Largest-ever UK Lotto jackpot has players... angry?

Comment #22

butch2030 — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 22:49:07 GMT

Forgot to highlight the 55 in the 3rd drawing listed above..............................

2015-10-31 26 39 41 42 55 59 16

Comment #21

butch2030 — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 19:26:54 GMT

It could be worse -- So far there have only been 25 drawings under the new system. Here are 5 of them. If you want to play a set of numbers - Play 29 31 41 55 58 59.

2015-10-24 29 31 43 55 58 59 11

2015-12-30 22 31 47 52 55 59 23

2015-10-31 26 39 41 42 55 59 16

2015-11-25 18 29 38 41 43 57 8

2015-12-26 17 21 31 38 44 58 20

Good Luck Best Wishes To All.........................................

Your Welcome.........................

Comment #20

HaveABall — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 04:26:21 GMT

I am.

Comment #19

Teddi — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 02:39:09 GMT

You can't possibly be serious. Do you really and honestly think that what you're presenting is even remotely feasible?

The lottery creates billions of dollars (for the states which have them) for education. Even with those billions, there are still shortfalls enough so that non-essential programs are being cut left and right.

For profit schools are a business. Why go after a business for making a profit when every state has local colleges anyone can attend for a fraction of the cost. It's... [ More ]

Comment #18

MillionsWanted — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:26:50 GMT

Agree with the UK lotto players. It's better with often but minor jackpots. Now they have made winning too hard.

Comment #17

dr65 — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 21:37:11 GMT

Camelot...and to think, PA wanted them in charge.

Good for the Brits...let them get mad and I hope they don't play. Rearranging odds/balls/payouts/winning combos is wrong for

a game that people have played in the past and enjoyed. Don't these suckers realize that making odds worse ticks people off and

turns them off too? They just see more $$$$$$.

One person will win, how many times must that happen for people to totally get sick of it? How many times can they change the

game and... [ More ]

Comment #16

HaveABall — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 21:20:42 GMT

Merely entertainment, nothing lasting.

Instead, I would rather see the massive amounts of lottery monies being spent, in all countries, to create manufacturing facilities. These manufacturing facilities would pay each adult, full-time employee at least $50K/year salary for full-time, 40 hours per week work. No overtime, because enough attendance reliable, full-time adult employees hired -- in each facility -- to staff 3 shifts, each weekday. On Saturdays and Sundays several 'weekends-only em... [ More ]

Comment #15

myturn — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 11:02:49 GMT

I am a big fan of the UK Lottery. It has raised billions of pounds for good causes , which is why the lottery was set up.

The London Olympics, which was great success with the UK ranking 3rd with 65 medals, was funded with lottery revenue.

British athletes benefited from lottery sports funding.

The lottery funds community projects, including sports facilities, across the UK.

Comment #14

myturn — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 07:54:54 GMT

The winner(s) have the right to remain anonymous. They won't be paraded in front of the media, unless they are silly enough to want that.

Winning, or sharing, such a large jackpot would be great, but it would be very difficult to handle in the full glare of the media. US lotteries please take note.

Comment #13

GGStarlings — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 03:45:51 GMT

Same here. I will not play it.

Comment #12

Teddi — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:04:09 GMT

Well that's a misleading headline. They aren't upset because the pot is high. They're upset because the price doubled and the odds of not winning tripled. If the pot had reached 42 million without the changes that came with it, the social media sites would be filled with wishes and dreams of winning instead of anger and threat of boycotts.

I don't think they're any less mercenary than we are. Just more vocal about getting shafted.

Comment #11

reddog — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 22:42:24 GMT

ok, maybe 1 or 2. lol until it is won.

Comment #10

Groppo — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 22:31:06 GMT

But, Mr. Reddog,

You can't stop playing Powerball.

OK, especially not for this Wednesday night.

Then, if you want to stop, OK.

(am I nuts? what am I talking about

Comment #9

MaximumMillions — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:14:58 GMT

I think though the odds are obviously worse now and it's pricier the guaranteed 5 millionaires are unique and make the game worth playing. I would trade in my 6/49 in a heartbeat.

Comment #8

RedStang — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:09:41 GMT

Right, they don't know how good they got it. If we had a guaranteed 5 raffle winners every game i would play a lot more.

Comment #7

reddog — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:30:11 GMT

The Directors of the PowerBall should take note of this. That was the whole reason they changed the Powerball format back in October,,, for higher jackpots. I pretty much stopped playing Powerball now. It just sucks with having to pay 2 or 3 bucks with odds like that. Just my opinion.

Comment #6

HoLeeKau — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:24:32 GMT

How many players match 5 plus the bonus ball in typical drawings? Just wondering if that even happens every draw, or if it happens so much that the jackpot would be split so many ways that it wouldn't be worth it

Comment #5

noise-gate — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:20:07 GMT

..With that mentality, they would be pulling their hair out with the MM PB odds if they moved here.

Comment #4

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:45:41 GMT

Right now 2 pounds is worth $2.96.

Subject to change.

I would like 45 mil to 1 odds with a crack at $184 million.

Comment #3

savagegoose — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:36:36 GMT

good on the poms, i would boycott all the dreaws, except the 50 million pound ones. nothing business like more than boycotts

Comment #2

music* — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:31:04 GMT

Give a Power Ball or Mega Millions player odds of 45 million to 1, we would be jumping for joy.

How much is two pounds worth in American dollars? Maybe double like say, $4.00? or more than that?

Hearse track where is your humor when we need it now

Comment #1

Guru101 — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:49:00 GMT

Technically, the odds is 6 times worse, not 3, because not only did they add 10 balls, they doubled the price.

Largest-ever UK Lotto jackpot has players... angry?

Lottery Post — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:05:39 GMT

By Todd Northrop

In the United States, a record jackpot is cause for celebration and waves of ticket-buying, but in the United Kingdom players are bemoaning tomorrow night's record 42.2 million (US$62.62 million) Lotto jackpot and threatening to boycott the game, according to local media reports.

Apparently having a jackpot won frequently is more important to Brits than the size of the pot.

Tomorrow's record 42.2 million jackpot is the result of a record 10th rollover. The reason for th... [ More ]