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Illinois Lottery winners again might not get paidNews Story
People who've waited more than a year for Illinois leaders to finish a state budget might start to feel like the prospects of a compromise are similar to the odds of winning the lottery. Now, Illinois Lottery winners might again face the prospects of not being paid their jackpots in a timely manner if no spending deal is struck by the end of the month. Last year, lottery winners sued the state to get their payouts and eventually did after Gov. Bruce Rauner and lawmakers agreed on a patchwo
Jun 17, 2016, 12:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Minn. Senate passes bill restricting expansion of State LotteryNews Story
Minnesotans soon may no longer be able to buy lottery tickets at ATMs, gas pumps or online, as the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday that would restrict the Minnesota State Lottery's yearslong foray into new gambling platforms. The decisive 56-8 vote was a rebuke to Gov. Mark Dayton, who vetoed a similar measure last year. Bill author Sen. Lyle Koenen, DFL-Clara City, and Republican advocates of the bill framed the issue as one of legislative prerogative, accusing the State Lott
May 9, 2015, 7:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Playing recently drawn numbers to win a jackpotReply
wow! What a learning experience this exchange has been! Took a little while before I figured out that you are obviously a member of the Todd business staff, or a relative. Apparently, you have a free hand to post all the 'fluff' you think will increase the popularity of your views on winning the lottery. Personally, I've yet to learn anything of substance. I took a few moments today to re-aquaint myself with the rules that govern this site. I didn't find any information suggest
Apr 22, 2013, 4:18 pm - bobby623 - Lottery Systems Forum

Proposal to ban welfare recipients from playing lotteryReply
Let's look at the Bankruptcy in this proposed law. Are you going to tell me the Board of Directors @ GM would not be aloud to buy Lotto Tickets. Give me a BREAK. It will never fly. In fact, the State didn't bail them out, it was the Federal Government. And to my knowledge, the assistance from the US Government was paid back in full with interest. Besides that, if an individual files for Chp 13 for Reorganization. Neither the state nor the Federal governments gives them any money in the proces
Jan 27, 2013, 8:05 pm - butch2030 - Lottery News

Atheist converts after mock prayer to win $1M lottery is answeredReply
Ok, deal. Look, I'm not claiming I have all the answers because I would be just as guilty as the ones who claim they know for sure which God is the right one. But I've done a lot of research for the past 25 years. I used to believe in Christianity for a lot of reasons as a kid, well into my early 20's, but as time went by with my research, too many red flags popped up. Not just with Christianity, but with all religions. So I decided that since I know that we are made of energy, that there may
Jun 9, 2011, 10:08 pm - joker17 - Lottery News

Lexicographic Numbers and a little mathReply
bestbuy Gary has started new digit system post, I check it a couple times each day so for questions regarding the digit system, ask them there. To answer your question, yes the digit system could be used for that game. Gary is working on the decade digit patterns and much can be done in that area. As for being the expert I don't know, several here have come up with things that I never thought of doing. I hope the new post will gain some speed soon but it takes people asking qu
May 4, 2011, 2:19 pm - RL-RANDOMLOGIC - Mathematics Forum

Backtesting and Simulating Lottery Systems
Most active posters on topics related to systems tend to reject rigorous computer backtesting of lottery systems, for the most part, because they think the human element is too complex to be modeled in a computer program. Likewise, suggestions of using computer simulations to augment backtesting efforts tend to be rejected for the same reasons. In addition, there is significant suspicion among system proponents around the concept of randomness in general, and Random Number Generators in particul
Apr 5, 2011, 5:34 pm - jimmy4164 - Mathematics Forum

New - Curious... and there has got to be a better way...
Hi - I am new so please forgive if I am not up to speed on the general topics. I have been playing the lottery for a while now on and off probably like everyone else. Since this last mega lotto game (multi-state) my sisters and mom pooled together and bought 150 tickets. You would think we would at least win 'something' well $5 after the whole group of tickets was analized was the result. I have done better by myself and 1 ticket. My feeling became that you are either meant to win or not mea
Jan 10, 2011, 9:50 am - kjanine - Lottery Systems Forum

Let's create a "So what" testReply
In football, it's all about percentages. You put your team in a position with the most favorable matchups and call the play with the best chance of success. Sometime it works. Sometimes it doesn't. But you come away from that particular experience knowing you did the best you could. Behind the scenes you go back, you look it over, and see what you have to do to correct the problem, if there was one, or continue with the same idea. Lottery is the a lot like that. Now maybe I missed the point o
Nov 28, 2010, 1:12 am - garyo1954 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Statistical Analysis of Lottery ResultsReply
This is a concise summary of the history of the development of Probability Theory. If you dig deeper, especially into the work of Bernoulli, you will understand why I made the comment [somewhere] in the Fooled By Randomness Thread that Bernoulli would roll over in his grave if he could read some of the posts here. Why not seek the TRUTH? http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs6751_97_winter/Topics/stat-meas/probHist.html From Calculus, Volume II by Tom M. Apostol (2nd edition, John Wiley Sons,
Sep 3, 2010, 1:28 pm - jimmy4164 - Mathematics Forum