used to play this game every draw, a few months ago I changed to only when the Jp went over 6M

now maybe I'll up that to 10M unless the changes produce a lot more winners.

Not liking the way double play is implemented anywhere.  The prizes are just terrible.  They would probably make more money if they just had an instant match option with its own separate jackpot.

That will be similar to Florida's Lotto.

Better chances but for wheel players and full system players not good because of paying more money. Many will stop playing.
A 6/42 would have been fine.

Versus 6+1 / 45 Belgium, 1 line for 1.25 with luckycode that basically doesn't pay and has nothing to do with that. 
They wanted to force you to play joker, we said no. When we say no, we mean no! They raised the price, made the payout table wrong and worse. They last added the 1+1 payback but rose the costs from 1 to 1.25 euro. You don't play for the reserve number, you play for the 6 first as those are crucial for the 6/6.

Winstverdeling Lotto van woensdag 30 maart 2022

You note that our 3/6 stayed bet * 5 over many years.

Sorry, I modify, That will be similar to Florida's Lotto, and Colorado's Lotto.

Also, New Jersey's Pick 6 return to the previous 6/46 matrix, between somewhere in 1980 and September 2000.

While its never easy for change to be accepted/embraced, sometimes it's dictated by certain conditions.......That change should be made with those that it impacts the most in mind. In this case the change affects us, the gamblers. Reducing the odds  selling/telling us instead of a 1 in 14 million we can now feel good about the odds would be 1 in 10 million......starting to feel luckier already.....as well as increasing the price of the ticket, sighting features the weren't requested and should be considered optional.........thanks for keeping the starting jackpot the same, & thank you for not adding another drawing day into the equation.......

What is overlooked in the new Pick 6 changes is the possibly negative feature of this change by the New Jersey Lottery that will actually DECEASE individual prizes for almost all winners except for the jackpot. That's because the New Jersey lottery pays out on a pari-mutual system where the money in the pot is divided by all the winners. Pick 6 previously had the multiplier as an optional purchase for an additional $1, which many players declined to do. So for example, according to a November  NJ Lottery press release, on one draw, 5 players hit 5 out of 6 numbers for a win of about $4,000 but only one paid for the multiplier, which was 5x, turning that one ticket's value into about $20,000. Under the new $2 ticket that includes the multiplier, all those players would would have their wins multiplied and then divided up five ways, hence each ticket multiplier would yield an additional $16,000 but divided five ways, making each ticket worth about  $7,200. The original $4000 plus $3,200, a fifth of the additional $16,000. The good news, of course, is that all the players would see their hit multiplied instead of just the one that walked away with $20,000. As for the double play, we jokingly call this new concept, double lose, but at least it is optional. I do give the New Jersey Lottery credit for trying to liven up the game hoping to return it to its glorious high sales and high profit days of 20 years ago before Powerball and Megamillions came along and left it in the dust.

Less winners for 2+ and less chances for 2+.
It should pay more than 3/6 and 3/6 doesn't pay enough as it was *5 with less balls.
The 1+1 budget should have been added to 2+ in the first line. 
Some said that they were drunk when they decided how much should be paid in the lower price categories.
3/6 still is not easy to get. 2+ is like a "great!" and when looking at the payout, it is like "<b></SNIP></b>!"!

The 5/6 has a shameful payout, the 5+ is a nice amount of cash.
Unexplained are the payouts of 6/6 that vary much.

Those are the old odds.  The new odds will look like this:

You can add Hoosier Lotto ;-)

Sorted table. 2+1 is above 3+0.

Just so I'm clear.  It sounds like they are saying that each ticket that an individual plays will carry its own multiplier amount for non jackpot hits?  So if I but five tickets, there could be a 3x multiplier on one, a 2x on another , 5x on another, etc?  With the multiplier option NOT being a choice, I'm guessing theres no chance that they will not have a useless 1x multiplier as one of the possibles.

Oh I forgot Indiana's. Thx. So sad I can't delete/modify my comment. Lottery Post pls.

No, I believe everybody will get the same multiplier that is drawn after Pick 6 numbers - 2x, 3x, 4x or 5x, similar to Powerball and Megamillions. However, many people don't know that under the current New Jersey Lottery Pick 6 game there is only one 5x ball, two 4x balls, three 3x balls and four 2x balls. So the 5x has 1 in 10 odds of being drawn and the 2x has 4 in 10 odds, etc. But again the good news is everyone that that matches 3 numbers of more will have there prizes multiplied, jackpot win excepted.

You can edit/delete a post if you catch it in time!   Done it before.

I stand corrected. On re-reading the press release about New Jersey's new Pick 6 structure, it does say each ticket will include a prize multiplier up to 10x, rather than the way it is done now for Pick 6 and the national draw games. Seems complicated and kind of unfair for everyone to pay the same $2 but some players get greater chances to win more money. The new game starts this week so we shall see. I personally do not play or pay for add-ons and any ticket that costs more $2 or more I only play when the jackpot is extremely high.

This a pattern with Lottery states- (the gambling association). They are always working on creative new ways to milk more money from the working man who is just looking for and hoping for a dream win. A chance to break free from the bondage of Debt and maybe buy and pay for those things they may never have otherwise. They have to keep tweaking the game so it looks like they are making it easier for you to win. They change the price, change the numbers adding more or less. They may change the min jackpot. Face it, these people are experts at making the most money for themselves First! The lottery games that have the winning number selected by a computer is easy for their expert programmers to pick a number that pays out the least amount each drawing. They can decide when a jackpot gets won. A computer instruction can execute in a millisecond. A computer database has all the numbers played that night hours before the drawing and has plenty of time to run and analyze, produce a drawing result. That's why the store terminal will have a shutdown curfew like for example 7:30 pm for the purchase. If the store sells a ticket at 7:45 for example it will be for the next drawing. What is needed in this country for fairness is a National standard method for all Lotteries to be drawn, televised for your local lottery games. We need a standard method of drawing numbers that is fool proof and maintains a "Chance" drawing, not a selected outcome.

Let's face it,  when the lottery system has state/Federal politicians and bureaucrats involved in the Lottery profits it opens the doors to anything, BUT you already know that! We now live in a country that has too many corrupt minded people always gaming the system and the honest hard working Americans. The US lottery system involves Billions of dollars weekly it's not chump change.

Well said, djphin. All of this tweaking and add-ons such as double-play is the pure greed of the state and national lotteries that have reaped untold billions of dollars in profits over the last 30 years or so and want even more. Of course no one is putting a gun to anyone's head and making them gamble, but obviously the more so called chances to win the lottery offer the more people you reel in.

And you also hit the nail on the head about computerized drawings by the same computer that has all the data on all the wagers, etc. - a fool's bet if ever there was one - against the computer that had to be programmed and cannot be truly random.

My success in these lotteries really has come from playing low-odd games such as Pick 3 and playing multiple straight tickets and a few combos of the same number. I have won large amounts on several occasions since I started playing in 2015 but I know I am probably not ahead of the game, but I sure had fun spending the large lump sum wins.

djphin let me welcome you to the Lottery Post!

This is a very well thought out and unfortunately true post.  The # escapes me, but you are 100% correct in your last sentence.   The figure escapes me but it is in the billions.

Hopefully will remember to send KLC a FB message on 13 APR 22 for the death of mechanical ball drawings two years ago here.  Found that out the actual date looking up game rules for one of their games.  Their reply recently was no plans to re-introduce mechanical balls drawings but would bring it up in their gaming meeting.

Watch the drawing: The Xtra Ball was not drawn last night (04/07/2022).

The Multiplier feature is now included in the base price of a wager and generated by the Lottery terminal at the time of purchase. I guess it's printed on the ticket when you buy it.