Re-Cap of August 10, 2002 Lotto Jackpot Win
Available Funds To Pay One 6 of 6 Winner
Advertised Jackpot: $16 Million
Total Sales In Roll: $23,496,784

From This “Roll” With Total Sales - $23,496,784
5 of 6 Winners Won: $655,208
4 of 6 Winners Won: $1,616,696
3 of 6 Winners Won: $1,574,050
But, this is not the amount that will necessarily
be collected. Some of these funds will go into the
"Unclaimed Prize Fund" and will never be
returned to players.

This winner will receive all that is in the
prize pool plus an additional $647,171.
(25 checks of $640,000 less taxes)

Re-Cap of July 24, 2002 Lotto Jackpot Win
Available Funds To Pay One 6 of 6 Winner
Advertised Jackpot: $6 Million
Total Sales In Roll: $8,265,290

From This “Roll” With Total Sales - $8,265,290
5 of 6 Winners Won: $230,505
4 of 6 Winners Won: $567,671
3 of 6 Winners Won: $525,125
But, this is not the amount that will necessarily
be collected. Some of these funds will go into the
"Unclaimed Prize Fund" and will never be
returned to players.

The winner chose Cash Value Option. He will receive all that is in the prize pool plus an additional $360,907.80. The TLC chose to write into the rule that they will pay the 6 of 6 winner either the amount in the prize pool or the amount required to get a return of the "advertised jackpot amount" ... whichever figure was the greatest. Sure wish I had this kind of money so I could "over-pay" my debts too. And, I really wish I knew where they were getting the money since all games are independent of each other!

Re-Cap of July 17, 2002 Lotto Jackpot Win
Available Funds To Pay One 6 of 6 Winner
Winner chose "Annual Pay" - $160,000 per year
Advertised Jackpot: $4 Million
Total Sales In Roll: $3,843,864

From This “Roll” With Total Sales - $3,843,864
5 of 6 Winners Won: $107,200
4 of 6 Winners Won: $266,300
3 of 6 Winners Won: $260,835
But, this is not the amount that will necessarily
be collected. Some of these funds will go into the
"Unclaimed Prize Fund" and will never be
returned to players.

The 6 of 6 winner will receive all that is in the prize pool - plus an additional $786,685. The TLC "has" to guarantee the "amount advertised" because they grossly "over-state" the jackpot prize at this level. They chose to "gamble" that they would not have winners at $4 million. This is why they added those 4 balls - to make winning more difficult. And now they want to change the game again and make winning even harder. This type of business plan seems fishy to me - how can any business pay out more than they take in and why should a business even take such risks especially when they don't have to?

Re-Cap of July 13, 2002 Lotto Jackpot Win
Available Funds To Pay One 6 of 6 Winner
Advertised Jackpot: $9 Million
Total Sales In Roll: $13,814,656

From This “Roll” With Total Sales - $13,814,656
5 of 6 Winners Won: $385,227
4 of 6 Winners Won: $948,298
3 of 6 Winners Won: $974,270
But, this is not the amount that will necessarily
be collected. Some of these funds will go into the
"Unclaimed Prize Fund" and will never be
returned to players.

The 6 of 6 winner will receive all that is in the prize pool - $5,184,917 - less taxes. The TLC did not need to take funds from reserve to make good on this win. Keep in mind, the reserve fund comes from the players share of sales.