Lotto fever isn't what it used to be

Comment #25

CaliforniaGuy — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:42:10 GMT

To DoubleDown:

Although you feel I am a new member, I am a frequent reader of Lottery Post news on this website for many years now on a daily basis. I just don't wish to post on every story as some do here thousands of times such as yourself and I prefer to lurk rather than jump in on stories of everyday interest to anyone in the field such as myself. We all read the daily's that come out in the press and of course Lottery Post is usually part of what is happening in the business.

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Comment #24

LckyLary — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:49:58 GMT

Even 10 years ago when a 150M Powerball was unheard of I remember standing on line for 3 hours in CT and then hearing go 5 miles up I-95, there's no lines there! so the places that get busy would always be the border stores. The Speedway in Richmond is the first exit in Indiana coming from Ohio and Stateline Stationery the first exit going into CT. One big problem was with long lines they said QP ONLY. We have several of these high jackpots each year, more places to play, and you can usually p... [ More ]

Comment #23

RJOh — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:15:35 GMT

If you have to pay people to buy lottery tickets then there no sense is having one and guaranteeing every player a dollar for every 10 dollars he spent would be doing that.

When ever enough tickets are sold to generate a $200M+ jackpot, as many players are buying tickets as ever. They aren't standing in line to buy them because there are more places to buy them then there were ten years ago. Reduce the number of places that's allowed to sell MM and PB tickets and you're see the large crowd... [ More ]

Comment #22

DoubleDown — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:04:55 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Just6ntlc on August 30, 2007 I hope there is a Mega Millions and a California Super Lotto Plus winner at the next draw.

I hope it's you- I hope you step forward, choose cash option, and do not have financial problems later in life.

Comment #21

Just6ntlc — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:02:45 GMT

It would be great if someone wins a MM jackpot on this draw.

Comment #20

JAG331 — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:45:45 GMT

MM and PB prizes remind me of the experiment with rats. Each rat has a lever to push for food in the cage.

In the experiment, some rats received a food pellet every time they pushed the lever. Others got the treat randomly, say on average every four or five pushes. Still others got no food by pushing the lever. Then the researchers stopped giving out any pellets. The rats who never received food had already stopped pushing, the rats who always got a pellet stopped pressing the lever very... [ More ]

Comment #19

DoubleDown — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:24:05 GMT

CaliforniaGuy, welcome to the lottery post.

Since you are a new member and the above is your 2nd post, please allow me to ask: how would you know that the Lottery Post has been infiltrated by big business to push their takeovers of great lotteries around the world

Comment #18

CaliforniaGuy — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:31:42 GMT

What a TERRIBLE and MEAN spirited article this is against the California Lottery! Why was California the only state focused on for the $330 million Mega Millions game out of the 12 states that sell tickets? Everyone that was interviewed in this article appears to hate the California lottery. You call this unbiased reporting? What a bunch of you know what!

This is just more political fallout because of the privatization debate in California where Schwarzenegger wants to sell out the Lottery to... [ More ]

Comment #17

dvdiva — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:07:01 GMT

With all the gambling options when are states and the federal government going to realize that tax-free winnings on state run games is in their interest. Every other country has figured that one out.

Comment #16

tnlotto1 — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:51:55 GMT

Comment #15

DoubleDown — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:20:05 GMT

I hope I'm not at the airport when my ship comes in

Comment #14

dphillips — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:33:19 GMT

Yes, DoubleDown, you may be right: $200 million cash value jackpot ain't what it used to be. Of course, I have jackpot loser's fatigue, but I am afraid of not playing: say what? My numbers came out and I did not play them!

Usually, when people stop playing...then, their ship comes into port...and unfortunately, they are not there to catch it: they are running toward their ship -- but the ship is pulling out to sea. How sad, how tragic!

Moral of this scenario: no one knows when they are... [ More ]

Comment #13

Coin Toss — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:12:25 GMT

I'm hoping several people split it, and not a pool, either- several individuals. Who really needs $330,000,000, or whatever it will be after cash option or not and taxes?

Re: the topic title, funny how we get desensitized so quickly, isn't it?

Someday there will be a $500,000,000 jackpot- and as soon as it's announced people will be talking about a $600,000,000 jackpot, etc...

Comment #12

MissNYC — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:48:25 GMT

At one point, Mega Millions sales in California were expected to fall 37 percent below budget for the fiscal year that ended June 30. The final numbers aren't out, but the lottery got a boost when a Mega Millions jackpot reached a record $390 million in March. A lack of big jackpots was to blame for poor sales, lottery officials said

I've been saying it forever only to be shot down by people on this post. The general public wants large jackpots more often...period.

Comment #11

MIlottoplayer — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:43:27 GMT

hahahah! Well good luck to you too, but honestly I hope it's me

Comment #10

DoubleDown — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:10:00 GMT

I hope it's you- I hope you step forward, choose cash option, and do not have financial problems later in life.

Comment #9

Just6ntlc — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:01:33 GMT

I hope there is a Mega Millions and a California Super Lotto Plus winner at the next draw.

Comment #8

DoubleDown — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:52:49 GMT

I guess a $200 million cash value jackpot ain't what it used to be. groan

I'd sure take it

Comment #7

RJOh — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:52:45 GMT

As I stated in another thread earlier, playing for a large lottery jackpot use to be an event. Before MegaMillions came to Ohio, I would travel to Indiana to play PowerBall and to Michigan to play the BigGame and there were always long lines of folks waiting to buy tickets if the jackpots were over $80M. Sometimes there would even be a TV news team covering the event.

These day more states participate so there are more places to play with smaller crowds at them and $100M jackpots are kinda

Comment #6

seraphim712 — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:47:09 GMT

Is it better to get cash option or annuity and why

Comment #5

JADELottery — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:53:07 GMT

That Big-jack-pot she-ain't-what-she-use-to-be, ain't-what-she-use-to-be, ain't-what-she-use-to-be.

That Big-jack-pot she-ain't-what-she-use-to-be, ain't-what-she-use-to-be, ain't-what-she-use-to-be.

Comment #4

Uncle Jim — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:13:43 GMT

There is a name for this and contrary to what the Lotteries want you to believe it isn't Jackpot Fatigue. It's called Loser's Fatigue!

I know because I suffer from it too.

Jim

Comment #3

justxploring — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:46:59 GMT

I wish that's all it took. I live in the lightning capital of the world

Comment #2

hjones — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:59:17 GMT

How succinct. How eloquent. I couldn't have put it better myself. Unfortunately.

Comment #1

jeffrey — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:28:32 GMT

It's depressing to never ever win anything. I still play hoping for lightning to strike.

Lotto fever isn't what it used to be

Lottery Post — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:00:01 GMT

Sure, there was a buzz Tuesday. Sure, people dreamed. Sure, people blacked out their favorite numbers birthdays and anniversaries hoping for luck to strike.

The chance to win a cool $250 million, though, didn't seem to draw the crazed stampede of wannabe Trumps that it has in the past. In 1984, a then-record $40 million jackpot in Illinois actually caused people to fly in from overseas to take a stab at it.

For some, huge jackpots such as the one offered by the Mega Millions lottery in... [ More ]