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$297 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot raised again before tonight's drawingReply
rcbbuckeye's post (https://www.lotterypost.com/news/269858/3416408) brought this back to my mind. Unless things have changed, the new $5 game I know of has been in development since 2011 (possibly sooner). Hybrid game format - instant scratch off (retailer) with draw game component (online only) It will feature a base 65% payout (some states have higher) Proposed $1 million prize odds of 1 in 905,000 (either online draw or game show where random audience steps on money squares on a pyrami
Jan 2, 2014, 6:40 pm - LottoMetro - Lottery News

$42M lottery winner plans to become a pecan farmerReply
Where on earth have YOU been for the last 5 to 10 years? You need to wake up and start following the daily front-page headlines and lead news stories that have been shouting about the housing bubble and mortgage crises plaguing economies all around the world within the past few weeks and, in connection, destroying the life savings of those not really investment-savvy Americans who weren't even involved in real estate. Clearly there were more than enough Americans, I'd say too many, who saw re
Oct 12, 2008, 11:28 am - Phokas - Lottery News

Lottery number strategies subject of newspaper investigationNews Story
The odds are long. The drawings are random. And the house keeps a much greater share of wagers than other forms of gambling.In sum: The lottery cannot be beaten. There is no system that can improve your chances of winning the lottery, period, says Mike Orkin, a California mathematician who has written extensively about gambling odds.Yet the quest for an ever-elusive winning lottery strategy is alive and well and for sale.On a quiet, dead-end street in Denville stands the headquarters of Doubl
Dec 6, 2005, 1:26 am - Todd - Lottery News