Texas Lottery
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14 members have voted
As always I welcome all questions, comments, and especially corrections.
The question for the poll is if you found yourself in Texas, would you play the Lottery (multiple votes allowed)?
Quote: AyecarumbaTexas doesn't collect state income tax. If a winner is from another state (or country), do they withhold?
I don't know. My guess is they would not, since it isn't Texas' job to collect taxes for other states and countries.
Quote: AyecarumbaTexas doesn't collect state income tax. If a winner is from another state (or country), do they withhold?
How many states withhold? Feds yes. states?
Quote: AZDuffmanHow many states withhold? Feds yes. states?
Good question. I know it came up in the Powerball thread that for Nevada residents, Arizona will charge a state income tax and California does not, thus a reason to buy tickets in CA rather than AZ. If I find an answer I'll let you know.
When they first introduced all or nothing, things were going fine for awhile and then I think they realized that if all odd or all even showed up they'd lose a lot of money. They suspended the game and added the pari-mutuel language and re-opened it.
http://www.txlottery.org/export/sites/lottery/Games/All_or_Nothing/index.html
http://www.txlottery.org/export/sites/lottery/Games/Texas_Triple_Chance/index.html
Quote: Texas Lottery PageThe Texas Lottery has an unusual rule that players of games where the grand prize is in the form of an annuity must choose whether to accept the annuity of a lump sum payment at the time of purchase. Why they bother everybody with this question, I have no idea.
Should that 'of' be 'Or' or did I misunderstand that?
Quote: MoosetonQuote: Texas Lottery PageThe Texas Lottery has an unusual rule that players of games where the grand prize is in the form of an annuity must choose whether to accept the annuity of a lump sum payment at the time of purchase. Why they bother everybody with this question, I have no idea.
Should that 'of' be 'Or' or did I misunderstand that?
"or" is what he meant.
Quote: rsactuaryWhen they first introduced all or nothing, things were going fine for awhile and then I think they realized that if all odd or all even showed up they'd lose a lot of money. They suspended the game and added the pari-mutuel language and re-opened it.
It would be interesting to read all the times that players beat a lottery drawing.
One famous example is when 110 people got all the white numbers in the Powerball, when on average only 4 do. The reason is the same numbers were printed on lots of fortune cookie messages. More on that: Fortune Cookie Leads to Record Number of Powerball Winners.
Quote: WizardIt would be interesting to read all the times that players beat a lottery drawing.
One famous example is when 110 people got all the white numbers in the Powerball, when on average only 4 do. The reason is the same numbers were printed on lots of fortune cookie messages. More on that: Fortune Cookie Leads to Record Number of Powerball Winners.
I don't know about other states, but here in michigan on the 3 & 4 digit daily draws, if a certain combination is picked enough times, they actually cut it off and won't let you choose it anymore.
Quote: IbeatyouracesI don't know about other states, but here in michigan on the 3 & 4 digit daily draws, if a certain combination is picked enough times, they actually cut it off and won't let you choose it anymore.
Interesting, and clever. I remember once in Maryland the player beat the Daily 4 game when the draw was 1-1-2-2 or something like that.
Quote: WizardIt would be interesting to read all the times that players beat a lottery drawing.
One famous example is when 110 people got all the white numbers in the Powerball, when on average only 4 do. The reason is the same numbers were printed on lots of fortune cookie messages. More on that: Fortune Cookie Leads to Record Number of Powerball Winners.
I just wasted about 10 minutes searching for a lottery that uses different colored balls and all white ones came up.
I have just realized that I am an idiot and the word "white" should be "right".
Powerball.
Apparently 110 players got all the white balls (many from a batch of fortune cookies),
But did not have the correct red Powerball.
'All the correct white balls' still results in a sizeable win, so that drawing would have been a loser for the Lottery company. Or would be if there was also I big winner, or two ;-)
Quote: WizardInteresting, and clever. I remember once in Maryland the player beat the Daily 4 game when the draw was 1-1-2-2 or something like that.
Can you clarify this statement please. When you say 'beat the lottery' I think of playing the lottery with an advantage. But the context seems to indicate that many players who were playing at a disadvantage all happened to choose the same winning numbers. Is that correct?
