Ripoff? Hummmm. Never bought bottled water have you? Depending where you live, one bottle of water equals a Power Play ticket.

Without marketing, life would be dull. No movie awards. No music awards. No lottery. Marketing is the name of the game - thats why the annuity is the only number listed on the ticket machine.

What I am saying is that there is no bonus (free) ticket without paying an additional dollar for the Power Play option!  When you bought five Cash 5 tickets, you got one free.  Here, you have to pay DOUBLE for the ticket (bec. of the power play) and buy a block of 5 doubled to get the free ticket!

So I'm not against Power Play; I'm against being made to buy the additional Power Play option in order to get the free ticket!

That's not GOOD marketing.  Why market a game whose jackpot is allegedly marketing itself or should be?  That's why I think sales are not good or commensurate with former levels.  If I'm wrong, it's just plain greed on behalf of PA.

But hey, if your randomly picked free ticket gets you the jackpot, more power to you.

Make millions? I don't think so. Pick 10 is one of the worst performing games in the country. What makes you think it would do so well here?

kansas has a game for the powerplay and i like that more. sure i could win more money if i won with my extra 2 dollars. still the odds for winning on the kansas promotion is better. too bad i can't buy more. i wishi i could. just too far away.

One of "the worst performing games in the country"?  What exactly do you mean by that, Jimmy?  Keno is one of the most beatable games if you are savvy with the unique data software yields about it.  I've been studying it for 2 months and am working on a system that hopefully will be completed by November so I can test it out.

I'd like you to substantiate specific data that says New York does not profit from its Keno players.

Personally, having studied this game for a number of weeks, it seems more exciting to try to beat, given the unique data I referred to as opposed to the "tried and true" Cash 5, Pick 6 games (which I like), and those two uncrackable games-- MM and PB.

So, Jimmy, tell me please what you mean and what info you have to back that up, thanks.

:-)

You don't seem to understand that they are trying to get people to try Power Play.  They are not marketing the Powerball game itself, they are marketing the Power Play option.  You don't get people to try it by not involving Power Play in the promotion! 

You also ignored the fact that they are giving a bonus worth 20% of the original purchase price.  I think it is great marketing.  You just don't like what they're marketing.

Ever since Power Play was announced it was and has been marketed.  Most people don't want to double their one dollar ticket price.  I would have gone for "buy 3 tickets with PP and get one free", not 5.  I guess their internal measures show not enough people are spending the extra dollar for power play, hence the promotion. 

O.K. So few people win anything at Pick 10. It's certainly not a hard game at 1 in 17 overall odds. Well, it's that not many people play it. At least not as much as the other games NY offers. I do agree with you Greg that Keno is an awesome game in any incarnation. And I'd love it if PA started offering it. But the fact is, bitter as it may be, Pick 10 itself doesn't get good sales, and I'm sure that's what you were referring to. But Keno does do well in a quick-draw format, especially in MA where it's the most popular game, even more than scratch-offs.

I suppose that would be a good question to pose to the Pennsylvania Lottery Marketing Department.

I PowerPlay when the jackpot is relatively low. But not for $167 million.