Powerball sales drop busts NJ Lottery's 7-year winning streak

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Soledad — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:42:44 GMT

Not that many jacks in the pot , Paul Stam.

lol

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rcbbuckeye — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 17:53:59 GMT

While not the same as with lotteries....that box of cereal costs more to produce than it did a few years ago. Wages go up. Health insurance costs go up. The stuff needed to make the cereal go up.

My first new vehicle was a 1973 pickup truck that cost $3000. And it wasn't loaded with options. My last new truck I bought was about $25,000 in 2007, an XL trim level. That same truck would cost about $32,000 today. It is what it is.

As for MM and PB. They are really trying to make the jackpots r... [ More ]

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Raven62 — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 17:45:36 GMT

Higher Taxes Equals Less Money to Play the Lottery

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Bleudog101 — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 14:50:36 GMT

I agree 100%. Just thinking about consumerism. You go buy a box of cereal time after time. Then you come home, same price of cereal, only box is smaller. So the lottery guys figured they'd jump on the bandwagon and basically do the same thing except they increased both the price and decreased the odds of ever hitting the big one.

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gatorsrok — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 00:04:27 GMT

I think this the real reason. Also, it does not help that a lot of us can do the math and know that the changes over the past few years to PM and MM with increased ticket prices and worse odds were implemented only to raise more revenue for the state lotteries at the expense of the players.

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fellini — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:41:39 GMT

I wish they would say exactly where all the lottery revenue goes. Saying it goes to education and social programs is too vague for me.

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Slick Nick — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:37:43 GMT

Good point. Many people took a burn to Mega Millions being bumped up. They want us to play, but they make it difficult when many of us try to BUDGET and pay our bills on time.

Comment #2

Bleudog101 — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:31:30 GMT

Like I keep saying, it seems like lottery fatigue is settling in big time. Personally I didn't play for a while after the big PB MM came in back to back. Felt like the wind was taking away from the sails.

Comment #1

Slick Nick — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:06:17 GMT

I wonder if Gov. Christie plays the Powerball

Powerball sales drop busts NJ Lottery's 7-year winning streak

Lottery Post — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:00:09 GMT

Lottery sales in New Jersey fell for the first in seven years in 2017 led by a sharp by decline in revenue from Powerball tickets, though scratch-off games remain the state's biggest money maker, according to the New Jersey Lottery's annual report .

The lottery sold $3.186 billion in tickets for all games about $103 million less than in fiscal year 2016. The lottery still contributed $994 million to education and social programs last year, up from $987 million the previous year.

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