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cool article on luckReply
The author of that article needs to spend some time around race tracks, sports books, casinos, and lottery players. Hey professor = Quick Pick Jackpot winner, explain that one.
Aug 30, 2006, 2:05 am - Coin Toss - Mystical Forum

Mega Millions Not Rigged? PleaseReply
Sorry, I thought you were stating as a fact rather than as your opinion the same stores repeatedly sell winning jackpot tickets . I read the LP News article too. https://www.lotterypost.com/news/139681.htm The winning ticket was sold at Ma and Pa's Grocery Express in Fond du Lac along the so-called Miracle Mile. South Main Street earned that nickname because several stores there sold multimillion-dollar tickets in the 1990s. I took this to mean that other stores in that area had
Aug 23, 2006, 5:18 pm - RJOh - Jackpot Games Forum

N.C. Lottery to roll out 3 new games in OctoberReply
Quote from the article: Even before going on sale,the Hurricanes scratch-off tickets have raised criticism about whether the game could lure children to play... Why would any reasonable person believe that?Children aren't allowed to play.You must be 18 to buy a ticket.If people can't figure out what a lottery is by the age of eighteen then they don't need to be allowed to do a lot of things,like drive a car. I get so tired of all these idiots who try to protect the children from t
Aug 18, 2006, 6:31 pm - NCPicks - Lottery News

Do You Own Gail Howard Software?Reply
Years ago when I got my first IBM compatible computer a Tandy1000, someone gave me their copy of a Gail Howard program on a 5 floppy written in Basic and saved in the protective mode so it couldn't be listed and viewed. I later read an article in BYE magazine on how to remove the protective mode and listed that program and saw the most sophisticated routine in it was a function of RND. As a novice Basic programmer I could have written the same program so I never had any desire to buy any
Aug 17, 2006, 3:20 am - RJOh - Lottery Systems Forum

N.C. store clerk accused of stealing woman's winning lottery ticketReply
I agree, Emily. Maybe I'm not reading this story correctly, but I thought that's what she did and then the clerk told her she was wrong. Leaving the store was probably not a good idea, and she should have asked for her ticket back right away. Obviously, since she returned to complain and the police got involved, there must be something missing from this article. People always say it's best to get tickets at a local convenience store, but this is one reason I prefer a place like Publix. If you ha
Aug 13, 2006, 6:00 pm - justxploring - Lottery News

Transsexual lottery winner regrets paying for gender reassignmentReply
Perhaps I read the article in a different light without interpreting any blame for the marital woes. The lottery winner made it very clear the regrets that any marital breakup curtails. I found the winner to have a decent attitude on the fact that family means alot, and that cant be bought or sold. The transgender change is what this person found necessary, and its a personal choice. Its easy to look in retrospect with some level of remorse, this is just one person willing to share that pe
Aug 11, 2006, 6:34 pm - TheGameGrl - Lottery News

Wisconsin factory workers win $208M Powerball lotteryReply
I'd love to have $600,000 net. However, I agree that if the winners are young and have families, they will still want to keep working. So what's wrong with that? I'm not saying I could do it, but if I were 25 or 30 and smart enough not to go wild with the money, it would be better to invest it safely and let it double every 10 years and retire early. It all depends on whether or not a person needs instant gratification or can look beyond today. Even if someone continues to work for just 10 or 1
Aug 8, 2006, 12:46 am - justxploring - Lottery News

Reverse CausationReply
It's certainly an interesting idea, but that particular experiment is pretty trivial in the scheme of things. Besides being only a single experiment there's no way of knowing whether or not the results were actually influenced by the students. Using one photon to change the polarity of another photon faster than they can reach one another is far more intriguing, and much better evidence that much of what we believe isn't quite true. Perhaps it's also evidence that the universe in general is bala
Jul 24, 2006, 1:42 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Reverse CausationReply
It's just theoretical physics for the moment, backed in this case (so far as we know) by the single experiment described. Decaying atomic particles are a far-cry from lottery-draw numbers. The article didn't seem to suggest otherwise. J
Jul 24, 2006, 12:03 pm - Rip Snorter - Lottery Discussion Forum

Legal question?Reply
BTW, someone earlier suggested that a person could deduct the gift tax from their own income tax at the end of the year. This is not true ... which is why it constitutes being taxed twice for the same money. For the proof, visit the IRS FAQ page on gift/estate taxes and scroll down to the question: Q: May I deduct gifts on my income tax return? http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=108139,00.html
Jul 23, 2006, 9:45 pm - AlecWest - Lottery Discussion Forum