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A portion of each lottery ticket sold in Massachusetts goes back to the cities and towns where the ticket was sold.  Which Southcoast communities are winning?  Which are losing?

In May 1974, Massachusetts unveiled the nation's first "instant game" and according to The Boston Globe, each ticket cost $1 and offered payoffs as high as $10,000. This week, with the 40th anniversary of scratch tickets coming to Massachusetts, the Mass Lottery is unveiling a $30 ticket offering a grand prize of $15 million...

I never win..not even a penny back from playing Powerball, yet still I feel compelled to at least to buy one or two tickets.

I have never played Powerball before - ever. Today, I will do so and I really want your help. The Jackpot is 550 Million Dollars. It will never happen, I know this, but what the hey.

Every number should have an equal chance of being drawn with no number more likely to come up.  However, experts who have studied the Powerball lottery found the most-commonly drawn numbers.

Hey Friends, I gotta say something about this. Even if you hate the lottery or gambling, you really should just go play for the fun of it.

On Saturday many anxious lottery ticket holder were disappointed and excited at the same time. No winner for the weekend drawing, but the jackpot has now gone past $400 million.

I'm not a big gambler, maybe an occasional scratch ticket now and then. And not even the 10 dollar ones. I"ll plop down 2 bucks in hopes of winning a few thousand. Why?

So what seemed to be a very normal Tuesday, turned into a fantastic over the top Tuesday!

Well, another Powerball jackpot gone by without me buying a ticket. This time only ONE person won, and for a cool 335 MILLION. I don't know what it is, but I never have any ambition to go get a ticket. Maybe the jackpot just seems too out of reach, or maybe the odds are so high...