Common Lottery Questions archives - page 2 of 4

The Powerball lump sum is calculated in two stages.

Firstly they determine the basic lump sum amount (which I’ll explain in a moment). Then taxes are applied after that.

Your lottery ticket says ‘results not in’ because it’s too early to check that ticket.

I’ll explain why it happens in a moment.

It can be a confusing because the phrasing is a bit odd. It’s sort of a shortened version of “the results haven’t come in yet”. Which means the results haven’t ‘arrived’.

Syndicates win the lottery all the freakin time.

But there are good reasons why – starting with just what we really mean by a ‘syndicate’.

Let’s get into it.

There are 91 countries that have a lottery.

Given there are only 195 countries in the world, that means 46.67% of the world’s countries have lottery games.

Which Countries Have a Lottery?

First up a warning: if somone has contacted you via social media, text message or email saying they are giving away their winnings, be very, very wary. Because it’s probably a scam.

Some winners have genuinely given away their money, but they gave it to charities or family/friends etc. Read on to enjoy their stories instead.

Simple question right?

Well it depends how the ticket was bought. And on a couple of other things too.

But let’s dig in and figure out if (or how) you need to split your lottery winnings.

Gifted Scratchcard Wins: Should I Share My Winnings?

This is a really interesting one. If someone gives you a lottery ticket as a gift – and it wins – are you under any obligation to share some of the winnings with them?

When your lottery ticket says see retailer, it can mean a bunch of different things.

Here I explain what they are and what you can do about it.

Two Main Types Of ‘See Retailer’ Message

This is the first thing to understand – there are 2 main kinds of these messages.

OK, I know that technically the correct singular form of ‘dice’ is ‘die’. Or rather – it used to be…

Because things have changed. Language has a tendency to evolve. Sometimes for the worse (don’t get me started on ‘decimate’ – it’s literally got ‘deci’ in the word!).

And dictionaries now define ‘dice’ as the modern singular and plural form.

The number of genuine attempts to ‘rig the lottery’ can be counted on the fingers of one hand — and still leave fingers left over for future use.

Why? Because in any country where the Government is generally not corrupt the national and state lottery games have overseers, auditors and just plain lots of people involved who aren’t dishonest and ‘notice stuff’.

Chief Polar Bear has a new toy – but it’s much misunderstood in the North Pole this concept of ‘wheels’.

It works, but sometimes he can’t help thinking the hype is better than the reality. (Especially when it comes to skateboards in the snow, and it tends to do the snow thing a lot round here).