'Red Ball' drawings coming back to N.J. Lottery

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jamella724 — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:06:20 GMT

This is cool! Players have something new to try. Definitely players will love this one especially they have a chance to win bigger prizes. I would love to try this one too

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dallascowboyfan — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 02:24:13 GMT

nothing wrong with adding a little excitement

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braycamp2 — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 05:46:34 GMT

is it true if all 7's come up on lucky 7's do you automatically win $7000 topprize including what's under neath it

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Jon D — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:37:39 GMT

Yeah, that would be interesting to see if there is heavy action on the 7th day, if it comes.

Of course, with NJ being a pari-mutuel Pick3/4 state, there is no risk to the lottery, they just payout 100% of funds that 1 night instead of 50%.

I wonder if this is just a promotion? In CA, they have promotions periodically, not with pick 3, but with higher payouts for a period of time on some games. This usually happens when there is excess cash in the reserve fund, and they need to burn it off

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Stack47 — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 18:01:54 GMT

If a white ball is drawn, it will be removed from the mix and the next night the draw will be from the remaining five white balls and one red ball. A white ball will be taken out every night until the red ball is drawn.

It probably won't happen, but after six drawings it could create a guaranteed double prize and interesting to how much the volume of play will increase for that drawing. It's a very nice promotion from a player savvy state lottery.

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LottoGuyBC — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:44:48 GMT

nice...I'll buy that for a dollar

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sully16 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 23:26:26 GMT

Thats pretty cool.

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LottoMetro — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 21:23:15 GMT

The Red Ball promotion reduces lottery profits by approximately $2.6 million, therefore I am all for it

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RedStang — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:05:10 GMT

It's good to see they want people to win by removing one ball, even though the odds of getting a red ball are still tough.

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Abdi — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:39:07 GMT

i have always admired the NJ LOTTERY ,and i think this is a great step forward.

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mypiemaster — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:25:18 GMT

If it benefits the players, I'm all for it.

'Red Ball' drawings coming back to N.J. Lottery

Lottery Post — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:21:18 GMT

By Todd Northrop

For the second year in a row, the New Jersey Lottery is conducting a month of 'Red Ball' drawings that will occasionally double some evening drawing prizes.

The 2nd Annual Red Ball promotion is for players of the evening Pick 3 and Pick 4 games. The Red Ball promotion doubles all prizes for both the Pick 3 and Pick 4 evening games every time the Red Ball is drawn. The Red Ball is guaranteed to be drawn at least once every seven days during the promotional period.

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