Interesting Question.

Reply #9

CASH Only — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:01:53 GMT

EW:Unlucky for Life needs to be scrapped.

Reply #8

DoctorEw220 — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 05:46:32 GMT

hence why PA needs to move lucky for life lotto to monday and thursday if they ever want to see a rise in sales. think about it. you could get two plays for powerball, which pays a higher top prize, and has better chances to win, or you could get one play for lucky for life lotto for the same price, and unless you get the instant win, face crappy odds to win a prize, and the top prize pays out darn near jack.

Reply #7

DoctorEw220 — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 05:44:42 GMT

i think mega millions also took tuesday and friday so lotteries would not have to move their lotto drawings to different dates.

Reply #6

Maverick — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 04:49:00 GMT

I agree with Teufellj, and I think RJoh is right also.

Reply #5

RJOh — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 04:09:39 GMT

When Ohio first started its lottery drawings they were big week end dvents, and when they went to twice a week, it was normal to go to mid-week or Wednesday for the second drawings. I think most lotteries started that way. When BigGame (MegaMillions) came along, it took Tuesday and Friday so not to conflict with PowerBall.RJOh

Reply #4

lottoshlep — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 02:56:52 GMT

Hmmm ... there maybe another good reason for this. Wednesdays excluded of course, but having the draws on Sat (CDN weekly Super7 is on Fridays) allows the Lotto Corps to delay JackPot payout by a day or two. Thus they will collect interest on the funds since the Lotto offices (and banks) don't open till Monday!!Lemme see, how much $$ would that be on say a $10 Mil JP at today's rates?! By way of example: $10M @5%per annum = $1,369.86 per day, a tidy little sum I'd say ... delay 52 JP's that w... [ More ]

Reply #3

DoctorEw220 — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 02:22:01 GMT

could be. i know some states will hold their big game drawings on tues/fri or mon/thurs. i personally like how DE did theirs with mon/wed/fri thing. 2-3 days between drawings.

Reply #2

four4me — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 02:19:17 GMT

If a week had 8 days they would be four days apart. People wanted the lottery drawing twice a week it started out on a Saturday. Then they chose Wednesday. My guess is as teufellj's because a lot of people also get paid on Wednesday especially local state and government employees. So they know many people will have ready cash available.

Reply #1

Teufellj — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:08:27 GMT

Perhaps folks are running out of their paycheck on Wednsday and Friday is usually pay day, so Saturday is the gotcha before the store gets the sales--- Just financial sense on the part of the lottery commissions and ego thinking on the part of the people buying the tickets?Teufellj...

Interesting Question.

DoctorEw220 — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 23:49:59 GMT

Is there any significance to why most lotteries hold their Lotto game drawings on Wednesdays and Saturdays