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Mass. Lottery knew about exploited game's flaws for years, IG saysReply
Respectfully, I have to disagree. Playing any game in which the JP prize is rolled down to the lower prizes once a certain level has been reached does not take any extra smarts. This is the way the game was designed to attract more players. If my game rolled down and the prize for a 4of5 jumped by a factor of ten or more times it's normal payout I would have to be seriously retarded not to jump in on those drawings. Someone with enough cash could jump in big time and by covering the
Aug 1, 2012, 2:17 pm - RL-RANDOMLOGIC - Lottery News

Lottery Post ranked among biggest lotto Web sites in MarchNews Story
Mega Millions $656 million jackpot causes traffic spike at lotto sites The record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot on March 30 caused a huge lift in traffic to lottery-related Web sites, according to the latest comScore Media Metrix report released today, with LotteryPost.com cited among the industry's biggest winners. comScore reported that the Lotto/Sweepstakes category attracted nearly 29 million visitors in March, a 25 percent increase, making it the top-gaining category for the mont
Apr 25, 2012, 10:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

$540 MILLION: Mega Millions buying frenzy sparks another jackpot increaseNews Story
By Todd Northrop The United States perhaps the world has never witnessed a lottery-buying frenzy like we are seeing this week. Mega Millions tickets are being bought at such a rapid pace that the state lotteries in the Mega Millions consortium have raised the jackpot estimate for the second time in as many days. Early Wednesday morning, just after 1:00 am Eastern Time, USA Mega announced the new record Mega Millions jackpot of $476 million after nobody won in the Tuesday evening drawing
Mar 29, 2012, 1:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Buying More Tickets Does Not Increase Your Odds.Reply
RICH GET RICHER WALL STREET GUYS WIN $254M WITH $1 LOTTERY TICKET. FINANCE PROS TURN $1 INTO $254M WITH LOTTERY. THEY'RE RICH AND RICHERER. November 2, 2011 POWERBALL WINNING NUMBERS: 12-14-34-39-46+ POWER BALL ( 36 ) Thrifty is right, each individual ticket (one line of numbers) is up against the very same odds, 175,000,000 to one. There is one, and only one set of sinning numbers drawn - not one set of winning numbers drawn for each line played.That's why the fract
Mar 5, 2012, 11:08 am - THRIFTY - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball multi-state lottery to raise prices, jackpotsReply
Without revealing my age (lol), I can remember a time when most of our elected officials and department heads listened to taxpayers and planned accordingly. Now, the only ones with a voice and the power are the politicians and department heads. The rest of us are suppose to shutup and pay the bills. If we don't like what they are doing, then ..... well, it would hurt if we did it.! The 'pols' who are suppose to represent me, don't fear anyone or any future election. They have the money and
Jan 5, 2012, 4:13 pm - bobby623 - Lottery News

australian sat lotto , new division added
just incase anyone plays aussie games here http://www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au/about-us/media-releases/9350 now a prize for 1 number and both supps Saturday Lotto changes set to deliver more WA winners Exciting changes to Western Australia's favourite Lotto game, Saturday Lotto, will occur this month providing players with more opportunities to win a prize. A key change to the game is the introduction of an additional prize division which will double players' chances to have a w
Jan 14, 2011, 5:53 am - savagegoose - Jackpot Games Forum

Against the odds, KY Lottery returns record amount to stateNews Story
Mega Millions helps power sales; Powerball keeps improving too By Todd Northrop The Kentucky Lottery Corporation (KLC) today announced a record-breaking $214.3 million was returned to the Commonwealth in Fiscal Year 2010, despite lottery sales dropping $38 million or 4.7% during the same period. The $214.3 million surpasses the previous record set last year by $9.9 million or 4.8%. The figure is comprised of $200.7 million from profits for scholarship, grant and higher education program
Aug 2, 2010, 1:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery bracing for loss of Arkansas dollarsNews Story
Legislature refuses to consider bill increasing prizes Oklahoma will be a big loser when Arkansas begins its lottery games, an official said. The Oklahoma lottery is expected to lose as much as $12 million in sales during the first year Arkansas has its games, said Jim Scroggins, who is the executive director of Oklahoma's lottery. We estimate, based on prizes claimed by Arkansas residents, that we will, Scroggins said. That would result in a loss of $3.5 million to $4 million for e
Mar 30, 2009, 8:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery reports record revenues, lower profitsNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery brought in record revenues despite a souring economy, an audit released Wednesday showed. The audit of the Kentucky Lottery showed that the lottery brought in $778.2 million up about 4.6 percent from the previous year but its profits were down about 2.7 percent. That's because the lottery increased its prize payouts to players and paid higher retailer commissions. But the amount of money the lottery paid to state scholarship programs, including the Kentucky Educational
Nov 28, 2008, 10:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

Privatization of Texas lottery may get 2nd look in 2009Reply
I think that it is crazy! They can make more money for sure, but not as much as they think that they can. The 2 big problems might be the state government and the lottery itself. In order to make more money they would have to be free of all and any restrictions, that is being able to handle the lottery on their own, without the state government and the lottery getting in their way. But even is that was possible which would not, they still would not be able to make as much as they thi
Apr 11, 2008, 2:49 pm - LANTERN - Lottery News