The Night Googler was feeling out of the loop, wondering why there are all these Google searches going on for lottery related things. Here's a list of all of the current lottery-related searches, listed by rank:
1. mass lottery
2. massachusetts lottery
3. mega millions winner
4. ma lottery
5. mass lottery mega millions
6. michigan lottery
7. ocean county nj
8. ohio lottery
10. nj lottery
11. ga lottery
12. megamillions
13. nys lottery
14. virginia lottery
16. va lottery
18. ma lottery winning numbers
19. georgia lottery
20. new jersey lottery
21. md lottery
24. mega millions winning numbers
27. maryland lottery
28. ocean county new jersey
31. ny lotto
32. illinois lottery
35. megamillions lottery
36. nylottery
38. new york state lottery
41. ga lotto
47. nj lotto
49. michigan lotto
52. mi lottery
55. www.michigan.gov/lottery
63. texas lottery
64. new jersey mega millions
65. il lottery
72. megamillions numbers
87. michigan.gov/lottery
91. megamillions ma
That's an amazing 38 lottery-related searches out of the top 100! The reason was the occasion of the draw for the winning numbers in a multi-state lottery. No one won this time, sadly for all those ticket-purchasing Google searchers. By the way, the past winner was from Ocean County, New Jersey; this explains those search items.
The Night Googler wonders if the current economic woes are driving people more toward a quick fix solution: buy a lottery ticket, and all those problems go away.