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Illinois Is Putting Lottery on Block for Quick PayoffNews Story
The state of Illinois yesterday took the first steps in selling its state lottery system, hoping to attract as much as $10 billion from investors who, in return, would own a monopoly that could turn out to be the biggest jackpot yet. The sale, which may occur as early as the spring, would not be the first privatization of public property - both Chicago and Indiana have recently earned billions of dollars by signing long-term leases with private companies to run toll roads. But the proposed l
Jan 23, 2007, 8:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

Probability of a MegaMillions rollover.Reply
The MM jackpot has rolled over. The cash value is now $8.6M and the advertised annuity jackpot is $15M. The average number of tickets sold on a second draw is 15.2M. If this is the number of tickets sold, the distribution of probabilities for various numbers of winners is given as: 091.73% 17.92% 20.34% 30.01% The long term probability for jackpot evolution as determined by an exponential curve fitted model is as follows: $541,198,243.99$305,175,67649.2
Aug 5, 2006, 11:04 pm - Prob988 - Jackpot Games Forum

Arizona Ballot Could Become Lottery TicketNews Story
To anyone who ever said, I wouldn't vote for that bum for a million bucks, Arizona may be calling your bluff. A proposal to award $1 million in every general election to one lucky resident, chosen by lottery, simply for voting no matter for whom has qualified for the November ballot. Mark Osterloh, a political gadfly who is behind the initiative, the Arizona Voter Reward Act, is promoting it with the slogan, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Vote! He collected 185,902 signatures of re
Jul 18, 2006, 8:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

interest groups lining up to lobby on web gambling
WASHINGTON, July 3 While Internet gamblers lay down big money on World Cup soccer this summer, teams of lobbyists are facing off on Capitol Hill in a contest over whether the United States should choke off the growth of wagering on the Web. Representative Jim Leach, Republican of Iowa, co-sponsor of bill to cut back Internet gambling. Faced with bills to curb online betting, which attracts an estimated $12 billion a year in wagers worldwide, an array of interest groups like cas
Jul 5, 2006, 7:49 am - LOTTOMIKE - Lottery Discussion Forum

No delusion-100% winning methodReply
Hi Tntea. Yes a lot of these system are similar. They all spring from one matrix anyway. That one would be great to find. Working on it...longer term goal. I see where you may have misunderstood me. In my original posts on this threadI claim that DSUM comes from doing a wrap down method of the last draw. You would then have a column of 10 numbers. You know...say your last draw was 752 - you then wrap it 641 752 863 974 085 196 207 318 429 530
May 20, 2006, 3:20 pm - Kola - Lottery Systems Forum

No delusion-100% winning methodReply
Pacattack helped to realize that my epxlanation odf DSUM may have been too convulted. Here's a brief summary attempt. Hey Pacattack. Much respect. I wish I could. I'll try. 1. take the last draw. 2. do a wrap of that number. 3. Use DSUM. Down 1 digit, Stay the same, Up one digit, and miror the digit. There are only 64 possible combinations and DSUM covers them all. You will find many duplicates 4. Formula is: 1. DDD 2. DDS 3. DDU 4. DDM
May 19, 2006, 1:32 am - Kola - Pick 3 Forum

No delusion-100% winning methodReply
Hey Pacattack. Much respect. I wish I could. I'll try. 1. take the last draw. 2. do a wrap of that number. 3. Use DSUM. Down 1 digit, Stay the same, Up one digit, and miror the digit. There are only 64 possible combinations and DSUM covers them all. You will find many duplicates 4. Formula is: 1. DDD 2. DDS 3. DDU 4. DDM 5. DSD 6. DSS 7. DSU 8. DSM 9. DUD 10. DUS 11. DUU 12. DUM 13. DMD 14. DMS 15. DMU 16.
May 19, 2006, 1:17 am - Kola - Lottery Systems Forum

Pegasus World Cup 2020 odds, post positions announcedReply
Big scratches shake up Pegasus World Cup field January 24, 2020, 12:52 PM PST With Champion 3-Year-Old Male finalist Omaha Beach and Breeders Cup Dirt Mile winner Spun to Run out for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup on Saturday at Gulfstream Park, the field has opened up for the remaining 10 horses. Spun to Run was withdrawn with hives, and even money favorite Omaha Beach scratched due to swelling in his right hind leg. Bob Baffert s Mucho Gusto and John Sadler s Higher Power take
Jan 25, 2020, 4:38 am - eddessaknight - Gaming Forum

Lottery winner's cyanide poisoning death remains unsolved five years laterNews Story
Urooj Khan couldn't believe his luck in spring 2012 when he scratched off a second lottery ticket at a 7-Eleven near his home on Chicago's Far North Side and realized he had won $1 million. When he accepted an oversized promotional check from Illinois Lottery representatives with his wife and teenage daughter at his side, he spoke of how his winnings would help him grow his dry-cleaning business. But weeks later, before he had collected the actual winnings, Khan died unexpectedly at 46.
Jul 25, 2017, 8:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

Does it Make a Difference Where You Play the Lottery?Reply
Seems like small towns are better at the odds on the Scratchers, too. Scratch Rank Place Population Prizes Prizes per Population 1 South Haven 187 $1,100,000 $5,882.35 2 Embarrass 30 $100,000 $3,333.33 3 Holloway 88 $200,000 $2,272.73 4 Tamarack 89 $200,000 $2,247.19 5 Erhard 148 $300,000 $2,027.03 6 Stanchfield 118 $2
Apr 18, 2017, 8:43 am - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum