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Hi TNTEA,You are doing a great job with this enormous project, and have invested many weeks/days/hours of your valuable time and expertise to try to teach everyone who has joined in.Although I am still trying to understand all the various concepts and have put in countless hours, I am still not grasping it. I have some learning disabilities which I am not ashamed to say, and I will honestly put out my post for everyone to see, that I was one of the individuals that asked for the actual numbers
Dec 1, 2005, 11:46 pm - js1237 - Lottery Systems Forum

lottery taxesReply
OK, Here's another proposal:You buy a $10 instant ticket with a $1M top prize. The game goes on sale on 12/31/2004, you buy the ticket on 1/1/2005. You win the top prize of $1M. You CLAIM the ticket on 1/2/2006, 174 days before validations end.Barista: Do you honestly think that I would have to pay taxes for 3 YEARS (sale year: 2004, buy/win year: 2005, claim year 2006)? According to your previous stories, this is what your assumption would be. Uncle Sam must REALLY like you, since you apparentl
Nov 13, 2005, 5:15 pm - NoCompLotto! - Lottery Discussion Forum

Oklahoma Lottery chooses Scientific GamesNews Story
A New York company will be Oklahoma's first provider of lottery games.The Oklahoma Lottery Commission selected Scientific Games Corp. Tuesday to provide lottery terminals and scratch-off tickets. The company will get a $6 million contract to provide the games.The Commission also approved a proposal that retail outlets selling lottery tickets would receive a 6 percent share of sales. The commission decided drawings for the lottery would be held at an Oklahoma City television station, but the stat
Aug 12, 2005, 11:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Wyoming lottery being consideredNews Story
An interim legislative committee is considering a measure that would let voters have a say on whether Wyoming should join the Powerball lottery.The Joint Travel, Recreation and Wildlife Interim Committee decided Monday to wait to vote on the proposal to give the public time to review the idea and comment.The ballot measure would be nonbinding, and the Legislature would not have to allow Powerball in the state.Initial debate among committee members showed division on the idea. Why are we putting
May 17, 2005, 1:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Nevada Democrats try to revive lottery planNews Story
Nevada Democrats are trying to breathe life into their state lottery proposal, an idea Senate Republicans say is dead for the 2005 session.Although the resolution was voted down by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Assembly Speaker Richard Perkins, says he's negotiating with Senate Republicans leaders with the hopes of reviving it.The resolution would let the state create a lottery to pay for school supplies and class-size reduction. Democrats say it could bring in as much as 50 million dollars an
May 17, 2005, 12:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Wisconsin lawmakers vote down plan to privatize state LotteryNews Story
Wisconsin lawmakers on Wednesday voted down a proposal in Gov. Jim Doyle's budget bill to privatize half of the work at the Wisconsin lottery.The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee voted 10-6 to delete a provision that would have eliminated 55 of 109 positions at the lottery.Doyle's plan called for the private sector to take over the lottery's sales and marketing, ticket warehousing and distribution, product development, special events, and Web site operations, while state employees would sti
Apr 21, 2005, 1:18 pm - Todd - Lottery News

The Pigskin Challenge: 4-6-05Reply
Quote: Originally posted by pigskin on April 8, 2005I guess the question is, are the challengers entitled to more than mere performance satisfaction for exceeding the mathematical expectancy over a period of time? pigskin,I suppose you could make that argument and ask that same question about most every lottery game in existence. In your heart of hearts, I think you probably already know the answer. I'd certainly be interested in reading any official response that you might get on your proposal
Apr 8, 2005, 3:10 pm - ayenowitall - Jackpot Games Forum

N.C. lawmakers push for quick vote on lotteryNews Story
Leaders in the N.C. House hope to hold an up-or-down vote on a state lottery within the next several weeks and not put the issue to a vote of the people, House Speaker Jim Black said yesterday. I'm serious about going on and voting it. I want to get it over with, up or down, and move on, Black said.Though lottery supporters have argued for years that voters should decide on a lottery, opponents say that a referendum itself would be unconstitutional because North Carolina's constitution doesn't
Mar 10, 2005, 9:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Third N.C. lottery bill proposedNews Story
Another state lottery bill is in the North Carolina General Assembly. The bill is the third lottery proposal made this year and would not require a vote of the people.The idea of a state lottery has already surfaced during this legislative session. One bill filed in the House would create a local-option lottery, where counties could vote individually to support or reject it.Another bill would set up a lottery referendum to allow voters across the state to share their views.The new bill calls on
Mar 7, 2005, 7:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

California to decide multi-state lottery question todayNews Story
Cash-hungry California may soon team up with either Powerball or Mega Millions, the popular multistate lotteries that entice players with head-reeling jackpots.State lottery commissioners are poised today to decide whether to join one of the long-odds, big-payday games for the first time in the 20-year history of California's lottery.Barring legislative or court challenges, Californians could be competing with gamblers from across the country for supersized jackpots by June.At the same time, how
Feb 8, 2005, 11:19 am - Todd - Lottery News