Oklahoma ranks near top for lottery winners

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KY Floyd — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:37:56 GMT

According to statistics, the average American has one testicle, and this story is based on a use of statistics that isn't much better. They've apparently had 3 Hot Lotto winners and 4 PB winners. That may be well ahead of what probability would suggest, but it's a very short term result. There have been 50 PB jackpot winners in the past 4 years. That's not nearly enough to use statistics to come up with anything reliable about real trends.

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Dollar419 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:29:57 GMT

Where is sure isn't the heck in CA!!! Especially Southern California, i.e Orange County

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rdgrnr — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:18:39 GMT

I've thought about buying tickets in OK but I'm usually dodging a dadgum tornado when I go through there. I usually got the hammer down all the way across the state and across the Texas panhandle til I get to Tucumcari, New Mexico or so. Next time though I might stop and get a Hot Lotto ticket and a Powerball too. I just hope it's not a ploy, you know, like the whole state is like The Children Of The Corn and the Lottery Director is He Who Walks Behind The Rows.

Oklahoma ranks near top for lottery winners

Lottery Post — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:21:50 GMT

Top 5 for Hot Lotto, Powerball winners

Includes video report

Are Oklahomans luckier than residents of other states? According to the statistics, they seem to be.

In Hot Lotto, the Oklahoma Lottery is No. 1 in the nation with an overall frequency of 1.6 jackpot winners per year in the nearly two years the state has ofered the game.

In Powerball, the Lottery ranks fifth of 33 lotteries with an overall frequency of one jackpot winner per year in the nearly four years since the game