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Texas Lottery critic turns down selection committee postNews Story
A lottery watchdog who helped expose inflated Texas Lotto jackpots and a math professor whose students found problems with lottery advertisements were among 10 people chosen to help find the next leader of the struggling Texas Lottery Commission, officials said Friday.Dawn Nettles, a frequent critic of the lottery, later withdrew from the search committee, saying her participation would be a conflict of interest.C. Tom Clowe, who chairs the three-member commission that oversees the agency, appoi
Jul 24, 2005, 4:27 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Texas legislature defeats Internet lottery billReply
Money these families need to pay for groceries, the light bill or the rent could be wasted on the lottery instead, the two agreed. If their budgets are that tight, the odds are very good that they won't have a computer, internet access or a credit card. Besides, what's going to keep all those nasty poor people from walking down to their local 7-11 and spending that money on lottery tickets in spite of the lawmakers' opinions? What's going to keep that ten-year-old from glomming onto Mommy's AT
May 6, 2005, 8:16 pm - jim695 - Lottery News

Colorado Lottery violations detailed in reportNews Story
Report cites gift-taking, coziness with vendors for 4 yearsThe Colorado Bureau of Investigation has sent the Arapahoe County district attorney a report that details widespread gift-taking and policy violations in the offices of the Colorado Lottery.The report focuses largely on the last four years of the tenure of former Lottery head Mark Zamarripa, alleging that he presided over a culture of coziness with vendors, according to sources familiar with the report.Department of Revenue chief M. Mich
Mar 10, 2004, 4:16 am - Todd - Lottery News

S.C. lotto questions deal with GeorgiaNews Story
Top officials in South Carolina said Tuesday savings projections acquired by Tennessee lottery board members regarding a potential partnership with the successful Georgia lottery are likely inaccurate.They also detailed other concerns they had about partnering with Georgia before they rejected such an alliance.The Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation (TELC) is poised to make a decision next week on whether to team with Georgias lottery to possibly maximize spending power and curb start up cos
Aug 27, 2003, 3:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

June 19, 1865 - "JUNEETENTH"Reply
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impac
Jun 20, 2016, 3:09 pm - Harve$t Moon - Mystical Forum

Magic and the Harry Potter LotteryReply
I'm with you Bob. I chatter on the lighter side, but getting a curious interest in the subject. Hogwart Harry doesn't catch so much as the CIA parapsychology. There are experiences people, some claiming you can't, some claiming you can, travel through time in an out of body experience. They do agree that you can't read number or letters when out of the body. Movies and television seem to agree as well. And time we see a precog or clairvoyant helping someone they can describe the event,
Mar 9, 2024, 2:28 pm - garyo1954 - Mystical Forum

New Lottery Post feature adds up/down voting on individual forum postsReply
Sorry Todd but I do not participate in forums with a Reddit like rating system. It always leads to malice and negativity. Always. It's pointless and divisive and will engender bad feelings all around. I'm not about that so I will be leaving. To be clear, I joined this forum because it seemed like a positive place to discuss a common interest, lottery games, and it appeared to be well run. Sure people have minor squabbles sometimes but the overall atmosphere seemed to be one of camaraderie an
Aug 18, 2020, 10:18 pm - SaraAnnRapp - Lottery Discussion Forum

Billion-dollar jackpot for Mega Millions?Reply
MUSL does not want us to win a small amount this time. The lotteries control how much is won by either skimming straight off the top or by setting the odds and letting probability take care of the rest. Their only interest in how much anyone wins is the publicity they get from advertising the win. They want to advertise big jackpots to boost sales, but they're probably just as happy with 2 or 3 winners splitting the money as they are with 1 person getting it all. They might even prefer mult
Dec 7, 2019, 1:39 pm - KY Floyd - Jackpot Games Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
Received a response from the Florida Lottery: Thank you for your email. Florida Statutes do not prohibit Lottery retailers from playing Florida Lottery games. The two retailers you referenced are both in good standing and are able to play Florida Lottery games regardless of where they purchase their tickets. I hope this information has been helpful to you. Thank you for your interest in the Florida Lottery. I still have a problem with them having the advantage of being
Jun 26, 2018, 11:49 am - Dracos - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Draw games versus Scratch-offs?Reply
this is your FIRST TIME ... that you felt compelled to critique it. I probably never saw it before. I've got zero interest in pick 3 or pick 4, so I probably didn't pay any attention to it then, based on the subject. I only took a quick look now because it was brought up in relation to what types of games people play and you said you share some of my sentiments. Since you said the test ran from pages 8 to 11 that's the only thing I looked at, so my comments were directed at, and limited to,
Jan 9, 2018, 2:56 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum