Illinois Lottery launching a new game Sunday

Comment #51

Coin Toss — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:09:03 GMT

RL,

Good for you letting them know you knew about the shrinkage!

People here on LP are probably the only ones that would get this, but in states like Illinois, where the state no longer runs the lottery but contractd it out, what's not to say things like a game with the same odds, same price (well, one of five prices) didn' come from some former grocery management types who now work for a provate run lottery?

Just a thought.

Comment #50

Robinhood — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:30:16 GMT

Gotta love this response @ RL-RANDOMLOGIC

I am glad that I'm not the only one that noticed the smaller sizes of products at higher prices

This is what is called 'HIDDEN INFLATION .

Greed is killing this country ................... and may I add .... it's also killing this WORLD!

Can't try your tactic over here though - 'cause we import practically everything. Tourists who visit here - when they see the prices we pay at the Grocery Store (eg. $5 -$7.00 for a box of cere... [ More ]

Comment #49

mcginnin56 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:01:06 GMT

Now wait a minute here, I wasn't implying you were an...... , was I.

Comment #48

Ronnie316 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:54:54 GMT

Well that would be the game for me, for sure.....

Comment #47

mcginnin56 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:49:11 GMT

The My3 rules are so simple, that there should be no rules. The game practically plays itself, and is guaranteed to be idiot proof.

Comment #46

Ronnie316 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:43:46 GMT

Wait... I thought pick 3 players were so sophisticated and intimate with the game that they WROTE the rules

Comment #45

mcginnin56 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:38:33 GMT

I feel your frustration JADE! I was just on the Illinois lotto website, and they did have a section explaining how to play My3, rules, odds, etc.

Good luck

Comment #44

JADELottery — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:47:29 GMT

You know, I'll be danged if I can find a press release on this game detailing the Game and Game odds itself and the method of draw selection.

It's possible I'm just missing something... guess Anything Is Possible now-a-days.

If you found one, let me know.

Comment #43

JADELottery — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:20:17 GMT

Huh, what's this link I found at http://www.illinoislottery.com/en-us/news-press-releases-archives.html

Could it be some kind of streaming, http://www.state.il.us/streaming/lottery/pmahearing-090810.asx

Setup, but not utilized on the state side... but aren't they connected at the hip?

Hmm-hmm-hmm...

Comment #42

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:36:23 GMT

CT

A little off topic but I am glad that I not the only one that noticed the smaller sizes of products at higher prices.

I buy packaged sliced turkey for my cat and I noticed that the packs kept getting thinner and thinner and the

price was going up. I made a few calculations and and came to the conclusion that if it continued at the same

rate then in a year I would be paying $5.00 for just the package the meat came in. I went to the management

and showed them my figures and withi... [ More ]

Comment #41

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:28:58 GMT

I am not a P-3 player but would play a game like this. The main reason I don't play P-3 is you have to

wager on different pairs of digits like front / back pairs, any order, exact order etc... This game sounds

like it's payouts are more like the small JP games with three numbers. I like the idea.

RL

Comment #40

JADELottery — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:30:00 GMT

Not even one little itty-bitty peeek

Comment #39

Todd — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:56:40 GMT

Running a lottery is not like some dude sitting in their basement uploading videos. It's a lot more complicated, and any kind of broadcast or stream must be 100% secured and audited to be sure some hacker doesn't have their way with the lottery. I think you should give them a break, but that's your call.

Comment #38

JADELottery — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:23:20 GMT

Huh, YouTube must be broke.

Or, someone doesn't know how to turn on video streaming back at the ranch.

Comment #37

MzDuffleBaglady — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:04:58 GMT

@ Todd: Thanks for the Information.

Have a nice day

Comment #36

shelby50 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:49:23 GMT

Thanks for the Info

Comment #35

Todd — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:39:03 GMT

I just spoke with a representative at the Illinois Lottery, and got the full scoop on the drawings.

You folks will be pleased: the drawings are done with traditional ball drawings -- not computerized.

The drawings are videotaped, but not televised. The reason for the lack of televised drawings have to do with procuring air time (since the draws happen at a different time) and not because they are computerized.

The My3 drawings use the same exact draw equipment as the regular Pick 3 draw... [ More ]

Comment #34

mcginnin56 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:00:04 GMT

What about the New England game Lucky For Life , I haven't seen any ability to post predictions for this exciting new game.

Comment #33

Todd — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:52:48 GMT

The ability to post predictions for the new Texas All or Nothing game, as well Illinois' new My3 game, was added this morning.

Comment #32

jamella724 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:33:15 GMT

I know this new game will bring new luck and winnings to lottery enthusiasts...Good luck to everyone who will take their chance on My3.

Comment #31

alphalmoni — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:13:07 GMT

when will we be able to post our predictions for the new game, all or nothing

Comment #30

Coin Toss — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:52:30 GMT

Good comparison, Hermanus104.

Northstar seems to be donig what the groceries stores are doing, charging the same for less than what you used to get.

(Notice how products are shrinking in size....with northstar it's prizes shrinking in size....seems they are going after not-so experienced players.

Comment #29

Hermanus104 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:30:25 GMT

Stupid tax is definitely a fitting term for this particular lottery game.

Look at this chart comparing the payouts for the regular Illinois Pick-3 and the My3 game. The regular 3-ball is on the left, and the new 3-ball is on the right. This chart assumes a wager of $1 in both situations.

Straight ... ... ... ... ... $500 ... ... ... $200

Box 3-way ... ... ... ... $160 ... .. ... $100

Box 6-way ... ... ... ... $80 ... ... ... ... $40

50/50 ... ... ... $250 / $40 ... $200 / $40

Comment #28

JADELottery — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 02:10:44 GMT

from one of our other blogs.

ALERT: One of the signs the New IL My3 game could be Computerized.

It's not televised.

posted by JADELottery # 1:58 PM

Comments:

Good Day Doug,

Thank you for your question. The My3 is drawn in the same manner as the other lottery games.

Sean

Illinois Lottery Player Support

--Original Message--

From: xxxxxxx@yyyyyy.zzz

Date: 9/10/2012 1:51:13 PM

To: LotteryInfo@northstarlottery.net

Subject: Information on the New Illi... [ More ]

Comment #27

fast eddie — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:42:22 GMT

I'm a sucker, i'm playing the my3 now. i use it to get me to the midday draw and the evening draw.

Comment #26

mcginnin56 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:32:29 GMT

He's got some balls telling you that.

Comment #25

fast eddie — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:18:48 GMT

below is a copy of an email response i received from the il. lottery

Good Day,

Thank you for your question. The My3 is drawn using the balls on a machine.

Sean Illinois Lottery Player Support

Comment #24

Coin Toss — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:51:23 GMT

For whatever reason Iowa uses Illiois' numbers for Pick 3 and Pick 4, but not for other games.

I don't think Iowa has My3.

Comment #23

cbr$ — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:44:55 GMT

Thanks Coin Toss for the information. If the result we see for daily 3 game in Ill. lottery is still have the same lottery number as Iowa pick 3 daily. Are we looking at My3 result for Ill. today or daily pick 3 results

Comment #22

Coin Toss — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 05:12:49 GMT

JADELottery thinks this game is the start of Illinois being computerized.

There's a blog entry:

https://www.lotterypost.com/blogentry/70449/postcomment

Comment #21

JAP69 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 03:19:36 GMT

I was just looking at the my3 and pick 3 drawings in Illinois and see a 3 hour time span between the 2 drawings.

Are they or are they not using the same ball sets and machines for both games?

From what I read it usually takes 2 hours to do pre test before an actual drawing. 3 hours would give them time to do the pre test ritual.

Would mess up data keeper players and system players if they are.

Comment #20

ekem6078 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:38:03 GMT

This is like the TN sum sh..t. anything to make the pick 3 lottery a extra buck(without a good payout) You are better off playing pick 3 midday and even.

Comment #19

RedStang — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:14:18 GMT

Fu la-Its that easy.

Comment #18

Stack47 — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 21:23:08 GMT

The match any 2 has to be in exact order, pays $4. Odds 1:37.

Players are getting three pick-3 individual bets for a buck, but only the highest payout can cash and its a 40 cent bet on straight, 48 cents on box, and 4 cents each way on the front, back, and outside pairs. If you could make the same bets on their Pick-3 game a straight win would get the player $200 for the straight plus $40 for the box and $6 for the pairs or $246.

The minimum for playing the pick-3 at 50 cents on the same

Comment #17

Coin Toss — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:57:13 GMT

There's not a thing about it on the Iowa lottery website.

Comment #16

cbr$ — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:42:28 GMT

So if the Iowa Lottery and Illinois Lottery are combine on daily drawing. Is Ill. lottery sharing with Iowa the results from the new game My3 as well

Comment #15

Coin Toss — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:47:33 GMT

The match any 2 has to be in exact order, pays $4. Odds 1:37.

Any Pick 3 player has missed by one digit and that's probably the come on here, but the exact order will prevent a lot of payoffs.....unless people played all six combos of a number, but why do that to win $4? The lottery is always ahead of the player.

The third part of the front of the playslip reads:

How lucky are you feeling? Select the dollar amount you'd like to play.

$1 $2 $3 $4 $5

So someone who didn't know bette... [ More ]

Comment #14

Stack47 — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:39:06 GMT

A 50 cent straight/box ticket pays better on the regular pick-3 game. Even though both PB and MM jackpots are over $100 million, this lottery believes players will spend a buck for a chance at winning an extra $4.

Comment #13

smooth11484 — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 04:18:17 GMT

a lotof lp mem always have systems to get pairs on pick 3 so peep should win 4 bucks every draw

Comment #12

Nikkicute — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 03:56:52 GMT

LOL!! that's a good one, a system for My3. lol

Comment #11

Coin Toss — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 02:12:59 GMT

Bet ya that even beofre the first drawing someone will post a system for it!

Sounds to me like Northstar is trying to generate the same action, dollar wise, while reducing payoffs for the games, the Ezmatch on Lucky Day Lotto - top prize is $500 at 210,000:1 odds, and now this game.

Comment #10

rdgrnr — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:40:33 GMT

Belgium should be annexed by Germany.

Too many annoying little countries over there.

Comment #9

MzDuffleBaglady — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:55:18 GMT

I ll drive over and try it out, on Sunday.

If I get 2 out of 3, at least I ll get my $1.00 back.

Good Luck.

Comment #8

mcginnin56 — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:18:53 GMT

It's always been there whiteballz, right between My2 and My4.

Comment #7

Nikkicute — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:18:19 GMT

lol Yep that's the name of the game My3.

They should have called it Pick 3 part 2 or Pick 3 the sequel...

Starts this Sunday so, get the win Illinois!!

Nice that you get something for at least 2 numbers.

Comment #6

whiteballz — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:13:14 GMT

My3? I didn't even know I had a 3.

Comment #5

mcginnin56 — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 22:59:55 GMT

The president might also consider forbidding our high unemployment rates, an eroding economy and trillions more in our national deficit.

Comment #4

haymaker — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 22:43:44 GMT

Serge, regarding your sig. line

the president can forbid tabacco if he wants,

but that don't make it law, not how we do it here.

Comment #3

Nikkicute — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:46:02 GMT

Matching all 3 numbers in order wins $200

Match 3 with a repeated digit in any order $100

Match 3 in any order $40

Match 2 numbers in any order $4.00

Comment #2

mcginnin56 — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:55:58 GMT

Give this game 2 aspirin, and a good nights sleep, and maybe it will go away for good.

Comment #1

SergeM — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:50:31 GMT

Sounds sick to me

Illinois Lottery launching a new game Sunday

Lottery Post — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:39:41 GMT

Includes video report

The Illinois Lottery is launching a new game this weekend.

The new game, called My3, will go on sale Sunday.

According to lottery officials, the game is not replacing Pick 3.

The My3 game will allow players to pick their favorite numbers without the need to specify what type of wager is being made. The prize levels for My3 are also different than Pick 3.

There are two daily My3 drawings. Players must match all three numbers in exact order to win $200. Lesser