MM quick pick winners?

Reply #6

guesser — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:55:58 GMT

I can search the PB database and get a reply back in about 7 seconds... so I would imagine they can too, with more details.

Reply #5

KY Floyd — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:48:59 GMT

We don't have that information is true even if we don't have that information handy but could get it easily enough is also true.

If NJ sold over 20 million tickets and knew in less than half an hour that they sold a winner we can assume at least one of a few things is true 1. They've either got a very fast computer, or 2. the entry for the winning ticket was somewhere towards the beginning of the database, or 3. the database can be searched without starting at the beginning. #2 sugge... [ More ]

Reply #4

guesser — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:31:51 GMT

Yeah, it's kind of a joke, really.

I made a simple inquiry awhile back asking 'How many tickets are bought that are WB 1-2-3-4-5 and PB 6 ?', and they told me they don't have that information.

I could see where they don't want to get into answering questions about certain number combos being sold, but I thought 1-2-3-4-5 and 6 was more of a human interest story, I know I've read that they sell quite a few of that combo as 'one set is as good as any other' (which we all know is not true,... [ More ]

Reply #3

KY Floyd — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:14:29 GMT

How many of 2 winners used QP is meaningless. For a long time lotteries have been reporting that about 60 to 70% of the winners used QP's and the same percentage of sales are QP's.

If the lotteries care to look they know everything there is to know about the sale of every combination that was sold. Where it was bought, when it was bought, how many other combinations were on the same ticket, and if that ticket was sold in the same transaction as the ticket(s) printed before or after. The only... [ More ]

Reply #2

Todd — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:18:31 GMT

That info is in the news story posted on LP. He used QPs. (10

Reply #1

Todd — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:18:01 GMT

MM quick pick winners?

Masha — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:15:02 GMT

Does anyone know if any website has info if either jackpot winner or any of the 43 2nd prize winners used quick pick? I'm interested to see how often quick pick has a winner? Or even is this info available since so many states are involved