The odds are good. Cash 5 here in PA used to have those odds until some knucklehead
thought it would be better to add more numbers hence increasing the odds by millions.
The raffle isn't as exciting as it once was for me, it's hum-drum now and with the offering
at 4 times per year, it's just another game they're hoping to profit from by holding it more
often.
PA already has too much going. The average person can't or just plain doesn't want
to play everything available: Cash 5, Match 6, Treasure Hunt, Cash 4 Life,
Daily 2, 3, 4 & 5 twice per day and the national games to boot...PB & MM.
A little bit of something is better than a whole lot of something. There is no thrill especially
considering many people come up blank. People will get wise to and grow weary of the
reason the lottery is using to justify having too many games: player demand. How many times
have I read a director or spokesperson saying: this is what the players want or we have
added games/increased frequency/added drawings twice per day due to player response
and need? The real reason is $$$$$$$$.
Enough already PA! It's become too much to keep up with and too much to keep throwing
money at and away. Right now they have too many 'fish' on the hook. It would be hard and
probably impossible to reduce the amount of games they have. Get rid of one type and people
who like it are probably not going to take up another in its place. This equates to lost profit.
The thinking process is way off in PA but the bottom line is making money and keeping current
in the offerings other states give to players. More games, more money, more fun for everyone,
right? No, they are wrong.
Way back Match 6 was ended but I think player complaints or a realization by the brains at hq's
that it was a game people actually liked and would spend money on brought about a revival.
That game is one I actually like and know I was frustrated and confused as to why they
stopped it.
Less would be more but no one understands that in this greed driven state. Sometimes
keeping up with the Jones's will make you wonder why you thought you could or even should.
Player satisfaction, hope and desire is what keeps these games going. All of these things will
be lost if someone in this state doesn't start showing some smarts instead of true colors.