Study ranks Missouri lottery as ninth best in U.S.

Comment #10

Stack47 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:58:17 GMT

If my math serves me correctly, $360 million divided by 4 equals $90 million...so what difference does it make to play all the time vice just when it gets super huge?

The Texas students believe it's necessary to put the game odds on back the ticket like at a race track where the odds of the horses and dogs are put on the tote board. I don't know why because the odds of winning are exactly the same whether the jackpot is $12 or $360 million. And what you're playing for is always an estimate s... [ More ]

Comment #9

OldSchoolPa — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:20:54 GMT

Stack47, I really like people such as yourself who say things like, I m a jackpot hunter so I don t usually play Mega Millions when the jackpot is under $150 million or I only play when the jackpot goes over $100 million as I will relish the day when I win either PB or MM when the jackpot is $95 million and I am the sole winner whereas those who finally pitch in their dollars to buy tickets when the jackpot reaches $200 or $300 million have to be content with splitting the jackpot prize two, th... [ More ]

Comment #8

Stack47 — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:10:17 GMT

It was an elective class in statistics where the Professor set the guidelines based on his agenda. The students may have added some of their ideas because some of the categories were contradictory. They want a scanner at every lottery terminal so a player can check their tickets but deducted points for lotteries expenses.

Every state where I've bought lottery tickets had 'how to play' pamphlets either next to the terminal or available and lotteries could print them bilingual. The class wants... [ More ]

Comment #7

justxploring — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:31:18 GMT

Good post, Stack! You are right about the low rankings. Looks as if practically every state flunked out.

One thing they said about FL that was negative is not complete. Under BAD they state Only 60 days to claim a prize after a scratch game is closed, 180 days for online games

This is true, but what they analyzed doesn't bother me at all. Before I play a game, I know the rules. But why didn't they mention that you only have 60 days from the date of the drawing to choose the form... [ More ]

Comment #6

Stack47 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:06:56 GMT

Looking at the point assignments, I can only see 2 or 3 categories where fairness is involved and that's if you include bilingual. The study was made in Texas that does have a large Spanish speaking population but I don't see why it's unfair if any US state lottery printed tickets, ads, website, or billboards only in English when the US Constitution was written in English. To be totally fair, this study is suggesting that all lottery ticket sold should be printed in every language spoken or read... [ More ]

Comment #5

LckyLary — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:23:23 GMT

When they say a Lottery is fair I guess that means every play has an equal chance of winning. That would imply that systems are totally ineffective vs. Quick Picks and that aside from a major jackpot win there is no way to make more than you spend. I'd not play (except Jackpot games) under those conditions or at least not regularly.

What needs to be disclosed on many Lotteries is the entire drawing process including ballset switching and for that matter I want to know what size the numbered... [ More ]

Comment #4

Todd — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:54:37 GMT

You all mustn't have seen the original article posted at Lottery Post a week or two ago.

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/167779

That's the story which first talked about the study, and there is a link to the complete study in the comments that follow the story.

Comment #3

derek7 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:37:06 GMT

When I learn about lottery in some state, the first thing I look at is how many numebrs are in Pick 5.

MO has 44, not an easy game.

/Derek

Comment #2

buckike — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:10:54 GMT

I Would like to know where My sate ranks. What are the hideing or not telling?

It seems like all of the big winners are out of my area

Comment #1

murph1226 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:26:28 GMT

I would like to see the rest of the criteria these students came up with. Woah and just looking up at this story the last line says the missouri lottery sold over $9 million in tickets for 2006, that's gotta be higher considering they gave over $250 million to the benificiary....Just found the actual number it's:

2006$913,518,251

That's a bit of a difference. Anyway interesting story, just makes me wonder how factual it is...

Study ranks Missouri lottery as ninth best in U.S.

Lottery Post — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:02:28 GMT

Lottery Post tapped for examples of computerized drawing problems in other states

Many rush to buy tickets when the lottery pool reaches the millions, but do you ever wonder how transparent Missouri's lottery system is? Turns out, Missouri ranks in the top ten for disclosure and fairness, compared to the other 43 states that offer lotteries.

In a study by San Antonio professor Gerald Busald released Dec. 14, Missouri ranked ninth overall. California and Pennsylvania scored first and second... [ More ]