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Lottery winner shortchanged by storeNews Story
Man paid $1,500 on $4,000 scratch ticket The lottery machines and scratch tickets were pulled from Kirsch Liquors in Worcester, Massachusetts, last month, after a man was scammed there when he received only $1,500 on a $4,000 winning scratch ticket, a state Lottery Commission official said. The Lottery Commission will file a decision by the end of the month on whether to suspend the store's lottery license for 30 days or indefinitely. Damaso Vasquez told Lottery Commission authorities
May 3, 2007, 7:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

28 most common questions about Powerball
From the Powerball website. A couple of them are below, all 28 are listed on the link. I'm putting this in Lottery Discussions and not Jackpot Games because I'm sure at least a few of them apply to all lotteries: CAN I REMAIN ANONYMOUS WHEN I HIT THE JACKPOT? All but three states (DE, KS, ND) have laws that require the lottery to release the name and city of residence to anyone who asks. One state (SC) will keep your name secret if you request it, but if someone files a Fre
Jan 13, 2007, 10:17 pm - Coin Toss - Jackpot Games Forum

Fixed LotteriesReply
I must say that this is the first post that has really gotten under my skin. :) I can straight out tell you and anyone else who believes that state or provincial lottery games are rigged are so wrong. The proof can be summed up in this. Take a stadium with 100,000 people and give them all a ticket from a range of 00000 to 99999. Now, roll out five lottery machines and draw a number from 0-9 from each. Only one person will win. Nobody else will. That's the lottery in a nutshell.
Dec 24, 2006, 6:30 am - Wintariofan - Lottery Discussion Forum

N.C. lottery retailers caught selling to minorsNews Story
Fourteen Western North Carolina lottery retailers were cited for selling tickets to minors in the state's first test of the underage law, according to state Alcohol Law Enforcement Division records. A two-month investigation done in August and September randomly checked 348 retailers statewide. Of those, teenagers were successful 98 times in buying $1 scratch-off tickets. Thirty-eight of those stores are in Charlotte, 33 in Raleigh, 13 in Greensboro and eight in Greenville. The state's
Nov 27, 2006, 7:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

Supercomputers & the lotto....Part2..Reply
There is no question in my mind whatsoever that if I could spend $360 per drawing, I would snag a pick-5 within 4-6 months, but I only allow myself $10 and do what I think is right. 'The weakest link as always will be the human programming the machine. ' And that is the STRONGEST link in the current system - the lack of an identifiable human link (that we know of). One think I wish I knew is how many tickets are sold of the SAME numbers ? And what total number combos
Sep 9, 2006, 2:58 pm - guesser - Lottery Discussion Forum

Roller Coasters Vs. the lottery...
I was looking at roller coasters on Tv and i am surprise at some things...The program i was looking at was about roller coasters...For example, there are roller coasters that cost 4 million, I was looking at the tv and saw one that cost 24 million. The surprising thing is that building, maintaining, and starting a roller coaster cost money too and it requires research, lot of research. Research with computers, electronics, dummies, people studying optimization, etc..Roller coasters have so much
Aug 10, 2006, 1:37 am - pumpi76 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Keno sales surge across MassacusettsNews Story
The regular clientele who stop the Eddie Coyle's Roadhouse Tavern in Dracut for a bite to eat after work are looking for some laughs and a family-friendly atmosphere. There are also several pairs of eyes watching a Keno television monitor as a series of 20 numbers pops up on the screen, hoping they will be the ones to go home a few dollars richer. It's a recreational thing people are just playing because it's something to do while they converse or have their meal, said Leslie Cox, th
Jul 10, 2006, 8:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

80-year-old claims a piece of Calif. lottery jackpotNews Story
Walter F. Tracey slept in until about 1 p.m. Sunday, then got a surprising jolt. The 80-year-old World War II Navy pilot checked the newspaper, and there it was in black and white: He had the winning numbers for the $100 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot. About two hours later, when with the help of a cane he walked into J.P. Liquors in Los Altos, he learned he was one of three jackpot winners. He would receive $33.3 million, minus taxes, and the fortunes of his large family would change. I
Aug 31, 2004, 8:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery Ignites Controversy with Computerized DrawingsReply
Residents of Big Mo should watch for an upcoming announcement stating that live drawings will no longer be broadcast due to lack of player interest. That's how it happened in Indiana, except that Indiana actually downloaded their RNG from a public site on the internet.Security for these machines is considerably less bulletproof than for the ball machines. In my home state, one of our official draw machines is actually housed at one of the Hoosier Lottery's vendors, Scientific Games, Inc. Oddly,
Jul 22, 2004, 3:34 pm - jim695 - Lottery News

quick pick is betterReply
I agree with Pick-4_Master; you really can do much better than any machine, with only a minimal amount of effort.There are as many ways to pick lotto numbers as there are different combinations. Some people play birthdays, anniversaries or other dates that are special or significant to them (calendar numbers). The problem with this type of selection is that, while these numbers are significant in your life, they may not be significant to the machines spitting out the numbered balls.Other people
Jul 1, 2004, 6:06 pm - jim695 - Lottery Discussion Forum