Pennsylvania Lottery game development: Little left to chance

Comment #15

jamella724 — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:40:11 GMT

It is really good for players because they can try something new. Players will definitely buy more tickets to try different kind of games. I commend their team for being sensitive to the needs of their players as well as for satisfying them.

Comment #14

Abdi — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:48:28 GMT

@rdgrnr $ Artist77

I am really touched by your nice comments....

thank you both.

Comment #13

rdgrnr — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 03:03:01 GMT

Comment #12

Artist77 — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 21:58:31 GMT

I agree. Welcome Kenya.

Did not get the other person Kenya comment at first then it popped into my head and I almost fell out of my chair laughing.

Comment #11

rdgrnr — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:35:03 GMT

It's nice to have Kenya represented here, abdi.

I'm only familiar with one other person born in Kenya.

But you seem like a nice person.

Good luck

Comment #10

Abdi — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:53:25 GMT

i didn't knew lottery officials are making $ 1 billion in profits alone,in one year alone.

do you know why? it's simple because you and I always fail to win the lottery every year!

come on people ! it's time for real change!,we cannot continue on this thread!

we need a hero! who can come up with the a lottery winning numbers!

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Comment #9

JezzVim — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 04:46:21 GMT

MAYBE when Corbin leaves office we can relax?

From selling the State Liquor Stores to selling the Pa Lottery, and let us not forget the School system is a mess.

We don't need someone in office that is not for the common good of it's citizens.

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Comment #8

helpmewin — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 01:06:53 GMT

Scratch-off payouts are generally better than lotto draw games.

i did not know that i think i may start buying some them scratch offs

Comment #7

RedStang — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 23:46:19 GMT

I hate when they set up two machines side by side so you go cross-eyed trying to figure out which one to choose from.

Comment #6

rdgrnr — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:14:35 GMT

Nice to see an active lottery trying new things and improving old things and looking for ways to innovate.

Tennessee is still the backwater swamp of lotteries.

We don't even have machines yet.

At least not in the hillbilly areas.

Them flatlanders that run the lottery hate us.

Comment #5

Todd — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:57:48 GMT

Scratch-off payouts are generally better than lotto draw games. I'm not saying the lottery is the same as an investment, but if you're going to complain about scratch-off odds, then you should be really upset about lotto draw game odds.

Comment #4

pickone4me — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:46:07 GMT

Little left to chance

every game in the display is considered hot or it wouldn't be there

Are they HOT because the odds are horrible

Comment #3

Chris$ — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:33:59 GMT

Too bad they don't put more winners out like they used to. Although

Another explanation for the drop off in winners I've noticed could be the addition

Of all those machines. They weren't around a few years ago....

Pa still needs to step it up. I know my fellow pa players agree.

Comment #2

Jon D — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:47:17 GMT

enticing players to buy more tickets in a manner that it considers socially responsible

Well, that's the real trick, isn't it. They design the scratch games to be addictive, enticing players to buy ticket after ticket, or entire packs at a time . . . but do it responsibly.

Comment #1

mypiemaster — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:12:02 GMT

All kinds of gimmicks are employed and researched just to find ways to make us buy more tickets.

Pennsylvania Lottery game development: Little left to chance

Lottery Post — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:45:59 GMT

Standing at the vending machine or counter display, it's hard to tell which instant lottery game is the hot ticket to buy.

But to the Pennsylvania Lottery officials, every game in the display is considered hot or it wouldn't be there.

Every one of the 50 to 54 instant lottery games introduced each year receives an abundance of forethought from how it looks, how it's played and how it will be received by players.

We can't afford a so-so game, said Drew Svitko, the lottery's deputy execu... [ More ]