Lottery Quotations

We've all heard stories of lottery winners, rock stars, heirs and heiresses, and professional athletes becoming millionaire morons who wake up rich but are broke by nightfall.

Those who have won the ovarian lottery by being born in an advanced society to loving parents have a special obligation to help restore the American Dream.

We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient.

I don't wear much makeup, except during work. I felt lucky to be chosen to be a model. I used to joke, 'The next best thing to winning the lottery is having a beauty contract.'

Our friend, Timothy J. Russert, was a man who awoke every morning as if he had just won the lottery the day before. He was determined to take full advantage of his good fortune that he couldn't quite believe and share it with everyone around him.

There may be less of a chance of losing all the money you put into a mutual fund than there is of losing all the money you put into lottery tickets, but you're never going to win big in a mutual fund.

The only education part of the lottery will come 10 years from now when we see that the money that was supposed to go to education isn't there, ... In one respect, getting this off the table may be a good thing. Maybe now we'll start concentrating on those things that will improve the lives of our people.

When you've got the excitement I've created -- my home runs are a lottery ticket -- then you've got a city that's excited, ... If you win, you're going to create excitement, but you've got to win games. You can't not win and expect people to come to baseball games.

With the lottery beginning in N.C. this week, the need for the quickest possible resolution of these issues is imperative.

We've got lottery in the state, so what's the matter with another way to waste money?

We want to see first how the lottery is received. Based on all of the polls, we're making the assumption that it's going to be very highly received. But a poll is a poll, and until we actually see what happens when tickets go on sale, we'll have a better idea by then.

Mr. Grunfeld and Jordan have accepted us with open arms, ... I've had phone calls, and I've felt like was a lottery pick all over again so I feel great. We're very happy, and I appreciate this.

Much as they are today, lotteries during America's crucial formative years were an important revenue source for building, linking, educating and protecting our country. In America's infancy, an investment in lottery was viewed by the public as an investment in the country.

My concern with the lottery is that I don't know if this will be new money on top of what we have already been getting or whether they will use some of this to supplant what they have already provided us,

On the border of Ohio and West Virginia, there was a muffler shop that was the top-selling location for Ohio lottery tickets for years. Location is a big determining factor.

One of the main reasons for the lottery scholarships was an attempt to stem the tide of many of the best high school students in South Carolina leaving the state. Clearly that is working.

If we have as many lottery retailers as we anticipate, then I look forward to the opportunity to go back and speak with the lottery.

I don't concern myself with the things that are swirling around. My concern is to get this lottery started up with integrity with a quality organization. And both of those companies ... have a proven track history.

I loved 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.' I read it later as an adult, but I loved 'We Have Always Lived in a Castle.' And that brings you around to 'The Lottery.' You can't pretend - it's a lottery in which you draw a name and people die. That's a short story, but it's such an incredible short story.

Frankly, I think if I won the lottery and won a billion dollars, I'd still want to continue doing this job. I love expressing myself through it. I've gotten to really love acting. And I've gotten to know Big Bird from the inside out so thoroughly it's like playing my kid. I can't imagine deliberately stopping.

I don't think we should be ashamed of the North Dakota Lottery. It is a very highly visible, very growth-oriented industry. As the director for the lottery, I don't think I would have a long-term tenure ... if I did not intend to promote sales of lottery tickets.

For those who forgot, he didn't come to a lottery team, ... He came to a world championship team. And most rookies are not going to come to a world championship team and break into the lineup, break into the rotation, and play.

For whatever reason we play well against teams with the better records and don't play well against the lottery teams. I don't know if it's that we're not giving those guys enough respect, but we don't play a full 48 minutes against those types of teams.

If some team told him they would take him in the first round, he might hire an agent and go. That's why I'm thinking it's so difficult for him. He's not a clear-cut lottery pick. If he was top 15, I'd make him go, I really would.

He has a secret ambition he's going to IPO and be a millionaire. This tech shakeup is going to change a lot of people's thinking. It's an upscale way of buying a lottery ticket. It doesn't come into the plan.

The people understand that this is a new era for our state. People will be led to believe the lottery is a cash cow for education, and it's not.

We're on our way now. This is our next major step, finding out the interest throughout the region. Once we get the applications and go through the lottery process, we will know who our students will be.

Today is a great day in the state of North Carolina. The greatest lottery winners will be our children.

Having a perfect wave without a good board, it's like winning the lottery right after your wife died.

We looked stagnant and out of rhythm and they took advantage of it. For whatever reason, we play well against the teams above .500 and not so well against the lottery teams. I don't know if we aren't giving them enough respect, but we just don't play a full 48 minutes against those type of teams.

We look forward to this new relationship with the Arizona Lottery. We recognized early on that it was an excellent opportunity for all involved - us, our viewers and people that play the lottery in southern Arizona. It's a win-win all around, and we're delighted to have been selected as the local television drawing partner.

He is probably right (about the) longer format, one-day cricket or like Twenty20 cricket the shorter the game the more of a bit of a lottery it can become,

We are going to put together as much information as we can to try to fill some of the gaps between what the lottery couldn't answer in their response to the Legislature.

It certainly doesn't look good (if found guilty), but I think we have to keep our focus on finding the best vendor to maximize the lottery ....

I think it's disappointing to everyone involved. At no other location are you going to have all 32 coaches and all 32 general managers. I liken it to the lottery - the more times you play, the more chances you have to win.

I think the people of Alabama now realize that they would rather have Don's lottery than Bob and Lucy's taxes.

Last few months I've been living with this couple, yeah, you know the kind who buy everything in doubles, I love their love and I am thankful, that someone has actually recieved the prize that was promised, by all those fairy tales that drugged us, but still to me I'm sick lonely, no laurel tree, just green envy will my number come up eventually, like love's some kind of lottery where you scratch and see what's underneath Its' sorry, just one cherry, I'll play again get lucky.

I think that one problem is ? and we really haven't looked at this seriously ? is where you draw the line. I think lottery protection ? I don't think it's one that's too serious because I think teams want to be in the playoffs, not the lottery. When you draw the line in other places, that's where a fan or a journalist could say what's the difference whether they're between 10th or 11th or 20th or 21st? And I think we just have to look at how that works, but I don't think we'd be limiting lottery protection entirely, we may just be limiting some type of protection.

I think it's unfortunate because there was a great deal of debate about not marketing the lottery to poor people. It doesn't take much to connect the dots. If you're pawning your possessions for money or don't have enough money to have a bank account, it's probably not a great idea to spend your money on lottery tickets.

I think it's tough to measure a lottery on the first stroke of a brush.

It is not our intent to give the entire lottery management to a vendor, ... A vendor is going to supply us a product. The lottery is going to be run by a North Carolina lottery (commission) ... by a director who staffs up.

I think that's the advantage to us in selling lottery tickets. We're sitting here close to the Arkansas line and we have a lot of people that come into Oklahoma from other states.

I think the advice to any investor is try to block out as much macro noise as you can but resist the temptation to think this is a market bottom -- it's a lottery ticket.

It is ironic that the legislation that may ultimately define his legacy, getting a lottery in North Carolina, could lead to his eventual downfall.

I think the sponsors understood that as long as the lottery discussions were ongoing, there was no real rush to consider those bills,

Our goal has always been to raise money for the state and public education. It's the reason the lottery exists.

Our athletes' performance in Turin will help us forge partnership with more international and domestic companies. Company sponsorship and the sports lottery should be important financial sources for China's winter sports.

Playing the lottery when the jackpot gets this big brings a lot of enthusiasm to our communities, but the real winners are the schools in Idaho.

Steele has been the best we've seen so far. If he had a Duke jersey on, he'd probably be in line for a (NBA) lottery pick. The kid does a little bit of everything. He can score, he can pass and he runs the team so well.

Some kids win the lottery at birth; far too many don't - and most people have a hard time catching up over the rest of their lives. Children raised in disadvantaged environments are not only much less likely to succeed in school or in society, but they are also much less likely to be healthy adults.

My view is that the lottery funding is a good source of funding, but I'm certainly open to another one. My ultimate goal is to fix the schools.

I think our view has always been we expect teams to try and win games, and if a player is not injured, you are supposed to play him. And from everything I have heard, these players are legitimately hurt. I think we ought to look at whether and how we allow trades to be made in the future. That is really the issue. But I don't think we have any particular problem with Minnesota right now. But it may be the same reason we have a lottery now is to give teams that don't win games a better percentage in the lottery.

I think many people end up taking buyout offers quickly because $100,000 (or some other lump-sum payment) can seem like a great deal of money, only to end up realizing after the fact that it wasn't enough to justify leaving. People need to avoid the wide-eyed feeling of I'm winning the lottery and make sure they think about if I am 50 I still got decades ahead of me.

I thought he needed another year because he was limited offensively. Just another year of basketball at the college level wouldn't have hurt him. (But) once we found out he was going to be a lottery pick, then for a player, you almost have to go. There really wasn't much of a decision there. For Chris, maybe that was his best time to go.

I think the Tennessee Lottery has really helped the Tennessee schools. A lot more than Kentucky. It's just given them a lot more opportunities and things and I think it's a good thing.

I think they realize I've done a good job for them, and they wanted to reward me and make sure I'm here for a few years. It's not a lottery deal, but I'm happy with it.

I was a waiter before 'The Office,' so to me, this was a winning lottery ticket. Everything about my life has changed.

We received and negotiated the lowest prices and best offering of any other recent lottery in any state.

We don't see this as (an expansion of gambling) because it's something that the lottery can already do. It's comparable to a new convenience store going up that sells lottery tickets. That wouldn't be an expansion of gambling.

We must reduce spending. Look at what the legislature is doing right now. They are getting $9 million from the lottery and are planning to spend it. Give the money back to the taxpayers. Raising income tax for property tax relief makes sense.

Unless you're a lottery winner, you just can't do it.

Well, Mary, if I won the lottery tonight, I'd end up buying the depot. That's been in my dreams for years, to be restored to its original condition.

Well, Mary, if I won the lottery tonight, I'd end up buying the depot, ... That's been in my dreams for years, to be restored to its original condition.

The decision to go from an individual state lotto game to a multistate game is a natural evolution. The way a lottery increases profits is to design games that appeal to the masses, to broaden the player base.

The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly fair lottery.

Well, sorry for them, but we're not going to be in the lottery this year. If this team doesn't have injuries, we're not going to be a part of that.

I've won Satan's lottery.

We are working to move from lottery to predictability so that all those who suffer receive aid.

There is a better chance of a person winning the national lottery than catching bird flu in the UK today.

We said it all along. Lotteries around the country are notorious for replacing general revenues with lottery money.

To the best of my knowledge, they have not requested this information of the lottery until today. We have been providing whatever they've asked.

The railroad does not dispute that that night was a horrific night. It should not be a lottery ticket.

This shows that lottery money is continuing to make an absolutely essential contribution to our film industry.

When you have people telling you that you're an early first-rounder - possible lottery - you have to test the waters.

When I went to the Maine State Lottery Commission as part of my investigation, they knew Mr. Dyer by name. Mr. Dyer told me he had a gambling addiction.

The governor's HOPE amendment is designed to keep the Democrats from spending lottery dollars on things other than HOPE and pre-K, which is what they did before Sonny Perdue was governor.

The governor has said before that he believes the lottery will do away with the video poker industry. But, it will be up to the General Assembly regarding legislation on the matter.

We see it as just another lottery game that's comparable to bingo.

We expect that it will sell out much quicker than a normal instant cash ticket. You might get some people that might not be regular lottery players but are Red Wings fans who would like to certainly win cash, but (also) some of the different prize packs. It's reaching out to the hockey fan.

There have been cases where one co-worker claims he bought the ticket himself and won't share, so it's worth making the office pact and writing it down in advance along with your lottery ticket numbers so there's no dispute between colleagues, the lottery and the IRS.

Brewer can create his own shot. He's a great player offensively and defensively and he's going to be a lottery selection. But he could use another year to work on his range as a shooter.

Everyone was congratulating me, patting me on the back. I had several people say I should buy a lottery ticket or go to Vegas.

Dying venture firms are like the walking dead. They can have years of staggering around with stakes in still active portfolio companies, hoping they're still holding a lottery ticket that could put them back in the game. If not, they just slowly wind down.

I see no danger is seeing persons spending a dollar on a lottery ticket, but I have had patients who spend enormous amounts of money just on the lottery,

The way I look at it, it's a free lottery ticket. It's not going to cost (much). And it only takes one business to come in.

The stacks of mail are piling in by the moment. It's great to see that those interested in being able to sell lottery tickets range from national chain retail stores and gas stations to individually owned general stores at every corner of the state.

Our confidence is coming back and that's a big part of our (winning streak). The shootout is like the lottery -- you never know.

Our advanced Lottery games are easy to play, immediate to deploy and aimed at meeting the strong surge in consumer demand for mobile gambling.

A friend bought me a plane ticket to Hawaii, which is where I got discovered and became an actor, so I guess a friend bought me a winning lottery ticket.

One guy yells out, 'Thank you, Mr. President! He says we deserve it and the guy says, 'I'm thanking you for my high lottery number!

Once you've opened that Pandora's box of selling lottery tickets, it's difficult to say you're going to sell them here and not there. But to have them on sale in places you go because you're strapped for cash, that ought to be thought about. There's something to that, that ... doesn't seem to be the best public policy.

Oh, yes! Now I can play the lottery much closer to home.

Do you really think that serving on the Texas Lottery Commission helps the resume of a Supreme Court nominee?

Decisions were clearly made about the lottery in back rooms. In a way, you can see the lawsuit as a second chance for North Carolina to do the right thing.

(Coach Eddie Olczyk) and I are good friends, and we talk a fair amount, ... I think it probably would have been more enticing had the season picked up last February to do something (in Pittsburgh). But I actually called Mario (Lemieux) to congratulate him when the draft lottery when down, and he said, in passing, 'Are you going to play?' I said, 'No, I'm done.' And that was the extent of the conversation.

Despite this decades-long setback, America's fascination with lottery games would continue, as would the desire of states to find alternative methods of funding critical and worthy programs without raising taxes.

An implementation plan has been put into effect to deliver on our key objectives -- unlocking, maximizing and returning long-term sustainable value to shareholders while increasing and enhancing the value of our services and products to our lottery customers,

A second license in a matter of two weeks further illustrates the potential of our product in Europe, ... The fact that a government-run lottery has chosen to do business with Pegasus Gaming further validates us as a player on the world stage.

ATR was opposed to a government-run lottery for the same reason we're opposed to government-run steel mills,

You're basically having to judge what had the state been doing in those areas, and what is the lottery doing above and beyond.