Coronavirus severely hurting Massachusetts Lottery sales

Comment #22

lucky6025 — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 15:42:12 GMT

hard to believe State is Whining over lottery sales, when alot of businesses will close for good over virus. Think of How many people either not getting a paycheck or less then were getting or waiting for stimulus/ unemployment checks. Only thing Mass lottery is losing is CEO bonuses will be less, yes people will say money goes to cities/towns but how much as most cities/towns now have that money in general fund, no longer school funds as it was intended

Comment #21

Bleudog101 — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 15:16:50 GMT

Comment #20

FULLYBLESS — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 23:41:50 GMT

Good...

Comment #19

Bleudog101 — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 15:33:14 GMT

Your last sentence sums it all up. What is the old saying 'cut off your nose to spite your face'? To me the lottery can't see the forest for the trees. Give it time, once MM is won and both have crappy top jackpots I think sales will tank even more.

Comment #18

Stack47 — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 23:52:46 GMT

Saw an article from Jan. 12, 2016 about the PB jackpot in How Stuff works. And the article explains why PB and MM will lose money if the jackpot is won in the first few drawing after the roll-over. Ticket sales in the last two PB drawings were about $32 million and if the figure 34% of every $2 in sales goes to the jackpot that created $21.12 cash jackpot. Under the last payout structure, the estimated jackpot would be $60 million and if anyone knows how someone could purchase a $60 million payo... [ More ]

Comment #17

Stat$talker — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 23:52:25 GMT

Comment #16

noise-gate — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 22:14:38 GMT

Our State lottery is looking a lot more appetizing than ever before. That take home dollar amount is life changing. Always had this dream of retiring under the age of 40. I know l will tip a whole lot better once this crisis passes. I can see myself leaving a $20 tip for having a coffee a donut.

Comment #15

Bleudog101 — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 11:17:22 GMT

Same here and a crappy $5 million increase since no jackpot winner from last night. It'll never happen in a million years, but wouldn't it be nice if MM PB were more transparent? I mean CEO salaries, expenses, the whole gambit. Who here thinks like me that with the lower starting jackpots and lower rollover increases it will hurt the bottom line? I think and hope it does

Comment #14

SaraAnnRapp — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:41:29 GMT

That's what I'm doing, playing MM until this large jackpot is won and then I will concentrate on a smaller state game.

Comment #13

sdw1000 — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:02:32 GMT

Considering the Jackpot is set to 20 million and it's BARELY going up with hardly anyone playing, I'd say you better play Mega Millions now when it's sort of high. The lottery may not get above 100 million for months

Comment #12

Big Joey — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 04:15:40 GMT

There's a lot of people who I used to communicate privately with on here, that has not responded to me in weeks, going on a month. I wonder how many members on here are sick, or may have died unfortunately

Comment #11

ThaRock1 — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:29:18 GMT

I agree South Carolina lottery sucks

Comment #10

Bleudog101 — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:21:01 GMT

My home state, still stuck in Puritanical ways, i.e. bars close @ 0100 comes to mind.

Deborah Goldberg had tried, unsuccessfully, to get the Legislature to approve on-line sales. Remember I wrote her a letter about the KLC? Of course it wasn't answered, but informed her how wonderful it is.

Though this is the 21st Century, in many ways we're way behind the 8 ball nationwide IMHO.

Comment #9

jackpotismine — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 04:54:39 GMT

Right! Boo-hoo! Make lotteries great again. Give bigger payouts

Comment #8

Stack47 — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 19:06:16 GMT

Saw were someone purposed no Federal tax on pay checks. Don't know for a fact, but isn't that the same not taxing unemployment checks

Comment #7

dpoly1 — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:39:15 GMT

Government Whining Because Government Shut Down Business!

Next they will be perplexed as to why they aren't getting sales tax revenue LOL

Comment #6

FULLYBLESS — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:28:59 GMT

South Carolina lottery sales needs to drop also and what u expect people are not working...

Comment #5

Stack47 — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:24:35 GMT

There are a couple of things different, don't get tickets and winnings are accredited to the player's account. The lottery records all the transactions, but to be safe, copy all of my Online game purchases. Any winnings can be withdrawn from the account, but will take a day or two to get into the player's bank.

Other than no paper ticket and not being able to collect the next day, not much difference.

Comment #4

GamblinGuy — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:04:32 GMT

its the same as a paper ticket! I was leery at first,truth is with the pandemic,didnt wanna go out,when i buy a mega or power ticket i feel good caus ei know my shaky state isnt drawing the numbers

Comment #3

music* — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:14:22 GMT

Today, Massachussets is having a tough week with COVID-19.

God Bless them.

Comment #2

Dynamic Duo — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:02:06 GMT

Food for thought. True all state lottery sales are down overall. Here's a strong suggestion to ALL state lotteries. Have more or higher payouts during the good times on a consistent basis, that way you will have your loyal customers still playing even when things are not so good. I totally understand the lottery is a business and just like any business there in to make a profit but that being said we're never going to get the whole pie. But people would like it very much if they got a nice slice... [ More ]

Comment #1

Unlucky-Kenny — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:25:18 GMT

States with online lottery options have instead seen a surge in demand, she said. New Hampshire saw first-time players increase by 38% from February to March, with online lottery revenue for the same period increasing by 10%.

Anyone here have an opinion on online lotto?

Being from a state that is not online - its hard for me to imagine buying a lotto ticket online - not sure how I would feel about it.

Coronavirus severely hurting Massachusetts Lottery sales

Lottery Post — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:19:15 GMT

The Massachusetts State Lottery is taking a big hit as the COVID-19 state of emergency temporarily shutters many stores that sell tickets, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg told lawmakers Tuesday.

More than 1,800 of the state's 7,500 lottery agents are closed, she said. Many stores that remain open have chosen to limit or eliminate lottery sales as a result of staff shortages.

Total sales last week were down almost 33% from the same week last year. So far for April, sales of Keno, one of the best... [ More ]