OH Lot O' Play a failure?

Reply #17

CASH Only — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:45:08 GMT

LoP payouts a record low for Wednesday. Each Saturday draw has seen a lower payout than the previous Saturday. Same goes for Wednesday.

Reply #16

CASH Only — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:43:57 GMT

ew:The only thing that bothers me about LoP is the fact that the cash value is only 50% of the annuity instead of a higher floating percentage. If I had to choose between it and NY Lotto, I would try LoP, which is slightly better.

Reply #15

DoctorEw220 — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 05:38:21 GMT

CASH Only: Just because you do not like something does not mean it is bad. You have options. If you do not like a game, you do not have to play it. Seriously, you are getting worked up over nothing. If you want to take the cash option, then that's fine. We see this from you for every game: NY Lotto, PA Lucky for Life Lotto, OH Lot 'O Play, Annuities, Tri-State Megabucks, WI City Picks, OH Kicker, MA Megabucks, MA Mass Milions. I think I got them all, but anyway, you are obsessed. Serious... [ More ]

Reply #14

CASH Only — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:15:50 GMT

Saturday payouts for LoP were down from the first Saturday draw, despite the larger jackpot.

Reply #13

JMorenoMars — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 22:00:28 GMT

I like Lot O Play... I've played every draw so far and have yet to win anything. But it's pretty cool the way it works, I love it. The odds are a lot better than Super Lotto Plus too. Even if an Ohio-Michigan game WERE to get started, I hope they keep Lot O Play. However, almost every time I go into a store and ask for 1 Lot O Play .. They ALWAYS ask me What game? They keep thinking that I am asking for one LOTTO PLAY . Ha ha.

Reply #12

NoCompLotto! — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 03:49:18 GMT

The reason why I didn't include lower-tier prizes in the doubler part of the game is becasue too many people would match just the 7th ball and there would be no way to fund the double annuity. They would have to take the prize out of the reserve fund and if that happened, you could say buh-bye to this game.The point of this is to have a way to double the jackpot, raise the prize amounts with the bonus ball , and fund a double-the-advertised-jackpot annuity. If there were lower tiered prizes tha... [ More ]

Reply #11

NoCompLotto! — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 03:38:48 GMT

I just used some lottery odds calculator to figure those out. I do think that they are a little too high... doesn't seem like good odds (by my calcs) for 3/6.

Reply #10

RJOh — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:17:37 GMT

My calculations for a 6/49 game are: MATCH GAME ODDS 6 / 6 1 : 13983816 5 / 6 1 : 54201 4 / 6 1 : 1032 3 / 6 1 : 57I hope Lot'O Play is a success too, but it's not the type of game I play, but I don't like scratch-offs, pick3's and pick4's and they all do fine without my money.RJOh

Reply #9

Bradly_60 — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:34:17 GMT

Payout Examples Odds:6/49 Regular (cost: $1)Numbers Matched Prize Odds6 of 6 Jackpot 1 in 13,983,8165 of 6 $2,500 1 in 317,8144 of 6 $175 1 in 14,1253 of 6 $5 1 in 921A 6/49 game has different odds then what you have li... [ More ]

Reply #8

DoctorEw220 — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:02:56 GMT

I like Lot O'Play. I have yet to not have a winning ticket and I have played every drawing.

Reply #7

Just6ntlc — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:42:08 GMT

I agree what you said NoCompLotto except for the payout situation if you match just the bonus ball. Players just matching the Bonus Ball will get even money returned or $2 because they pay an extra $1 for double feature.Introducing: Lotto Doubler! Main Jackpot is a 6/49 game. Double Jackpot is a 7/49 game. Pick 6 of 49 numbers, or use a quick pick. Each Ticket costs $1. For an extra $1, you can pick a 7th number from the remaining field of 43, or have the computer do it for you! For regular... [ More ]

Reply #6

NoCompLotto! — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:03:33 GMT

I played Lot 'O Play on the second drawing and won $6 ($2 on 3 tickets). I like it - it's fun and unique.But, I would love to see a joint MI-OH game...I thought about this: Introducing: Lotto Doubler! Main Jackpot is a 6/49 game. Double Jackpot is a 7/49 game. Pick 6 of 49 numbers, or use a quick pick. Each Ticket costs $1. For an extra $1, you can pick a 7th number from the remaining field of 43, or have the computer do it for you! For regular players, match all 6 numbers drawn and win th... [ More ]

Reply #5

CASH Only — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 19:19:51 GMT

I wonder if Michigan and Ohio are still considering a joint jackpot game. I would like to see it happen, especially if the cash option is a floating percentage of the annuity.

Reply #4

RJOh — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:23:03 GMT

Ohio players don't whine about a bad game, they just don't play it. That is the most effective way to make their point. If that bingo game doesn't sell like a lottery game, it will be replaced by a real lotto game in a few months.

Reply #3

Bradly_60 — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:40:26 GMT

I still don't understand how Ohio is calculating their annuitized jackpots. If they are simple based annuities there is no way a cash option could be worth 50% of the annuity. Especially if it is the same as Mega Millions. With todays rates the cash option needs to be around 60% of the annuity or they are misleading the public with those numbers. (Just like the last Super Lotto drawing they had. To advertise a $12mil jackpot they should of had more than $6mil cash.) Someone should check i... [ More ]

Reply #2

CASH Only — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:49:42 GMT

LoP should have been an all-cash game with a $500,000 starting jackpot and 50k minimum rollovers. Like PA Match 6.

Reply #1

Todd — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:00:16 GMT

I personally think the state lotteries need to immediately axe the dopey names for these games. I can imagine there are a lot of people who would feel dopey asking for Lot O' Play tickets. They probably can't even figure out what the heck it is, based on the name. How about just calling it Lotto

OH Lot O' Play a failure?

CASH Only — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:57:20 GMT

I just went to the Ohio Lottery website and noticed that the payout for the second LO'P was lower than the first, with a sharp drop for the third draw, despite being a jackpot game.The cash value of the LO'P annuity is exactly 50%. The annuity for Mega Millions is also 26 annual payments. It looks like Ohio players know they are getting a bum deal with the new game.