Last day for Lotto South

Comment #29

CASH Only — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 18:12:41 GMT

At least Virginia has the decency to offer a cash option, which should really be $750,000 like in the Washington (state) scratch Lucky for Life (still don't know about KY). I would consider playing this game only if the cash option is hiked.

Comment #28

MetalFan85 — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:57:36 GMT

The new Win For Life is a joke, in the state of VA there are 2 scratchers, one called win for life and another called weekly grand . The weekly grand 's top prize is $1k/wk for 10 years, the game costs $2, Win for life costs $5. Now, why does the VA lottery say the new Win for life game is guaranteed for only 10 years, should be called weekly grand and have higher odds, not 1 in 5.2 million. In PA, Win for life is guaranteed for $1 million, not by years, which makes it more reasona... [ More ]

Comment #27

DoubleDown — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:05:52 GMT

The total payout for Lotto South last Saturday was $654,544.

What do you suppose they did with the rest of the $$$ ?

The cash option should have been over 2 million.

DD

Comment #26

LotteryPlayer — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:01:44 GMT

KY Floyd,

The Virginia Lottery website includes the payouts for all three states (the Georgia Lottery website only includes the payouts for Georgia). The total payout for Lotto South last Saturday was $654,544.

$60 of that was mine.

Comment #25

KY Floyd — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:19:14 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by DoubleDown on February 26, 2006Well, no one won last night's jackpot, so it looks like KY Floyd is correct- a lot of money is going back into the State's coffers.

I did hit 3 of 6 thanks to Califdude's predictions...

DD

It looks like the total payout for Virginia and Georgia was almost 930 grand this time around, so that means they paid just under 465 grand from the jackpot prize pool. Evenallowing for the unlikely possibility that Kentucky's sales equal the... [ More ]

Comment #24

DoubleDown — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:53:12 GMT

Was I supposed to

Comment #23

RJOh — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:35:27 GMT

Did you share your winnings with Califdude

Comment #22

LOTTOMIKE — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:24:15 GMT

way to go doubledown

Comment #21

DoubleDown — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:53:00 GMT

Well, no one won last night's jackpot, so it looks like KY Floyd is correct- a lot of money is going back into the State's coffers.

I did hit 3 of 6 thanks to Califdude's predictions...

DD

Comment #20

CASH Only — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 19:40:00 GMT

True in Virginia and _maybe_ KY. Apparently GA turned a deaf ear to its elderly, since GA will not be offering a cash option.

Comment #19

lchoro — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 19:26:27 GMT

Lottery officials did hear some concerns about the new game from older people, Vaughan said, but a 10-year payout is guaranteed, and a winner can also take a $520,000 cash option.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle c=MGArticle cid=1137834256405 path=!news s=1045855934842

The cash value of the first prize is competitive with the second prize in the Mega Millions game. It seems that they're targeting those who don't wish to play the Big 2... [ More ]

Comment #18

konane — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 19:08:30 GMT

Maybe the term cash buyout was correct by not prohibiting an annuity purchasing company from doing a discounted buyout. Conjecture only until we see it in print because of the great potential in reporting errors.

The New York Lottery is apparently structured differently than Georgia which provides more flexibility as to how things are run, and that may be the difference in what you experienced and what we're seeing so far.

Comment #17

CASH Only — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:53:02 GMT

I e-mailed the GA Lottery several weeks ago, and they said GA will _not_ be offering a cash option for Lose for Life winners. Ms DeFrancisco (sic?) ran the corrupt (numerous scratch games are annuity-only, including FOUR versions of Debt for Life) NY Lottery, so it was not a total surprise that GA said there would not be a cash option.

Comment #16

konane — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:47:58 GMT

Hubby said he heard them announce on tv that there will be a cash option or cash buyout in Georgia for Win For Life, but since the media as a whole makes so many mistakes would rather see it in print when the Georgia Lottery puts it up on their site.

Right now they seem to be changing out some of the phone software because they've gone from a computer generated voice recording to real voices giving results, plus delays in getting results posted so something is up in that area.

Since... [ More ]

Comment #15

CASH Only — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:36:33 GMT

Virginia will offer the $520,000 cash option; still don't know about KY.

Comment #14

konane — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:34:30 GMT

Supposed to go on sale today but no information on the Georgia Lottery site yet, only a notation about it in their daily updates email.

However, am happier about the lower matrix.

Now I wonder if they're going to lower the Fantasy 5 matrix back to the original 5/35 one. Bet they'd get more players and old players returning if they did.

Comment #13

CASH Only — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:06:18 GMT

GA won't offer a cash option. I don't know for sure about KY or VA.

Comment #12

konane — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:29:55 GMT

Lotto South morphed from the Virginia Lottery, and both Kentucky and Georgia which had 6 number lotto games killed theirs and joined into something with longer odds, smaller payouts than Lotto Georgia at its worst.

In Georgia we had no studies or group feedback that I was ever aware of and our discontinuing Lotto Georgia was a singular pronouncement that it was over.

Comment #11

LOTTOMIKE — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:12:59 GMT

me too.i would've played it had the offered it here in tennessee.....

Comment #10

starchild_45 — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 02:40:17 GMT

i will miss this game. whenever i was in va i would play. never won but i did play a lot.

Comment #9

hockeyguy858 — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 02:38:55 GMT

according to a wikipedia post about Win For Life, there is lump sum offer, but its on the guaranteed 10 yr payout ($520,000), now it may not say what states offer it, but then GA doesn't even have a page about win for life on its website, and wikipedia is as reliable as it is unreliable.

Comment #8

KY Floyd — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:52:49 GMT

Unless they're going to do something with the money that isn' mentioned in the article, it looks like the correct answer may be that a lot of it is going to stay in the state coffers. If Kentucky lists the number of winners on their website they don't do it in a very obvious place. I'm not going to spend a lot of time looking, but based on the numbers for Virginia and Georgia it looks like doubling the payouts for lower prizes won't even come close to using all of the money from the jackpot pri... [ More ]

Comment #7

DoctorEw220 — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:43:16 GMT

How does Lotto South have roots dating back to 1990? Was that the old Lotto games on those states

Comment #6

LotteryPlayer — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:43:23 GMT

Interesting. So they're going to pay out a jackpot that barely puts a person over the poverty level because giving millions of dollars to a person is too intimidating and may lead to money mismanagement and divorces?

These people are so nice, aren't they? Always looking out for our best interests. But isn't there still a chance a $1000/week could lead to money mismanagement and divorces, too? Better lower the payments to $500/week, just to be sure. [/sarcasm]

Lets discuss the real reason t... [ More ]

Comment #5

CASH Only — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:27:42 GMT

LS was not perfect (IMO the matrix was too small) but it will be missed when compared with Lose for Life. The new game won't last as long as LS, especially since GA (still don't know about KY and VA) won't offer a cash option.

Comment #4

CalifDude — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:18:32 GMT

I have posted my predictions for the final draw on the Prediction Page.

Comment #3

NoCompLotto! — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:16:35 GMT

It will be rolled into the secondary prizes, as the article said... they apparently will be doubled.

Comment #2

DoubleDown — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:55:22 GMT

Question:

If no one wins the jackpot, what happens to the money

Comment #1

Todd — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:50:21 GMT

I'm sad to see this game go.

Last day for Lotto South

Lottery Post — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:30:50 GMT

One day you're in, and the next day you're out.

Like Carrot Top and Ugg boots, the Virginia Lottery's Lotto South has fallen in the latter category.

Today will be the last drawing for the nearly 5-year-old game with roots dating to 1990. If no one wins the final $4.5 million jackpot, all secondary prizes from $5 to $1,000 will be doubled.

Virginia Lottery officials say many of today's lottery players have turned their backs on Lotto South in favor of multistate games such as Mega Millio... [ More ]