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Study: Brain Prefers Working for CashReply
The funniest thing about this study is that it points out that if you win the lottery today you're not going to be any happier a year from now then before you won. It also leaves out the fact that you probably are still going to be happy that you did win because you should have financial freedom. The study also doesn't point out the productivity level of the lottery winners, trustee, heirs, etc. Before or after their point of recieving funds or money. I don't think happiness should be meas
May 13, 2004, 6:30 pm - weshar75 - Lottery News

Lucky charms' effectiveness 'all in the mind'News Story
Researchers have found that lucky charms work but only in the minds of those who carry them.The first test of charms' effectiveness found they do not increase luck in dvents of pure chance, but users often felt luckier and more confident.The study, by Professor Richard Wiseman of the Psychology Department of the University of Hertfordshire, found carrying a charm had no effect on the chances of choosing winning lottery numbers.However, 30% of those tested felt their luck had improved.Though scep
Jan 5, 2004, 6:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

Wyoming lottery survey shows most players earn middle-class incomeNews Story
The majority of people who played the Wyoming Lottery during its first months of operations earned at least a middle-class income, according to an online survey commissioned by the Wyoming Lottery Corp. Most players, meanwhile, bought their tickets at convenience stores, the study showed. The summary of the survey is the result of one of four records requests by the Star-Tribune. Lottery officials have provided information for two of the four requests, which also seek data on employees' s
May 7, 2015, 9:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery director survives attempted ousterNews Story
The director of the Arkansas Lottery survived an attempt this week to oust him from his job. The Arkansas Lottery Commission voted down a motion to fire Ernie Passailaigue after the lottery director drew a strong rebuke for granting compensatory time off to employees who were exempt from receiving overtime pay. I'm going to let the motion speak for itself, said commissioner Ben Pickard of Searcy, who made the motion after the commission returned from executive session. Pickard and commiss
Sep 10, 2010, 8:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

Study: Hoosier Lottery has worst financial decline in USANews Story
Another state with computerized drawings fares poorly Has Indiana considered boldly changing back to real drawings? Proceeds from Indiana's lottery were down by more than 17 percent in the past fiscal year, marking the sharpest decline in profits nationwide. Hoosier Lottery proceeds fell by nearly $40 million. The state's profit from scratch-off tickets, Powerball and other lottery games dropped from $217 million in the 2008 fiscal year to $178 million in fiscal year that ended June 30.
Sep 24, 2009, 2:40 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Some may say times are tough, but lottery spending doesn't show itNews Story
Illinoisans apparently haven't lost an appetite for lottery tickets, even though some say they are pinching pennies elsewhere in their personal budgets. Sales figures for the Illinois Lottery were up nearly 3 percent to about $2.08 billion in the fiscal year that ended in June. In the year before, the lottery hit $2 billion in sales for the first time. Both increases come with a steady increase in the popularity of the lottery's instant games. Illinois Lottery Superintendent Jodie Win
Aug 1, 2008, 9:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Woman 'hiding lottery win from husband'Reply
emilyg, I avoid nothing in life. But since you asked here are just a couple examples. Peggy Vaughan, author of The Monogamy Myth, numbers show that 60% of men, and about 40% of women, will have at least one extramarital affair in their lifetime. However, since she also concludes that accuracy is questionable to some extent, there is no way to be certain. The Kinsey Report stated that 50-60% of middle and upper-income males under the age of 60 had participated in at least one affair, and that
Feb 5, 2006, 3:03 pm - BaristaExpress - Lottery News

Study Proves Number Bias in UK LotteryNews Story
When you next select your lottery numbers, be sure to pick 38. That is the conclusion of a previously unpublished report by the National Lottery Commission, which unearthed a series of statistical anomalies that, taken at face value, suggest the lottery might not be as random as was previously thought.Completed in early 2002, the nine-page document entitled 'The Randomness of the National Lottery' was meant to offer irrefutable proof that it was random. But the statisticians who produced the rep
Dec 11, 2004, 9:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Mississippi panel studying other state lotteriesReply
I would love to read a study on how many winners go bankrupt. 70% is the most commonly used figure. Then the study could go in detail showing the jackpot winners and how many lost it all. Power Ball and Mega Millions winners. The California Lottery gives all of its profits to education. Minus winnings, administration. Multiple states maintain that those playing the lottery games are better educated and more affluent than the population as a whole. This makes sense because the poor ca
Sep 6, 2017, 10:25 am - music* - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery chief refutes state studyReply
Alice Garland has written a very good letter in defense of her State's lottery. No she hasn't. All she did was present an argument, which sounds plausible, claiming that the amount of money the study estimated isn't being collected may be higher than the amount that's really lost as a result of winning tickets being claimed by people who didn't actually buy them. Of course the lottery doesn't need to be defended, at least not in relation to people selling winning tickets in an effort to
Dec 26, 2016, 4:15 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News