Mr Lottery Rundown Numbers!!

Published: February 10, 2013, 11:02 am

442 811 180 265 634 003 512 881 250
553 922 291 376 745 114 623 992 361
664 033 402 487 856 225 734 103 472
775 144 513 598 967 336 634 003 372
886 255 624 709 078 447 745 114 483
997 366 735 820 189 558 856 225 594
108 477 846 921 290 659 967 336 705
219 588 957 032 391 760 078 447 816
330 699 068 932 301 670 189 558 927
441 810 179 043 412 781 300 669 038
331 700 069 154 523 892 401 770 139
442 811 180 265 634 003 512 881 250

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Mr Lotto: How to handle losing lottery tickets with the taxman

TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2008, 10:04 PM

The new year brings our yearly obligation to the taxman, and that has one reader wondering if all those losing tickets might finally pay off.

"Does accumulating non-winning tickets help at the end of the year when one files tax?" wrote Kimberly. "Last year I lost approximately $10,000, and I did not save any losing tickets. Can I file it in my tax claiming that I have lost $10,000?"

And the answer is: yes and no. You can legally offset any money you won gambling during the same tax year with losing lottery tickets. But you cannot deduct losing lottery tickets from regular income.

So, Kimberly, if you won $10,000 in 2007 from the lottery, horse tracks, casinos, etc., then you could avoid paying any tax on those winnings if you could show them $10,000 in losing tickets.

Will they actually check the tickets?

They may very well want to see them, and some form of documentation concerning your playing habits, such as a day planner or journal showing wins, loses and where you play.

So, if you're a regular lottery player it's a good idea to keep all losing tickets at least until the end of the year. Who knows? The big win could come on New Year's Eve.

This next letter sounds too crazy to be true. But writer Joseph Keohan of Ozone Park, Queens, says it really happened.

"On Jan. 1, I purchased two $5 Quick Pick Mega Millions tickets. The first four sets of numbers were identical on both tickets, exact same numbers in exact same sequence, except for the Mega Ball numbers, which were all different.

"Is it possible for a 'completely random' system to generate a group of 20 numbers (four sets of five each) in exactly the same sequence? I'm guessing the odds of this happening are in the billions to one! I would be very interested in your thoughts on this phenomenon."

The first question is whether you got both tickets from the same store. It should be impossible to get them back to back in the same store.

But if they came from two different stores, then this is possible. The random number programs in each terminal are identical and are keyed to the time the terminal is switched on.

Stephen Allensworth is the publisher of New York's Lotto News and 3&4 Digit Lotto Stats, sold at most lottery agents. Send your questions and comments to Mr. Lotto, c/o New York Daily News, Box 3311, 450 W. 33rd St., New York, N.Y. 10001, or e-mail him (MrLottoNews@optonline.net).

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