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GA Fantasy-5 Bonus Ball
I personally wish Georgia would retire Win For Life, replace it with Lotto Georgia 6/46 on Saturday and Fantasy 5 bonus ball draw on Wednesday. Win For Life actually amounts to a 7/42 matrix for an annuity payout. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with four extra ways to win playing Fantasy 5 from May 1 - 5, 2006! During Fantasy 5 Bonus Ball Fiesta, an extra Fantasy 5 ball will be drawn during regular nightly drawings, offering players four more chances to win Fiesta Prizes
May 1, 2006, 12:01 pm - konane - Pick 5 Forum

Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
The MM jackpot has rolled over. The cash value of the prize is 16.9M and the advertised annuity jackpot is $30M. The average sales for 3rd round drawings is $16.1M. If this is the number of tickets sold, the probability of various numbers of winners is as follows: 091.24% 18.36% 20.38% 30.01% Lottoreport has not yet posted the sales figures for the last drawing. I will update my program after the figures have been posted, and post the long term probabilities afterwards.
Apr 26, 2006, 9:16 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Powerball Back-to-Back Jackpots Set RecordReply
Quote: Originally posted by TheGameGrl on April 12, 2006NCPicks, your point is well taken. As is the money taken in from the lottery. Its a choice to play, but it can also be within reasonable statistics as well. Increasing the odds is NOT causing the increase in players or funds. Its the fact that the economy is such that the average citizen can only dream of making ends meet by hitting some decent payouts. Which are few and far between. The bottom line is, the PB spokespersons are misleading t
Apr 13, 2006, 1:43 pm - NCPicks - Lottery News

Michigan resident loses whopping $295,000 in lottery scamsReply
I feel badly for anyone who is cheated by these maggots who prey on human weakness. But someone offering you an alternative to your investment portfolio is not a scam artist. A scam artist is someone who defrauds a person and unknowingly steals their money or makes false promises. The list of names you mentioned are often gathered from court records such as loans which include new mortgages and refinancing and other public information. Property tax records are also available to the public. If I
Apr 9, 2006, 5:57 pm - justxploring - Lottery News

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
The Powerball jackpot has rolled. The cash jackpot is 63.8M, the annuity $135M. The last jackpot at this level sold 28.3M tickets. If the same number is sold the probability of various numbers of winners will be: 082.39% 115.96% 21.55% 30.10% I estimate the probability of a 19th draw occurring as 9%, and of a 20th at 3%.
Mar 27, 2006, 7:23 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

$270M Mega Millions lottery jackpot claimed anonymouslyReply
Each state has their own individual rules, but there's an excellent chance that you do have the right to claim any prizes as a trust. Even if the rules require that the name of the winner be released or that the winner attend a press conference you still might be able to remain anonymous. A trust is a legal entity, and therefore has some of the rights and obligations that a person does. Unless the rules prohibit it, the trust can claim the prize, and therefore the trust is the winner. The name
Mar 19, 2006, 8:36 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
The MM jackpot has rolled. The cash value is now $24.5M; the annuity value is now $31M. The average sales on the fourth drawing in a run is $17.2M. If this is the quantity actually sold, the randomized probability of a rollover/numbers of winners is as follows: 090.68% 18.88% 20.43% 30.01% has not updated the sales figures yet. When they do so, I will update the long term model.
Mar 11, 2006, 5:09 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
The MM jackpot has rolled. The cash value is now $18.1M; the annuity value is now $31M. The average sales on the third drawing in a run is $15.2M. If this is the quantity actually sold, the randomized probability of a rollover/numbers of winners is as follows: 091.71% 17.93% 20.34% 30.01% Lottoreport has not posted the sales yet, but it seems as if they were unusually large. I will update the long term model when they come out. Too many new records may have some impact
Mar 8, 2006, 7:17 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
The Powerball jackpot has rolled. The cash jackpot is now $23.9M and the annuity is $50M. The average sales for 5th draws since the matrix change is $14.1M. The last draw sold considerably above the average number. Although Powerball is behaving in a way that is not really predictable yet, if we assume that the average sales figure represents what will be sold, the following probability distribution for the number of winners will apply: 090.80% 18.76% 20.42% 30.01% B
Mar 5, 2006, 1:37 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
The Megamillions jackpot has been one and is reset to $12M. A running average suggests that the MM will sell around $15M tickets for this opening drawing. If this is the amount of tickets sold, the following distribution probability for numbers of winners applies: 091.82% 17.84% 20.33% 30.01% According to my jackpot modelling program, there is a 50% chance of reaching a $61M annuity jackpot. There is about a 10% chance of reaching a 15th draw, as we did in the las
Mar 2, 2006, 6:36 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum