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• DoctorEw220

  

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  Jun 27, 2004, 12:53 am

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  Ok.  After the past 2 Powerball jackpots not breaking $100 million, and the three jackpots last year that didn't even get to $20 million (remember that one of them was hit at the starting level), I have devised this poll to look at what the MUSL could do to get an increase in sales, so the jackpots would go up.  Also, the Michael Moore as a spokesperson idea is just a joke.  We all know he is a dumb liberal who doesn't back up hie facts in his movies (notice I didn't use the word "documentaries".) and books, and the only ways he can be funny is through animations in his movies, and John Candy (remember "Canadian Bacon"?  He wrote and directed it.).

  I've redone my website.  Go to www.dr-ew.com.  I kept a lot of the old stuff, and I've added some new stuff.  Look for more new stuff in the coming weeks.
• Todd

  

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  Jun 27, 2004, 6:51 am

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  I discarded my vote because there was no option for "keep it the same" (which I would have chosen).

   

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• LottoFan

  

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  Jun 27, 2004, 10:06 am

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  I voted for more states.  Why?  Look at the sales figures on LottoReport.  For a JackPot of 10 mil, the average sales is about 11 mil.  That is not a large margin of error so-to-speak.  If they have a jackpot winner plus all the small winners, they are coming dangerously close to losing money.  They can't increase the jackpot without increasing sales (more states) or decreasing the players chances of winning.  Personally, I don't want them making it any more difficult to win (adding more numbers, etc).  If they made it more difficult, I would look at playing another lotto game.
• hypersoniq

  

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  Jun 27, 2004, 11:40 am

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  also discarded my vote... I like it just the way it is.

  maybe with more states, they could bump up the lower tier prizes a bit, but a starting $10,000,000 is just fine with me...

  Have an EXCELlent day!
• golotto

  

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  Jun 27, 2004, 12:09 pm

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  I like Powerball just as it is and hope the game format never changes. During the second half of the year there'll undoubtedly be a nice series of high level rollovers, just like last year.

  ... the lottery never fails to surprise!
• bobo7703

  

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    add fla
• weshar75

  

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  Jun 27, 2004, 1:04 pm

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  The Match 5 Bonus in my opinion is not a good idea because it spreads the money out once you reach a record point instead of letting the jackpot climb higher.  
• CASH Only

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  weshar:

  The Match 5 Bonus may never happen.
• DoctorEw220

  

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  yet another reason why it needs to go.

  I've redone my website.  Go to www.dr-ew.com.  I kept a lot of the old stuff, and I've added some new stuff.  Look for more new stuff in the coming weeks.
• CASH Only

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  I'd like to see the match-5 bonus implemented once.
• DoctorEw220

  

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  Jul 3, 2004, 3:27 pm

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  it would be pretty cool for the powerball people to show that it can actually happen.

  I've redone my website.  Go to www.dr-ew.com.  I kept a lot of the old stuff, and I've added some new stuff.  Look for more new stuff in the coming weeks.
• CASH Only

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  Jul 8, 2004, 5:43 pm

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  Powerball just hit at $21.1 million.