Price and prize changes coming this Sunday for Illinois Lotto

Comment #34

jamella724 — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:38:13 GMT

It may not be a good news for players who are on a tight budget. I think to increase the jackpot prize they should attract more players instead of increasing the price of the ticket. Even though they increase the price if 2 or more players will hit the jackpot it will be the same the prize will be smaller for each player.

Comment #33

psykomo — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 03:11:06 GMT

rdgr:

HOLD on tight give TNT ah CHANCE !

devil gona gitch U

Comment #32

Smoke Fan — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 02:50:54 GMT

I also liked the Lucky Day drawing once a day. I would buy a set of numbers and play them all week then buy a Lotto QP for 3 draws. Now I walk the 5 blocks each morning to get a Lucky Day QP for a dollar. I miss the way I use to play but nothing stays the same these days.

Comment #31

Coin Toss — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:23:41 GMT

What's the best shot here?

IL lotto 6 of 6, odds against 1 in 20,358,520

MM with the Megaplier, 5 + 0 pays $1,000,000 5 0 1 in 3,904,701

PB PB 5 numbers; no PB $1,000,000 $2,000,000 1 in 5,153,632.65

Comment #30

faber98 — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:58:14 GMT

exactly, believe it or not there are many people who would be perfectly content to win 2-5 million on a state lotto drawing of which whose odds are better than those aforementioned country wide gazillion dollar winning payouts. no need to hide and hire lawyers and accountants with a paltry 2-5 million dollar win. virtually no publicity so you will go unhounded by the masses. you still have your powerbore and mega millions to toss around if you want those, but no one needs100 million+ to get by.

Comment #29

Coin Toss — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:12:25 GMT

You make a good point, Lucky5of5.

THRIFTY,

Hopefully Illinois will do what NY did but I'm not so sure this Northstar company would ever make such a move.

I will give them this, though, 'til now, 0, 1 or 2 hits paid nothing. Now if you played the Extra Shot- and have it (it's only a QP) hitting nothing pays $5. So if you have the Extra shot and hit 0 or 1 you get paid something (0 pays more than 1) and hiting 2 is a push, you win $1. On Thursdays and Sundays the biggest thing going was L... [ More ]

Comment #28

Lucky5of5 — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 06:24:08 GMT

The company that runs the Illinois Lottery didn't meet their projected sales. They're probably hoping that by having 2 draws a day for the Lucky Day Lotto and changing the Lotto to $1 per game will bring in more money.

Well, now I'm stuck between the rock and the hard place. When Lucky Day changed to 2x/day, I quit playing and updated my Lotto charts, to play that game instead. I don't know what to do now. Maybe I'll quit playing altogether. I liked the way Lotto was with 2 plays for $1. I wo... [ More ]

Comment #27

bahama-papa — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 17:54:33 GMT

Cha-064

Comment #26

Coin Toss — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 04:32:18 GMT

No, no mixup, it's intentional.

Has been like that since they started Extra Shot.

Nice gimmick, if players get paid for not hit anything surely they'll play the Extra Shot again.

I called the Illinois lottery when it stafrted and asked them how many balls were in the Extra Shot bowl and they had to ask around until they found someon who knew - 25- I'm not kidding.

Comment #25

stunna6036 — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 04:22:10 GMT

PLAYERS MATCHING 1 OF 6 NUMBERS AND THE EXTRASHOT 1,548EACHPLAYER WILL RECEIVE $2.00

PLAYERS MATCHING 0 OF 6 NUMBERS AND THE EXTRASHOT 1,611EACH PLAYER WILL RECEIVE $5.00

Hopefully there's some mixup in the prize payouts becuase this makes no sense.

Comment #24

Coin Toss — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 23:19:46 GMT

Since Northstar took ovr the Illinois lottery they've given the player th option to double the price of Illinois draw games, but until this one the $2 instead of $1 was optional- EZ match on Lucky Day Lotto (5/39) and Extra Shot on Lotto are player options.

By comparison, the Missouri lottey sends out questionnaires about proposed games.

Comment #23

CLETU$ — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 21:15:36 GMT

Sounded so nice that you posted it twice

Comment #22

Ronnie316 — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 15:15:39 GMT

My usual $25 MM ticket Thrifty. And for $25 I get 25 lines. lol. I would be happy with 5 lines for $25.

It doesnt matter how big or small the jackpot is. I am a regular player. Regular players are winners.

Comment #21

Ronnie316 — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 15:15:06 GMT

Comment #20

Smoke Fan — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 15:07:10 GMT

I always looked at it as I was getting a free chance with the 2 sets of numbers. So getting 1 set of numbers for a dollar don't matter to me. I'll still give the Illinois lottery $1.00, 3 times a week. All you need is 1 ticket to dream.

I also like the idea of matching 2 numbers for $1.00 payout. I'll get to play for free in the next drawing.

Comment #19

Romancandle — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 22:48:00 GMT

While I'm not crazy about the new terms and conditions... they had to do something ... this game was sliding into oblivion (just like my lotto bets ).

Comment #18

THRIFTY — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:35:30 GMT

Are you buying a $5 MEGA MILLIONS ticket for tonight drawing? The jackpot is $13 MILLIONS. LOL

Comment #17

Ronnie316 — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:26:58 GMT

Lotteries are gov run. Everything they do will be inefficient and largely unproductive.

Comment #16

THRIFTY — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:24:36 GMT

It is difficult to understand why lottery returns 50 cent for every $1 spent. LOL

Comment #15

THRIFTY — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:21:34 GMT

Inflation is killing the lottery.Lottery drawings are taking place daily for jackpot games.

Comment #14

Ronnie316 — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:07:31 GMT

I want to ride on the Player Ship, to avoid being lonely and avoid the insanity.

Comment #13

THRIFTY — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:03:27 GMT

GAMBLING ADDICTION IS A VERY LONELY ROAD.LOL

Comment #12

THRIFTY — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:00:15 GMT

I remember when the New York lottery increased the NY LOTTO to $1 for a single line. They changed it back to 2 lines for $1 because of the low playership. Lottery players were not spending money on it.

Comment #11

Ronnie316 — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:50:18 GMT

I agree, higher prices are BETTER for winners.

Comment #10

RedStang — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 04:54:43 GMT

Awesome news . Now all you have to do is win .

Comment #9

HaveABall — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 23:43:50 GMT

Yup, Coin Toss.

Comment #8

qutgnt — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:18:25 GMT

Again more smoke and mirrors. You are getting no better bang for your buck or bucks here. You are probably actually going to

put more money into the lottery as they tiny prizes are noting but churn. If you win a buck and you usually spend 10 a drawing

guess what you will usually just throw that buck in. The lottery knows this. The jackpots now creep up, they will still creep

up but now they will be harder to hit. So when the jackpot does say grow larger the lottery will get more players... [ More ]

Comment #7

Coin Toss — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:06:34 GMT

From the OP:

CHICAGO, Ill. Citing the success of the multi-state lottery games like Powerball and Mega Millions offering jackpots in excess of $100 million every other month, the Illinois Lottery has decided to revamp one of its original games, Lotto, in order to give lottery players a chance at potentially bigger jackpots and better overall odds.

In other words, since Powerball is drawn on Wednesday nights and so was our lotto game, one of the things we're going to do is move it to Thur... [ More ]

Comment #6

maringoman — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:05:56 GMT

Its tough to hurt the lottery because the lottery players are not united.

Comment #5

stunna6036 — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:54:37 GMT

I think it's about time for a good ol fashioned illinois lottery boycott................I need some time to heal from all the losing. Maybe

Comment #4

OldSchoolPa — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:12:00 GMT

One change that I think went unnoticed is that prior to 2013, Lotto jackpots had increased by increments of $250,000. But now the increases per rollover have only been $150,000. Now Illinois Lotto is just like Hoosier and Ohio Classic Lotto, 1 play per buck. Now let's see if the jackpot climbs like Ohio's. I do like the shift from Wednesday to Thursday as that move means I can have a hope and a dream everyday of the week, with Sunday being my day to dream of what I would do with the highest jack... [ More ]

Comment #3

maringoman — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:10:20 GMT

I love the way they word these price increases. They make it appear like as if they are doing players a favor while they know it's all b.s. I would rather they just come out and say Effective July 14, 2013 the ticket price of Illinois Lotto doubles. There shall be drawings on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Average jackpots shall be higher because it will cost you double what it costs you now. Have a nice day

Comment #2

stunna6036 — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:47:15 GMT

I don't think anyone plays the lotto to match 2 numbers. And you can't have it both ways its either more winners and smaller jackpots or less winners and higher jackpots. Its takes time for jackpots to grow so that would mean people would have to lose to get a jackpot higher.

Comment #1

rdgrnr — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:24:02 GMT

Welp, one less play for the same money but a prize added for two numbers.

I guess it was unavoidable.

Personally, I like the little payoff for 2 numbers...

It keeps me from wanting to throttle the clerk's neck.

Price and prize changes coming this Sunday for Illinois Lotto

Lottery Post — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:58:56 GMT

By Todd Northrop

Citing the success of the multi-state lottery games like Powerball and Mega Millions offering jackpots in excess of $100 million every other month, the Illinois Lottery has decided to revamp one of its original games, Lotto, in order to give lottery players a chance at potentially bigger jackpots and better overall odds.

Starting Sunday, July 14, 2013, Lotto will cost $1 for each game-set, up from a price of $1 for two game sets. The higher price will enable larger jackpot... [ More ]