http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487 Lottery Post Forum Topic: The Illinois Halloween Raffle en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1448900 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1448900 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:30:58 GMT Rowen Rowen http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1447768 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1447768 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:06:09 GMT markp1950
But 2 stores that I often buy tickets at sold $1,000 tickets....

MarkP]]> markp1950 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1446118 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1446118 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:22:26 GMT Ice Man
its amazing how many 1000 prizes were still unclaimed from last years halloween raffle - makes ya wonder....

BTW, i didnt win, i was within 150 of one of the numbers tho.]]> Ice Man http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1445867 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1445867 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:39:24 GMT London London http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1443876 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1443876 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:57:52 GMT markp1950
Millionaire Raffle Tickets Left - 13,380

Ticket Count Updated - 10/29/09 10:00 PM

So all the tickets should be sold out tomorrow...

MarkP]]> markp1950 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1443875 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1443875 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:56:04 GMT markp1950
Of course the winner will fall into O s over 250K camp so taxes might be a bit more....

So the million $ winner should get a check for $720,000....

I would NOT complain about paying taxes on a million.... :-)

MarkP]]> markp1950 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1441612 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1441612 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:38:42 GMT Ice Man Ice Man http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1439731 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1439731 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:08:49 GMT markp1950
Millionaire Raffle Tickets Left - 105,266

So 394,734 sold

$7,894,680 sold

$5,000,000 in prizes...

$2,894,680 in profit so far....

MarkP]]> markp1950 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1433873 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1433873 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:30:41 GMT Coin Toss
Not sure if you're talking Number games or the raffle, but if it's number games there sure are a lot of winners in Chicago.

Here's the Little Lotto jackpots for this year.

http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/186805/10

The Pick 6 (Lotto) hasn't been hit enough to really show anything.

The last 2nd Chance promotion had most of the winners in Chicago, most 2nd Chance promotions do - unless, of course, if you call anything south of 183rd Street Downstate .]]> Coin Toss http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1433848 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1433848 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:42:17 GMT Cha$e-IL Cha$e-IL http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1433806 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1433806 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:59:25 GMT Ice Man
I have been playing these raffles since they began - in what 04 - 05 ? usually buy about 5 tickets spread out a few weeks apart. never even close. i know quite a few people who have purchased each time - again never even close.

i sent an email to the illinois lottery asking why they dont have the million dollar drawings live on television and i was told it was all computer generated, it would take too much time. again i had to emphasize just the 4]]> Ice Man http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1433133 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1433133 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:23:37 GMT markp1950
I remember at one time it said that it could be extended of not all the tickets were sold.

Wisconsin had a raffle and they ran the drawing even though not all the tickets were sold. No wonder that they only ran one raffle!

MarkP]]> markp1950 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1433094 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1433094 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:01:42 GMT Coin Toss
From the Illinois Lotery website:

How do you play HALLOWEEN MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE?

Buybuying a ticket! Tickets for the Illinois Lottery's HALLOWEENMILLIONAIRE RAFFLE can be purchased at Illinois Lottery retailersthroughout the state. A total of 500,000 raffle tickets will be available, and will be sold in numeric order. Sales begin October 1 andwill be available through 2 p.m. on October 31, 2009 - or sooner ifearly sell-out occurs.]]> Coin Toss http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1432881 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1432881 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:52:38 GMT rdgrnr
Do they take all the unsold ticket numbers out of the drawing and just draw from the sold numbers so that all prizes are won?

Or do unbought winning ticket prizes just go unawarded]]> rdgrnr http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1432784 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1432784 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:43:31 GMT caipiao
So what if, what if ! there are 100,000 tickets unsold by oct 31? they hold drawing, and give out 5 millions and some 100k prizes and some 1k prizes , if giving same # of prizes you odds are much better, sort of like winning a bunch of millions from 400,000 random numbers instead of from in 500,000]]> caipiao http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1421579 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1421579 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:20:58 GMT markp1950
I don't know how this will format on the screen...

Powerball MegaMillions Raffle

Jackpot (Cash) .055 .450 .400

100K(250k MM,200KPB) .039 .064 .100

1,000Raf 10,000(MM PB) .014 .015 .050

Also take into account no smaller prizes for raffle.

So for the bigger prizes the raffle is much better unless the PB/MM jackpot is huge....

MarkP]]> markp1950 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420465 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420465 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:36:29 GMT Coin Toss
True. I'm not really anti-raffle, I'm just taking a real deep look at it.

I just think of it as a bookie's wet dream, which it is.

Illinois has the population to handle a 1,000,000 ticket raffle at $10 a ticket, I just wonder why they don't.

Table games, slots, and Pick 5 , Pick 6, and 5 + 1 games don't have known results beforehand as far as will anyone win. Raffles do. Not who will win, but how many will win. That's a lopsided house advantage.

Like I said, good luck all.]]> Coin Toss http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420381 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420381 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:22:59 GMT four4me
It's one of those things you have to wait and see while there will be plenty of disappointed people everyone holding a winning ticket will be glad they won something.]]> four4me http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420355 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420355 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:57:26 GMT Todd
I'm definitely aware that there are people who don't like raffles, and I would never consider faulting anyone for their like or dislike of any game. There are lots of different games for a good reason -- something to fit any perspective]]> Todd http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420319 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420319 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:55:58 GMT Gamblor Gamblor http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420291 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420291 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:33:39 GMT Coin Toss
In Nevada when a new game goes into a casino it's given a test run to see how popular it is, etc. But if the Nevada Gaming Commission deems that the game has too much of a house advantage over the player, out it goes.

I'm wondering how they would treat one of these raffles, if they had a lottery.

On the lighter side, it's really ironic that so many here at LP that are anti-quick pick can't wait to buy a $20 serial numbered raffle ticket. I kn... [ More ]]]> Coin Toss http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420209 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420209 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:53:03 GMT Todd Todd http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420186 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420186 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:32:53 GMT caipiao
how to you know? if true, it narrows down the range. how do you know most would fall in that range, any theory? it's then not truly random or is it]]> caipiao http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420134 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1420134 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:44:58 GMT Coin Toss
If you win $100,000 each of your dollars has wom $5,000 - a Pick 4 straight pay off in Illinois, and if you win $1,000 each buck won $50.

All that is, of course, if your ticket is one of the 509 winners and not one of the 499,491 losers.

Raffles are]]> Coin Toss http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1419916 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1419916 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:47:36 GMT Gamblor More ]]]> Gamblor http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1419724 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1419724 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:16:06 GMT caipiao
I don't know if IL 20-dollar cards have a scratching chance of 1 in even a million at $1,000,000]]> caipiao http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1419711 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1419711 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:17:57 GMT rdgrnr
I got somebody getting me a ticket up there and now I'm gonna... well... have another shot of Jack I guess.

Seriously though, the way I see it, it's a lot better shot at a million than $20 put on any other game, right]]> rdgrnr http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1419706 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1419706 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:51:10 GMT Coin Toss
Your Best Shot at a Million!

Since only 500,000 tickets will be sold, your odds of winning a million dollars have never been better!

4 Prizes of $1,000,000, odds are 1 in 125,000! 5 prizes of $100,000 each, odds are 1 in 100,000! 500 prizes of $1,000 each, odds of 1 in 1000!

THAT S 509 TOTAL AVAILABLE PRIZES WITH OVERALL ODDS OF 1 IN 982!

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I look at it this way, 500,000 tickets will be]]> Coin Toss http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1419704 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487/1419704 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:44:31 GMT rdgrnr
There are 4 one million dollar prizes.

Five $100,000 prizes.

And 500 $1,000 prizes.

There will only be 500,000 tickets sold.

Sounds like it's worth a shot to me.

Good luck]]> rdgrnr http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/201487 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:34:50 GMT London London