For some winners, the huge amount in a jackpot is so large they don’t care about losing some of it. Yet there are millions of dollars at stake in the large games the longer the check remains uncollected after the draw.
Read MoreTake a break and listen to this catchy song. “Love is a lottery, but you got your numbers, and you're betting on me,” sings British singer/songwriter Jade Bird, with her breakout single “Lottery.” This song explores love and lottery. Lyrics.
Investigative reporter David Menzies says lottery players may have noticed big changes to the Lotto Max game on May 11. It has bigger jackpots, more draws and more prizes. But he says missing from some ad campaigns promoting the lottery is the fact that an extra number has been added, worsening the odds for the main jackpot by some 5 million to one.
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Some event are unpredictable. This Mega Millions winning couple collected their $1million prize just a day before their ticket expired.
You wake up. The alarm has gone off at the same time each work day. You have breakfast and set off to work as usual.
Read MoreRobert Carter wins a $1 million Powerball prize from the Virginia Lottery. Prizes like this are possible and available to Silver Lotto players every week.
Dave said the other day that he knew how my System worked. I listened intently.
Read MoreUrbandale $1 million Powerball winner Robert Winburn said his system finally paid off after 20 year's trying. But Silverites would be astonished at how long it took and how wackily his 'system' was designed.
Read MoreWinning is easy to understand when you relate it to finding a rare car on the road.
Here's why playing the same set of numbers as often as you can leads to more wins. What you are really doing when you play the lottery more frequently is increasing the opportunities to win, and this can be shown with this simple example.
Read MoreRenae Smith won $100,000 in the Georgia Lottery on her 48th birthday. Here’s why it matters…
Choosing the correct numbers according to my System is such an important part of winning the lottery.
Yet many players still use horoscopes, lucky number guides, hot and cold number patterns.
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The blurb says: "Let the lotto numbers pick themselves for you! Just shake, shake, shake the $8 pen, and let the selected numbers be your lucky guide to winning. The unique 'Baby Rattle' design features lotto type balls with numbering on 2 sides for easy viewing. Good for Mega Millions and Powerball.”
We suggest you stick to the Silver Lotto System - but have a laugh at this!
It's easy to look at the many millions of dollars in many lottery prizes, and completely forget where that money comes from.
These funds are collected from a huge number of players just like you and me. Each of us putting in maybe a couple of dollars, or up to thousands of dollars a time.
Read MoreThere’s actually a worse way to fill in your lottery tickets than using fortune cookies.
Among the many basic lottery number mistakes I tell players to stay away from are ticket patterns. These are lines which form a pattern on the coupon, and they really say "I have no idea what I'm doing."
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How quickly after the draw do you check your lottery ticket numbers?
Some players wait until the next game to buy their new tickets and get the past draw checked then.
Other players check immediately after the game has finished. When do you get your tickets checked? Share your times with us!
TIP: Don't forget to always have your tickets checked by the store machine. Human error - like mistaking a 7 for a 1 - could be a big problem when your jackpot millions are at stake.
The first draw shown here in New Zealand was made in 1987.
Last night the largest number of players ever to win a First Division jackpot prize in New Zealand were probably wiping away their tears of disappointment.
Read MoreYou only need 6 numbers and 1 ticket to win $307 million, as John Scroggs discovered in March 2018. John won playing the California Powerball lottery game.
"Ken, I'm broke, what's the least number of tickets I need for the Texas Lotto to get some wins. Rich."
Read MoreEach day, for a bit of variety, I read the Daily Mail Online website. And it never ceases to amaze me.
Because one day this popular online version of the newspaper, ranked 174th in views on the net, will be telling you that a lifestyle habit will shorten your life.
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Big money prize with a daily game: Doug S. won over $207,000 in a Fantasy 5 jackpot in February, 2016.
Want to increase your winning chances and play more often? A 5-ball game may be what you need.
The Silver Lotto System is designed to work on a number of lottery-style games with 5 balls, 6 balls, and 6 balls with a bonus (7th) ball.
I've concentrated on the 6 ball games because of the large jackpot numbers, but there are some advantages in playing 5 ball games:
Coincidence, or tampering? This was the question raised by Thai anti-goverment groups about the winning numbers in Sunday's Thailand lottery draw. They say the numbers appear to have been taken directly from the license plates of two government vehicles.
Thai caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra leaves a cabinet meeting in Bangkok. Photo: The Star
Lottery Live is an interactive lottery ticket management app for iPhone that will virtually ensure that you never miss out on your lottery prize.
Lottery Live uses unique number recognition software so you can take a picture of your lottery ticket and upload it to their server, or simply manually enter your numbers.
After the lottery drawing, Lottery Live will:
The $400 million Powerball jackpot hits the top spot at a convenience store in the Minneapolis skyway system. Photo: AP
Prepare to be shocked. That $400 million jackpot for today's Powerball - how much do you think you'll get?
Here's how the advertised prize differs dramatically from what you receive...
I'm always interested in lottery predictions, so when famous UK magician Derren Brown appeared to predict the National Lottery numbers on live tv a while back, it seemed an amazing illusion. Most people struggled to figure out how it was done.
Then film-maker Cyriak Harris (in the video above) showed how it could happen, and I can tell you this - the only prediction service that works without trickery is my LottoPredict! You can see the original trick here. Now watch this amazing 30 second expose by clicking the video.
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