New York Lottery making some changes

Comment #12

JAG331 — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:11:13 GMT

Does anyone have more information on the bonus ball changes to NY Lotto? I couldn't find anything on NY's lottery site.

Will you select the second bonus number at the terminal? Such as PB and MM? Or will it be like the first bonus number in NY Lotto, where you don't select it...it's simply an extra ball during the drawing.

It would be neat if it were akin to CT's Cash 5 Kicker, a bonus number that you can select at the terminal, and match with any of the other regular numbers. I find t... [ More ]

Comment #11

JAG331 — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:03:43 GMT

The majority of New Yorkers live in those areas (don't forget Westchester and Rockland counties), so it makes sense that most winners would come from there.

Comment #10

CASH Only — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:13:19 GMT

The NY Lottery can do whatever it wants to NY Lotto. But the only thing that will make it a better game is an increase in the payout percentage. Imaging buying a $2 ticket and on average winning only 80 cents.

Comment #9

JimmySand9 — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:09:22 GMT

Another regular raffle huh? I guess NY Lotto has been topped as NY's biggest rip-off, for the time being at least.

Comment #8

LckyLary — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 05:38:31 GMT

The Newspapers are known to confuse Powerball and MegaMillions among other things.. so unless it's a scratch-off that reveals a raffle number, go by what NYLottery says. They didn't specify when the thing starts.. I was up there today and don't remember seeing anything for it. I like the idea of the Numbers 2nd Chance because I see a lot of systems on here that rely on math . I'm not enthused about the extra bonus ball.. it doesn't sound like worth an extra $1.

Comment #7

CASH Only — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:33:40 GMT

The NY Lottery website www.nylottery.org apparently says that the game will be a true raffle, rather than a scratch ticket. The NY Daily News said it would be a scratch ticket.

Comment #6

rwsmes — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:11:44 GMT

Someone needs to do some research.......This is an online Raffle like most others, not a scratch off game. Who wrote this article

Comment #5

johnph77 — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:51:39 GMT

Are there only 12 winners? Will there be smaller prizes as well? If not, the payout percentage is only 40%, continuing the NY tradition of being the state with the lowest payout percentages on their games.

Comment #4

bambini — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:42:22 GMT

I love the NY lottery, the majority of winning jackpot tickets are sold in NYC, Long Island and Ductchess county.

Comment #3

gocart1 — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:48:57 GMT

and there right ,the tickets would sell out fast ,if they ever get them to the stores

Comment #2

gocart1 — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:47:02 GMT

ok ..its 8:45 p.m. on january 4 2007 and the scratch off game isn't even in the stores yet .well thats my state tax money working for me i guess.

Comment #1

CASH Only — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:40:49 GMT

I don't think I will bother with either the scratch game (why isn't NY offering the same kind of raffle as other states?) or Lotto Extra (the name of the gimmick.)

The only idea I like is with Win-3/4, although I'm not a numbers player.

New York Lottery making some changes

Lottery Post — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:24:32 GMT

NY Lottery figures better late than never to catch 'raffle fever'

It looks like the New York Lottery's new year's resolution is to become more interesting.

To accomplish that they are adding one new game and two changes.

The first is a new limited scratchoff game called Raffle to Riches.

Under this new format the lottery will print only 1.5 million Raffle to Riches tickets. It ends on Feb. 8, or when they're sold out. Out of those 1.5 million $20 tickets, there will be 12 winne... [ More ]