Roller Coasters Vs. the lottery...

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pumpi76 — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:10:19 GMT

i agree with you packattack, when i think about this kind of stuff, it just makes me mad..I trail off when i think about that kind of stuff (the pre-testing thing)...Sometimes i feel like i am living in China or Cuba when i think of those stuff...I wonder who is Arlene Meek, never heard of her...

MY question to you all is, YOu think that if online lotteries were legal, that people/individuals would spend money to create them just the same way people spend money to build roller coasters knowin... [ More ]

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pacattack05 — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:16:13 GMT

Like RJOH said, they already did those things to make sure they make money.

In Florida, they go to great lengths to make the p-3 as difficult to win as possible. For the p-3, they have 21 ball sets, to which 3 are chosen at random for the night's drawing. They don't announce which ball sets are used, and on top of that, whatever 3 sets they choose, they do pre tests with them. So, there goes any hope of trying to follow a trend or pattern. Like it's not bad enough to beat 1 in a thousand, but... [ More ]

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TheTruth — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:49:04 GMT

true, but the majority of states i know donate that money to charities, mostly school systems that are in need of the money. I kind of see it as a non-profit organization at most, knowing that dollar i lost wasn't really lost, but put toward a really good cause. Lottory is more beneficial then a state casino or other gambling forms and its more unique because they give the money the lottery makes to people of need.

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RJOh — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:07:04 GMT

Lotteries are money making businesses. Why do you think GTECH and Scientific Games are contracted by the states to run them? They setup the games, design the software and terminals to run the games and the maintenance procedures to keep the whole system running. The odds and payouts of the different games aren't just picked out of the air, they are designed to appeal to a particular group of people. You may buy a quick pick and hope to get lucky, but states don't start lotteries hoping to get... [ More ]

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DoubleDown — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:46:43 GMT

I can see similarities between roller coasters and lotteries, but it ain't what you are thinking.

When I get lottery tickets, I start off slowly looking at the numbers , just like the car climbing the hill..I think I can..I think I can...

then, I start trying to match the numbers- going down hill fast !!

running out of numbers...running out of tracks...

uh-oh- I'm turning loop de loops...

then , I realize I didn't match jack, and I come to a screeching halt, just like the car does... [ More ]

Reply #1

pumpi76 — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:24:08 GMT

another abberation is Powerball Megamillions...They are monsters gone bad/awry (A monstruosity!)....California Superlotto (even though they should had set the bonus ball from 1-24) is O.K but Megamillion and Powerball are experiments gone bad..

...Those eyes.... they dissappeared... from movie Predator 1

Roller Coasters Vs. the lottery...

pumpi76 — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:37:02 GMT

I was looking at roller coasters on Tv and i am surprise at some things...The program i was looking at was about roller coasters...For example, there are roller coasters that cost 4 million, I was looking at the tv and saw one that cost 24 million. The surprising thing is that building, maintaining, and starting a roller coaster cost money too and it requires research, lot of research. Research with computers, electronics, dummies, people studying optimization, etc..Roller coasters have so much