When you buy a lottery ticket do you prayer that you win the Jackpot?Reply
The reason we see really big jackpots and extremely steep odds is that the lotteries pay attention to ticket sales. The increased revenues come from steep odds and big jackpots. It's possible that substantial numbers of regular players would prefer lower odds and more winners of smaller jackpots, but overall that isn't what puts the most money in the states' coffers. One drawing with a $100 million jackpot can bring in more than twice as much as a minimum jackpot, and $200 million can bring in 4 ...
Yesterday, 3:28 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion forum

Kansas: 11/1 - 11/30/2009Reply
Kansas must be having a sale on doubles. Nothing I used hit the 455. Of course it was in the Box but it wasn't playabe Soooooooo 11/20/09 NC's The Box 455/456 677/678 899/890 011/012 233/234 455/456
Nov 19, 2009, 10:49 pm - Wheeler - Pick 3 forum

Only 109,999 chances I won't win a million? - Here's my $20! - Gimme a raffle ticket!Reply
They've finally sold over 50,000 tickets as of today, but if raffle sales are this bad down here, I wonder how they're doing elsewhere in the country. You have a 1:492 chance of winning anything at all with ours, and a 1:29,412 chance of winning at least $5,000 or more. When you look at it from a matter of fact perspective instead of focusing on the odds, you're hoping that your ticket will be one of the 2,034 winning tickets...out of the 1,000,000 tickets available. I can understand why peop ...
Nov 19, 2009, 10:26 am - recoveryroad - Lottery Discussion forum

Arkansas lottery to sell Mega Millions ticketsNews Story
The Arkansas Lottery Commission agreed Tuesday to sell Mega Millions tickets next year, making multi-state jackpots available to lottery participants four nights a week instead of two. The panel unanimously voted to begin selling tickets for Mega Millions by Jan. 31. The state already sells tickets for the multistate Powerball game. Arkansas Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue said he didn't know how much additional money the state would get from the Mega Millions game. Arkansas has sold $ ...
Nov 18, 2009, 10:56 pm - Todd - Lottery News forum

Only 109,999 chances I won't win a million? - Here's my $20! - Gimme a raffle ticket!Reply
I'd be nice if they still end sales on the planned date and still award all the prizes. I don't reckon they'd do that though.
Nov 18, 2009, 2:43 pm - rdgrnr - Lottery Discussion forum

Missouri Lottery director resigns amid rift with state commissionReply
All states have liability limits on their daily games. They stop selling when the payout liability is at $2 million - it does not mean they collected that much. It's to prevent a massive payout if a certain number were to come up. And most states are reporting a drop in sales - people are playing less, not more.
Nov 12, 2009, 7:42 pm - Captain Lotto - Lottery News forum

Missouri Lottery director resigns amid rift with state commissionNews Story
The director of the Missouri Lottery is on his way out. Executive Director Larry Jansen said Monday that he was resigning in response to the Lottery Commission's interest in changing the agency's direction. Lottery sales fell nearly 3 percent last fiscal year after peaking at almost $1 billion in 2008. Gov. Jay Nixon's administration has cited a continued decline in Lottery sales as a reason for cuts to Missouri's online school and some other educational programs that depend on its proceed ...
Nov 9, 2009, 10:52 pm - Todd - Lottery News forum

Multi-state lottery shockwave sweeping AmericaReply
I would say they appear to be testing the water (NY) on this one. For the past several months (I forgot when exactly) the regular lotto has only increased by 500k instead of the usual 1m it use to between plays with no winner. They say it is due to lower sales. Then they started the sweet millions which is played on Mon and Thu (Off days of both the Mega and the Regular Lotto) and possibly a future thought of the Powerball. It would only make sense if the sweet million did well on the off days, ...
Nov 9, 2009, 7:10 pm - hobber - Lottery News forum

Canada's New Lotto Max: Rigged!!Reply
ALL lotteries should use balls and be filmed and the video placed on the lotteries website so players can review the drawings. Any lottery that uses a computer, does not record the draw and doesnt make the draw accessible for review and doesnt allow the public to see the actual draw is, IMO, rigged. (The Indiana Lottery does all the above and is 100% rigged). And they wonder why sales are down 17% from last year.
Nov 7, 2009, 4:38 pm - vistaguy - Jackpot Games forum

Multi-state lottery shockwave sweeping AmericaReply
Since states participating in either the PowerBall or the MegaMillions games have to contribute a third of local sales for their tickets to their jackpot pools and also pay other prizes out of those sales also, they may think hard and long before deciding to offer both games. That formula might change if every state start selling both games.
Nov 7, 2009, 1:37 pm - RJOh - Lottery News forum