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Probabilty of Someone Winning a PB & MM Jackpot in the same Week!Reply
One of the things I think we all agree on is that the terminology can get confusing. Odds are just one way of describing your chances, just like quarts is one way of describing how many pints you have. The odds are the same as chances at the same time that they aren't. For pick 3 the odds are 1 to 999, and the chances of winning are 1 in 1000. You have 1 quart of milk, and I have 2 pints. Different numbers telling the same story. Using your pick-4 example with odds of 1 in 10,000 (those ar
Mar 5, 2007, 11:44 am - KY Floyd - Jackpot Games Forum

The 2 Low-2 Skip Strategy
I executed the following test in TX mid from 1/12/06-9/1/06 (approximately 200 drws). I was looking for when 2 Low digits hit after 2 skips. This was my results: Hit after 2 skips=17 Hit after 3 skips=5 Hit after 4 skips=4 Hit after 5 skips=1 Hit after 6 skips=0 Hit after 6+ skips=5 (actual skips= 10, 7, 18, 7, 11) This is 375 combinations to make 500 offline and 900 online. Can the progression king or anyone make this strategy a profitable scenario. I proposed playing a 4 game progr
Feb 12, 2007, 8:39 am - WSN1 - Lottery Systems Forum

Michigan latest state to consider selling its lotteryNews Story
'Bad idea' continues its rampage through the USA Michigan has become the latest in a growing list of states to consider selling off its state lottery in a scheme to fix the state's budget problems. The move was being discussed at the Capitol as lawmakers and administrators look for ways to deal with an $800 million budget shortfall this year, and possibly even larger hole in the year ahead. Democrat Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to announce plans for dealing with the state's struct
Jan 27, 2007, 9:34 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.J. considering privatizing lotteryNews Story
Gov. Corzine approach to N.J. financial woes: sell everything, including the lottery State officials are studying whether selling the New Jersey Lottery to a private company can reap big money for cash-strapped state coffers, Treasurer Bradley Abelow said yesterday. Abelow said letting a private firm buy the lottery and collect its substantial winnings is one idea gaining favor as part of a year-long review of whether the state should sell or lease public assets such as the New Jers
Nov 2, 2006, 8:53 am - Todd - Lottery News

Okla. lawmaker aims to stop lottery winners from staying anonymousNews Story
An Oklahoma state senator from Edmond plans to introduce legislation to prohibit people from forming anonymous trusts after learning they have won a lottery prize. Sen. Clark Jolley, R-Edmond, said this proposed legislation stems from instances including one this week where a trust claimed a lottery prize. We were told the lottery would be open, it would be transparent full accountability. We would know the name and towns of everyone who had won, Jolley said. I think winners being a
Oct 6, 2006, 12:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Banks balk at plan to cut off cash from net casinosNews Story
A group representing 5,000 small banks is opposing a tool lawmakers hope to use to stop online gambling, posing a challenge to what is widely seen as the government's best shot at cracking down on the activity. The Independent Community Bankers of America, whose members range from New York's Metropolitan National Bank to Colorado's First National Bank of Las Animas, is objecting to a proposal winding its way through Congress that would require financial institutions to block payments between
Aug 30, 2006, 12:22 pm - Todd - Lottery News

NJ lawmakers cool to idea of selling lotteryNews Story
Part 3 of a 3-part look at the New Jersey Lottery In a state bleeding red ink and desperately needing a cash infusion to pay down growing debts, it sometimes seems like almost anything could come up for sale. In the name of quick cash, lawmakers have floated ideas for selling state buildings and iconic roads. In a smaller gesture aimed at squeezing out some dollars to balance the books, Gov. Jon S. Corzine recently stood in a field of used state cars to promote their sale. So what about
Jul 25, 2006, 10:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois Gov. wants to privatize state lotteryNews Story
Controversial plan is designed to capture funds for education up-front, but is it worth the gamble? Democratic Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich today will unveil an election-year school funding plan that calls for leasing the state lottery for the next decade to a private firm in return for $10 billion in upfront cash. Schools would get at least $1 billion a year for the next four years from such a deal, with the remaining $6 billion going into an education trust fund governed by a board
May 23, 2006, 2:38 pm - Todd - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery scratch games called 'paper slot machines'News Story
Stephen Sunny Big Guy Bernath buys a fistful of instant lottery tickets every day and takes his place on a wooden bench next to a garbage can in front of the Krauszer's R J Food Store in Perth Amboy.There, the heavyset 70-year-old man rubs each ticket with a finger, cusses at it, then tosses it in the trash.Rub, cuss, toss.Rub, cuss, toss.He has been known to do this for hours, filling the garbage can with his losers before going back into the store to try his luck again. Crossword. Betty Boop
Dec 5, 2005, 1:23 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. Senate to work on lottery billNews Story
A select committee of the North Carolina Senate will consider the lottery bill approved on Wednesday by the N.C. House.N.C. Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight, D-Dare, said he expects a lottery bill to pass. The Senate has approved lottery legislation in past years only to watch the bills die in a closely-divided House.A lottery may shift spending priorities next fiscal year, and lawmakers will only have a few weeks to consider the ramifications of a state numbers game before making any deci
Apr 11, 2005, 9:19 am - Todd - Lottery News