Texas Lottery eliminates Lotto bonus ball

Comment #12

CASH Only — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:50:25 GMT

The bonus ball in NY Lotto is almost useless. It's for second prize only. Even with the cash option, NY Lotto is _not_ worth playing.

Comment #11

Chewie — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:36:14 GMT

I agree with justexploring - to a point. Those who own property in Florida bought it willingly. They either didn't research the consequences of their decision, or chose to ignore the obvious. Three generations later doesn't allow the its not my fault rationale. Buy property in forest, expect fire. Buy property on top of mud hill, expect landslide. Buy property in Nework, expect to get shot. Buy property near water, expect flood. Buy property in Hurricane Alley, expect hurricanes. If y... [ More ]

Comment #10

justxploring — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 01:46:08 GMT

John Stossell of ABC news wrote a great piece about a property he owned in Florida, on the beach. The first time a storm washed it away, he let the government help out. The second time, he paid for the repairs himself and the third time he sold the land and moved.

Although I agree with you that I never would want a lottery run by our Federal Government, I just want to comment that not everyone can afford to fix up a home and move. Mr. Stossell obviously owned a very valuable piece of land,... [ More ]

Comment #9

Drivedabizness — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 01:02:34 GMT

Dear bobby623:

I have attended MANY meetings in Texas and while they are certainly not without faults/flaws they are one of the best teams (the staff) and one of the most successful in terms of sales and dollars contributed per capita to the state, in the entire U.S. Conversely, I was also present at a retailer forum where Ms. Nettles asked me why, if the odds on Pick 3 (Straight/Exact Order) are 1:1000 (with a suitable smug smirk like I gotcha ), why the lottery doesn't pay $1,000 whe... [ More ]

Comment #8

bobby623 — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:35:05 GMT

Those of us who live in Texas and spend $$$ for lottery products appreciate what Dawn Nettles is trying to accomplish. Her main goals are to ensure that Texas has a main lotto game that will be successful for the state and players, and that players actually receive 50 percent of sales.

Whether or not players will spend much to win secondary prizes less than $100 remains to be seen. A prize of $90 for getting 5 of 6 numbers is an insult.

Personally, I don't plan on spending much on Lotto.... [ More ]

Comment #7

Drivedabizness — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:27:15 GMT

Let's try this again

Dear LP'ers

To Todds point - if you read Ms. Nettles writings, its clear she expects to run the Texas Lottery through the use of the you have to respect player input and I (self appointedly) respesent the players - therefore you have to do whatever I tell you to do . I've seen on her web site where she actually suggests people contact the local DA in Austin to try to get him to force the lotteyr to do whatever her disciples ask for (or to open a criminal investigatio... [ More ]

Comment #6

Bradly_60 — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:11:06 GMT

Well I don't think there is much of a chance for any normal lottery game anymore in TX. Even if they revert back to the 6 of 54 game or whatever it is I bet there won't be an increase in sales. TX has Mega Millions and usually the in-state game suffers. Changing the game back to the game that they had to replace a couple years ago isn't going to do much good.

Brad

Comment #5

LANTERN — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:53:19 GMT

Dawn Nettles is right, I won't play the new TxLotto game either, either 6/49 or 6/50 and good lower prizes or nothing.

Comment #4

Just6ntlc — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:44:37 GMT

When exactly is Lotto Texas goes back to a 6 number system? I'm happy that they're ditching the bonus ball. MM sales are doing well, but sales should return for Texas with 6 numbers.

Comment #3

mylollipop — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:47:20 GMT

Listen is right. Somebody might eventually listen to me for a Super National Lottery for funding natural disaster relief, not education. Any ideas, LOTTOMIKE, Todd, LP Members, anybody out there just surfing the web

Comment #2

Todd — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:05:16 GMT

That Dawn Nettles really sounds angry. She said, The people are going to boycott this game, and I'm going to see to it that they do. Maybe she's just angry she didn't get the director's job when she had the chance. I guess the interview didn't go too well.

Comment #1

LOTTOMIKE — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:43:51 GMT

good to see them listening to their players.texas is moving things in the right direction.this is a good step in restoring some of their tarnished reputation as of late.....

Texas Lottery eliminates Lotto bonus ball

Lottery Post — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:25:46 GMT

Updated Feb. 28, 2005, 8:02 am

Everything old is new again at the Texas Lottery, where commissioners voted Monday to ditch the unpopular Lotto Texas bonus ball and return to the style abandoned three years ago due to sagging sales.

Starting in late April, players will choose six numbers between 1 and 54 rather than five numbers between 1 and 44 and one bonus ball from 1 to 44. That will return the odds of winning the jackpot to 1 in 25.8 million, down from 1 in 47.8 million with the bonu... [ More ]