Starting Jackpot: $231,502!
Next Drawing: May 29, 2005
Total Winnings Paid: $24,400!
CB2Bank is offering a weekly lottery that is based off of Lotto Texas and is easy to play. The Jackpot is constantly growing as each fee is added to the current Jackpot. Multiple people can choose the same numbers, so do not worry about someone taking your lucky numbers before you. Take a chance at the progressive jackpot with your $1,000 CB2$ ticket today!
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1. Choose 5 numbers between 1 and 44. These numbers cannot repeat each other. 2. Choose 1 bonus number between 1 and 44. This can be the same as a number chosen in step 1. 3. Send $1,000 to CB2Credit. (You can send one payment if purchasing multiple tickets.) 4. Post your number set (ticket) to this thread like this "1,2,3,4,5 BB 1". (You can put multiple sets in your post if purchasing multiple tickets.) At 9:12PM CST (usually 8:12PM Server Time) on Saturday, we will no longer accept numbers for the current drawing. 5. Every Saturday after 10:12PM CST (usually 9:12PM Server Time), check http://www.txlottery.org/ for the winning numbers! (We are only using Saturday's drawing in this contest.) 6. A new thread will be started every Sunday for the new weekly drawing! 7. NEW! Every ticket bought before 9:12PM CST (usually 8:12PM Server Time) of Wednesday will be good for an Early Bird drawing on Wednesday as well as the regular Saturday drawing. | ||||||||
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Match 3 numbers: 10% of the Jackpot will be split between all tickets that match 3 of the 5 numbers! Match 4 numbers: 40% of the remaining Jackpot will be split between all tickets that match 4 of the 5 numbers! Match 5 numbers but not the bonus ball: 75% of the remaining Jackpot will be split between all tickets that match all 5 numbers but do not match the bonus ball! Match 5 numbers and the bonus ball: 90% of the remaining Jackpot will be split between all tickets that match all 5 numbers and the bonus ball! All remaining Jackpot money will be rolled into the next week's Progressive Lotto Jackpot! | ||||||||
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1. How many tickets can I buy each week? You can buy as many tickets as you can afford. Each ticket is $1,000 CB2$. 2. Can I use the same numbers that someone else uses? Yes. Any number of players can use the same number combination. 3. Can I pre-pay for the same numbers for multiple weeks? No. It would be difficult to keep track of who has how many weeks left on their numbers, and how much of each purchase would go into which Jackpot. If there is sufficient interest in this, we may implement it in the future. 4. Are there any random number generators that I can use to "Quick Pick" my ticket? Yes. AllLotto offers one that is perfect for use in this Lottery. Just put in the max number of 44, set it for 5 numbers with Bonus number, and how many tickets you want to generate. The only drawback is that you can only generate up to 20 tickets at a time. LottoBets also offers a number generator. It does not choose a unique bonus ball for you, but it allows you to generate more than 20 tickets at a time. 5. Why can I not purchase numbers for the current drawing after 9:12PM on Wednesday or Saturday? The drawing will not happen until 10:12PM! This is to ensure that no one attempts to purchase numbers after the drawing is held. We decided on an hour buffer to prevent disputes regarding the timing of a ticket purchase. 6. What happens if no one wins any of the prizes? Any portion of the Jackpot left each week will roll into the following weeks Jackpot. The term Progressive indicates that the Jackpot will keep growing until a player wins. 7. Why do the wins say "Remaining Jackpot"? In the event of multiple winners winning different levels of the Jackpot, we will pay the smallest prizes first. The rest of the prizes are paid out of the remains of the Jackpot after the smaller prizes are awarded. This is to ensure that the prize amounts do not exceed the Jackpot amount. 8. Why are there no 100% winners of the Jackpot? Doesn't that break the rules of the Contest forum? We want this Lotto to keep going for a long time. To ensure this, we have designed the prizes to never exceed the Jackpot. No one is interested in a zero dollar Jackpot, so we have also designed the prizes so that a part of the current Jackpot will always roll over into the new Jackpot. This does not break the rules of the Contest forum because we are not profiting from this activity, we are only ensuring that each week has a Jackpot! For those who are still worried, if we ever decide to stop this Lotto, we will hold a final contest designed to award out 100% of any remaining money. 9. Why did my 3 ball prize end up less than $1,000? That's not even the value of an entry fee! The odds of a 3 ball win are 1:150, and that means it is likely for many people to win with 3 balls each week. If the Jackpot is low and multiple people win 3 balls each week, then it is possible for the 3 ball prize to be less than the entry fee. 10. How do we know that you won't short change the Jackpot or winning percentages and pocket the extra money? All incoming fees can be seen by viewing the Lotto threads, and all outgoing prizes will be posted in the Lotto threads. We invite you to review the numbers yourself. There may be occasions where we make a mistake (we are only human), and would be grateful to anyone who would be kind enough to point out our mistake! 11. What happens if this contest series ends before all of the Jackpot money is paid out? If this contest is brought to a final conclusion, then a final contest will be held to distribute all remaining Jackpot money. If a final contest cannot be held, then the money will be sent to TourneyPrizes per the Contest Forum rules (Central Bank if TourneyPrizes is not available).We would like to stress that every attempt will be made to hold a final contest to distribute all Jackpot money. Central Bank is only an option if circumstances render it impossible to hold a final contest. 12. If someone wins with 5 ball with bonus ball at the same time that someone wins with 5 balls but no bonus ball, the prize without the bonus ball is much bigger than the prize with the bonus ball! We are aware of this possibility. The odds of this happening make it very unlikely. At this time, we are still trying to decide how to handle it. At the moment, the two options are to have a 5 ball with bonus ball win cancel out all other winners, or to have a special ratio setup specifically for this event to ensure that the winner with the bonus ball gets the larger prize. 13. What are the actual odds of winning?
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