New games send lottery sales soaring

Comment #11

maringoman — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:47:20 GMT

I think people are buying a lot of the new jackpot games because those games are new

in their states. Eventually the enthusiasm will die down and the sales will sag then there

will be talk of combining the two and create jackpots of half a billion dollars.

Comment #10

WIN D — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:47:59 GMT

At some point the TN gaming commission is going to have to explain to the public about their lack of DOUBLES on their Eve Cash 3 game. Again !

Not that there is anything so unbelievably wrong with going 22 days without a doubles....so far but.... it's getting close to that time .... Again.

Once you lose your credibility getting caught and being bad.....lying to the public....and using computer draws ....this is going to be a question that comes up in these situations.

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Comment #9

LOTTOMIKE — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:55:02 GMT

back when the tennessee lottery first started it was one of the best lotteries at the time.back then i was hitting pick 3 numbers five or ten times a ticket and winning huge money.hit the pick 4 a few times.used to win most of my money back on scratch offs.very fair and things were run pretty smooth back then.until the summer of 2007.i'd just hit a huge pick 4 in february of '07 which enabled me to move where i live now.after that i sort of got busy and wasn't playing lottery much and i got on h... [ More ]

Comment #8

pcurtis — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:34:21 GMT

You are right tnwinner. They need to go back to the ball drawings. That will never happen untill Rebecca leaves. The TN lottery will be better off without her. She has ruined the scratchoffs. Just 4 1.000,000 dollar prizes on the millionaire jumbo bucks. GA has 10. All the new scratchers they don't put many prizes on them anymore. They are not worth playing. Their bread and butter game the 2 dollar jumbo bucks sucks. Last time they reloaded them they didn't put but 26 50,000 dollar prizes on the... [ More ]

Comment #7

Todd — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:44:27 GMT

I think it WILL increase sales because there are now 4 drawings a week in each state, instead of 2. Many people will play all 4, instead of previously just playing 2.

Some cannibalism will occur, as people shift dollars from one game to another, but overall sales will go up.

Comment #6

tnwinner — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:33:37 GMT

when the new wears off sales will fall again.. people need to boycott the lottery in tennessee unril they bring the balls back,, quit playing the computerized games.. there is little cance of winning that is why the payouts are so low...the computer always picks a number no one is playing to keep payouts low..rebecca hargrove has ruined a good lottery..she neeeds to go and so does the computerized draws....quit throwing your money away..wake up

Comment #5

Cara Lee — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:07:45 GMT

Lottery sales may be up because of the addition of new games in one state, if its citizens were crossing state lines to play a multistate game. And perhaps there is some unmet demand in Tenn. However, I doubt that the spread of the multistate games across the country will ultimately increase lottery sales on the whole. People have gambling budgets, which track pretty well with the economy. Thus, the economy being in recession, most studies show that gambling sales are down correspondingly.

Comment #4

amsoly41 — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:11:02 GMT

Very good point wizeguy.

That is precisely why I quit playing the other games in { TN}

that are computer draw games and will only play PB MM and Scrach off.

NO Cash 3 , 4 or Pick 5 or LOTTO PLUS

Comment #3

TnTicketlosers — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:38:06 GMT

Blah Blah Blah,how long do you think that will last.

Comment #2

rdgrnr — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:36:39 GMT

Got one of them Millionaire Jumbo Bucks tickets tonight, won $30 on it.

Got 5 lines QP on MM with the MP for $10 and put the $20 back in my pocket.

Didn't even know about the new scratcher til I read this article today.

Comment #1

wizeguy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:13:33 GMT

Both games not computerized?? Tennessee take note, would you like to set a new record rather than 3rd place

New games send lottery sales soaring

Lottery Post — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:18:59 GMT

Tennessee lottery officials say sales are surging because of two new games: Mega Millions and Millionaire Jumbo Bucks.

Ticket sales last week were the third highest, $30.8 million, since the lottery began more than six years ago.

Mega Millions is the state's second mega-jackpot game. Millionaire Jumbo Bucks is an instant-ticket game with top prizes of $1 million.

After five days of sales, Millionaire Jumbo Bucks players had won more than $3.5 million in prizes.

Last week's sales were... [ More ]