Multi-state Wild Card 2 game ending in February

Comment #14

oknazevad — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:41:53 GMT

It is also the only game offered in the US in which the top two prizes are for life prizes.

This line from the original article is wrong. Cash4Life, for all its faults, has a top prize of $1000/day for life, and a second prize of $1000/week for life. Two lifetime prizes. Clearly someone was reading a bad press release.

Comment #13

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:27:09 GMT

It's a horrible decision to get rid of Wild Card and I will be going to Oregon to buy tickets for MegaBucks and Montana for Montana Cash.

Comment #12

RedStang — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:49:35 GMT

Cash for life would of been a better choice. The 2nd place prize is 52k/yr instead of 25k which is nothing after taxes.

Comment #11

GGStarlings — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:47:01 GMT

Exactly! Once I discovered that there is hardly ever a JP winner I decided not to even bother with it. Yes, it's a disservice, all right.

Comment #10

atoz — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:43:56 GMT

Yes I do have to agree with you...that game is not available for me to play but what i do agree is if they replace a game with something like lucky for life....it is a piece of crap... i dont see how anyone would continue to buy it. But its got to be a money maker for the lotteries.

another complaint i do have with the lotteries is if a large payoff is missed and not claimed, it goes back into the lottery fund...to me that money should go back to the players in the form of some kind of way...... [ More ]

Comment #9

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:27:10 GMT

I never got to play this game, but it is evident that they want to phase out games that are 2 plays for a buck. Unfortunately the trend is $2 a play now, and they try to sweeten it up with 2 ways to win a jackpot like All or Nothing, or Texas Triple Chance gets you 3 lines, 2 of which are QP's for $2. The only way for lotteries to increase revenue is to make it harder to win, and up the cost of play to $2.

Comment #8

ieatdirt — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:17:32 GMT

Yeah I liked the game too and replacing a progressive jackpot game with a POS like Lucky for Life that sits there for months and months without a winner and never grows is a real disservice.

Comment #7

GGStarlings — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:01:06 GMT

We had a discussion about this in the Wild Card forum. This is the game I've played since 2008, and I'm very disappointed to see it go, as it was affordable. If they replace it with some 2-dollar per line game, I'm going to be very mad and writing letters. Oh, not that anyone will actually listen to what I have to say, but I will have to complain.

I know the trend is to put in games with greater odds and higher payout, but that's not why I play the lottery. I don't set goals for myself that i... [ More ]

Comment #6

HoLeeKau — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:45:11 GMT

That would be really nice, but I've never heard of them doing that in the US. It's usually just absorbed into the lottery/government and we never hear about it again.

Comment #5

JoshUK — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:05:08 GMT

Maybe they'll do what they do with the EuroMillions when it caps out at the highest amount the JP can be, it is split with the lower tier prize winners..

Comment #4

HoLeeKau — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:53:07 GMT

I'd like to know what happens to the money if the jackpot is not won between now and the time the game ends.

It will be awarded to players who funded the jackpot, right? Right??? crickets

Comment #3

music* — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:37:18 GMT

Thank You Todd. I just did with your help. You are the best.

It must be a Manic Monday for me. A song by the Bangles in the 1980's.

Comment #2

Todd — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:00:50 GMT

Draw game means there is a drawing. Click the Game Information link at the bottom of the story to see the game particulars (including draw type).

Comment #1

music* — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:51:39 GMT

Does Draw Game mean balls, not computers? RNG?

This game is played on Monday and Thursday. Smart! MM PB days off.

Lucky for Life is definitely competition for MM PB bets.

May the best games win.

Multi-state Wild Card 2 game ending in February

Lottery Post — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:59:17 GMT

North Dakota joining Lucky for Life multi-state game

By Todd Northrop

Wild Card 2, a multi-state lottery game currently offered in four states, is ending with the Feb. 24 drawing.

The lottery game that has been played in one form or another for more than 20 years is being dropped after a fall in popularity, according to lottery officials.

Wild Card 2 offers two plays for $1. It got its start in 1994 as Tri-West Lotto and was offered only in Idaho, Montana and South Dakota. In 1998, i... [ More ]