Powerball Matrix Change?

Reply #17

CASH Only — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:52:58 GMT

Dr:The OR and WA life games stink too.

Reply #16

dvdiva — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:22:53 GMT

Current rules would prohibit large jackpots anyways since there are limits on them unlike Megamillions. I think they would have to change that rule and the matrix to boost sales. I think that states are finally complaining about the sales droping since record jackpots can really be a windfall for participating states.

Reply #15

DoctorEw220 — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:10:01 GMT

lotteries are actually making an attempt to listen to players (or so they say). it looks like PA did well with match 6 (it's a fun game, even though i have yet to win at it.), but the players did not like lucky for life lotto (i think they expected it to be more like WA's or OR's, which would probably generate more sales.). it seems as if the players are asking the lotteries to consider matrix changes to powerball and mega millions. both the lotteries and the players want bigger jackpots, and th... [ More ]

Reply #14

DoctorEw220 — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:05:31 GMT

she is also forgetting that for adobe and microsoft products, it takes a ton of programmers, such as my aunt angela- i get adobe software for only $50., to write millions, maybe even billions, of lines of code just to make the program function right, and if they mess up on one line of code, the software does not work right. you also have dealer markup, unless you are an educator. printing CDs at such a small price is only a small fraction of what causes the software to be expensive.

Reply #13

Rip Snorter — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:56:03 GMT

That arguement would be like saying Microsoft or Adobe products should be less then 20$ because the price of pressing cd's is only pennies.Lotteries have far more competition from online gaming and small casino's then in the past.dvdiva:I can't buy your comparison to microsoft. An overpriced product is still a product. It goes for what the traffic will bear. If it doesn't sell at the price, someone will reduce a price and sell it as New and Used on Amazon, or on Ebay, or down at the corner di... [ More ]

Reply #12

dvdiva — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:27:43 GMT

Yeah it is a product. People either buy tickets or they don't. States expecting a certain amount of money from the lottery have to make up the difference somewhere else (usually more tax) if sales fail to meet expectations.That arguement would be like saying Microsoft or Adobe products should be less then 20$ because the price of pressing cd's is only pennies.Lotteries have far more competition from online gaming and small casino's then in the past. It also doesn't help that people got jaded to... [ More ]

Reply #11

Rip Snorter — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:20:37 GMT

It's also hard to believe a person in a management position can talk about 400 mill in 'lost' sales, referring to a product as soft as a lottery ticket. The assembly lines aren't working two shifts, instead of three turning out tickets. The overhead's not a fixed one. The product exists only in the minds of ticket buyers. Wonder where an organization selling an imaginary product comes off talking about 'losses' in sales.Evidently they had a lot of stray number combinations lying around drawi... [ More ]

Reply #10

ryanm — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:13:21 GMT

Hard to believe those record jackpots were set back when the odds were only 76 million to one.

Reply #9

dvdiva — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:04:18 GMT

True Cash only but the big game had much fewer states and all were on the east coast. So fewer players to start and fewer players from neighboring states who could cross a state line to play.

Reply #8

CASH Only — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:44:28 GMT

diva:The two largest US lottery jackpots belong to Big Game before it became Mega Millions.

Reply #7

LOTTOMIKE — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:09:28 GMT

its all chance anyway,if you buy the winning ticket its meant to be,the people it'll really be harder on are people picking their own numbers because they'll have a larger set of numbers against them..........

Reply #6

dvdiva — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:25:01 GMT

Ouch a 400 million dollar loss in sales thanks to how poorly the game has been going lately. Powerball also needs to dump the lame rules regarding record jackpots. It's not exactly something they have to worry about unless they change the game but having limits on how high a jackpot gets will only dampen sales once a new Megamillions cracks all the Powerball records.Sadly the story also quotes some lame professer saying basically with the current odds they should get larger prizes. Same poor mat... [ More ]

Reply #5

CASH Only — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:25:50 GMT

rip:The jackpot odds of the two games would be almost identical.

Reply #4

Rip Snorter — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:22:36 GMT

BTW, if MM becomes 5/56 + 1/46, the ideal PB matrices would be 5/57 + 1/41.'Ideal' in what sense

Reply #3

CASH Only — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:15:46 GMT

Decrease was referring to the probability of hitting.BTW, if MM becomes 5/56 + 1/46, the ideal PB matrices would be 5/57 + 1/41.

Reply #2

Rip Snorter — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:14:09 GMT

Nice article.... informative.Maybe the ticket for more sales is to increase the jackpot to 300 million, constant, but decrease the chances of anybody winning it to zero. They lost 400 million in sales this year, the guy said. Whereas, they're bound to have lost a little something in payouts, too. They could win both ways by increasing the jackpots, but making sure nobody wins one. In fact, they could afford to make the jackpots even larger.... maybe half a billion or so that way.Jack

Reply #1

weshar75 — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:37:38 GMT

Since the year for powerball ends in june I bet in july they will increase the odds again or change something but not decrease the odds like the article said in the beginning.

Powerball Matrix Change?

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