N.Y. Lottery goes Hollywood

Comment #9

CASH Only — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:09:36 GMT

The $50 million prize has a cash option. However it's a 40% ripoff just like NY Lotto.

Comment #8

Chewie — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:40:03 GMT

I looked on the NY Lotto website and can't see anything about it there.

Comment #7

CASH Only — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:29:36 GMT

Naturally, I'm in Oklahoma when the NY Lottery announces this. I wish I knew the details about the prizes.

Comment #6

JimmySand9 — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 02:18:12 GMT

I'm almost certain that the $8,000,000 prize will be an annuity-only deal (and don't expect great odds either). The $50,000,000 prize, I'm not sure.

Comment #5

Chewie — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 02:10:32 GMT

Feel free to jump in, but isn't every single scratch off in NJ and NY annuity based? This way they can advertise higher amounts, get the sucker in the door, and then not have to pay that amount - those financing it will over 30 years will. If you and I were doing it, they would call it bait and switch. The state does it, its called, read the fine print.

Comment #4

Bradly_60 — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:57:51 GMT

This is an interesting idea. Didn't they have a drawing like this for the new milennium also? Lotteries should have drawings like this more often. Huge instate jackpots that tickets are sold over a certain period of time. I like the increase tickets also. I mean 7 plays for $10 when you can buy 1 for $2. It will be interesting to see how this game turns out.Brad

Comment #3

CASH Only — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:43:28 GMT

The payback % is important. But most of all is how the prizes will be paid.

Comment #2

qutgnt — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:13:47 GMT

What will be the payback percentage of this game

Comment #1

Chewie — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:11:23 GMT

I wouldn't mind being up there receiving the check, as long as the airplanes don't start shooting at the building. Any gimmick that makes money is a worthwhile gimmick.

N.Y. Lottery goes Hollywood

Lottery Post — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:45:00 GMT

The New York Lottery is teaming up with Hollywood for an unprecedented cross-promotion wedding the multimillion dollar King Kong remake to two new lottery games.One of the King Kong Millions games will feature scratchoff tickets offering a top prize of $8 million the most money ever in a New York scratchoff game.But the unquestioned big prize is a minimum $50 million jackpot in a separate drawing to be awarded Dec. 5 from the top of the Empire State Building, where King Kong famously per... [ More ]