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How ComesReply
1. Didn't quite understand that one 2. Good question, i think that at the end of the day...there is something a little more then what the probabilities are. There is something more that helps us decide which #'s are likely 2 play. But, math to also has it's place, we couldn't do without. I guess ppl are more experimental with it becuz after trying the math side of things, ppl look for other alternatives, no matter how different it may be. 3. It all comes down to a matter of choice, perso
Nov 18, 2006, 11:52 pm - TheTruth - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
MM has rolled over. The cash jackpot is $9.4M. The advertised annuity value is $16M. Second round draws sell on average $14.9M tickets. If this is the number of tickets that sell, the probability of various numbers of winners is distributed as follows: 091.85% 17.81% 20.33% 30.01% Lotteryreport has not yet posted the sales figures and I will update the long term jackpot evolution figures when she has done so.
Nov 18, 2006, 8:43 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
The PB jackpot has rolled over. The cash value is estimated at 32.6 million; the advertised annuity is $70M. The average 7th drawing in Powerball sells 17.1M in tickets, implying that if the current draw sells the average number of tickets, and the tickets are chosen in a random fashion, then the probability of various numbers of winners for this drawing will be: 088.95% 110.41% 20.61% 30.02% Lottoreport has not yet posted the sales figures for Powerball's
Oct 22, 2006, 8:56 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Quick PickReply
Justxploring Still, I will play my personal numbers mainly out of fear that they will hit the week I buy only quick picks. Remember Sniglets on HBO? It was a show about words that don't exist that should? Someone here has got to make up a word for this, or a new phobia.... fear of your numbees hitting if you ever don't play them. Maybe lotteriusmynumbersstopophobia or something! Digitalis didn't playis And how about this: Lottoinsomnia - the inability to fall
Oct 21, 2006, 6:40 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Winning Money vs Earning MoneyReply
The news covers lottery winners because it is good marketing for the lotteries. People approach lottery winners because of a variety of reasons that are not mutually exclusive. Rightly or wrongly, some people believe there is a mystical connection to the lottery. They want the luck to rub off. Some people assume that lottery winners - who have to have no special skills to win - are rubes who can be manipulated or easily fooled out of their money. (Often they are right.) Some
Oct 17, 2006, 10:19 am - Prob988 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
The Powerball jackpot has rolled. The cash value is now $22.4M; the advertised annuity is $47.0M Fifth drawings average $15.8M in sales. If this is the number of tickets that sell on the next drawing, the randomized probability of various numbers of winners is as follows: 089.76% 19.70% 20.52% 30.02% Lottoreport has not yet updated the sales figures for the last drawing and I will delay the long term probability files until they do so.
Oct 15, 2006, 8:58 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Wisconsin factory workers win $208M Powerball lotteryReply
Whoa! You read far too much into my small comments about how a person might chose to live. I am not so judgmental as to begin preaching about how a person has a duty to provide for college educations, straight teeth, a nice house, etc. As long as they don't ask my to support them, folks can live how they please, I say. I am not aware of any press article that talks about how the NE lottery winners split their prizes. The press just does not cover that kind of detail. You could check it
Aug 10, 2006, 10:19 am - chuck32 - Lottery News

Wisconsin factory workers win $208M Powerball lotteryReply
chuck32 If there are multiple winners, the share of either one is divided by the number of winning tickets. Bingo. The number of winning tickets and a prize based on which amount, advertised jackpot or lump sum. Like I said, you know your stiff but you seem to be doing some bobbing and weaving on providing any specific example. Let's say two people happen to have picked the winning numbers, they're goiing to share the prize. Call the prize $20 million for right now. One wants the lo
Aug 9, 2006, 11:58 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Mega Millions hit again!Reply
Here are the number of drawings per jackpot since the matrix change, starting with the most recent: 6, 3, 4, 5, 7, 14, 14, 15, 4, 9, 17, 16. The average number of draws is 9.5. A ninth jackpot produces a jackpot of around $100M, a tenth, 120M. It has produced jackpots as high as $315M. There have been nine drawings with jackpots over $200M. (All figures are annuity figures, in which people commonly think.) My models show that there is only a 50% chance of a jackpot reaching 7 dr
Jul 21, 2006, 7:50 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Arizona Lottery winner shows what not to do with $6.7MReply
Jackpot: $6.7 million, $335,000 each year for 20 years. He won back in 1988 and declared bankruptcy due to business problems with his gas stations in 2005. Him declaring banruptcy had nothing to do with his lottery winnings. His lottery winnings allowed him to try to play a bigger game -- the business world. Howver, he seems to have a weakness for bigger and bigger beachfront homes. He won $6.7 million and acted like he won $100 million. Also, 10 years after he won (1998) he
Jul 19, 2006, 2:15 am - ChazzMatt - Lottery News