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Opinion: Powerball winners will lose big if they go publicNews Story
There must be 109 million ways to ruin your life after finding out you won Powerball. But the most critical decision comes quickly, after about the fourth or fifth time you check the numbers. To go public or not? To grip a check the size of a Charlie Sheen poster for the cameras? Or to hide your good fortune from an admiring and envious world? We've heard from a couple who say they own the $109 million Powerball ticket sold in Abingdon last week, says Carole Everett, spokeswoman for the M
Sep 13, 2011, 11:49 am - Lottery News

Should lottery winners share with colleagues?News Story
By Jason Marsh If you won $19 million, would you share it with your co-workers? That's the question seven lucky New York state employees arereportedly contemplating after claiming the huge Mega Millions lottery jackpot Thursday. For years, the so-called Albany Seven have pooled their money to buy lottery tickets together. Now that their numbers have come up, they are in a position to share their winnings with five colleagues who had been part of the pool in the past but didn't pitch in
Apr 3, 2011, 7:08 am - Lottery News

Forbes: Tonight's $312M Mega Millions lottery is a sound investmentNews Story
Editor's Note: Tonight's $312 million Mega Millions drawing takes place at 11:00 pm Eastern Time (8:00 pm Pacific Time). The winning numbers will be published at USA Mega (www.usamega.com) and at Lottery Post's Lottery Results page. Playing the lottery is a fool's errand. Everyone knows it's a losing gamble, that the house wins and that, especially as jackpots increase, the odds of winning are slightly lower than the odds of getting struck by lightning twice. (Just ask this guy.) In tonight's
Mar 25, 2011, 7:47 pm - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery privatization announcement expected WednesdayNews Story
Southtown Star Editorial Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is about to make a billion-dollar decision to which most of us haven't paid much attention. For months, consortiums and companies have been working behind the scenes to become the jackpot winner of a prize that will set an international gambling precedent. Illinois is soon to become the first in the United States to turn over its state lottery operations to a privately owned company. How this experiment progresses undoubtedly will set preced
Sep 14, 2010, 8:08 am - Lottery News

Columnist proposes lottery for new Vikings stadiumNews Story
by James Lileks, Star Tribune A lottery for a new Vikings stadium? Sure. I'll buy a ticket. Don't know why the governor is opposed to racinos, unless it's opposition to slots. I don't play them it's like giving someone a dollar, asking him to make beeping noises for 10 seconds, then watching him put the dollar in his pocket and walk away. But if you put up a bank of Viking-themed machines, even idiots like myself might play. Sorry, we're talking about gambling: especially idiots like myself,
Feb 7, 2010, 6:41 am - Lottery News

Unemployed: Play the lottery or not?News Story
by Dan Weiser The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is worth an estimated $212 million. Right now, it is the largest lottery jackpot in the country, including the multi-state Powerball. In fact, it's the largest lottery jackpot in the world. The next drawing is Tuesday night and a winning ticket will bring riches to at least one person. $212 million dollars is the stuff dreams are made of, but in these uncertain times winning would be ... well, hard to put into words. The unemployment rate
Mar 2, 2009, 9:39 am - Lottery News

Editorial criticizes N.J. Lottery privatization proposalNews Story
Privately run lottery faces long odds Home News Tribune Feb. 2, 2008 Give [New Jersey] state Senate President Richard J. Codey credit for trying. Responding to the governor's assurance that he is open to ideas for solving the state's long-term budget woes, Codey, D-Essex, floated the notion of leasing the state's lucrative lottery. The way Codey figures it, the lottery might be worth billions upfront, and it might even produce some ongoing cash for the state if it is able to negotiate
Feb 5, 2008, 1:27 am - Lottery News

Opponents of lottery say 'I told you so'News Story
A database consultant alleges the N.C. Lottery didn't deliver the money promised By Frank Koconis The N.C. Education Lottery has been in operation for barely a year, and so far the state has seen little benefit from it. The promised boost in education funding is much smaller than expected, and for certain programs, nonexistent. Even worse, some of the ominous predictions of those who originally opposed the lottery appear to be coming true. The lottery simply isn't bringing in nearly as
Sep 19, 2007, 1:35 pm - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery players unanimous in their discontent with drawingsNews Story
Reder Views: Do you have faith in the Tennessee Lottery? Managers of the Tennessee Lottery must think those playing the lottery are either awfully naive or just plain dumb. Why? It appears to me that winners of future lotteries will no longer be just because of honest luck. Changing the method from purely chance - that is, from air- blown pingpong balls rolling down chutes (unless they already have been cheating by adding weights to some pingpong balls) to a programmed computer approach
Sep 2, 2007, 9:32 am - Lottery News

Newspaper Editorial: Biggest error was switching to computerized drawsNews Story
Players won't participate in a lottery they can't trust By Tennessean Editorial Staff September 2, 2007 Today's Topic: When a glitch hits the lottery Our View Any game of chance needs a high level of trust. Trust was missing during a recent stretch in the Tennessee Lottery when players who bet on digits showing up more than once were literally shut out of a chance to win because of a computer glitch. The glitch meant that people who bet on repeating numbers in the Cash 3 and Cash
Sep 2, 2007, 7:04 am - Lottery News