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Some NC lottery players win so often, their good fortune defies logicNews Story
The North Carolina lottery wants you to believe we all have the same chance to win. But some players are winning so often, and so big, that their good fortune defies logic. Almost certainly, experts say, some are more than lucky. They are likely gaming the system. And the losers are the state's taxpayers, single parents and those who play by the rules. An investigation found players who beat staggering odds so consistently that statisticians said chances of being that lucky were less th
Oct 1, 2016, 10:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Is it game over for the Texas Lottery?News Story
Some Texas lawmakers say it may be time to scratch out the lottery. More than two decades after Texas voters legalized the game of chance in the state, a group of lawmakers will soon start reviewing whether to end at multibillion-dollar industry that pumps more than $1 billion a year into schools. Critics say they fear that the game financially hurts some of the most vulnerable Texans and doesn't do enough to help the state. Supporters disagree and question where $1 billion a year can be f
Aug 2, 2014, 8:31 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery mystery yields clues to $7.5 million prizeNews Story
By Peter Mucha, Philly.com Third of three parts See Part 1 and Part 2 Ever notice that instant lottery tickets are consecutively numbered? Ever wonder if those numbers could help in a hunt for riches? They theoretically can, at least in Texas. They helped us create a list, predicting the whereabouts of a missing $7.5 million ticket. A $50 scratch-off game called $7,500,000 Fortune started out with three top prizes among about 190,000 packs of tickets. Our list of likely susp
Jul 3, 2014, 8:16 am - Todd - Lottery News

How lottery legend Joan Ginther used odds, Uncle Sam to win millionsNews Story
By Peter Mucha, Philly.com Second of three parts See Part 1 Joan Ginther wasn't necessarily lottery loco. Maybe it wasn't a case of dumb luck, but smart luck. She may have purchased at least 80,000 pricey tickets worth $2 million or more, according to expert analysis of 28 instant prizes she won, including three totalling $15 million. If she also was the source of two dozen lesser wins by her friend Anna Morales, Ginther might have spurred the purchase of as many as 100,000 ticket
Jul 2, 2014, 10:07 am - Todd - Lottery News

Harve$t Moon Billionaires Club - Members OnlyReply
America s Greediest: The 2013 Top Ten Butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers. You won t find any of them in this latest annual list of America s most avaricious. You will find wheelers and dealers and a candy store heiress. thanks ~ Sam Pizzigati The headlines haven t been particularly kind to America s most relentlessly greedy over the past year. In just the last month alone, the world s two most visible religious leaders Pope Francis and the Dalai Lama have once again dramatic
Jan 7, 2014, 5:53 pm - Harve$t Moon - Mystical Forum

Harve$t Moon Billionaires Club - Members OnlyReply
7 Self-Made Immigrant Millionaires Immigrants make up 13% of the U.S. population. They come here in pursuit of the American Dream, an opportunity for a better life in exchange for hard work. For many, their unique skills and fresh perspectives lead them to entrepreneurship. That may explain why one small-business owner in six in the U.S. is an immigrant, according to a recent report by the Fiscal Policy Institute's Immigration Research Initiative. Professional and business services
Nov 11, 2012, 12:43 am - Empress-N - Mystical Forum

Pick-4 for Dummies Week of Tuesday 09/11/2012Reply
Hey, how about that Quebec hit the Hot Pick-4 of the day. Out of the TEN (10) numbers there are FOUR (4) Hot Pick-4's, and of those numbers there is ONE (1) TOP HOT Pick-4. Now for those of you in the province of Quebec who got a WORK OUT on the Hot Pick-4 of the day (4-1-5-6) you got the sequence as 5-4-6-1. Now using my Magic Wheel those players in Quebec hit the Pick-4 five times to win $45,000.00 playing ON-LINE, and $25,000.00 playing in the province at their local Lottery Retailer. M
Sep 13, 2012, 6:16 am - mjwinsmith - Pick 4 Forum

TV station investigates repeating Kentucky Lottery scratch winnersNews Story
Is it luck or something else? The Kentucky lottery sells hundreds of millions of dollars in scratch off lottery tickets each year. While it's difficult to hit the big one, people beat the odds time and time again. WHAS11's investigative reporter Adam Walser traveled the state, trying to discover how some people repeatedly get so lucky. For thousands of Kentucky residents, playing the lottery is favorite pastime. Sometimes players win big, but usually, the outcome is not so lucky.
Jul 29, 2009, 2:56 pm - Todd - Lottery News