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• CASH Only

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  www.lottoreport.com says Texas is expected to replace its 6/54 game with a 5/44 + 1/44 single-state Powerball-type game by late spring.
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  HI! :) Well, they have to do something. They changed from a 6/49 to a 6/54 lotto July 2000 and lotto sales have declined since then. Now that my database is a couple years old and getting a little more stable they probabally WILL change it again. I do hope we join MM tho, national games are more exciting to play.
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  Todd: I've corresponded with Dawn Nettles a number of times. She apperently is the TX Lottery's #1 critic. TX does not have the authority to join a multi-state game; until then, tweaking Lotto Texas is the "only" way to achieve bigger pots.
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  The commission's proposal, interestingly, does _not_ have a "power ball"-only prize.