WINNER, WINNER, WINNER: Ohio Mega Millions Player is Winner of $99 Million
Somewhere in the midwest, an Ohio Lottery player (or players, if it is a pool) has a Mega Millions ticket worth a pretty cool $99 million. The Aug. 5 Mega Millions draw produced one winning ticket, the Ohio ticket. The winning numbers are 6, 24,28,33,42 and Mega ball 19. So check your tickets. And we’ll [...]
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Posted on August 6, 2011 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Picking Numbers
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Virginia Lottery Player Can “Remodel” His Life, Thanks to $100,000 Win
William Shellnutt, 20, said he plays the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game because of the odds. Now he has a new reason to like it. He actually won. Shellnutt, of South Riding, matched all five numbers in an early July Cash 5 day drawing to win the game’s top prize
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Posted on August 3, 2011 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Picking Numbers, Stories
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$100,000 Winning Numbers Come to CT Lottery Player in a Dream
Many people have favorite lottery numbers that they like to play and quite often, those numbers are found in the most common places—license plate numbers, phone numbers, flight numbers, even in the price to fill up your car at the gas pump.
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Posted on June 7, 2011 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Picking Numbers, Stories
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Do Quick Pick Numbers Win More than Playing Your Favorite Lucky Numbers? An Expert Speaks Out
In my book (and in frequent postings) I talk about whether quick picks pull in more winners than playing favorite numbers. Theoretically it should make no difference. One set of numbers has the same odds of being picked as any other. That’s mathematics. But the empirical evidence shows otherwise
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Posted on January 21, 2011 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Lump Sum, Picking Numbers
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Two for the Money: Georgia Player Wins $1,000,000 Two Years After Winning $500,000
A Metter, Georgia man was grabbing his morning cup of joe when he was jolted by more than the java. Andrew Jones, 63, won a $1 million prize playing the Georgia Lottery instant game Maximum Green. This is the second big win for Jones, who won $500,000 playing the instant game Jumbo Jumbo Bucks in [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2010 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Picking Numbers, Stories
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Twice is Nice; Pennsylvania Man Defies the Odds. Wins $60,000 Playing a Scratch Game, Then $1.2 Million Three Weeks Later Playing the State’s Cash 5 Game
The odds of winning a top prize in any Pennsylvania Lottery game are pretty astronomical. I should know. I live in the state and play all the time. So whenever I hear about someone defying those long odds, I think it’s something you all should know about. To those of you who have won big [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2010 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Lump Sum, Picking Numbers, Stories
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Jackpot Winner Alert: $133 Million “Mega Millions” Top Prizewinner Bought Ticket in California
California dreaming? Someone’s life is about to change for the better. And it’s no dream. One ticket holder with a ticket bought in California has won $133 million. It could be one person. Or, it could be a lottery pool. We’ll soon find out. And I’ll let you know. The winning numbers, if you happen [...]
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Posted on August 28, 2010 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Lump Sum, Picking Numbers
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Georgia Mom Lands a $250,000 Prize While Waiting at Airport
I LOVE this story because of the pure fun randomness of it. Of course, that’s true of most lottery stories, right? Winning a quarter-million dollar prize has created lots of hoopla for one Douglasville, Georgia, woman and her family. While waiting for a nephew to arrive at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Renee Dingle purchased a [...]
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Posted on July 27, 2010 by DocLotto | Filed Under Lottery, Lump Sum, Picking Numbers, Stories
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All Hail a Chicago Player, Hits $12.5 Million Lottery Prize
Donald Lynn is Illinois Lottery’s new millionaire, winning the $12.25 million jackpot in the June 12, 2010, Lotto drawing. It was a quick pick, so thank the computer, Don. The winning numbers were 6, 21, 29, 36, 43 and 46. “Everyone has imagined what it would be like to win the jackpot, but the reality is different,” [...]
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Posted on July 19, 2010 by DocLotto | Filed Under Lottery, Picking Numbers, Stories
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Two Powerball Jackpot Winners Share $97 MIllion; Tickets were Bought in Ohio and Montana
Two lucky tickets matched the June 23 Powerball winning numbers and will equally share a $97 million jackpot. Those tickets were bought in Montana and Ohio. It’s rare when two tickets …unrelated… pick winners, considering the huge odds against them. But in happens. In the 1990s two separate winners in Washington D.C. shared $90 million. [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2010 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Lump Sum, Picking Numbers, Random Facts
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