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$167 million Powerball lottery winner arrested a THIRD TIME after burglarizing home for $12kNews Story
Lottery millionaire resorts to home burglary for a fraction of his fortune By Kate Northrop $167.3 million Powerball jackpot winner Shannon James Farthing was arrested a third time since his lottery win, this time on burglary charges that involved stealing $12,000 from someone's home a fraction of his fortune. The Kentucky lottery winner who scooped a $167 million Powerball jackpot last year has been arrested for the third time since his win. Arrest documents filed by the Lexingt
Mar 31, 2026, 1:30 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Does Lottery Software work?Reply
Last nights PowerBall Results - 15 29 64 66 67 PB 4 PowerPlay was x2 Here's a perfect example of what I was talking about in my above post. I went grocery shopping with my wife yesterday. While we were walking around in the store I reached in my pocket, and saw that I just happened to have three one dollar bills. So I went to the service counter and filled out a PowerBall play slip. I marked the PowerPlay box, then in the top panel I marked the QP box. I filled in #4 in the The PB pane
Sep 21, 2025, 9:28 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball is coming to the U.K.Reply
The jackpots may not rise as fast as they think. UK players will pay approx $5 a ticket due to the exchange rate. Plus they don't have the cash option. https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/powerball-expanding-to-uk-how-prizes-will-differ-and-how-us-players-may-be-impacted/ I googled, will the UK have taxes on the power ball No, the UK does not tax Powerball or other lottery winnings. In the UK, gambling and lottery prizes are classified as gambling profits rather than income,
Jul 7, 2026, 5:29 am - grwurston - Lottery Discussion Forum

Iowa Lottery has delivered $6.1B in prizes since 1985News Story
Iowa Lottery celebrates 40 years Sales of the first Iowa Lottery tickets began in 1985 with a kickoff celebration at the Iowa State Fair. Forty years later, state fairgoers broke the Guinness World Record for the most people 1,380 to scratch lottery cards simultaneously, demonstrating the lottery's journey from $1 scratch tickets to a multibillion-dollar enterprise. Since its launch was approved by the state Legislature and signed into law by then-Gov. Terry Branstad, the lottery has gen
Dec 5, 2025, 10:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Twenty years. Same numbers. Winning next to nothing. I am astounded that you played the same numbers for twenty years. I am impressed by your persistence and patience. I am actually curious. Did you play the same numbers for Powerball, Mega Millions, and the other lotteries in your state? I would think that those numbers would eventually at least come close to win a smaller prize in one of those games over that length of time. I used to get excited when jackpots where high. No
Nov 9, 2025, 1:06 pm - rundown99 - Lottery Discussion Forum

mathematics of re-playing small winsReply
I did my analysis on scratch-off tickets because most of the prize money goes towards lower prizes. With jackpot accumulation draw games such as Powerball, not much goes to lower prizes. To summarize my first post, for the $5 Colorado scratch-off $100,000 Super Bonus, the average number of tickets played is 2.5x or 3x your original bankroll, depending on whether your stop point is $500 or $1,000. Not surprisingly, the improved odds of winning a large prize exactly correlate with the average
Aug 29, 2025, 8:25 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Since no jackpot has been won in the $900 Million Annuity Range, this TN Volunteer has agreed to accept that amount from the draw this coming Saturday. I just want to thank all of you in advance for your contributions to my jackpot win. ANNUITY: 12. Mega Millions: $1.05 billion, Jan. 22, 2021 (36 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Michigan 13. Powerball: $842.4 million, Jan. 1, 2024 (34 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Michigan CASH VALUE: 18. Powerball: $450.2
Aug 28, 2025, 10:22 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball hits $100M Monday. Ran a full data analysis, sharing the breakdown for anyone who wants it
Data sources: 76 draws over 180 days, plus a 100-draw heatmap and overdue tracker. HOT WHITE BALLS (last 180 days) 18 -- 12x appearances, trending up 28 -- 12x, flat 52 -- 12x, trending up 56 -- 11x, trending up, appeared in the last 3 consecutive draws 36 -- 10x, heating up +7 vs previous period 63 -- 10x, heating up +7 64 -- 10x, trending up MOST OVERDUE 44 -- 68 draws since last appearance 1 -- 65 draws 34 -- 49 draws 26 -- 48 draws 8 -- 43 draws
May 17, 2026, 11:42 pm - RichW - Jackpot Games Forum

$2 billion Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro buys up lots destroyed by L.A. firesNews Story
World's biggest lottery winner focuses on preserving neighborhood as he knew it By Kate Northrop $2 billion Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro's Malibu mansion was one of the many homes flattened in the Palisades fire disaster earlier this year. Now, he's buying up several plots of land to help rebuild the area he grew up in. Several investors have been reportedly picking through the ruins to seize and repurpose plots of land that were destroyed in the devastating L.A. fires, and
Oct 15, 2025, 8:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon Lottery proposes rules regulating courier services and preventing bulk ticket purchasesNews Story
Oregon welcomes anonymous claims and bans ticket reselling Bulk buying is the next target By Kate Northrop During a commission meeting on Friday, the Oregon Lottery Commission discussed rule proposals that would regulate courier services in the state by disallowing international ticket purchases and prevent bulk ticket purchases above a certain threshold. In light of a major bulk purchase event in Texas and rule proposals in other states , the Oregon Lottery proposed rule changes
Jul 29, 2025, 7:14 am - Todd - Lottery News