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Texas students rank USA lotteriesReply
The study is not really done from the standpoint of a lottery fan, with the exception of the computerized drawings thing. Odds printed on front or back of ticket -- 5 Annuity amount or cash value on ticket -- 2 We walk into a store, go over to the lottery terminal and ask the clerk for $1 QP Lotto ticket and hand them a buck. We look at the ticket and see the Jackpot is $3 million, the pretax cash value is $1.5 million, and look at the back of the ticket and see the odds of winnin
Dec 21, 2007, 7:40 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

You win the mega millions $163 million on tuesday.Reply
Just as an FYI, the Illinois winner was a QP: (Illinois): PLAYERS MATCHING 5 OF 5 NUMBERS AND THE MEGA BALL 2 EACH PLAYER WILL RECEIVE $81,500,000.00 WINNING TICKETS WERE SOLD AT 201425 SHELL CLUSTER #851 (QP) 851 S SUTTON STREAMWOOD/60107 _______________________________________ As for press conferences, this is interesting, from the Powerball website: 2007 Name Withhel
Dec 19, 2007, 11:09 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

winning millions on jackpots,state lottery responsibilityReply
From the Missouri Loyttery website (home page, Games drop down menu, When You Win, If You Win A Jackpot) If You Win a Jackpot Do all of your numbers match those drawn? Sit down and take a few deep breaths your life may never be the same again. However, before you shout your good news from the rooftop or quit your job, do some serious thinking and go through the following 10 steps: Take your time on important decisions.This is the most important thing to remember. During a huge l
Dec 3, 2007, 12:34 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

California looks to British lottery modelNews Story
California is seeking to become the first US state to privatize its lottery to raise as much as $37 billion ( 18 billion, 26 billion), with some of the funds used to finance governor Arnold Schwarzeneg ger's sweeping health care reforms. Some of Wall Street's biggest investment banks have made unsolicited approaches to the state to convince it of the merits of privatization. Goldman Sachs, Lehman Bros, JP Morgan, Bear Stearns, Citi, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS have all made pit
Oct 20, 2007, 8:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Hoosier LotteryReply
Damn I hate eating crow! But everytime I have to I'm reminded of the words of my old Gradddad: Eating crow isn't so bad. I've had to do it a lot and it isn't that bad. After a while I got used to the taste. The real problem is the damn feathers still get stuck in my throat. OK...I just called the Hoosier Lottery...the official Cash Value for the Hoosier Lottery 's Lotto game is...$25,500,000! Which by the way is 60.7% of the annuity jackpot value. That's right I just spoke to c
Aug 9, 2007, 1:40 pm - Uncle Jim - Lottery Discussion Forum

Hoosier LotteryReply
Guru, I am on a mission! A mission to expose what I believe is a crooked and corrupt lottery. i.e The Hoosier Lottery. As to sales figures and payout information...well I don't think a cirizen of this state should have to go undercover and plant bugs to get information that is suppossed to be in the public domain. Besides...as I am not a law enforcement agent but am instead just a common citizen I really don't want to go to jail for bugging or infiltrating Hoosier Lottery's Headquarters
Aug 1, 2007, 12:26 pm - Uncle Jim - Lottery Discussion Forum

Has anyone here ever actually won a big lottery?Reply
I guess I won, according to this e-mail I just received: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS, The Irish Lottery P O Box 1010 11 G Lower Dorset Street, Dublin 1, Ireland (Customer Services) Ref: IRSH/5670Z6/94 Batch: 095/85/SH979 ATTENTION: WINNER We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the IRISH LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday, 2nd June 2007. 9.04pm, It is now available for claims and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as
Jun 24, 2007, 4:12 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
The Powerball jackpot has rolled. The cash value is $88.2M, the annuity is advertised at $183M. Thirteen round draws sell on average 31.4M tickets. (Recent draws have been above average though). Here is the probability for various numbers of winners: 080.66% 117.34% 21.86% 30.13% 40.01% The long term model function suggests the following for jackpot evolution: Average Historical AnnuityCalculated AnnuityCalculated Cash Value ProjectionsSingle
Mar 15, 2007, 10:35 am - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
Not that anybody is noticing, Powerball has rolled and has quite an impressive jackpot. The cash value is $57.6M, the advertised annuity is $120M. Tenth draws average about 21.9M in sales. This suggests the following probability distribution for numbers of winners: 086.07% 112.91% 20.97% 30.05% The long term model suggests the following: Average Historical AnnuityCalculated AnnuityCalculated Cash Value ProjectionsSingle Draw Rollover ProbabilityOverall
Mar 4, 2007, 9:55 pm - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Probability of a Rollover in Powerball.Reply
Powerball has rolled. The cash jackpot is $50.2M, the advertised annuity is $105M. Tenth round jackpots sell 21.9 M tickets. If this is the nubmer that sell, the distribution of winners will be as follows: 086.07% 112.91% 20.97% 30.05% Here is the long term model of the run: Average Historical AnnuityCalculated AnnuityCalculated Cash Value ProjectionsSingle Draw Rollover ProbabilityOverall Probability from baseline $574,228,336.77$274,535,83327
Mar 1, 2007, 11:54 pm - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum