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• visiondude

  

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  Oct 11, 2002, 1:30 pm

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  to all,  awhile back i e-mailed the georgia lottery website to ask the question if they have statistics dating all the way back to the inception of the big game. they said they didn't keep statistics (strange to me) but shipped this response to me ;

  Thank you for visiting the Georgia Lottery's web site. 

  We do not maintain data on all prize winning tickets as to whether they
  are purchased using the quik pik random number generator or using
  personal number selection. The majority of Georgia Big Game jackpot
  winners purchased their tickets using the Quik Pik method. 

  We appreciate your interest in the Georgia Lottery and our games.

  ..........vision - quick-pick - dude

              "i am .........."meant to"       

  P.S.,  that RJoH  is a stand up guy.  thanks,  vision

           until further notice,  it's  france everyday
• wishin

  

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  Oct 11, 2002, 4:12 pm

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  I, too, find it rather odd that records of Big Game/Mega Millions winners aren't readily available.  Although I seldom play Powerball, I do enjoy reading the Winners' Stories on the powerball.com website.  The information includes the winner's name, where the ticket was purchased, quick pick or personal numbers, and annuity or cash option.  Some winners chose to be anonymous, and one "unknown"winner even had their cash option put into a trust and a trustee picked up the winnings.  Anyway, I find that section to be interesting reading.  It reaffirmed my quck pick, spend only a couple bucks method. 

     
• Todd

  

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  Oct 11, 2002, 4:35 pm

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  IMHO, Georgia - in particular - does not have a great website.  However, I'll go back to something I've been saying for a while: lotteries only do what will sell more tickets.  Some marketing person somewhere probably determined that providing the statistics would not generate more sales.  Perhaps they feel that the type of people who care about the stats will buy tickets anyway.  Those who don't care about the stats may be turned off by seeing the actual odds, etc.

  Anyway, the bottom line is that the lotteries show minimal information because that's what they intend to do.

   

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