Texas Lottery jackpot mess has critics enraged

Comment #10

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:37:20 GMT

the texas lottery lied,need i say more

Comment #9

CASH Only — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:35:41 GMT

There are other things to consider when comparing lotteries.

Comment #8

LOTTOMIKE — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:51:25 GMT

i'm sure some people lost trust with the texas lottery...

Comment #7

CASH Only — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:15:29 GMT

That would be a good idea.

Comment #6

Tnplayer805 — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:28:34 GMT

If sales were are dropping it's time for a promotion. Maybe if they buy $5 or $10 in tickets they get a QP free. As for games where top prizes are sold out I will not buy them. I like to know I'm not being lied to one the ticket were it says win up to so and so amount. That's false advertisement too.

Comment #5

orangeman — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 03:18:32 GMT

Texas is determined to make their cut, no matter what happens. It happened . . .Orangeman

Comment #4

CASH Only — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:38:20 GMT

The TX government may be corrupt, but at least it doesn't force winners into annuities like Mass NY.

Comment #3

RJOh — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:10:34 GMT

If sales are down 26% from last year, then it shouldn't be hard to figure that the amount of money for prizes would be down 26% too. TLC had a chance to check their estimates with the actual figures after each drawings and should have adjusted their future estimates accordingly. If they were trying to really be honest, they would have error on lower side of the actual amount, but that probably would reduced sales even further.RJOh

Comment #2

orangeman — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:06:07 GMT

Remember, the lottery was not created to make you happy or give you something to do in your spare time. It was created to raise money for the state of ( ), you fill in the blank. Orangeman

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atlasshrugged — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:50:00 GMT

I just looked at the LottoSouth ticket I bought on Saturday to find out what it said about the jackpot for that game. It said at the bottom of the ticket that the estimated jackpot was 7 million. The key word here is estimated! If I had won and the lottery commision had been off by a bit, I would have been disappointed but not truly ticked off. I mean, heck, anything would have been more than I had before the drawing. I really don't have any idea how these jackpot estimates are generated but I f... [ More ]

Texas Lottery jackpot mess has critics enraged

Lottery Post — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:30:00 GMT

Editor's Note: The following opinion article is not necessarily the opinion of Lottery Post, but is presented to illustrate how the latest Texas Lottery gaffe has fueled the fires of long-time critics of the Texas Lottery Commission (TLC). The article is written by Ken Rodriguez of the San Antonio Express-News.Ken Rodriguez: How Texas lottery advertised make-believe payoff for suckersThe sleight-of-hand Texas Lottery Commission has done it again. On Wednesday, the commission turned the Texas Lo... [ More ]