Michigan Lottery dropping Roll Down, adding Fantasy 5

Comment #8

CASH Only — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 20:22:14 GMT

Probably WinFall, plus the new Massachusetts Ca$h WinFall.

Comment #7

DoctorEw220 — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 03:26:27 GMT

one last thing. only the jackpot amounts and the matrix will change with the new game. the lower prizes will remain the same.

Comment #6

DoctorEw220 — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 03:24:03 GMT

which game would you rather play, winfall or michigan rolldown

Comment #5

DoctorEw220 — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 03:23:42 GMT

i also think that with the inception of winfall, michigan has had the problem of two games that work the same way with one paying in the millions.

Comment #4

DoctorEw220 — Tue, 24 Aug 2004 02:04:55 GMT

i'm not surprised. i saw what the top prize winners got. it was sometmes less than $10,000. that's chump change for what some states were offering for the same, if not smaller matrixes.

Comment #3

curt777 — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:50:46 GMT

I'm with you GutGNT! Little Lotto was WAY better with only 30 numbers. Overall odds were 1:140,000. Now it's 1:575,000. !!!! ARGH!!!! I've been playing it non-stop for 10 years. Had at least 16 occasions I hit of 4/5 when it was 30 numbers. All payouts over $200. Haven't had one single 4/5 now that it's changed. I've only hit 3/5 twice since Feb. !! Needless to say, I've decreased the amount I spend on it considerably!. All we can do is wait for the sales to languish to the point... [ More ]

Comment #2

qutgnt — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:24:57 GMT

Yeah the rolldown prize structure was horrible. This will probably mirror Illinois Little Lotto, but a year from now ,w hen the newness of the game wears off they will be in same boat as they are now. Unless they increase the payback %!! Dopes. The Ill Little Lotto is already seeing a decrease in sales as people are purposely waiting to play when the jackpots gets big, not playing when its 100k. I will only play when its big as I think the 4 out of 5 prize is horrible.

Comment #1

CASH Only — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:33:36 GMT

MI will make five states with a Fantasy 5 , and the first not in the Sun Belt.

Michigan Lottery dropping Roll Down, adding Fantasy 5

Lottery Post — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:29:39 GMT

The Michigan Lottery says it is dropping the Roll Down game Sept. 11 and adding Fantasy 5, a game in which players try to match five numbers from one to 39.Fantasy 5 will have a guaranteed first prize of $100,000. It starts Sept. 12.The jackpot will grow until someone wins it, said Michigan Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters. We expect the average jackpot to be about $155,000, Peters told The Detroit News. We call it our mini-lotto. Peters said Roll Down, like many lottery games, lost popularity... [ More ]