Lottery Post Founder featured in John Oliver HBO segment

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THRIFTY — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:15:03 GMT

USA lottery is a $79B per year industry. Good Luck with fighting that money monster.

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hit tonite — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:20:18 GMT

Awesome Todd

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Gleno — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:29:41 GMT

11/22/14 Sat.

John Oliver is great. First time seeing him here. HBO must pay him big bucks because he is very talented.

That is one outstanding number $68 Billion spent on lottery in the USA!

How true, the lower income folks do seem to spend more on lottery than upper scale income folks.

Wonder if people would save the same amount they spend on lottery, might they have a nice nest egg

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LottoBux — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:55:26 GMT

Wrong destiny,

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/256292/2902701

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Get paid — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 23:21:15 GMT

Bottom line some people win. As for the five yr. broke thing,let me win first an then check with me in five years. A dollar or two an a dream. Good luck players.

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jjtheprince — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:09:59 GMT

That last part is especially true, the only people who are REALLY getting ahead financially in America anymore are lottery winners.

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myturn — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:07:50 GMT

He didn't propose an alternative!

Yes, some people will send too much on lotteries, as some people do on other products. However, legal state lotteries are far than non-state illegal lotteries.

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Carl8080 — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:43:48 GMT

Everyone play the lotto, poor, middle and upper class.

Does HBO has a good dental plan? Because Oliver needs one.

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mikeintexas — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:36:30 GMT

A post by 22 Words hit my reader earlier this a.m.

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dpoly1 — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:04:34 GMT

WTG TODD

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lothob — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 03:42:46 GMT

I love this comment CTNY.

It's ironic that Oliver hails from a nation of highly taxed and regulated gamblers! The first thing I did when visiting a cousin in London was to bet on a Manchester United versus Arsenal soccer game - an act that would be illegal in these here United States of America. My cousin was shocked that we couldn't do this legally (without being in Nevada) in the land of the free.

Cheers to you Todd

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TnTicketlosers — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 03:14:00 GMT

Yes Todd is fine,I cant stand hearing the voice of a scammer,it creeps me out.I wish her voice was bleeped out.Tn Lottery Queen.Where is Ridge.? I miss him so much.

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uprrman — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:52:35 GMT

good stuff

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CTNY — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:17:36 GMT

Whoop Whoop!!

I always feel like we're a secret society but I know this

site is very popular and we're being watched.

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Lucky4Life — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:46:20 GMT

LOL that's awesome Todd! If they ever make the movie you should be the lead

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Romancandle — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:16:21 GMT

Nice that you got some props there Todd!

I never looked at Oregon's logo that way- Hilarious

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VenomV12 — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 23:53:42 GMT

God, there is nothing worse than smug, sanctimonius dimwits like John Oliver. With nonsense like what he said you always inevitably get the people that think they are smart by saying the lottery is a tax on the poor and the stupid. These are the same people that then go spend $5,000/yr on cigarettes and another $10,000/yr on alcohol. The fact of the matter is there is no other investment that you can spend a buck or two on with the potential to make hundreds, thousands or even millions on. With

Comment #21

Coin Toss — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 23:13:45 GMT

Well done Todd!

Just too bad one certain poster couldn't have ben along to contradict this:

Included in the segment was an examination of how difficult the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game is to win. The show borrowed a clip from CNN's New Day program when Todd Northrop, Founder of Lottery Post, was interviewed about the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot on Dec. 17, 2013.

(See Mega Millions jackpot soars to $636 million, Lottery Post, Dec. 17, 2013.)

Northrop compa... [ More ]

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dallascowboyfan — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:47:27 GMT

Nope he was on CNN.

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HaveABall — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:01:56 GMT

Hey, music*, I'm curious about your statement. Do you mean happy enough with $1M Gross or Net lottery income

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HaveABall — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:59:31 GMT

, Stack47, the show and Todd did do a good job of explaining these probabilities!

Stack 47, the show didn't quite state your second sentence though. They merely pointed out that of all the populace, in this country, who play the lottery (and it's immense), the poorest individuals spend the highest percentage of their income (not stated, yet implied monthly) on gambling. [In Oregon, one young, broken/shattered woman was interviewed [by this show] indicating that more than once -- through socia... [ More ]

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music* — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:45:20 GMT

Thank You Todd ! Very hilarious and funny too. A cool million would make me

a Happy Camper..

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HaveABall — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:33:57 GMT

Todd, congratulations ... in this case, you're not Memorex -- you're live!

Todd, for your better sake, I wish John Oliver's show would have printed your full name and/or one of your websites underneath this last year video coverage of your exquisite explanation of PB jackpot win probability.

I'm not familiar with John Oliver, yet found him hilariously profound, and he has staff that apparently did good research on this gambling comparisons segment. I did disagree with one tid bit of thei... [ More ]

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Stack47 — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:29:07 GMT

That was the perfect way to explain the odds to people who may seldom play lottery games.

If only poor people are playing lottery games and creating those multi-million jackpot, we must be living in a really rich country.

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wizeguy — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:12:22 GMT

Congrats Todd

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sully16 — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:02:59 GMT

Awesome Todd , Congrats

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destinycreation — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:42:47 GMT

We have seen Todd's FACE for the first time ever

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Marilyn222 — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:07:03 GMT

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mikeintexas — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:52:36 GMT

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dallascowboyfan — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:06:57 GMT

WTG Todd.

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ThatScaryChick — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:53:43 GMT

Very cool

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Todd — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:30:33 GMT

Skip to 4:00.

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Lucky4Life — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:44:50 GMT

at what point does Todd come in? Not really interested in watching the whole thing. Never been a big fan of John Oliver. Can't believe he has his own show.

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emilyg — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:55:44 GMT

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Lildarryl — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:27:20 GMT

Cool to be owner of the best lottery website on Earth.. If lottery making 68 billion.

todd has to be making a Hundred million himself

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hearsetrax — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:05:39 GMT

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RedStang — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:04:01 GMT

Good report and funny ending. He talked about everything we already knew but you still have to try.

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helpmewin — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:48:32 GMT

Awesome WTG!! TODD

Lottery Post Founder featured in John Oliver HBO segment

Lottery Post — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:39:28 GMT

Includes video report

By Todd Northrop

On the final episode of HBO's Last Week Tonight for the year, host John Oliver took a look at state lotteries and argued that they disproportionately take money from the poor by selling hope while failing to deliver on the promise of a better life or improved funding of state programs.

Included in the segment was an examination of how difficult the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game is to win. The show borrowed a clip from CNN's New Day program... [ More ]