Wisconsin couple to be investigated for excessive lottery wins

Comment #18

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 14 May 2005 05:13:05 GMT

seems like there COULD be something amiss,hard to say....

Comment #17

tootsie608 — Sat, 14 May 2005 03:43:14 GMT

I know some people are just lucky,but I'd look into all that winnig too.it seams to be a bit much for two people to win that many times when I can't win once I'd like to know whats going on with that.I hope there winnig fare.

Comment #16

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 14 May 2005 01:01:59 GMT

our millionaire drawing i sent in about 15 different colored envelopes with entries,low and behold my uncle won on his entry and got the second place of 25,000 dollars,the grand prize winner was from memphis in the millionaire live drawing.......

Comment #15

BabyJC — Fri, 13 May 2005 10:32:47 GMT

It's not the postage that's expensive, but how much the scratch tickets are! LOL Massachusetts lottery has not had a second chance drawing in some years now -- They rake in so much money for their little state, but have been extremely cheap lately

Comment #14

Littleoldlady — Thu, 12 May 2005 23:12:06 GMT

I don't know how they draw but they should use a rolling large drum with a handle on it so the tickets can be mixed very well. they used to have little drawings in the lottery places around here like that..it seemed to me then as now that the same people win all of the time..so I quit putting my losing tickets in there..

Comment #13

time*treat — Thu, 12 May 2005 22:35:12 GMT

bet you won't be hearing about investigations of those THOUSANDS of people who LOSE excessively.

Comment #12

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 12 May 2005 21:32:30 GMT

first computerized drawings now this....shame on you wisconsin

Comment #11

four4me — Thu, 12 May 2005 20:37:53 GMT

There are all kind of tricks of the trade to mailing in on games like this. like making your letter the most outrageious color or placing stickers on them and other similar tricks ............. the idea is to make it stand out so it might catch the pickers eye.

Comment #10

JimmySand9 — Thu, 12 May 2005 20:14:39 GMT

PA, nor FL (my native home), has many second-chance drawings.

Comment #9

whodeani — Thu, 12 May 2005 20:09:15 GMT

I have yet to win one of those darn drawings. I have sent anywhere from 50-200 entries for one drawing and haven't won jack. If it is legit, maybe their luck will have now run out now.Wisconsin does need to do something with the entry process though. The stamps do get to be expensive. Either have an entry box at a retailer like one other member mentioned or have an online entry option.

Comment #8

RJOh — Thu, 12 May 2005 17:29:20 GMT

20+ years ago, Ohio had the same problems with their second chance draws. It seems most of the winners were postal workers from their local main post office. It turned out the postal workers made sure their entrances were at the top of the mail bags they delivered to the lottery office and the lottery people were picking the winners from the top of the mail bags thinking the mail bags were naturally mixed. They tried to say the postal workers cheated by stacking the mail bags in their favor.

Comment #7

golotto — Thu, 12 May 2005 17:16:12 GMT

they must have spent a lot for postage stampsDiscover Wisconsin

Comment #6

tg636 — Thu, 12 May 2005 16:36:18 GMT

I'm sure they sent in a lot of entries. I wonder if the lottery audit will make public how many. When Massachusetts had a similar 2nd chance drawings from losing scratch tickets, I sent in about 500 (not by mail, boxes in the stores) so I know how if gets to pick up every ticket you find and enter it. I noticed some people won 5 times or more, sometimes more than once the same week, while I won nothing even with all the entries I was sending in. It gave me a theory about these type drawings.... [ More ]

Comment #5

JimmySand9 — Thu, 12 May 2005 16:06:42 GMT

I would stick to the scratch tickets from now on. The numbers games in WI can no longer be trusted.

Comment #4

LANTERN — Thu, 12 May 2005 16:06:27 GMT

Well, they can investigate all that they want to; What are they going to find ?Maybe 2 very smart people.There will always be lottery loopholes and it's up to us to find them if we can.

Comment #3

JAG331 — Thu, 12 May 2005 16:04:21 GMT

I'd like to know how many tickets they submitted...and what proportion their tickets are to the total number of tickets in the drawings.

Comment #2

BabyJC — Thu, 12 May 2005 15:59:04 GMT

I agree! Before I read the article, I was thinking it was going to be big money, but we're talking in the under $100,000 category (total). It goes to show you that human nature is that people are jealous, not happy for others! LOL I don't know how many times on TV I've seen the same people win $1 million twice or more on scratch tickets slot machines. Happens a lot

Comment #1

orangeman — Thu, 12 May 2005 15:52:09 GMT

The idea that someone might actually win one of those drawings is frightening to lottery officials. We are just supposed to pay up and shut up.Orangeman

Wisconsin couple to be investigated for excessive lottery wins

Lottery Post — Thu, 12 May 2005 14:10:27 GMT

A state lawmaker has asked for an audit to determine how a Bonduel, Wisconsin couple won three dozen second-chance state lottery drawings since 2000.In 5½ years, Jeffrey B. and Lisa M. Hintz have won more than $40,000 in second-chance drawings, including $5,000 from five consecutive weekly drawings this March and April.Since 2000, they've won another $26,000 from scratch-off tickets, other lottery games and the lottery's since-canceled television game show. In all, they have collected more than... [ More ]