Ohio Lottery's new game three months without jackpot winner

Comment #23

Chewie — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 13:40:37 GMT

There is a sucker born every minute, we just need to make it easier for them to get across the border! How difficult is it to make the stupid feel smart? Powerball and Mega Millions do it twice a week, every week - it can't be that hard. Fewer words, bigger numbers, on the advertisement. That is all you need.

Comment #22

CASH Only — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:31:54 GMT

Go figure. LOP gets two jackpot winners in three weeks.

Comment #21

mylollipop — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:17:32 GMT

No like, No Play...

No money earned,

game will go away

Comment #20

RJOh — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 04:37:50 GMT

Tonight the game reached the half way point to a $20M jackpot, the point as which I plan to play again. I bought a few tickets for the first game, won zip and haven't played since.

Comment #19

CASH Only — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:40:15 GMT

Every US lottery except Florida has MM or PB. Florida will go multi-state after Jeb Bush leaves the governor's mansion.

Comment #18

RJOh — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:47:20 GMT

I think more than 60% of lottery players buy QPs and hope to get lucky. I doubt if more than 30% of lottery players are system players who study the games and pick their own numbers, it could be that states actually make more money by ignoring these players and having less winners. Since jackpots don't start from a zero amount, states have to invest more money to start a jackpot than roll it over. Ohio Lot'O Play jackpots start with a million dollars and only roll one to three hundred thousan... [ More ]

Comment #17

CASH Only — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:33:35 GMT

It doesn't seem to hurt PA Match 6, which also is a $2 game.

Comment #16

Iesha Kelly — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:59:49 GMT

and that would stop me right there, computerized drawing on top or not. quick picking is quick picking, but not allowing a person to choose an entire set of numbers if they so choose -- for $2 bucks, i can go elsewhere and feel more in control of my own destiny for bigger prizes. or play the pick 3s and pick 4s

Comment #15

CASH Only — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:25:33 GMT

What OH should have done was partner with Michigan (and possibly other states) with its proposed bi-state game. Lotto South notwithstanding, I'd like to see more multi-state JACKPOT games similar to Hot Lotto.

Comment #14

Todd — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:13:41 GMT

Most people don't understand taxes, so what's your point

Comment #13

NoCompLotto! — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:48:59 GMT

I'm not going to say I don't like this game, because I do (somehow, I win at least $10 every time I play), but the people who are just coming up to the counter for an impulse buy are going to take one look at the advertising material for it and say the hell with it. People who are in a rush plop a buck down on the counter and expect to get a ticket. When the clerk says You need $2 to play this game that person will probably say Well, give me a MM ticket instead and that will end up being t... [ More ]

Comment #12

LckyLary — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 05:00:06 GMT

It looks like fun, I wish they had it in nj, but I don't like most of the board being quick-picks. I guess that's only because it would be a bugger to fill out a bet slip with 25 numbers plus saying where the numbers should be on the board.

Comment #11

cps10 — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:11:59 GMT

It seems like an unwinnable and boring game to play. I am with Todd, don't replace traditional games, just supplement them. I would be willing to bet that hardly any of the die-hards that played SuperLotto Plus are playing Lot O' Play now. They have just shifted their money to MM. I go into the Meijer in Springfield, and in the past, there were lines to play SLP. But now, there are nothing but bored-stiff ticket operators ready to go crazy because nobody is buying tickets.

Comment #10

Think — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:45:54 GMT

Gah! If they cant understand a game like this then I guess I know why they cant understand that withholdings and actual taxes owed are two different things! A short history -http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005921.html

Comment #9

GrassHopper35 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:50:24 GMT

I don't like this game because you can't pick all of your own numbers.

Comment #8

CASH Only — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:07:26 GMT

I'm guessing that once the jackpot gets hit, there will be a steep drop in sales, and that OH will pull the plug shortly thereafter.

Comment #7

RJOh — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:20:14 GMT

I think players who want to understand the game understand it and the casual players who don't care to understand the game and are only interested in the jackpot size play MegaMillions instead. When the jackpot get big enough these players will probably start playing the game. I don't play the game now but I might when the jackpot gets to $20M+.Ohio not only want to make money with its games, it wants to keep the Ohio players playing in Ohio. When the Indiana and Kentucky lotteries have a few w... [ More ]

Comment #6

KY Floyd — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:00:29 GMT

Where's the market research that says their problems are because the game is too complicated? Maybe people just don't like this particular lottery game. The 1 in 6 chance of winning gets you you're purchase price back, but that just means you didn't lose money, not that you won. There's still an 83% chance that you'll lose your money. That's better than a lot of games, but where's the upside compared to other game choices? The game has rolled over for 3 months and the jackpot has only grown to... [ More ]

Comment #5

Hammer1 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:29:54 GMT

Lot 'O Play If you want this game to goway then don't play it and if you still play it you areSTUPID STUPID STUPID

Comment #4

Todd — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:23:00 GMT

Brad,You'd be surprised how games can seem very complicated for people who do not regularly play the lottery. The lottery needs to have games that are so simple that anyone can walk up and instantly understand how to play -- not just the people who take a few minutes to learn it.I'm not saying that Bingo-style games should be eliminated. I'm saying that they should always have simple classic-style lotto games supplemented with more complex games.Hopefully the lottery directors are listening.... [ More ]

Comment #3

jeffrey — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:11:50 GMT

I just have to post. The Ohio lottery wants profits, not winners. That has been its history and my experience. They reduced the initial jackpot from 4 mil to 1 mil and the increments from at least 1 mil to 100,000 thousand. Congrats Ohio lottery, I go to Indiana and Kentucky for lotto now.

Comment #2

Bradly_60 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:41:19 GMT

How is this game complicated? It's bingo. If you don't understand bingo.....well that just pretty bad. It's a jackpot style game with incredible odds what are they 1 in 6. If this game is to complicated for people to understand then we are a failing society. hahaBrad

Comment #1

Todd — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:03:22 GMT

This article states what I have been saying for a long time. State lotteries should always maintain simple, classic lotto-style games, rather than making these complicated games their bread-and-butter.If they want to add games like Lot 'O Play, do not replace classic lotto games with them, just add them to the lineup.

Ohio Lottery's new game three months without jackpot winner

Lottery Post — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:01:34 GMT

The Ohio Lottery's newest game, which replaced Super Lotto Plus in October, has gone three months without a jackpot winner and some players and sellers think the 100-number, bingo-style Lot 'O Play game is too complicated. The game is mind-boggling, Alonzo Adams, 52, of Cleveland, said Friday outside a busy lottery outlet.That's the reaction Elizabeth Bost gets from lottery players from her vantage point at a gift shop in New Paris northwest of Dayton. There's too many numbers, she said.The L... [ More ]