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    <title>Colorado chalks up its first Powerball winner</title>
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      <title>Comment #17</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/911648</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:28:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>KY Floyd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Statistically impossible  is a bit of a cliche, but in reality nothing is statistically impossible and extremely unlikely things happen every day. The first of the 4 wins is meaningless, since it happened after the 5th roll.  If PB only sold about 5% of the possible combinations (sales suggest it was probably a bit higher than that) for each of the following 4 drawings, the chances of getting 3 winners in 4 drawings would be about 1 in 4100. That makes this winning streak almost 3 times more lik... [&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/911648">More</a>&nbsp;]]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #16</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/911533</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:46:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[It is more fun to play when the jackpot is huge,but I play Megamillions twice a week and Powerball twice a week no matter what the jackpot is.I'd hate to see either game add more balls,though.It's hard enough to win as it is.$300,000,000 would be great but I'd be happy with a $12,000,000 or $15,000,000 jackpot.]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #15</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/911302</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:15:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>MissNYC</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[YES! It's more fun to play when the jackpots are large, period. Everyone knows this, and if they deny it, they are lying. Why do you think so many more people play a 300 million dollar jackpot than a 20 million dollar pot? I live in NY, my local lotto is typically around that, so if I want that kind of jackpot, I'll play the NY Lotto and get 2 picks for a dollar. I want the mega millions and powerball to be exciting, and that happens when the pots reachj at least 50 million. If the odds are slim... [&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/911302">More</a>&nbsp;]]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #14</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/911107</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:44:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>POWERBALLPOOL</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[The game sold $2,821,073,017 in FY06 (July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006).<br /><br />The game sold $2,503,651,244 in FY07.<br /><br />I could create a report for the monthly sales, but it is pretty much worthless since sales depend on the jackpot amount.  You might as well divide by 12.<br /><br />the poplulation of the united states 299,398,484<br /><br />we know not everyone bought one ticket.<br /><br />so people that bought bought many.<br /><br />im going to buy 42 because it increases my chances of winning by 100 million or so.<br /><br />the]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #13</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/911087</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:55:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>lmatlaw</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[In a earlier reply I mentioned that I live in the Denver Area and the local media reported that for this drawing the numbers were chosen by the player and were not quick picks. I don't know about the earlier drawings.]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #12</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/910997</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:48:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>LckyLary</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[You need to find out if all of those wins were QP or selection? Recently someone played the most frequent Lotto numbers and had 4+1. If these were mostly QP then it must be that a lot of people are playing a lot more after the recent big jackpots or people somehow have more $ to play. Anyway this shows that there IS plenty of interest in Powerball and Mega Millions at least now. I HOPE some of those wins were selections, that would give ME hope.]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #11</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/910978</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:39:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ladyluck2005</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[I knew I should have played yesterday!  It was my birthday   I live in the Denver area.  Drat!<br /><br />Congrats to the winner]]></description>
      <category>Ladyluck2005</category>
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      <title>Comment #10</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/910929</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:19:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>POWERBALLPOOL</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[The more people play a game the more they win.you say add balls less people win,this makes you happy?you must work for msl]]></description>
      <category>POWERBALLPOOL</category>
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      <title>Comment #9</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:56:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>lmatlaw</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[They were not quick picks. Ilive in Denver and the local media repoted that the numbers were chosen by the person who won.]]></description>
      <category>lmatlaw</category>
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      <title>Comment #8</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/910885</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:14:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>jarasan</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Well now, this begs the question: Were they QP's or not]]></description>
      <category>jarasan</category>
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      <title>Comment #7</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:05:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>RJOh</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[You confuse the term unlikely with impossible. It's statistically unlikely  anyone who buys a PB or MM tickets will ever win the jackpot, but somewhere 2-4 times every month there's a winner so it's possible but rare.<br /><br />People who like to play when the jackpots are $100M+ are lucky that there are people who will play to win a $12M jackpot or there would never be any $100M+ jackpots for them.  Besides the odds of winning are the same regardless of the jackpot size.]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #6</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/910857</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:24:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>MissNYC</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[I know what's the deal?! It's almost the same thing for the Mega Millions, it keeps hitting, which to me is just strange given the  odds.  If this keeps happening, a ball or two should be added to help make the game a bit exciting again. If I want a 20 million dollar jackpot, I could play my local lotto. I want 100 million dollar jackpots when I play the megamillions or powerball.]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #5</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/910697</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:59:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[It's rare, but winning streaks like this do happen.  A couple of years ago the same thing happened, and it really hurts the state budgets when it does.  So it's unlucky for the states, but lucky for the players.<br /><br />The same kind of winning streak for players can be seen in reverse for the state when nobody wins for a long time.]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #4</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:56:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Correct.  Powerball tickets went on sale Aug. 2, 2001 in Colorado.  The story has been updated.]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #3</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/910660</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:05:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Raven62</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Congrats to the Colorado Winner!<br /><br />In addition to 1 Jackpot Winner, their were 4 Second Place Winners:<br /><br />4 Players Matched 5+0:<br /><br />- 1 from Kentucky<br /><br />- 1 from New Mexico<br /><br />- 1 from Pennsylvania<br /><br />- 1 from South Dakota]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #2</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/910651</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:42:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>tony95</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Powerball has been hit 4 of the last 5 draws!!! I thought this was statistically impossible?  Has someone found a flaw in the game]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #1</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303/910639</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:31:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>lmatlaw</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Minor detail. Colorado has participated in Powerball since 2001, not 1991.]]></description>
      <category>lmatlaw</category>
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      <title>Colorado chalks up its first Powerball winner</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:44:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[A ticket sold in the Denver metro area matched all six numbers in the Powerball jackpot Wednesday night   the first time a Powerball winning ticket has been sold in the state.<br /><br />We're just so excited to have a Powerball winner in Colorado finally,  said Kristen Shew, spokeswoman for the Colorado Lottery.<br /><br />What a year it has been for Colorado   the Rockies go to the playoffs, and we get a Powerball winner.<br /><br />The Powerball jackpot was up to $20 million, and one ticket sold matched the fiv... [&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lotterypost.com/news/164303">More</a>&nbsp;]]]></description>
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