Despite sales influx from $2B Powerball, Massachusetts Lottery ticket sales falter

Comment #14

Genome — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 02:57:05 GMT

They stopped putting second chance drawings on their $30 tickets also. They dont even sell the Fastest Road and Diamond Millions tickets anymore and theres still $1 million prizes left.

Comment #13

Think — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 18:25:13 GMT

I take back my suggestion and replace it with a new one.

Massachusetts should take that $10,000,000 and lobby for ticket sales across state lines.

The Mass Scratchers are better than the vast majority of scratchers form other states (with a rare exception here and there).

If I could I certainly would mail order the $20 and $30 tix from Mass. Heck, even their $10 tix are better than most of the Michigan scratchers.

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Comment #12

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 13:34:38 GMT

A lot of state lotteries (if not all) are looking for ways to increase sales (income). The only way to do that is to introduce new games that might appeal to players who are tired of the old games that have been around for years, and or increase the number of draws each day (Texas) for games, Pick 3, Daily 4, All or Nothing. When Power Ball started having draws on Mondays, Texas naturally started having Lotto draws on Mondays also (Lotto draws are also on Wed, and Sat).

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Comment #11

Think — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 23:08:35 GMT

Some states, like Michigan, just have too many stupid games to play! All the money that people squander on the drunken bar keno (club Keno) does not go into any jackpot game. Michigans Daily Keno went to RNG in 2002 and there have been more draws with fewer winners on that game. Michigan also has a stupid game called Poker Lotto which has comparable odds to the daily keno but the prize is $100,000 vs $250,000 for the daily keno and the PL ticket price is $2 vs $1 for the DK.

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Comment #10

Bleudog101 — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 12:25:47 GMT

Yesterday found some old KY lotto Christmas envelopes so this year will put a scratch ticket and maybe one of the big guys if the jackpot for MM continues to grow. This is for our Christmas Eve dinner folks...they love it.

Sadly, Kentucky Lottery doesn't print these anymore. Went away with mechanical ball drawings it seems. Last year they had it on-line where you could print your own. How cheap is that

Comment #9

tvboris — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 06:22:24 GMT

If you notice, there aren't many second prize winners lately in PB and MM. Quite often not a single second tier winner.

It is either people have less spare money to play, or perhaps have more doubt that they can win, after playing a lot to win 2BLN.

My hunch, that in the recession time, when things are uncertain, more people should be trying their luck, even if they don't have much money. I always thought in the time of trouble lotteries actually sky-rocket. But lately it has been the... [ More ]

Comment #8

Stack47 — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 05:48:03 GMT

Shows how depended many state lotteries are on extra large MM and PB sales. Less than 20 million tickers were sold for an over $300 million jackpot. States like Massachusetts are barely selling enough tickets to pay off $1 million second prize winner.

The good news is if the MM jackpot keeps rolls six more drawings until Christmas, look for lots of people to find MM or PB tickets in their stocking.

Comment #7

Todd — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 00:04:38 GMT

I agree, the PB and MM challenge threads are some of the best

Comment #6

konane — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 00:03:43 GMT

Powerball was much more fun when it drew once a week. Same for Mega Millions. I agree with all of Todd's comments and feel the general public is suffering from lottery fatigue. However heads of lotteries seem to concentrate focus groups on the results they intend, as opposed to realistically studying declining economic conditions of their supporting players.

If anyone wants the fun of guessing numbers for Powerball and Mega Millions please join in Maddog's Powerball and Mega Millions challe... [ More ]

Comment #5

fellini — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 02:53:36 GMT

It sounds like people are being smarter with their money. =0p

Comment #4

Artist77 — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 18:18:15 GMT

Exactly. Wait till the out of control Fed raises rates again this month and triggers a housing collapse. Stock market predictions are essentially flat for 2023.

Comment #3

Kakins — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:25:27 GMT

I wouldn't play in a state that takes 5 years to quad either. Players feel like it's rigged

Comment #2

Todd — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:54:41 GMT

The states are discovering what happens when you flood the market with many different types of gambling, while at the same time limiting people's budgets by implementing horrendous economic policies that destroy the economy.

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:43:35 GMT

Not too surprised nor do I care.

They opted to have the subscription service center moved from Braintree, MA to Atlanta. The fees for the few games out of staters can play went up too much.

They no longer allow subscription ticket sales @ retail stores.

Years ago had written a letter to the Treasurer over the lottery suggesting they offer on-line sales and @ that time what games KY could play that way. As I said before no reply ever sent. To non-MA residents (my home state) bear in m... [ More ]

Despite sales influx from $2B Powerball, Massachusetts Lottery ticket sales falter

Lottery Post — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:10:11 GMT

The Massachusetts State Lottery Tuesday stated it could be in some financial trouble regarding its overall sales for the fiscal year, despite the massive ticket sales generated by the recent Powerball jackpot worth $2 billion.

According to Lottery Interim Director Mark Bracken, as of Sunday, lottery sales for the 2023 fiscal year are $22.5 million less than what they were for fiscal 2022. This includes overall instant ticket and scratch ticket sales, but it's an improvement from the $60 mill... [ More ]