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Identical winning numbers crop up in hundreds of U.S. lotteries. Are the drawings really random?News Story
By Jason Clayworth America's popular and lucrative lottery drawings, in which computers randomly select numbers that turn a lucky few into instant millionaires, may not be as random as they seem. In dozens of the games across the United States, identical winning numbers have been generated within weeks or months of each other sometimes in consecutive drawings, a Des Moines Register investigation shows. Lottery officials, even some who have previously acknowledged concern with the nation
Jan 31, 2019, 11:49 am - Todd - Lottery News

$344 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot skyrocketsReply
I think the record cash value was fairly close to $475 million. Based on that, the current annuity value will need to reach about $888 million to tie the record. 656 = 888. There's some lottery math for you. If this run gets within 25% of setting a new record lottery officials will be hoarse from screaming about the new record they set.
Dec 7, 2013, 9:06 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

New lawsuit claims Indiana Lottery did not award all prizesReply
Let's see now. Five million tickets already sold with 10% to 20% remaining that's still half a million to a million tickets left and this guy buys 40,000 what are the odds of winning even with most of the prizes supposedly available? The judge should give him half his money back and order he take a lottery math class. BobP
Jan 7, 2007, 1:50 am - BobP - Lottery News

Life after winning the lotteryReply
The Foote family of Vincennes became instant millionaires just last year. They won $2.6 million And all their long lost relatives and friends probably showed up on their doorstep, but then found out it's only $37,000 a year for the next 50 years. They could some day be millionaires if they deposited their yearly check for the next 27 years and never withdrew a penny, but that's not likely. Using lottery math, any employer paying an average yearly wage of $50,000 can honestly say, they'll cr
Nov 9, 2012, 11:27 am - Stack47 - Lottery News

Landmark bill would ban computerized lottery drawings in DelawareReply
Nothing personal, but you anti-electronic drawing guys and gals are self-deceived. Random number generators do not equal corruption or any intent to pay fewer prizes. Make sure you get your facts straight before you jump on the emotional bandwagon of fear. It's a pretty easy jump; easier than doing a little research and using common sense.First fact: Lotteries across the country, including Delaware, Indiana, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, etc., are paying out a higher percentage of sales in these rece
Feb 10, 2005, 3:03 pm - bigbets - Lottery News

30 Kentucky middle school employees win $1M Powerball prize, hid lottery ticket in math textbookNews Story
By Kate Northrop A group of 30 middle school employees carpooled to the Kentucky Lottery after the final school bell rang on Tuesday to collect their $1 million Powerball prize. 30 educators from a Boone County middle school regrouped after work to collect the $1 million Powerball prize they won in the Jan. 27 drawing and showed up at Lottery headquarters in high spirits. The group calls themselves the Jones 30, named after the Rector A. Jones Middle School in Florence that brought t
Feb 3, 2024, 9:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Massachusetts woman wastes no time claiming $758.7 million Powerball lottery jackpotReply
Simple Math.....Lottery in profit -Jackpot goes
Aug 25, 2017, 4:23 am - Ricklou - Lottery News

Lottery winner offers advice for Mega MillionsReply
You are dead on there is no math formula to this kind of lottery.
Dec 30, 2010, 5:20 pm - louise black - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot to be a quarter-billion for FridayReply
The lottery is just a tax on people that can't do math.
Sep 14, 2005, 3:46 pm - LeeDevo - Lottery News

Gaming the lottery was this couple's retirement planNews Story
Gerald Selbee broke the code of the American breakfast cereal industry because he was bored at work one day, because it was a fun mental challenge, because most things at his job were not fun and because he could because he happened to be the kind of person who saw puzzles all around him, puzzles that other people don't realize are puzzles: the little ciphers and patterns that float through the world and stick to the surfaces of everyday things. This was back in 1966, when Jerry, as he is kno
Mar 1, 2018, 6:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News