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Lotto Ticket
Lotto Ticket
Lottery tickets have a long and interesting history dating back to the Han Dynasty in China. Private lotteries were popular during the Roman Empire but lotteries as we know them today did not start until the mid 14th century in the Netherlands. In fact the Dutch Staatsloterij is the world’s oldest continually running lottery, dating all the way back to the 15th century. Since then lotteries have pretty much followed the same model; players purchase a lotto ticket in hopes of winning a large amount of money. Generally the lottery jackpot is the sum of all the money collected from lotto ticket sales minus operating expenses. If there is no winner the jackpot is usually rolled over until there is a winner which can create some pretty large jackpots.
At the present time there are 44 state lotteries operating in the US. States without lotteries include Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Most state lotto tickets are sold through a network of lottery retailers, typically convenience stores and gas stations. Players can usually buy a lotto ticket 24 hours a day except on draw nights. When purchasing a lotto ticket the player either selects his numbers or uses what is usually known as a ‘quick pick’ option where the numbers are selected by a random number generator. It is interesting to note that statistically most big winners used the quick pick option to select their numbers.
In Europe, Australia and New Zealand players may go online to purchase a lotto ticket. New Zealand has a sophisticated online lottery system and players can go to the Kiwi lottery website, establish an account and buy lotto tickets. In the event of a win the jackpot can be deposited directly into the players checking or savings account and all winners are notified by email. New Zealand is probably the only lottery website offering direct deposits. Large wins must still be collected in person. European lottery players can go to any official lottery website to purchase a lotto ticket.
In the US players cannot buy a lotto ticket online at state lottery websites. US players can purchase lottery tickets online through third party subscription services. These services purchase lotto tickets on behalf of players and hold the tickets until the actual lottery draw. If a player wins the lottery service will make arrangements for the ticket to be delivered to the player so the jackpot can be claimed in person as most state lotteries require. Players have a lot of options when purchasing a lotto ticket and rapidly advancing technology keeps making it easier and easier!
LaGrangeville Named the Jackpot Capital of New York
LaGrangeville Named the Jackpot Capital of New York
LaGrangeville, New York has been named the Jackpot Capital of Pennsylvania. LuckyLotto, an online lottery website, found in its study that LaGrangeville has more Jackpot winners per capita than any other city in New York. Located in the southeast part of LaGrange, New York, LaGrangeville has now been dubbed the Jackpot Capital of New York.
This comes as a surprise to Christopher James Bell, a filmmaker from LaGrangeville. “I didn’t know that LaGrangeville was the lottery capital of the world”, says Bell. According to Bell, LaGrangeville is a really nice play to grow up, but there isn’t much to do. “Maybe there’s something supernatural going on,” he says, “or maybe there’s so much nothing to do that people just scratch cards and pencil in numbers all day out of boredom.”
LuckyLotto, an online lottery website specializing in lottery news and information conducted a study of the lottery in New York that yielded some interesting results. LuckyLotto reported that LaGrangeville, in Dutchess County New York, has had more Jackpot winners per capita than any other city in New York.
According to the official New York lottery website, LaGrangeville, a hamlet of the Town of LaGrange with a population of under 9,000, is home to 3 Lottery Jackpot winners since 2001. LaGrangeville just might be the luckiest town in the US.
LaGrangeville is home to two recent Lottery Millionaires. In 2001, Gertrude Scaccia and her sister Nancy, of Hopewell Junction, split an $18,000,000 Lotto Jackpot. In February of 2008, Anna Marie and Steven Cuomo claimed their $1,000,000 Jackpot. Anna Marie and Steven won the top prize on the Lottery’s Liberty’s Millions scratch-off game.
More recently, in May of 2008 sixty-five year-old William Rao of Hopewell Junction won $1,000,000. Rao, who stopped in for a cup of coffee decided to buy a scratch ticket. Rao left the gas station with a cup of coffee and a $500,000,000 Extravaganza scratch-off lottery ticket worth $1,000,000.
Rao, who initially thought he had won $1,000 was elated when he saw the extra zeros and realized that he had actually won $1 million. Rao purchased his winning ticket on May 15, 2008 and claimed it at the Lottery’s Fishkill Customer Service Center on May 21, 2008. It is unlikely for a town as small as LaGrangeville to have even one jackpot winner, but to have three in less than 10 years, and 2 in the same year is unheard of! LaGrangeville must have four-leaf clovers growing up like weeds.
Anthony Galioto, who works in LaGrangeville, says he still tries to buy lottery tickets when he can but says, “I doubt I would hit until I turn about 85!” Anthony is evidence that there are still people in LaGrangeville who have not yet won the lottery, but it seems to me that there is no better place to try.
Even though there are still people in LaGrangeville who have not yet won the jackpot, their lottery success certainly warrants an award. Because of this amazing streak of luck, Lucky Lotto is pleased to name LaGrangeville the “Jackpot Capital of New York.”
Recent reports indicate that LaGrangeville lottery players may soon have another lottery option-the sale of online lottery tickets. New York recently allowed the cross sales of both Powerball and Mega Millions in an attempt to bolster flagging ticket sales and state lottery officials believe the ability of players to buy online lottery tickets could boost sales considerably.