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Canadian man charged with theft, fraud after claiming $1M lottery prize meant for three winnersReply
All about Encore. https://www.olg.ca/en/frequently-asked-questions/lottery-games/encore.html If you ever run a pool you make copies of the tickets and hand out the copies to the participants before the drawing. That way it avoids any problems if someone wins with a ticket that they bought for themselves outside of the pool.
Dec 10, 2025, 1:34 am - grwurston - Lottery News

One Georgia ticket wins $983 million Mega Millions jackpotReply
California being allowed to make lower tier prizes parimutuel is a part of the official PB rules that all states follow. How sales revenue is apportioned to the various prize levels, and therefore the total amount of each prize pool is the same percentage for all members of the game, and unrelated to how that prize pool is used to pay winners. How or if winners' identities are publicized is based on state law or lottery rules, and generally isn't part of the PB rules. Strangely, the official
Nov 25, 2025, 1:36 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Our pool did not win anything in the Saturday Powerball draw. Trying again in tonight's Powerball draw. The pool is buying tickets for every draw until the jackpot is won. Then it may switch to buying Mega Millions. Hopefully the jackpot will be large enough by then. Good luck to everyone that is playing tonight.
Nov 24, 2025, 4:22 pm - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
We have our pool tickets for the Tuesday draw. The best we did was a 3 times multiplier. This is two draws is a row where the highest multiplier was a 3. The Powerball jackpot is also large enough for our pool to play. So when the Mega Millions jackpot is won, we can switch to playing Powerball. We have played the Mega Millions game 15 draws in a row. Good luck to everyone that is playing.
Nov 2, 2025, 9:02 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Our pool buys tickets in California. With no state tax, that leaves more money to divide among members of the pool in the event we win big. But with that comes some bad news. The prizes are parimutuel. In all other jurisdictions, the second place prize is at least $2 million. In California it varies based on how often it is won. In the next draw, second place prize is only about $0.5 million. We have to take the good with the bad.
Oct 6, 2025, 4:20 pm - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

MM $5, PB $2, Powerplay $1IReply
If a lottery pool buys Powerplay, it means the last 1/3 of the pool's money has a zero chance to win the jackpot. The purpose of a lottery pool is to maximize the participants' chances of winning the jackpot. Throwing away the last 1/3 of the pool's money on Powerplay will not change the amount of each participant's share should they win, but will reduce their chances of winning by 1/3. That makes no sense. There is a way to guarantee a $2 million win for second prize (assuming this is n
Oct 2, 2025, 4:55 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Fantasy 5 payouts are garbage now!Reply
That'z bcuz, Fla haz alot of People in itz State, thuz moe Lottery Playaz.. so, when Fantasy5 iz won, It'z split btween alot moe winnerz than normally in other States...reducing the para mutual payout... Plus , it also makez it eazier to win, cauze itz numbaz pool is only 36 , which iz really hard to find elswhere comparatively speakin...az utha State'z Fantasy5 'z numbaz pool iz 39, or 42. -Stat$talker
Jul 31, 2025, 2:08 pm - Stat$talker - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
I did not day I did not know how many are in the pool. Second, I trust the guy running the pool. And third, I am only spending a few bucks. It is not the end of the world. I am just in for the fun of it.
Jun 18, 2025, 11:48 pm - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
You and I are doing similarly. I played 4 tickets with no duplicated numbers and received zero cash for my efforts. Two tickets had no hits. One ticket had 1 hit. One ticket had two hits and missed the powerball by 1. I had 21 and needed 22 for $25. As Agent 86 would say: Missed it by thaaaat much. It was my fault entirely, I picked the 21 powerball so I can't complain that the lottery terminal shafted me on that one. The Saturday draw was as close as I have ever been for the win. Th
Aug 26, 2025, 3:13 pm - IAmABadOne - Lottery Discussion Forum

Covering Designs - MM and PBReply
This is a mathematical covering design (or lottery wheel) that reduces the total number pool of Powerball/Mega Millions into just 350 combinations of 12-number sets . This specific optimization guarantees a 100% catch-rate for a 3-match and a 50% probability of hitting a 4-match , significantly lowering the cost while maintaining high efficiency.
Yesterday, 12:51 pm - tokecap - Mathematics Forum