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Florida Fantasy 5's New EZMATCHReply
Quote: Originally posted by justxploring on March 20, 2006 Hi, Pac. Yup, that's exactly the way I felt the first time I bought a Grouper. I know I got a free ticket but not only do they choose the numbers, they choose which game is the free one. One time the clerk only gave me 5 tickets and I finally got the 6th ticket after making a stink about it. (as if I wouldn't notice?) At first the Fantasy 5 new option looked interesting to me, but now that you Duckman mention it, maybe it's not a go
Mar 20, 2006, 7:35 pm - pacattack05 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Simple ConceptReply
O.K. I work for them . At last, you admit it! Consider yourself unmasked! :-) As in, I don't want them to go bankrupt so our money-well doesn't run dry. Put out one of your 100,000% payout games, and that's it, no more lottery. No Jimmy, I didn't say that. Don't confuse the issue here. Lower the odds and lower the prize amounts so that more people win which will actually increase the number of players and increase sales! It's as simple as that.Besides, it doesn't necessarily matter what
Dec 24, 2005, 12:40 pm - Greg - Lottery Discussion Forum

Uncle Sam Wins Your LotteryNews Story
Attention, lottery players: If you win a nice big prize, opt to take it as a stream of payments and then change your mind and wish you had taken it as a lump sum, don't expect any special tax benefits if you sell your annuity for immediate cash.Over and over in the past few years and especially since capital gains tax rates were lowered in 2001 lottery winners have sold their rights to future payments and tried to treat what they got in exchange as capital gains.Since capital gains are now t
Nov 28, 2005, 9:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery to replace classic Lotto gameNews Story
A million bucks doesn't buy dreams like it used to.The first Maryland lottery game to offer $1 million prizes seems likely to become extinct, a victim of players who opt to gamble instead on mega-jackpots.Introduced in November 1983 to help bail out financially strapped localities such as Prince George's County and Baltimore, Maryland Lotto once the lottery's flagship game is showing its age, according to state officials.In the past fiscal year, Maryland Lotto sales dropped 5 percent while e
Aug 4, 2005, 7:42 pm - Todd - Lottery News

mega millions pollReply
I read The payouts for second and third prizes will increase as well. The actual prizes depend on the number of people that play. What happened to the automatic $250,000 second prize? Now it depends on how many people play?Article >> Everything's Comin' Up 'MEGA' in California!Thursday June 2, 9:00 am ET New 'MEGA Millions' Lottery Tickets Go on Sale June 22 California Makes It an Even Dozen as It Joins the Nation's Largest Lottery GameSACRAMENTO, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- What would
Jun 2, 2005, 7:16 pm - Maverick - Jackpot Games Forum

Arizona Lottery has record salesNews Story
Arizonans pursuing quick riches bought a record $366.6 million in Lottery tickets in the year that ended June 30, a nearly 14 percent gain over the previous 12 months.From those sales, a record $107.8 million was distributed to eight state funds that aid everything from parks to mass transportation and abused children.Arizona's percentage increase was the highest among Western states with similar gambling environments, according to Lottery officials. Lottery sales in California, which also has I
Aug 26, 2004, 7:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lotto Architect feedbackReply
Alright, I'll describe some strategies you can use:Strategy 1: Pick an abbreviated wheel based on your budget. Determine the numbers to use by one of the following ways - used only if you target a specific prize:Perform several HCD (Hot/Cold/Due system) reports. Each time, adjust the parameters slightly. What you look for is to have as more Matches hits, equal or greater than your guarantee prize. You can use the add to notepad feature (right-click in the report of HCD) to store these settings
Jul 28, 2004, 1:43 pm - lottoarchitect - Lottery Systems Forum

Good Read - Game Theory & Human BehaviorReply
For example, consider a matching pennies game in which a soccer player can either kick to the East side or the West side, and the goalie can either dive East or West. Suppose that a match (the goalie dives to meet the kick) gives payoffs of 1 to the goalie and -1 to the kicker, whereas a mismatch gives -1 to the goalie and +1 to the kicker. Each player wants to be unpredictable, and the only Nash equilibrium for this symmetric game is for each player to choose each direction with p
Mar 4, 2004, 6:10 am - goose - Lottery Discussion Forum

A Message to Florida Lottery Players From Secretary MattinglyNews Story
For the first time in Florida Lottery history, the largest unclaimed LOTTO jackpot will be transferred to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF), pending Legislative Budget Commission approval later this month.The Florida Lottery supports our state's commitment to education. Besides this unclaimed jackpot, the Lottery has contributed more than $13 billion to education over the last 15 years, with a record $1 billion contributed last year alone. These monies have funded more than 167,000 B
Oct 10, 2003, 5:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

State will drop Plus, revert to old LottoNews Story
If you buy a ticket for tonight's Washington Lotto Plus drawing, you have a chance to win a record $46 million jackpot.In a few more days, your odds of winning will get a bit better.That's because the Washington Lottery Commission is reverting to the old Lotto game after Saturday night's drawing for Lotto Plus. The odds of winning the Lotto jackpot will be 1 in 7 million instead of the 1 in 11 million odds for Lotto Plus.That's one reason lottery officials are bringing back Lotto after a 17-mont
Oct 1, 2003, 3:30 am - Todd - Lottery News