Interesting....
Here in Colorado, it seems like you have to put down a lot more money and the return is a lot less than in the past.
When lottery was first introduced here in Colorado, a dollar would buy you the chance of winning around $1,000,000. Don’t know what the odds were... probably pretty slim.
Now a $2, $5, $10 ticket will buy you a chance at $10,000. I don’t know the odds here either. Maybe just as slim.
Maybe the State has figured out how to game the system and make more money and they know that people who play won’t figure it out.
Last week, Ginther won over $1 million in the Texas lottery for the fourth time. She won the top prize of $10 million on a $50 scratch-off lottery ticket she bought in Bishop, Texas. Her odds of winning were 1 in 1.2 million.
Ginther's $10 million is one of three top prizes in the "$140,000,000 Extreme Payout" scratch-off lottery game. Of her four big lottery wins, this is her largest yet.
Her latest lotto success brings her total winnings to over $20 million.
No one knows Ginther's secret for winning. In fact, no one knows much about Ginther at all. She requested minimal publicity from the Texas Lottery Commission, and did not return calls for comment."
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/texas-woman-wins-millions-lottery-fourth-time/story?id=11097894