DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For all the anticipation about whether someone will finally snag the gigantic Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots, the games come down to two things: simple math — and very ...

From the comfort of his desk in the UCLA mathematics department, Skip Garibaldi uses his analytical expertise to help find lottery scammers across the country. Garibaldi, the associate director of the ...

Do you dream of winning a jackpot? Ever get lost daydreaming, imagining the freedom that a big lottery win could bring to your life? Well, looking at odds and probability, a lottery win is a matter of ...

The Palm Beach Post, with the help of some top-notch mathematicians, used some pretty sophisticated math to uncover fraud within the Florida Lottery last year. So sophisticated, in fact, that it’s ...