big j
Jul 20, 2005, 2:59 am - dvdiva - Lottery Discussion Forum

If CT drops PowerballReply
The Multi-State lotteries are falling victim to the same economic dynamic that befalls any company. Consider a restaurant, for example. The business starts out doing well until it cuts portions, compromises quality and raises prices. Eventually the customers leave. The lotteries depend on revenues to the point where increased spending by idiotic politicians pimping for votes forces them to increase revenues to the point where they have to fudge and swindle to keep participation up. In the que
Jul 18, 2005, 10:07 am - orangeman - Jackpot Games Forum

Connecticut Gov. considers dumping PowerballReply
The folks that run Powerball are changing the way they pay off jackpots for winners choosing a 30-year-annuity.The estimated average jackpot under the new rules will be $84.1 million.If it was paid off in equal amounts, as it is now, winners would get $2.8 million a year, before taxes.Starting Aug. 31, payments will be backloaded, meaning winners will get far less in the early years. The winner of an $84.1 million jackpot will get $1.72 million in year one.The winner won't reach $2.8 million un
Jul 17, 2005, 2:56 pm - ayenowitall - Lottery News

Texas Lottery chief may lose job over jackpot snafuReply
Lantern:We are mostly on the same page on this. I personally like the Pick 3 twice a day and think they could add Pick 4 twice a day, too. It would spread out the play, but it would also give more choice. Midday drawings are always less because people just don't have time to play. The 6/49 would be great, but I doubt if they would do it unless they began the jackpot at $1,000,000 cash with no annuity and no half jackpots awarded. That would generate some excitement with little additional exp
Jul 4, 2005, 3:32 pm - orangeman - Lottery News