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$400 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot skyrocketsReply
If you can turn $5 million into hundreds of million why even wait to win the lottery? There are countless numbers of investment bankers and venture capitalist who would be dying to see your business proposal. If your ideas are that strong, I doubt you would even have to invest any of your own funds. You also mentioned turning 15k into a 5-fold gain within a year. With that kind of return, you most likely have plenty of people near you who would front the entire amount for a portion of the
Feb 17, 2014, 10:56 am - Jill34786 - Lottery News

Big MM/PB Jackpots: 1 winner, or spread the wealth?Reply
Jon D, Your Option B proposal is an excellent idea. I've thought about something like this, 60% of the jackpot stays as is. For the remaining 40%, there are multi bonus balls, $1 each added to the ticket, players option of one only. The first bonus ball would get 50% of the remaining 40%, the second would get 30%, and the third 20%.
Dec 16, 2013, 5:27 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Should you win either jackpot: would you hesitate to write a check to fellow forumites?Reply
The so called foolishness of my proposal was based on a passage of scripture from the bible l had read the night before- James 2:15, 16 - l guess l was wrong to have injected that idea into my question since not everyone is Christian not everyone reads or has read the bible. My intentions were well meaning and not written to offend anyone or to elevate myself above others. Lets put this baby to bed.
Sep 1, 2013, 10:50 am - noise-gate - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions multi-state lottery to get harder to win in Oct.Reply
This sucks! This smells like a proposal that came from someone linked to the NY Lotto game. 75 numbers! That is crazy! Or maybe someone confused raising Social Security age with raising pool of 5 up to the 75 mark. Actually, I won't boycott the game. It brings in all of my significant numbers so I will play on. Maybe I might get lucky and win the first ever billion dollar jackpot! While they are at making changes, why don't they scrap the whole annuity thing and make whatever they adve
May 20, 2013, 8:52 pm - OldSchoolPa - Lottery News

Powerball ticket worth $338 million sold in N.J.Reply
Wrong, regardless of what lobbyist do, they cannot guarantee that that politician will be re-elected. Consumers and citizens still have far more power than you might believe. Recent examples are support for Chik-fil-A and Hobby Lobby. Another is for pressuring Congress to remove Feinstein's firearm ban proposal from the upcoming gun control bill. The truth is anyone has the ablility to move up the ladder in our great nation, but that depends soley on how hard you are willing to work for it.
Mar 24, 2013, 2:13 pm - Kumo - Lottery News

Wyoming lottery bill advances to Senate floorNews Story
Updated, 8:05 pm A Senate committee has endorsed a bill that would bring the lottery to Wyoming. The Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee voted 3-2 Tuesday in support of House Bill 77. The bill, which has already passed the House, goes to the Senate floor for debate. No one is quite sure about its odds of passing. The proposal allows the state to offer a state lottery or join a multi-state lottery, such as the Powerball. Proceeds would go to local cities,
Feb 12, 2013, 7:42 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Proposal to ban welfare recipients from playing lotteryReply
Do you have any problems with laws that penalize you if you knowingly buy stolen property? It's basically the same thing. The proposal had no requirement for clerks to try and find out if somebody is on welfare or in bankruptcy. It would only have been illegal if they know the person is on welfare or in bankruptcy. IMHO, it would make more sense to simply prohibit selling lottery tickets to anybody using benefits to buy other items. Sure there may be a few people who are buying tickets (or ci
Jan 31, 2013, 11:07 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

NC lottery bill won't ban welfare recipient salesNews Story
A key North Carolina House leader says a bill he's drawing up about the North Carolina state lottery won't include a provision prohibiting ticket sales to people receiving public assistance or who are in bankruptcy. Speaker Pro Tempore Paul Stam of Apex said Wednesday the provision was the least important part of his proposal. He said got questions from all sides on the lottery issue about the provision. Some critics questioned singling out the poor or how retailers would enforce the law.
Jan 31, 2013, 8:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.J. Gov.'s plan to privatize lottery comes under fire from DemocratsNews Story
Democratic lawmakers took aim at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's plan for the private sector to run the New Jersey Lottery, saying the 15-year contract currently on the table benefits the winning company more than New Jerseyans. At a hearing of the Assembly Budget Committee today, Democrats and small business owners said the proposal needs more public input because the Lottery a $2.6 billion business has been well run over the years and thousands of small businesses could be hurt by the move
Dec 7, 2012, 8:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

Jersey anonymityReply
I agree, however that proposal would be to radical, In jersey you have to do things gradually to get them accepted. the lawmaker that put this up knows that, and later he may try to extend that to 5 years.
Dec 4, 2012, 8:38 pm - haymaker - Lottery Discussion Forum