Can It Be Done??

mcginnin56,

"Some would freak Coin Toss, others would be in awe, still others would be   .   Just the normal range of expected human responses."

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Not the public, the lottery commission people. Trust me, they would all freak. The primary rule in any gambling operation is to protect the game.

Sorry, I stand corrected Coin Toss! I was referring to the general masses of peeps everywhere. Sure, they would be running around like their

hair (if any of these officials still have any remaining?), was soaked with kerosene and on fire.    As Max mentioned in the previous post, they

would be crying foul, and would do everything in their collective power to avoid paying a red cent.   

Having said that, I really could care less. If this prediction could be pulled off, that's their problem. I'm really not getting into politics here, just

the possibility and intrigue of it even occurring. 

I don't think they would even care all that much mc,

There is no foul play if it is true predicting on the part of one person.

And its easy to contain one person by simply banning them from play.

ban a person from playing the lottery.  how?  a lifesized poster going up on every lottery terminal across the US?

Hmmmm...guess I wasn't thinking clearly when I agreed with that one. I suppose for the larger prizes, the lottery could check for identification

before issuing a check, to prevent the "banned" individual from collecting. Then the other loophole is the "banned" person could simply give ticket

to a friend or family member to cash in. Probably no realistic way to enforce, accept by your life-sized poster going up nationwide Max. 

It would be like a person who is banned from gambling in the state of Nevada. Of course they cant stop them altogether, but they can make them subject to surveillance and punishment for violating the ban. I'm sure any family or friends would also be culpable for assisting someone in violating the ban. Police power works great as long as its not in the hands of a Tyrant like................  Ahhhh, Chairman Mao........ ?

That's not even remotely close to being right. Your later post with 140 zeros comes closer but still falls far short.

I'm not sure how many states have P3 and P4 games, but let's figure there are 50 of each. Right off the bat that gives us 1 in (1000^50 *10,000^50). That's 350 zeros, and we haven't even started on the games with high odds. PB and MM add another 16 zeros, and muliplies it by 3.  As a very rough guess the 5 of n and 6 of n state games will add another 150 zeros. I have no clue about the various foreign games, but when the're all accounted for there are going to be at least 700 zeros. Here's what that looks like in a couple of ways:

1 in 3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

1 in 3 billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion.

And for the record it's absolutely, positively, completely impossible, to an infinite number of decimal places, to predict it. There is, however, an exceedingly slim chance that somebody could guess them all.

Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible. impossible, impossible. impossible, impossible.

Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible. impossible, impossible. impossible, impossible.

Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible. impossible, impossible. impossible, impossible.

Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible. impossible, impossible. impossible, impossible.

Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible. impossible, impossible. impossible, impossible.

I totally agree in a situation with casino's in Nevada Ronnie. (I'll assume your referring to cheaters in casino's). In that scenario all casino's band

together, have very sophisticated electronic surveillance, camera's and armed plainclothes security to protect their mutual interests.   

With a nationwide lottery system however, with literally millions of terminals saturating all fifty states, there is no realistic way to enforce that ban.

Perhaps in a communist or dictatorship country, like China or Iran that would be doable. Then again, they probably wouldn't offer a lottery system

to their poor, oppressed and down trodden people either.          

From the Illinois lottery:

Our Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program (VSEP)

What in the world does that mean?

The Voluntary Self-Exclusion program was developed to help players who classify themselves as 'problem gamblers.' The Illinois Lottery allows a person to ban him/herself from receiving Lottery prizes, or any direct mail/email promotional materials. Put simply, the agreement bars those individuals from receiving payment for winning Illinois Lottery tickets.

Yeah, but how does it work?

A Lottery player can sign a contract provided by the Illinois Lottery, have it notarized, and then return it to the Lottery. In the contract, players acknowledge that they are problem gamblers, and that their ability to claim Lottery prizes is an unwelcome incentive to play. The players acknowledge that they want to reduce the incentive to play by entering into a voluntary self-exclusion agreement.

The Lottery maintains a computer database containing the Social Security Numbers of those who have signed the contracts, and checks this information whenever someone tries to claim a prize at an Illinois Lottery office. Those players on the list are denied prize payment.

If a player has an account on the internet, the account will be locked, prohibiting future purchases and prize payments.

In addition, the Lottery will not send mail or promotions to players who have signed such a contracts.

How can I get a form?

Click the link below to download and print the most current version of the form. You can also get a form from a Lottery regional office, or contact one of the problem gambling assistance organizations in our directory.

Download Self Exclusion Form
Download Self Exclusion Rules

http://www.illinoislottery.com/en-us/responsible-gaming.html

ban a person from playing the lottery.  how?  a lifesized poster going up on every lottery terminal across the US?

MC56,

Maybe you should make this like Maddogg's MM challange,

to see if anyone can get close.