{"668490":{"#nid":"668490","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Is there a strategy to winning Powerball and Mega Millions? Tips for picking numbers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith the Powerball lottery once again in the news, people dream about becoming the lucky ones who\u0026nbsp;put the mega in millions. Massive jackpots \u2014 that have only gotten more massive in recent years \u2014 feed those fantasies of mind-blowing winnings.\u0026nbsp;But lottery games are mostly only lucrative\u0026nbsp;for the private companies that states hire to run them, says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lewlefton.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELew Lefton\u003C\/a\u003E, who retired from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E faculty this year but is still affiliated with the Institute. Lefton is also a former Assistant Dean for Information Technology in the College of Sciences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith the Powerball lottery once again in the news, people dream about becoming the lucky ones who\u0026nbsp;put the mega in millions. Massive jackpots \u2014 that have only gotten more massive in recent years \u2014 feed those fantasies of mind-blowing winnings.\u0026nbsp;But lottery games are mostly only lucrative\u0026nbsp;for the private companies that states hire to run them, says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lewlefton.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELew Lefton\u003C\/a\u003E, who retired from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E faculty this year but is still affiliated with the Institute. Lefton is also a former Assistant Dean for Information Technology in the College of Sciences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-07-17 14:43:59","changed_gmt":"2023-07-17 14:43:59","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"USA Today ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2023\/07\/07\/strategy-to-win-powerball-and-mega-millions-tips-for-choosing-numbers\/11525489002\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-07-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-07-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"175670","name":"Lew Lefton"},{"id":"169090","name":"lottery"},{"id":"171359","name":"how to win the lottery"},{"id":"171365","name":"powerball lottery"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}