Bill would boost California Lottery jackpots

Comment #8

lottocalgal — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:39:31 GMT

Me too Dollar.

I've participated in every survey they had and felt good about it. But it seemed to be alot of hogwash (for lack of a worse word). So I guess that means I can give up my dream of them having a Powerball in CA. Then they better work something out with Mega Millions

Comment #7

bytheshore — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:26:56 GMT

Out of curiosity, I looked through the last 35 games to see how often pari-mutuel worked in CA's favor. More often than not (18 to 17), the payout was less than $250,000.

Still...the games when it's way over what the other MM states get for 5+0, would be a sweet time to win.

02-23-2010 1 $ 215,488 -34,512

02-19-2010 2 $ 100,173 -149,827

02-16-2010 2 $ 269,594 +19,594

02-12-2010 0 $ 341,545 +91,545

02-09-2010 0 $ 159,960 -90,040

02-05-2010 1 $ 300,449 +50,449

02-02-2010 0... [ More ]

Comment #6

CAL-LottoPlayer — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:32:28 GMT

Voters approved the lottery in 1984 with a requirement that at least84% of the money go back to the public, at least half in prizes and 34%to schools. Hayashi's proposal would increase the amount going back tothe public to 87%, which would allow more revenue to be put into biggerjackpots, but would leave it to the Lottery Commission to decide howmuch goes to education.

I am surprised only 84% goes to the public. That means 16% goes to the lottery companies. That seems a bit excessive to me.... [ More ]

Comment #5

EXMECHANIC — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:01:54 GMT

I like pari-mutel here in CA. Daily 3 and Daily 4 prizes on uncommon #s are sometimes 20-30% more than the usual pay outs in structered pay-outs. And when no one wins the 5 white ball prize in mega it rolls over. I've seen 1 million won before on hitting 5 white balls. Occasionally with very common #s the payouts will be crap, but for the most part our winnings are on par with any other structured pay out.

But when it comes to casino's yeah pari-mutel is a joke, I don't gamble in CA casi... [ More ]

Comment #4

bytheshore — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:15:49 GMT

liberal47:

I think I'd have a stroke if I hit 5 white ball in the Mega Millions Drawing and only won $ 80,000 instead of the 250,000 won in every other state.

Same here. I wish California would dump pari-mutuel.

Comment #3

liberal47 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:53:28 GMT

I live in Michigan, where at one time years ago, the lottery was waning, I mean going down big time, before The lottery commission was able to push a bill through the legislature raising the percentage that the lottery would dispense in prize money. The same arguments were raised that it would draw money away from the schools. Well the bill passed and the Michigan Lottery is one of the most successful lotteries in the country. Instant ticket sales here are thriving. I wisited California and stay... [ More ]

Comment #2

Dollar419 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:42:10 GMT

I have been saying all along that they should re-vamp, revised, whatever the CA Lottery to boost more players into the system and to have better payouts. The games are getting very stale and boring and they need to come up with a brand new game as well. I know someone in charge made the final decision not to allow Powerball which was a very dumb move; that alone would have generate new players into the system. Also, I've participated on the website and filled out their surveys regarding new lott... [ More ]

Comment #1

joshuacloak — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:57:24 GMT

bill requires the state to revert back to the old formulas if the change does not produce at least the same amount that schools are now getting.

whats the big deal with that plan!

this UTLA lobbyist looks like a total idiot to say no to it

, if it dont work out, they go back to old formulas!

hell i wish we had that for tn computor drawings

they be like, lets see if we save more money for our pack 3 ,4 ,5 games

if it dont work out, we go back to old design, ball d... [ More ]

Bill would boost California Lottery jackpots

Lottery Post — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:36:34 GMT

The state Lottery would be allowed to pay out more money on jackpots, with the aim of gaining more players and boosting funding for schools, under a measure that advanced Tuesday, but Los Angeles' teachers are skeptical.

Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi (D-Castro Valley) said her legislation would ultimately mean more money for education, but the United Teachers of Los Angeles objected during a committee hearing that it would allow funds to be shifted from education to prizes.

Voters approved th... [ More ]