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Texas couple wins a million in lottery on visit to NCNews Story
A retired Texas couple won't soon forget their trip to North Carolina. After all, they're leaving the state $1 million richer. Joseph Roseman and his wife, Anetia, of Magnolia, Texas were staying with friends Friday when they stopped at the S.M. Mart on Poplar Tent Road in Concord. While there, Anetia Roseman decided to buy a $1 Quick Pick ticket for the Mega Millions drawing later that day. On Saturday morning, Joseph checked the winning numbers and compared them to the ones on their tick
Jul 1, 2016, 9:34 am - Todd - Lottery News

$700 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot raised just hours after initial estimateReply
The probabilities for various numbers of winners at a $700M annuity jackpot: The Texas lottery website indicates that the revenue expected on this drawing (at this level is $351,835,913. (I doubt the accuracy of their prediction, especially the last 6 digits, but no matter...) This would amount to half that number in tickets sold. If the ticket selection were totally random, and this proved to be the actual number of tickets sold, the Poisson distribution for the probability of various number
Jan 7, 2016, 8:33 pm - Prob988 - Lottery News

Powerball changing in October to generate bigger jackpotsReply
Beautiful...going from 1/175 Mil to 1/292 Mil ?? Goal is to make it more difficult to win the jackpot - sales have slumped since 2013 In N.Y.(2014) sales plummeted 44% Nationwide sales declined nationally by 19% last year because there was no huge jackpot --Might call BS on that no huge jackpot 2014- 4 jackpots over 200 Million, 2013- 6 jackpots over 200 million, 2012 - 5 jackpots over 200 million, 2011 - 4 jackpots over 200 million, 2010 - 3 jackpots over 200 million Attent
Jul 9, 2015, 9:06 am - CDanaT - Lottery News

Iowa man nearly lost $1 million Powerball prizeNews Story
By Todd Northrop A Des Moines, Iowa, man claimed a $1 million Powerball prize Monday morning, a day after his winning ticket was nearly lost. Pete Kemp of Des Moines said he had his winning ticket checked at a Cash Saver supermarket on Fleur Drive Sunday, but during the process of getting paperwork from the lottery terminal, the clerk accidentally threw away his ticket. Kemp said he realized the mistake within seconds and went back into the store, where the clerk was able to retrieve hi
May 19, 2015, 7:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

Just One Ticket...Reply
Here are a copule of people that won with one ticket. Carl Hunter spent $1 on a powerball ticket and won the jackpot he stopped at the store to get some milk for his wife. Ira Curry spent $ playing one line(she picked her numbers). Carl Hunter wins $97,000,000 playing Powerball Amount $97,000,000 Date Jan 16, 2008 Game Powerball Hometown Metairie Hunter's ticket matched all five of the white ball numbers drawn plus the red Powerball number to win the jackpot!
Mar 17, 2015, 9:38 am - dallascowboyfan - Lottery Discussion Forum

Rollover and number of winner probabilities.Reply
For the drawing that actually occurred, with a 564.1M annuity jackpot, the Poisson probabilities for actual numbers of winners, based on a $379M sales figure was as follows: k, number of winners p(m,k) 0 33.90% 1 36.67% 2 19.83% 3 7.15% 4 1.93% 5 0.42% 6 0.08% 7 0.01% The most probable outcome was a single winner, followed by another rollover. It's possible I'll see you in another couple of months, but not probable.
Feb 14, 2015, 7:35 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

NC Powerball winner identifies herselfNews Story
A woman from Shallotte, North Carolina, has come forward with what she believes is the winning Powerball ticket from Wednesday's drawing. A reporter who spoke with 26-year-old Marie Holmes confirms the numbers and date on her ticket match those that were drawn for the $188 million payout. I thought I was going to have a heart attack when I saw the ticket and checked it, Holmes explained with a noticeable grin. The mother of four said she screamed after the winning numbers were drawn Wedne
Feb 13, 2015, 8:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Rollover and number of winner probabilities.Reply
An update: The lottery is now predicting a $327.7M cash jackpot, $485M annuity. This suggests they are predicting $221M in sales, or roughly 110.5M tickets to be sold. The Poisson distribution for randomized tickets thus predicts the following probabilities for numbers of winners: k, number of winners p(m,k) 0 53.11% 1 33.61% 2 10.63% 3 2.24% 4 0.35% 5 0.04% The single most probable outcome is still another rollover, and at least until the
Feb 10, 2015, 9:13 pm - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Rollover and number of winner probabilities.
The powerball jackpot has reached $450M annuity, taking an unprecedented 19 draws to do so. (The highest previous number of draws required by Powerball was 16.) Based on the cash value of the previous jackpot, $256.8M and the cash value of this one, $304.1M, this means that the lottery is estimating that they will have sales of around $148M, which translates into roughly 74 million tickets. If these figures prove accurate, the Poisson distribution for randomly picked numbers suggest the
Feb 8, 2015, 9:30 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Powerball Matrix Change - April 15, 2015Reply
New tickets should be going on sale April 12th. Things changing: Elimination of PowerPlay feature Addition of new $1 Power Up feature (new add-on wager with top prize of $10 million) Replacing PP with a POWER multiplier key, where each letter represents a multiplier* Prize allocation to jackpot and 2nd prize reduced; lower prizes increased in allocation Things not changing: 50% payout Advance Play Wednesday Saturday Lump sum (cash) option 30-year graduated annuity *This is sl
Dec 12, 2014, 1:45 am - LottoMetro - Lottery Discussion Forum