Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in N.Y.

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CASH Only — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:21:22 GMT

Not me either.

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lottoscorp — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 20:17:25 GMT

Gee all...

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CASH Only — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 20:07:31 GMT

Let's hope he/she/they chose CASH (in NY you still have to choose when you PLAY).

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Zeno — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:47:17 GMT

Sorry Todd, I guess I got a li

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Todd — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:00:56 GMT

You posted this same message on another thread - no need to post one message multiple times.

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Zeno — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 16:37:29 GMT

Anybody else notice this? The number of $175,000 winners was WAY more than what was mathematically expected. The probability of there being 34 winners is given a good approximation by the Poisson distribution formula.260,317 * 43 = 11,193,631 tickets sold. So n = 11,193,631n*p = (11,193,631/2,649,920) = 4.224 expected number of winners.So the probability of there being 34 winners is: ((4.224)^34 * e^-4.224)/34!which is 9.3323 * 10^-20 or 0.000000000000000000093323It appears we have just witne... [ More ]

Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in N.Y.

Lottery Post — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:31:41 GMT

A single ticket sold in Staten Island, New York, has matched the winning combination in the latest Mega Millions lottery drawing and is worth $10 million.The Mega Millions jackpot stays at $10 million for Friday's game.Tuesday's winning ticket had all five lotto numbers plus the Mega Ball.Thirty-four tickets matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball: 3 from Georgia, 2 from Illinois, 3 from Maryland, 5 from Michigan, 4 from New Jersey, 6 from New York, 4 from Ohio and 7 from Virginia.... [ More ]