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How to Identify the Best Pick 4 Lottery Strategy & System

2010-03-13T14:57:28Z

The Basic Pick 4 Lottery Game has 10,000 possible winning Straight numbers ranging from 0000 to 9999. The odds of choosing the winning Pick 4 number straight is 10,000 to 1. These odds are much better than playing the Mega Millions, Powerball, and different State Lotteries which have odds of over 150,000,000 to 1.<br><br>Even the State Lottery games that have just 5 numbers to choose from still have much higher odds than the Pick 4. In the Virginia carpenter Steve Williams lived with a secret worth millions.</p><p>Williams won a $200 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot on Oct. 16 but only came forward Friday after consulting with legal and financial advisers. Willia...

Winning Powerball ticket bought in North Carolina

2010-02-22T10:54:57Z

<div id="subtitle">Smoky Mountain gain: Winning Powerball ticket sold at store in western North Carolina</div><div><p>A winning Powerball ticket worth more than $140 million was sold in western North Carolina.</p><p>The North Carolina Educati...

TX store sells $144 million-winning lottery ticket

2010-02-22T12:49:43Z

<div id="subtitle">Winner of $144 million Mega Millions jackpot buys ticket in Houston-area convenience store</div><div><p>The Texas Lottery Commission says someone who bought a ticket at a Houston-area convenience store is the winner of the $144 million Mega Millions jackpot.</p><p>Commission <...

States begin offering Mega Millions, Powerball tix

2010-02-22T13:12:21Z

<div id="subtitle">States begin offering Mega Millions, Powerball tickets; step toward possible national lottery</div><div><p>Dozens of states have begun selling Powerball and Mega Millions tickets in what could be a step toward an eventual national lottery.</p><p>Margaret DeFrancisco, co-chair of a committee for both lotteries and president and CEO of the Georgia Lottery Corp., says tickets for both games began ...

Mega Millions Winner

2010-01-07T16:00:50Z

With her husband Richard by her side, Mega Millions Winner Mary Morrison of Miller Place, N.Y. flashes the number one sign after they were presented with their ceremonial check for $165,000,00 by New York Lottery jackpot announcer Ralph Buckley and the Lottery's Yoland Vega at the New York Lottery Customer Service Center on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, in Kentucky is going to want to double-check it.</p><p>Kentucky lottery officials say there was a single $128.6 million winning Powerball ticket sold in Georgeto...

Oklahoma Lottery sales hurt by lagging economy

2010-02-23T18:36:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Oklahoma Lottery sales hurt by lagging economy, competition from Arkansas</div><div><p>Lottery ticket sales declined about $11.3 million in the past fiscal year, mainly because of a downturn in the economy, Oklahoma officials said.</p><p>Powerball sales, which make up the majority of lottery sales, tumbled an estimated $7.6 million, partly because...

Arkansas lottery to sell Mega Millions tickets

2010-02-24T03:52:46Z

<div id="subtitle">Arkansas lottery commissioners vote to sell Mega Millions tickets along with Powerball</div><div><p>The Arkansas Lottery Commission agreed Tuesday to sell Mega Millions tickets next year, making multistate jackpots available to lottery participants four nights a week instead of two.</p><p>The panel unanimously...

Store clerk accused of stealing $1M lottery prize

2010-02-24T15:49:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Texas store clerk accused of stealing customer's $1M winning lottery ticket, skipping town</div><div><p>A 25-year-old convenience store clerk pocketed a customer's $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and skipped town, possibly back to his native Nepal, authorities said.</p><p>Pankaj Joshi took 6...

Lotteries discuss cross-selling, national game

2010-02-24T19:28:33Z

<div id="subtitle">Mega Millions, Powerball talk about cross-selling tickets with potential for national lottery</div><div><p>The nation's two biggest lottery games are talking about cross-selling tickets in U.S. lottery jurisdictions with the potential for a national lottery, the head of a lottery association said Tuesday.</p><p>Powerball is played in 31 ...

How Random is Your Lottery

2010-02-25T03:59:36Z

When it comes to the lottery, there is one contentious topic which is always hotly debated. The opponents fall into two camps. One side proclaims that there is nothing you can do to improve your chances of winning the lottery jackpot and the other side disagrees. This debate centers on the meaning of these two words: Random Draw.<br><br>The catalyst in this entire debate is the misunderstood meaning of the word Random. It is not only misunderstood by most people bu...

How Can Lottery Longshots Improve Your Play?

2010-02-25T04:02:10Z

Around the world, serious lottery players are always looking for lottery number patterns or trends that will give them an advantage; that will give them that winning edge. But, there is one lottery number pattern that exists in all lotteries that many players aren't even aware of and it cost them dearly. These lottery number patterns are called Longshots.<br><br>For those that don't know what Longshots are in lottery parlance, we'll start with some history and a de...

German lotto jackpot rises to 30 million euro

2009-09-22T04:51:19Z

epa01870390 Signs advert for the lotto jackpot of 30 million euro in Freiburg, Germany, 22 September 2009. The fourth-biggest jackpot in German lotto history has again not been hit and will rise to 30 million euro when the lotto numbers are drawn on 23 September. EPA/PATRICK SEEGER...

Are Lotteries Random Games of Chance?

2010-02-25T04:31:37Z

You've no doubt heard the phrase, 'The lottery is a random game of chance.' But, what does this phrase really mean? Does it mean that everyone has the same chance of winning the lottery jackpot? Does it mean that there is no point in wasting your time or money on the lottery? Let?s analyze the phrase more closely to see if we can reduce any ambiguity.<br><br>First, the words 'game of chance' refers to the fact that probabilities are involved. People all over the wo...

Is Something Odd Going on in Your Lottery?

2010-02-25T14:29:26Z

Do lottery number patterns and trends exist? Some people claim that they do not. And, they proudly stand behind the same worn out statement in their defense. 'All wagers are equally likely to win.' As surprising as this may sound, I agree with this statement.<br><br>It is amazing that lottery analysis critics feel comfortable in their defense, but know better than to apply the same logic to other forms of gambling. For example, they would be reluctant to say, 'Ever...

MEGA MILLION TO REACH 25 MILLION

2009-08-27T08:31:07Z

Sandra Batcher works the cash register at Colfax Market and Liquor in North Hollywood, Wednesday, August 26, 2009. This Friday's Mega Millions is expected to reach 25 million....

Tuscan villagers cheer outside the Biffi Bar, where a winning lottery ticket was sold in Bagnone

2009-08-23T11:10:49Z

Tuscan villagers cheer outside the Biffi Bar, where a winning lottery ticket was sold in the hill town of Bagnone August 23, 2009. An Italian from the small town of Bagnone, in the central region of Tuscany, won Europe's biggest ever lottery jackpot of more than 147 million euros ($210.5 million) on August 22, Italian state media reported. It was the first time anyone had picked the six number combination o...

Properties for sale are shown in a real estate agent's window in the hill town where a winning lottery ticket was sold in Bagnone

2009-08-23T09:35:52Z

Properties for sale are shown in a real estate agent's window in the hill town where a winning lottery ticket was sold in the Tuscan village of Bagnone August 23, 2009. An Italian from the small town of Bagnone, in the central region of Tuscany, won Europe's biggest ever lottery jackpot of more than 147 million euros ($210.5 million) on August 22, Italian state media reported. It was the first time anyone ...