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I’m going to be honest with you. My plan is to defy the odds and win either the PowerBall or the Mega Millions jackpots. People do it all the time, so why not me? I’ll tell you something else, part of the reason I write these articles is because I give a lot of thought […]

The problem with lottery pools is that the people who organize and join them really don’t expect to win. A bunch of coworkers gets together and each contributes a few bucks to buy lottery tickets on the off chance that they’ll win.  But since nobody seriously believes that they would win something against astronomical odds,

I’ve already written a couple of articles in regard to lottery pools. Just as a recap, a lottery pool is when a group of friends or coworkers all each chip in a minimum amount of cash, and the cash all goes toward purchasing lottery tickets. If one of the pool’s lottery tickets happens to be

So here’s a scenario for you to ponder: If I win the Powerball jackpot, that means I got 5 numbers correct plus the correct PowerBall number. But what this also means is that I meet the requirements of the lesser prizes too. In other words, I got 5 out of 5 right which would earn

So here’s a cautionary tale about lottery pools that needs telling. Lottery pools can be fun ways for bond-building between friends and coworkers, although the actual chances of winning remain extremely slim no matter how many people participate. But they don’t always go as planned, especially when big money is suddenly involved.  A group of

It’s common practice that friends or coworkers get together and decide to play the lottery as a group. A group of people pool their money together and buy a bunch of lottery tickets. The idea is that if they win, they win as a group. It doesn’t matter who in the group actually picked the

Did you ever wonder where the heck dice came from?  I mean, think about it: in what scenario did someone decide that they needed to throw some kind of marked little square in order to determine an outcome? Were dinosaurs shooting Craps back in the Cretaceous Period, snapping their fingers and calling for Lucky 7

I happen to be perusing YouTube and I stumbled upon a very interesting video. A gentleman was demonstrating what he called “Lottery Dice.” The name caught my attention, and since the word “Lottery” was in the title I decided to give the video a view.  The game was created by a man named Oskar van

Obviously, we all know how difficult it is to win the Mega Millions or the PowerBall grand prize. If it were easy, we’d have all won it by now.  I know from speaking with regular lottery players that constantly playing the lottery and winning nothing can be disheartening over time. Even winning the smallest prize

As a soon-to-be lottery winner, I often ponder what goes through the minds of huge jackpot winners in those hours leading up to the time they discover they’ve beaten all odds and have actually won. What’s going through their minds the moment they discover that they’ve won, and even more so, how do they find